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Sick of high drug prices, insurers join hospitals to make their own generic medications
23 January 2020 - Everyone complains about high drug prices. But hospitals — and now insurers — are trying to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
FDA grants fast track designation to Arena Pharmaceuticals' APD418 for development in decompensated heart failure patients
16 January 2020 - Arena Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. FDA granted fast track designation for APD418, a β3-adrenergic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Why Canada won't end up as the drugstore to the U.S.
16 January 2020 - Although in theory the new U.S. import proposals could significantly affect Canadians and their drug supplies, their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Asfotase alfa in hypophosphatasia in children and adolescents: survival advantage for small children
15 January 2020 - Weak evidence does not allow a specific statement to be made about the extent of the added ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Withdrawal from the drug benefits on 1 February 2020
16 January 2020 - Iressa, Procoralan, Skinoren Cream, Vesicare and Reyataz are among the medicines that are withdrawn from the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
EQRX wants to make high-end medicines less costly
17 January 2020 - A Boston-based biotech startup thinks it has found a lucrative third way between high-margin branded drugs and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Pharma execs pitch ideas at JPM20 to lower drug costs. None of them include dropping their own prices.
16 January 2020 - CEOs from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies pitched ideas for lowering drug prices at the J.P. Morgan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
TG Therapeutics initiates rolling submission of new drug application to U.S. FDA for umbralisib as a treatment for patients with previously treated marginal zone lymphoma or follicular lymphoma
16 January 2020 - Completion of rolling submission for the MZL/FL NDA expected in 1H20. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Epilepsy deaths: level of risk in medication brand switch unclear, study says
17 January 2020 - Five deaths in people with epilepsy following a brand switch may be part of an under-represented level ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Nektar issues statement regarding FDA Advisory Committee vote for oxycodegol
15 January 2020 - Nektar Therapeutics issued a statement today following a meeting of the FDA's Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
NICE ‘OK’ for Lynparza
16 January 2020 - NICE has recommended MSD and AstraZeneca’s Lynparza (olaparib) tablets, for adults who have relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Breast cancer patients to have further NICE approved drug combination option on Cancer Drugs Fund
15 January 2020 - Another potentially life-extending drug combination for some people with advanced breast cancer will now be available on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
U.S. targets drug pricing, no-poach deals for anti-trust action in 2020
15 January 2020 - Justice Department antitrust chief also promises decision on music licensing, criticizes states’ lawsuit against T-Mobile and Sprint. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Prices of MS medications keep soaring
15 January 2020 - The cost of essential medications for multiple sclerosis have nearly tripled this decade, despite the release ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Larotrectinib in tumours with NTRK gene fusion: data are not yet sufficient for derivation of an added benefit
15 January 2020 - First assessment of a histology-independent drug/studies without control arms. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Novavax granted fast track designation for NanoFlu in older adults
15 January 2020 - Novavax today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for NanoFlu, its recombinant quadrivalent ...