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Vaccine confusion as clots force jab switch for two million
17 June 2021 - Health authorities are scrambling to switch more than two million Australians aged under 60 to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Prescription drug price increases continue to outpace inflation
7 June 2021 - New AARP report shows even during pandemic consumers have had to pay more for medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Alzheimer’s drug is bonanza for Biogen, most likely at taxpayer expense
8 June 2021 - The FDA’s decision on Monday to approve a new Alzheimer’s medication over the fierce objections of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Millions of J&J COVID-19 vaccines are at risk of expiring in June
8 June 2021 - States, hospitals try to reroute such vaccines, while efforts to export them face hurdles. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
AMA and Australian Government agree to strengthening the MBS review process and informed financial consent
8 June 2021 - The Australian Government and the Australian Medical Association have reached agreement to work together to co-design the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Amicus Therapeutics announces United Kingdom’s MHRA grants early access to AT-GAA
8 June 2021 - Permits All Eligible Individuals with Late-Onset Pompe Disease Access to AT-GAA Prior to Marketing Authorization in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Glaukos Announces Australia’s TGA regulatory approval for Preserflo MicroShunt
8 June 2021 - Glaukos Corporation today announced that the TGA has granted regulatory approval for the Preserflo MicroShunt intended for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
U.S. FDA approves Prevnar 20, Pfizer’s pneumococcal 20 valent conjugate vaccine for adults ages 18 years or older
8 June 2021 - First approval of a conjugate vaccine that helps protect against 20 serotypes responsible for the majority of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Biogen faces tough questions over $56,000 a year price of newly approved Alzheimer’s drug
8 June 2021 - The biotech company’s price for the drug is higher than the $10,000 to $25,000 some Wall Street ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Alpha Tau receives breakthrough device designation from the FDA for Alpha DaRT
8 June 2021 - Alpha Tau Medical is pleased to announce that it has received a breakthrough device designation for Alpha ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
VBI Vaccines granted FDA fast track designation for VBI-1901 for the treatment of recurrent GBM
8 June 2021 - Designation granted based on data from the Phase 1/2a study of VBI-1901 in recurrent GBM patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Incyte announces U.S. FDA has extended the sNDA review period for ruxolitinib (Jakafi) in chronic graft versus host disease
8 June 2021 - Incyte today announced that the U.S. FDA has extended the review period for the supplemental new drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Biogen CEO says $56,000 annually for Alzheimer’s drug is ‘fair,’ promises not to hike price for at least 4 years
7 June 2021 - Biogen CEO Michel Vounatsos told CNBC on Monday that the list price of $56,000 per year ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Biogen and Eisai launch multiple initiatives to help patients with Alzheimer’s disease access Aduhelm
7 June 2021 - Value based agreements in progress with Cigna and other payers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Despite its high price tag, the new Alzheimer’s drug isn’t reigniting the drug pricing debate
8 June 2021 - It has all the makings of a bombastic drug pricing debate: a highly anticipated drug, widespread ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
BerGenBio receives FDA fast track designation for bemcentinib/anti-PD-(L)1 combination in NSCLC
8 June 2021 - First recognition by a regulator of AXL positive patients as a target population. ...