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Health Canada has authorised CSL's Andembry (garadacimab) as once monthly treatment for hereditary angioedema
8 August 2025 - CSL today announced that Health Canada has granted a marketing authorisation for Andembry (garadacimab) for routine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Labor vows to ‘fight’ as Trump threatens pharma tariffs
8 August 2025 - The Albanese government is vowing to “fight for the PBS” as Donald Trump tries to strong-arm ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Arvinas announces FDA acceptance of the new drug application for vepdegestrant for the treatment of ESR1m, ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
8 August 2025 - Filing based on pivotal Phase 3 VERITAC-2 clinical trial demonstrating statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2025
FDA grants accelerated approval to zongertinib for non-squamous NSCLC with HER2 TKD activating mutations
8 August 2025 - Today, the FDA granted accelerated approval to zongertinib (Hernexeos, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals), a kinase inhibitor, for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2025
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease reaches an agreement with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Ultomiris for the treatment of adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and adults with generalised myasthenia gravis
7 August 2025 - The agreement is a critical step in ensuring adult patients living with NMOSD and gMG have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2025
Access to multiple sclerosis treatments inadequate in British Columbia
7 August 2025 - Teresa Alfeld, a filmmaker who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, is calling for the provincial ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2025
PBS wait times a more urgent issue than Donald Trump's potential pharmaceutical tariffs, peak medicines body warns
7 August 2025 - Excessive wait times for medicines to be listed on the PBS are a much greater threat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2025
FDA approves expanded indication for Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) intravenous formulation in cytokine release syndrome
6 August 2025 - Approval of Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) intravenous infusion expands label to include treatment of adults and paediatric patients aged ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
The US FDA granted fast track designation to Dizal's birelentinib for relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma
6 August 2025 - Supporting data from a pooled analysis of Phase I/II studies of birelentinib showed an objective response ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
NICE approves first immunotherapy combination for endometrial cancer
6 August 2025 - Around 2,100 people with advanced womb cancer are set to benefit from a groundbreaking new treatment option, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
FDA grants accelerated approval to dordaviprone for diffuse midline glioma
6 August 2025 -Today, the FDA granted accelerated approval to dordaviprone (Modeyso, Jazz Pharmaceuticals), a protease activator, for adult and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
Patients to receive medicines 3 to 6 months faster under 10 year health plan
6 August 2025 - NICE and the MHRA have described how the 10 year health plan will lead to faster medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
How Australia is getting tangled in Trump’s fight with big pharma
6 August 2025 - The US president is angry Americans pay more for their medicines. Will he want the PBS – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
Kye Pharmaceuticals announces the approval of Dynavel XR (amphetamine extended release) tablets and oral suspension for the treatment of adults and children with ADHD
5 August 2025 - Kye Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce the Health Canada approval (notice of compliance) for Dyanavel XR ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2025
Health technology assessment, again: a transparent, evidence-based approach for CMS drug price negotiations
4 August 2025 - The CMS can now negotiate the prices of a set of drugs that represent significant Medicare expenditures. ...