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FDA approves first treatment for COVID-19
22 October 2020 - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Trump promised seniors drug discount cards. They may be illegal.
22 October 2020 - A proposal announced by President Trump last month was to send older Americans $200 discount cards to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Remdesivir’s hefty price tag ignores NIH investment in its creation
22 October 2020 - Throughout the Democratic presidential primary, candidates cast a spotlight on the broken U.S. health care system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Leo Pharma announces U.S. FDA approval for Enstilar (calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate) foam U.S. Prescribing Information update to include data in long-term use in plaque psoriasis treatment
22 October 2020 - U.S. Prescribing Information updated to include PSO-LONG clinical trial data concerning long-term use (52 weeks) of twice-weekly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
AppliedVR receives FDA breakthrough device designation to treat pain with digital therapeutic
21 October 2020 - AppliedVR today announced its EaseVRx product received breakthrough device designation from the U.S. FDA for treating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
FDA approves fewer generics in FY2020, ending record streak
21 October 2020 - After four straight years of posting record numbers of abbreviated new drug application approvals, the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
U.S. FDA grants fast track designation for ASP0367/MA-0211, a selective PPARδ modulator being developed for the treatment of primary mitochondrial myopathies
20 October 2020 - Astellas Pharma today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for the development ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
A prescription for America’s drug pricing problem?
21 October 2020 - Sky-high prescription drug costs remains one of the most hotly contested issues in healthcare today. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
COVID-19 vaccines to be stored secretly under tight security
21 October 2020 - Drug makers and others plan to use fake shipments and GPS trackers to prevent potential thefts. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
Trump’s antibody ‘cure’ will be in short supply
20 October 2020 - All the weak points of American health care — testing delays, communication breakdowns, inequity — are working ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
ICER posts draft scoping document for the assessment of Alzheimer’s disease
21 October 2020 - Document open to public comment until 10 November 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
TG Therapeutics announces fast track designation granted by the FDA to ublituximab in combination with umbralisib for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
21 October 2020 - TG Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to the combination of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
Premiums for HealthCare.gov plans are lower for third consecutive year
19 October 2020 - Increased issuer participation, competition and greater choice on the Federal Health Insurance Exchanges. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
Xeris Pharmaceuticals granted fast track designation by the FDA for its novel concentrated diazepam formulation (XP-0863) for injection
20 October 2020 - Xeris Pharmaceuticals today announced it was granted fast track designation by the FDA for the investigation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
How the FDA stood up to the President
20 October 2020 - Dr. Stephen Hahn, the F.D.A. commissioner, occupies a fraught position, caught between pressure from the White House ...