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FDA approval of Leqembi subcutaneous formulation charts path to combination therapies for Alzheimer's disease
29 August 2025 - Subcutaneous delivery increases accessibility and introduces potential for at home administration, following model of diabetes and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Bot Image receives FDA clearance for artificial intelligence software used in detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer
8 August 2022 - Bot Image has developed an AI driven medical device CAD software to significantly improve the accuracy and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Pear Therapeutics and SelectHealth announce coverage to provide access to FDA authorised prescription digital therapeutic for the treatment of opioid use disorder
8 August 2022 - SelectHealth teams with Pear to provide its members with covered access to Pear’s innovative prescription digital therapeutic, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
PhRMA’s Ubl calls Senate passage of partisan drug pricing plan a “tragic loss for patients”
7 August 2022 - PhRMA President and CEO Stephen J. Ubl released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Lurbinectedin receives the Innovative Medicine designation by the UK’s MHRA
5 August 2022 - PharmaMar has announced today that Zepzelca (lurbinectedin) has received the Innovation Passport (Innovative Medicine designation) by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Democrats vote to raise drug prices
7 August 2022 - Price controls for Medicare mean higher costs for everyone else. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
SMC - August 2022 decisions
8 August 2022 - The SMC, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today published advice ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Lilly's Taltz (ixekizumab) now available in new, citrate free formulation to reduce injection site pain for improved patient experience
8 August 2022 - Since the medicine's first approval in 2016, nearly 130,000 people in the U.S. have been treated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Mayne Pharma and Mithra announce FDA approval of Haloette, a generic version of Nuvaring
8 August 2022 - Mayne Pharma and Mithra Pharmaceuticals are pleased to announce that the U.S. FDA has granted approval ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2022
Funding for lifesaving drug denied by B.C. health authority as couple struggles to fund their portion
7 August 2022 - Entrectinib, a targeted drug that had shown positive results in tumours that had the same gene expression, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Democrats will have to limit their drug pricing reforms to Medicare to comply with Senate rules
6 August 2022 - Democrats will likely have to axe two provisions from their drug pricing plan to fit in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Drug price bill pruned in Senate in partial industry win
6 August 2022 - Medicare to be allowed to negotiate drug prices for first time. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Myovant Sciences and Pfizer receive U.S. FDA approval of Myfembree, a once daily treatment for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis
5 August 2022 - Data from the Phase 3 SPIRIT program showed Myfembree reduced menstrual pain and non-menstrual pelvic pain in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Australians forced to pay for methadone and other drugs to get off addictive PBS medication
7 August 2022 - Aussie taxpayers are subsidising addictive pain medication but not the treatments that help get patients off the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Health insurance premiums are heading higher but by how much?
6 August 2022 - Australians are expected to pay significantly more for health insurance but talk of a double digit premium ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2022
New Zealand allowed pharmacists to dispense COVID-19 antivirals and 'everyone realised it was a win'
6 August 2022 - With Australians dying from COVID-19 every day and nearly 5,000 people in hospital with the disease, experts ...