All generic drugs are not equal, study finds
Generic drugs manufactured in India are linked to significantly more "severe adverse events" for patients who use them than ...
Opinion
FDA foot-dragging might have saved your hands, and you never knew it
The Trump administration is tearing down both regulations and the federal government that enforces them. The consequences will be enormous.
SpringWorks Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of GOMEKLIâ„¢ (mirdametinib) for the Treatment of Adult and Pediatric Patients with NF1-PN
GOMEKLI is the first and only medicine approved for both adults and children with NF1-PN –– Approval based on positive data ...
Yale Daily News13d
First FDA-approved non-addictive painkiller has Yale roots
Journave, the first non-addictive opioid-like pain medication, was developed based on Yale research from the ’90s.
Prescriptions for weight loss drugs are skyrocketing, especially among young women. Experts think they know why.
The use of blockbuster weight loss drugs has surged among young women, for whom the treatments can often be "liberating." ...
The Globe and Mail14d
Why Trump’s threatened pharmaceutical tariffs would be unlikely to lower prices in the U.S.
The United States does have the highest drug prices in the ... called Trikafta that was approved by the FDA in 2019 can cost up to $300,000 per patient per year, while the manufacturing cost ...
Mint14d
US FDA greenlights clinical trails for pig kidney transplants in humans
The US Food and Drug Administration ... people die each day while waiting for a kidney, according to the National Kidney Foundation. United Therapeutics’ goal is to increase the number of ...
Business Wire15d
FDA Approves Genentech’s Susvimo as the First and Only Continuous Delivery Treatment for the Leading Cause of Diabetes-Related Blindness
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug ... approved treatments may require eye injections as often as once ...
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FDA approves a new pain med that could eliminate addiction. When can GA patients get it?
For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of non-opioid drug ... and fatal overdose in Georgia is estimated at $21 million per year. This ...
BMJ16d
Health Canada’s use of expedited review pathways and therapeutic innovation, 1995–2016: cross-sectional analysis
The number and percent of drugs approved through the standard, priority and NOC/c pathways were calculated for each year and for the 22-year period. Kappa values were used to compare the review status ...
Indiatimes18d
US FDA approves new painkiller Journavx as alternative to opioids
US Federal officials have approved a new pain pill by Vertex ... medication. (AP) The drug will be priced at $15.50 per pill, making it significantly more expensive than opioids, which are often ...