Approvals
For patients with diabetes, the new indication could become a key for survival as there is a well-established link between cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
Investigators found that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is approving drugs faster than ever. Unfortunately, it appears that the agency is also approving those drugs on less data and weaker evidence.
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Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline, is predicting a good year for her company, with the potential of six regulatory approvals in the United States.
The first full business week of the new year began with plenty of clinical trial news. Here’s a look.
The State of California is considering a measure to sell its own brand of generic drugs in an effort to get in on those cost-savings. California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to reveal the scheme today in his new state budget.
Late Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new therapy to treat a rare mutation in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) continues moving toward the projections of becoming the world’s best-selling drug.
The company said Fiasp is the “first and only fast-acting mealtime insulin injection that does not have a pre-meal dosing recommendation.”
AstraZeneca and Merck are closing out 2019 on a high note with another approval for its PARP inhibitor Lynparza.
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