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Policy

Advisory - Recall of one lot of Perfect Sports Core Series Pure Creatine (also known as Creatine Powder) due to dangerous levels of Vitamin D contamination

Products may contain an ingredient (Vitamin D) that is not listed on the label, at dangerous levels.

February 21, 2021
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NMPA Approves Toripalimab in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma after Failure of at Least Two Lines of Prior Systemic Therapy

Junshi Biosciences announced that the National Medical Products Administration of China has granted a conditional approval to toripalimab for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma after failure of at least two lines of prior systemic therapy.

February 21, 2021
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Gannex Announces Positive Clinical Results in Overweight and Obese Subjects for Its THR-β Agonist ASC41

Gannex, a wholly owned company of Ascletis Pharma Inc., fully dedicated to the R&D and commercialization of new drugs in the field of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, announces the positive clinical results in overweight and obese subjects for ASC41, a liver-targeted prodrug.

February 21, 2021
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Policy

CPHO Sunday Edition: The Impact of COVID-19 on Racialized Communities

In my October 2020 Annual Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, I looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the health, social and economic well-being of people in Canada.

February 21, 2021
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Pharm Country

Pandemic Response Lab (PRL) Discovers First COVID-19 Variant from South Africa in New York State Citizen

The Pandemic Response Lab in New York, a first-in-class diagnostic life sciences company launched by Opentrons Labworks Inc., announced that its scientists have discovered the first case of B1.351, the South African variant of COVID-19, in a New York State resident.

February 21, 2021
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