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There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
A Minnesota woman, Denise Miley, is suing Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaeutical, alleging that their Abilify (aripiprazole) for depression and anxiety, caused a gambling impulse. Her suit isn’t the only one.
As Britain’s “Brexit” from the European Union moves closer and closer, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), temporary halted some of its activities in preparation.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Epizyme emphasized its efforts to move tazemetostat back into clinical trials in its second-quarter financial report.
Shionogi, based in Osaka, Japan and Florham Park, New Jersey, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mulpleta (lusutrombopag) for thrombocytopenia in adults with chronic liver disease who were about to have a medical procedure performed.
ARCA Biopharma, located in Westminster, Colorado, announced mixed but positive outcomes from a Phase II clinical trial of its beta-blocker Gencaro for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with heart failure (HF).
In response to the opioid crisis, particularly as the federal government cracks down on opioid use, physicians are increasingly using non-opioid therapeutics off-label in response. This has at least some physicians and one pharma company concerned.
As its acquisition by Takeda Pharmaceutical edges closer and closer, Shire reported a solid second-quarter.
Only a matter of days after Roche filed its second-quarter financial report, it’s had plenty of news to report.
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