Government

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders in hopes of lowering prescription drug prices in the United States, which was a 2016 campaign promise.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kite Pharma’s Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) for adults with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Kite is a Gilead Science company.
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The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) was first passed into law by the U.S. Congress in 1992.
FDA
This morning, AstraZeneca announced the approval of the triple-therapy Breztri Aerosphere as a maintenance treatment for COPD.
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Francis Collins, the director of the NIH, told STAT they were “really well-powered, rigorously designed clinical trials.”
“Hopefully the approval process will go very quickly, and we think we have a winner here,” Trump told White House reporters on Wednesday.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xywav, the first new treatment option indicated for both cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness in people living with narcolepsy in more than 15 years.
Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for hacking into the computer systems of hundreds of companies, governments, non-governmental organizations and more to steal trade secrets, including data on treatments related to COVID-19.
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