Government

The Ministry of Health and Prevention organized a seminar on women’s heart health titled ‘Oxygen Plus for your Heart.’ Dr. Muna Al-Kuwari, Director of the Specialized Care Department, and Vice Chair of the Executive committee on Cardiovascular Index, attended the seminar along with representatives from Dubai Media Incorporated, the Ministry of Education, the UAE University, and the National Ambulance.
Generally speaking, the Orphan Drug Act has worked. More companies are willing to invest the millions of dollars needed to develop a drug that has a very small market.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved another biosimilar. On Friday, the regulatory agency approved Herzuma, a biosimilar to Genentech’s Herceptin developed by South Korea-based Celltrion, Inc. and Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals.
FDA
As the holidays approach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is getting in a few drug approvals to wrap up the year. This week there are two decision dates, with another that has been delayed for several months. Here’s a look.
The rule could have allowed generic manufacturers to independently update safety data on drugs, which could have opened the companies to potential lawsuits over side effects.
In writing literally hundreds of stories this year, two BioSpace writers, Alex Keown and Mark Terry, found certain stories particularly intriguing or impactful. Some of those were such big topics that they were covered over a series of stories. Looking back at 2018, here are their Top 10.
As we look back over the year, we noticed some stories just grabbed readers more than others. Here’s a look at the top 10 stories of the year, including job cuts, best-selling drugs, up-and-coming companies,scandals, clinical trials, and more.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
The lawsuit alleges that the government is letting a number of researchers off the hook of reporting clinical data.
Yesterday, the agency and Gottlieb doubled-down on the Action Plan and added to it. The FDA released two new draft Q&A guidance documents on biosimilar development and two final guidance documents on the same topics, as well as a proposed amendment to the definition of a biological product.
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