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City of Hope revealed that the oldest person living with HIV has achieved clinical remission after undergoing stem cell transplantation at the center more than three years ago.
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FDA has approved GSK’s Benlysta (belimumab), making it the first biologic treatment for children ages 5 to 17 with lupus nephritis.
Eisai Inc. has appointed Thomas D. Fagan Jr. as VP for the U.S. Alzheimer’s Disease Commercial unit, which will be instrumental in growing the parent firms operations in the US.
The DESTINY-Breast04 trial introduces a new option for breast cancer diagnosis – HER2-low. The trial data received a standing ovation from thousands of oncologists at this year’s ASCO meeting.
The probe will be led by investigators experienced in determining whether or not entities have defrauded consumers, investors or government agencies.
SARS-CoV-2 typically enters the body via the nose or mouth. Because of this, many think a nasal spray vaccine would do a better job of preventing COVID-19 infection and cutting transmission than an injection.
On Wednesday, Swiss women’s health company ObsEva announced that it is dropping linzagolix, its leading candidate for uterine fibroids.
Only weeks after announcing a new chief executive officer and chief medical officer, Editas Medicine reported promising early data for its Phase I/II RUBY trial of EDIT-301 for severe sickle cell disease (SCD).
Pfizer and BioNTech initiated a Phase II trial of an enhanced COVID-19 vaccine while fending off lawsuits against CureVac and Alnylam over their technology.
Summit Therapeutics Inc. announced that Dr. Maky Zangenah, DDS, has been named co-Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Sekhri has risen to the title of CEO at vTv Therapeutics.
Teva expects to finalize and complete the documentation needed in the coming weeks, followed by a nationwide sign-on process for states, subdivisions and Native American tribes.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced the European Commission (EC) approved RINVOQ® (upadacitinib 45 mg [induction dose] and 15 mg and 30 mg [maintenance doses]) for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who have had an inadequate response, lost response or were intolerant to either conventional therapy or a biologic agent.
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