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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a few PDUFA dates for the Thanksgiving Holiday week. Here’s a look.
A Chinese professor at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark is under scrutiny over undisclosed ties to the Chinese military.
FDA
BioMarin Pharmaceutical scored a first on Friday and provided an option for patients with a rare disease for which there is little recourse.
The two dominant theories over the origins of COVID-19 are that the virus developed naturally, probably from bats in a wet market in Wuhan, China, and the “lab leak.”
With the last full week before the Thanksgiving week in the U.S., companies had a fair amount of clinical trial news. Here’s a look.
In a Bloomberg News survey of 25 large insurers, none described the drug as “medically necessary,” and said Aduhelm was still experimental.
If the road to success is paved with failures, then the road to an effective, approved drug is paved with flops. Merck and Enanta are adding some painful pavers to their own roads this week.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for all Americans ages 18 and over Friday morning.
The extension will give the FDA sufficient time to look into the drug for the treatment of patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM).
While COVID-19 appears to be battling back in cold-weather states in the U.S. and parts of Europe, researchers continue to study vaccine efficacy and new approaches to dosing. Here’s a look.
BioNTech is on the Fast Track. This morning, the company announced it received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its cancer immunotherapy candidate.
A week after announcing its intention to spin off its consumer health division, J&J revealed ambitious plans for its pharmaceutical business.
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• ASCO 2026: 2.5-Year Overall Survival Data • Jefferies Healthcare Conference: Partnering & Investor meetings • BIO International Convention: Panel Participation • MIB Agents Factor Osteosarcoma Conference: Data Presentation
The 6% naturally derived extract is set to be encapsulated for use in patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression under Australia’s Authorised Prescriber Scheme, where no serious adverse events have been reported as of December 2025
Live Presentation and Q&A: Thursday, May 28, 2026 12 PM EDT
• MustGrow has received approval from the agriculture departments of Texas, Utah, and Montana to commence sales of organic biofertility product TerraSanteTM. • Based on infield grower data, the mustard-derived TerraSanteTM biofertility product has been shown to improve crop yields, soil, and potentially the soil microbiome health for nutrient/water use efficiencies.
· Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Braun joins the Scientific Advisory Board of MetrioPharm AG. · With more than 800 peer-reviewed publications and various prestigious awards, Prof. Braun is internationally recognized as a leading expert in the field of modern clinical and academic rheumatology.
Pharmaceutical service provider receives prestigious management award for the seventh year in a row · Family-owned company once again excels in all four key business areas · Site development and digitalization as strategic investment priorities · Focus on new sources for skilled workers and on lifelong learning
The upgraded platform offers a searchable database of over 300 risk-assessed HCPs, automated research scanning, and new flexible pricing options for mid-size drug developers.
New preprint by Jianghui Xiong, PhD, and the DeepoMe team introduces SteeraMed, a steerable biomedical world model for N-of-1 intervention reasoning across chronic diseases and aging
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