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In this episode of Denatured, you’ll be listening to Jane Hughes, President of R&D and Co-founder of Verdiva Bio, and Jon Rees, CEO and Co-founder of MitoRx Therapeutics. We’ll discuss next-generation obesity solutions tackling GLP-1’s muscle loss and adherence challenges, through innovative muscle preservation, oral administration and combination therapy.
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Ahead of a Jan. 31 vote, Senate health committee chair Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday said he has the votes needed to subpoena the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck to testify on drug pricing.
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After missing its Jan. 24 PDUFA date, the regulator has extended its review period but has not issued a new decision timeframe or requested additional data, Liquidia announced Thursday.
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After 26 weeks of follow-up, five of six children treated with an experimental gene therapy developed in China showed strong improvements in speech perception and could hold normal conversations.