FILE PHOTO: A man walks past Pfizer’s world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its lung-cancer treatment for patients with a specific gene mutation who had been previously treated for an […]
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FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo (Reuters) – Novartis International AG said on Friday that its Sandoz division is abandoning an effort to gain U.S. regulatory approval for a biosimilar […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc’s opioid-based treatment for pain to be used under strict medical supervision, with the agency’s chief highlighting reasons for the approval in a rare move. FILE PHOTO – A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
Transcript for Meghan McCain and actor Joe Mazzello bond over losing their fathers to glioblastoma Okay, so before we go, I just want to talk to you, Joe. You and I are — can I say friends now? Yes, I would love to say that. We have a very unique […]
U.S. regulators have approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday came over objections from critics who fear the pill will be abused. In a statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said there will […]
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda says it will start to vaccinate some of its health workers against Ebola on Monday, amid fears that the viral haemorrhagic fever could spread from Democratic Republic of Congo which is battling an outbreak. FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman […]
(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who develop preeclampsia, a condition involving dangerously high blood pressure, have more than three times higher risk of dementia later in life than women who don’t have this pregnancy complication, researchers say. A leading cause of pre-term birth, preeclampsia is an inflammatory blood vessel disorder […]