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Merck gives taxpayers the middle finger

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to produce, according to a report issued last week by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health and King’s College Hospital in London. Remdesivir was the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19. And while it costs $17.74 Merck charges the U.S.

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Clinical trials authorised for 3D-printed ulcerative colitis drug

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a China-based pharma company has announced it has received clearance for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate clinical studies of T21, a 3D-printed medicine that can target specific segments in the colon to more safely deliver oral ulcerative colitis (UC) drugs.

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Thursday pharma headlines

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Merck’s old drugs are under more scrutiny, and anti-vaxxers are causing problems by cherry-picking unreliable information. million, his first big raise since 2015, thanks to incentive pay that jumped by about $1.2 prescriptions of finasteride, as the drug is known, for hair loss increased to over 2.4 ” Ouch.

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Novel haemophilia B gene therapy approved

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy BEQVEZ (fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt) for certain adults with haemophilia B. This authorisation of BEQVEZ is based on results from the pivotal Phase III BENEGENE-2 study.

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Biosimilar competition saves US healthcare $21 billion

European Pharmaceutical Review

The report stated that 39 biosimilar products have been approved and 22 products have been launched since 2015, the year the first biosimilar was approved in the US. ” According to the report, the reduction in drug spend for classes with biosimilar competition is estimated to have been $21 billion within a six-year period. .”

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Citrate-free HCF of adalimumab biosimilar gets positive opinion

European Pharmaceutical Review

Upon approval, the adalimumab citrate-free high concentration (100mg/ml) formulation will have the same auto-injector, the currently offered drug delivery option. In 2015, the EMA and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Humira ® HCF, which contains adalimumab at a concentration of 100mg/ml.

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ESG Top Trends: Technology trends

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AI also speeds up the drug development process, which could translate into cheaper drugs for patients. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals’ Spritam, an anti-epileptic drug, is the first and only 3D-printed pharmaceutical, having received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2015. 3D printing.