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Novo’s obesity drug has serious warnings and barriers to overcome

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Can diabetes patients really stay adherent to a drug for 63 weeks in which 85% of patients report GI side effects and will insurance cover the cost? The headlines read “FDA approves obesity drug that helped people cut weight 15%” But buyer beware.

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Is DTC effective?

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During the first quarter of 2020, the number of telehealth visits increased by 50%, compared with the same period in 2019, with a 154% increase in visits noted in surveillance week 13 in 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. What are the side effects? That belief is out the window.

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Santhera seeks speedy FDA review of Duchenne drug vamorolone

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The Swiss biotech is seeking a priority review for vamorolone, which was licensed from US biotech ReveraGen BioPharma in 2020 after Santhera its former DMD therapy candidate idebenone failed clinical testing and was abandoned. Its lead drug has already claimed fast track and rare paediatric disease designations from the FDA.

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AstraZeneca gets first FDA okay for CTLA4 drug tremelimumab

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Tremelimumab has been approved by the FDA in the US for use in tandem with AZ’s PD-L1 inhibitor Imfinzi (durvalumab) to treat adults with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common tumour type affecting the liver. The post AstraZeneca gets first FDA okay for CTLA4 drug tremelimumab appeared first on.

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Thursday pharma headlines

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million in 2020, more than double the number in 2015, according to health data company IQVIA. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is meant to help patients and warn of potential drug side effects but a Vice report indicates something more. Newly unsealed court documents show that Merck and U.S. Annual U.S.

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The potential of virtual reality-based therapy for serious mental disorders

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In June this year, it was announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted UK-based OxfordVR a breakthrough device designation for its gameChangeVR treatment to deliver immersive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to people suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. In 2020, OxfordVR secured a $12.5m

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Sanofi looks east with €300m Innovent cancer alliance

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SAR444245, meanwhile, is a long-acting IL-2 that blocks off part of the molecule that engages with alpha receptors, designed to maintain the anticancer efficacy of the molecule while preventing side effects. It is being tested in a wide range of solid tumours and lymphoma, alone and in combination with other drugs.