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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. regulators knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the anti-baldness treatment Propecia when they decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug’s label.

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US FDA approves GSK’s Jesduvroq to treat anaemia of CKD

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline ’s (GSK) Jesduvroq (daprodustat) to treat anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been on dialysis for at least four months. Jesduvroq is an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI). dL) for the patients.

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Botanical drugs – what is the best way forward for regulatory and market approval?

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the US, botanical dietary supplements can be sold without US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, 1 prompting many vendors to promote the use of botanical products as dietary supplements , 2 rather than pursue a path of regulatory approval. 3 Is two too few?

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Revised ISO guideline highlights toxicological evaluation of extractables and leachables

European Pharmaceutical Review

Overall, the authors summarised that the enhanced sensitivity improves safety assessments for volatiles in medical devices. The paper discussed the detection of volatile extractables released during the clinical use of medical devices.

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Phase III trial shows tislelizumab improves outcomes for liver cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Phase III RATIONALE 301 study evaluated the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab versus sorafenib as a first-line systemic treatment in participants with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. . HCC accounted for more approximately 85 percent of the 900,000 new liver cancer cases in 2020, according to the Globocan 2020 database. .

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FDA pushes Daiichi Sankyo’s quizartinib approval date by three months

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pushed quizartinib’s Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date in newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for the review of updates of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) included in the application. AML makes up 23.1%

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FDA grants EUAs for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent Covid-19 boosters

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for bivalent formulations of Moderna and Pfizer -BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccines as boosters. According to the amended EUA, the vaccines are indicated to be administered at a minimum of two months after the initial or booster dose.

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