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As FDA puts CAR-T safety under microscope, researchers dig into adverse events record of BCMA therapies

Fierce Pharma

But these immunotherapies also come with various potentially dangerous side effects. | A new study examined side effect reports of BMCA immunotherapies from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, hoping to help inform doctors in their treatment decisions.

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Apellis flags needle problems in hunt for Syfovre side effect source

Fierce Pharma

While nothing is certain yet, Apellis may be homing in on the source of a rare but serious side effect tied to its world-first geographic atrophy drug Syfovre. While nothing is certain yet, Apellis may be homing in on the source of a rare but serious side effect tied to its world-first geographic atrophy drug Syfovre.

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B. Braun, Baxter launch separate recalls over particulate concerns and excess endotoxin levels, respectively

Fierce Pharma

While neither recall has resulted in any safety flags or side effect reports so far, the issues stemming from the faulty products could be severe, the drugmakers have warned.

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Organon's prolific asthma med Singulair needs new safety labeling, NY attorney general argues

Fierce Pharma

Organon’s inherited asthma med Singulair is back in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after New York Attorney General Letitia James raised fresh concerns about the drug’s neuropsychiatric side ef | Organon’s inherited asthma med Singulair is back in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after New York Attorney General Letitia James raised fresh concerns (..)

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Apellis attempts to clear the air around Syfovre safety as eye drug launch gains steam

Fierce Pharma

For Apellis Pharmaceuticals, the emergence of rare but serious side effects has cast a pall over the launch of the company’s geographic atrophy med Syfovre. While touting the “strong commercial execution” of Syfovre’s launch, Apellis’ CEO Cedric Francois, M.D.,

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Unfair balance

World of DTC Marketing

While the product safety information page is among the top five pages visited what alarmed me was that time on the page was measured in seconds not minutes for most online visitors. Who could blame them when the safety information sounds like a medical journal? Let’s think about this for a minute. What about TV and online ads?

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

World of DTC Marketing

3hree: DTC marketing minimizes the side effects of prescription drugs – One of the top pages within prescription drug websites continues to be “safety information.” ” Patients want to understand how the drug works and the potential side effects before starting therapy.

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