Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller receives approval from US drug regulator
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s non-opioid analgesic to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults got approval from the US drug regulator.
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UK’s NHS to provide gene therapy that may cure sickle cell disease in adults
Britain’s National Health Service will provide a gene therapy that may cure sickle cell disease for patients 12 years and older, according to
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Stem cell patches by German researchers heal damaged heart muscles
HQ Team January 30, 2025: Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, often resulting in irreversible damage to cardiac
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Merck & Co stops final-stage drug trial for treating PAH
Merck & Co. halted its final-phase study of its experimental drug for pulmonary arterial hypertension after previous studies proved its “robust efficacy,” according
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US ‘humanitarian wavier’ will help deliver life-saving HIV medicines: UN
The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow
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Eli Lilly halts trials of investigational chronic kidney disease drug
Eli Lilly has stopped trials of its investigational drug to treat chronic kidney disease for a “lack of foreseeable clinical benefit,” according to
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Novo’ Nordisk’s drug to cut kidney disease advance in diabetics gets nod
Novo Nordisk’s medicine has been approved by the US drug regulator for reducing the risk of kidney failure and death due to cardiovascular
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Zimmer Biomet to buy Paragon 28 for $1.1b to expand musculoskeletal care
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a US medical device maker, will acquire Paragon 28 Inc., for $1.1 billion to expand into musculoskeletal care, according
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US aid pause to take ‘world back to 1980s, 1990s’ on fighting HIV: WHO
A US government’s decision to pause funding for HIV programmes in low and middle-income countries will take the world back to the 1980s
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AstraZeneca-Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets broader US nod
Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc., and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo’s therapy to treat a certain form of breast cancer has been approved by the US drug