FDA approves AstraZeneca’s type-2 diabetes drug in US market
AstraZeneca’s oral drug to treat type-2 diabetes in patients aged 10 years and above has got approval from the US drug regulator, according
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Pfizer’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy trial fails to meet primary goal
Pfizer’s investigations on gene therapy for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy failed to meet its primary goals, according to a company statement.
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FDA gives approval for Ispen, Genfit’s drug to treat chronic liver disease
The US drug regulator has granted accelerated approval for a drug to treat chronic inflammatory liver disease to Genfit, headquartered in Nord, France,
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EU to procure 40 million doses of avian flu vaccine from CSL Seqirus
Fifteen member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area will procure up to 40 million doses of avian influenza virus
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Child in India detected with bird flu in eastern West Bengal state: WHO
A four-year-old child in India has been detected with avian influenza A(H9N2) in the Eastern state of West Bengal, the World Health Organization
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Person in Mexico dies after contracting avian influenza, WHO says
A 59-year-old person in Mexico died in April after contracting avian influenza A(H5N2) virus, the first such death in the country, according to
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FDA advisers reject psychedelic party drug MDMA to treat PSTD in adults
The advisory committee of the US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a therapy using party drug MDMA, or ecstasy or molly to
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AstraZeneca completes $2.4 billion acquisition of Fusion Pharma
AstraZeneca announced the completion of the acquisition of Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for $2.4 billion.
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Moderna, Merck’s skin cancer vaccine shows rise in survival rates
Moderna’s mRNA vaccine candidate in combination with Merck Co.’s, therapy, Keytruda, showed greater survival rates and efficacy in patients with skin cancer or
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NIH researchers make AI tool to read cancer responses to immunotherapy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed an artificial intelligence tool that uses a simple blood test to predict if cancer