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Experimental Drug Shows Early Potential to Treat Dementia

Scientists found that an experimental drug, sodium selenate, is safe and well tolerated in patients with a type of dementia that often strikes early in adulthood. ...

FDA Requests More Data on Clovis Oncology’s Rubraca for Ovarian Cancer

The FDA has asked Clovis Oncology for more clinical trial data on Rubraca (rucaparib) combined with Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) as a first-line ovarian cancer maintenance treatment,...

Pfizer Drops a Cool $11.6 Billion on Migraine Leader Biohaven

Pfizer made the splash of the young week Tuesday morning, inking an acquisition deal with New Haven, Connecticut-based Biohaven Pharma totaling $11.6 billion. ...

French Regulatory Agency to File Criminal Charges Against Didier Raoult-Led Institute

France’s Agency for the Safety of Health Products (ANSM) is filing criminal charges against the institute led by Didier Raoult, the controversial promoter of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatme...

FDA Lifts Clinical Hold on LogicBio’s Pediatric Trial

The FDA has lifted a clinical hold on Lexington, Mass.-based LogicBio’s early-stage study in pediatric patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) — a rare inherited disorder in which the body c...

FDA Delays sNDA Decision for Pfizer-Myovant Endometriosis Pain Drug Myfembree

The FDA has pushed back its decision date on Pfizer’s and Myovant Sciences’ supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Myfembree (relugolix, estradiol and norethindrone acetate) from May 6 t...

New discovery to improve malaria elimination strategies

WEHI researchers have made a crucial discovery about how asymptomatic malaria infections impact the body, informing potential strategies to control transmission and improve treatment outcomes. ...

WHO recommends Veklury for high-risk patients

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of patients with non-severe COVID-19 who are at the highest risk of hospitalisation. ...

Quantum mechanics could explain why DNA can spontaneously mutate

The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations.

Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the ...

CordenPharma, part of Germany's mRNA contingency plan, sold to private equity outfit Astorg

Contract manufacturer CordenPharma, recently tapped in a German push to earmark mRNA vaccine capacity, is getting a new owner.

Biogen sends CEO to the exit, abandons Aduhelm sales team in $1B overhaul

Biogen’s yearlong struggle with the controversial FDA approval and launch of Aduhelm has culminated in a deep overhaul reaching all the way to the CEO.

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