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FDA has authorised Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has issued the first emergency use authorization ( EUA ) for a vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) caused by severe acute ... read article

Phase 3 study of covid-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, has met all primary efficacy endpoints

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that, after conducting the final efficacy analysis in their ongoing phase 3 study, the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, met all of the study’s primar ... read article

mRNA-1273, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has met primary efficacy endpoint in the first interim analysis of the phase 3 COVE study

Moderna has announced that the independent, NIH-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board ( DSMB ) for the phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, a vaccine candidate against COVID-19, has informed Moderna that the ... read article

BNT162b2, vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis

According to Pfizer and BioNTech, mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 ... read article

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New indication for Eylea in EU: treatment of visual impairment due to macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion

Bayer HealthCare has announced that Eylea ( Aflibercept solution for injection ) has been approved by the European Commission ( EC ) for the treatment of visual impairment due to macular edema seconda ... read article

Ibrutinib shows efficacy as treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma

Two clinical studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) suggest that the novel agent Ibrutinib shows real potential as a safe, effective, targeted treatment for adults with chro ... read article

Olmesartan Medoxomil can cause sprue-like enteropathy

FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has warned that the blood pressure drug Olmesartan Medoxomil ( marketed as Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, Tribenzor, and generics ) can cause intestinal problems know ... read article

Barrett's esophagus: Acetylsalicylic acid may fight cancer by slowing DNA damage

Aspirin ( Acetylsalicylic acid ) is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco researcher, Carlo Maley, points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that A ... read article

Metastatic or unresectable melanoma: FDA approves Tafinlar and Mekinist

The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved two new drugs, Tafinlar ( Dabrafenib ) and Mekinist ( Trametinib ), for patients with advanced ( metastatic ) or unresectable melanoma, the most d ... read article

Giant cell tumor of the bone: FDA approves Xgeva

The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has expanded the use of Xgeva ( Denosumab ) to treat adults and some adolescents with giant cell tumor of the bone ( GCTB ), a rare and usually non-cancerous t ... read article

Riociguat has demonstrated significant and sustained improvements in 6MWD and WHO functional class in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Data from the interim analysis of the on-going PATENT-2 trial with Riociguat, the open-label long-term extension of the pivotal Phase III study PATENT-1, were presented at the American Thoracic Societ ... read article

Canagliflozin, a SGLT2 inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes

Janssen Pharmaceuticals has announced the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Invokana ( Canagliflozin ) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes. Invokana is the first in a new ... read article