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People with MND in England and Wales fear losing access to life-extending drug

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Exclusive: NHS cost threshold has not been raised by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence since 2004 People with motor neurone disease have spoken of their devastation at a likely loss of access to a life-extending drug due to an NHS cost threshold that has not been raised since 2004.

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FDA Approves Iloprost Injection For the Treatment of Adults With Severe Frostbite

Pharmacy Times

Iloprost had also received Priority Review and Orphan Drug Designations for this indication, and FDA approval in 2004 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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STAT+: Insitro, biotech AI’s quiet unicorn, unveils efforts in ALS, liver disease, and cancer at JPM

STAT

Insitro, a South San Francisco firm, was founded in 2018 by Daphne Koller, who had previously been a Stanford professor, a 2004 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and the co-founder and co-CEO of the online course company Coursera. But in biotech, one of the most well-funded AI players has been quiet.

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Opinion: Long waits to see a doctor are a public health crisis

STAT

In 2004, the physician search firm Merritt Hawkins first issued their Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times. That year, the national average wait to get in to see a new physician was 21 days, an unacceptable amount of time to wait to access care. But that number has only gotten worse.

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Life-extending epilepsy surgery performed less often in Black children, study finds

STAT

between 2004 and 2020 found that those who had cranial surgery, which involves removing or disconnecting the brain portion where seizures occur, were 83% more likely to be alive after 10 years. The study of 18,000 children who were treated at 49 pediatric hospitals in the U.S.

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STAT+: More drug and device patents were invalidated for bad info than those filed by other industries, analysis finds

STAT

Between 2004 and 2021, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration were more frequently invalidated due to information misrepresented or withheld from patent examiners than any other industry sector, according to a new analysis.

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Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

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