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After decades of setbacks, scientists make strides toward the holy grail of male birth control

STAT

The headlines spelled the end of a short-lived scientific hope: “Male birth control study nixed after men can’t handle side effects women face daily,” USA Today announced. “Men Back Out of Male Birth Control Study Because They Couldn’t Handle the ‘Changes in Mood,’” proclaimed People.

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STAT+: FDA panel votes against Veru’s drug for severe Covid 

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  The debate centered around sabizabulin, a molecule originally put in development for cancer but repurposed during the pandemic.

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Semaglutide could provide novel dual benefit in diabetes and kidney disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

Headline results from Novo Nordisk AS’s kidney outcomes FLOW trial reveal that injectable semaglutide 1.0mg demonstrated a statistically significant and superior reduction in kidney disease progression as well as cardiovascular and kidney death of 24 percent.

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Semaglutide demonstrates cardiovascular benefit

European Pharmaceutical Review

Headline results from Novo Nordisk’s “landmark” SELECT trial in cardiovascular outcomes has demonstrated a 20 percent reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) for semaglutide 2.4mg (Wegovy ® ) compared to a placebo. The SELECT clinical trial enrolled 17,604 overweight or obese adults aged ≥45 years.

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Astellas taps GO’s glycoprotein platform with $783.5m deal

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Astellas has become the latest big pharma company to sink some money into immuno-oncology start-up GO Therapeutics, forging an alliance to develop antibodies targeting two glycoprotein targets. The Japanese drugmaker is paying $20.5

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Looking back at 2022: The top healthcare stories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Along the way, mergers and acquisitions continued to happen, new drugs and devices got approved, and innovations in the clinical trial industry were introduced. Still, the country’s clinical trials sector remains insular. Tracking drug development. Tracking the news.

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Google and DeepMind share work on medical chatbot Med-PaLM

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Google and DeepMind have developed an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot tool called Med-PaLM designed to generate “safe and helpful answers” to questions posed by healthcare professionals and patients. Excited to share Med-PaLM, a large language model aligned to the medical domain to generate safe and helpful answers.

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