STAT

MARCH 13, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, an industry trade group, is cutting ties with Chinese company WuXi in response to increasing U.S. government scrutiny of it and other Chinese companies, according to a BIO press release shared with STAT on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

APRIL 5, 2024

Testing of 40 types of bandages made by companies such as Band-Aid, Curad, Walmart and CVS found 26 products, or 65%, contain alarming levels of a marker of PFAS. The chemicals were detected in the adhesive flaps and in absorbent pads that press against wounds. Continue reading.

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APRIL 5, 2024

According to a press statement, Shockwave has treated 400,000 patients with this method globally. The company earned its first clearance from the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 , and went public in 2019 at a share price of $17. 

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last week, Medicare made its first offers to the makers of the 10 products subject to negotiation, though it said it would be up to the companies to discuss the proposals. “We are in active negotiation, and it will be a few rounds of discussions” with Medicare. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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The FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Gilbert — Last week, DEA and DOJ announced a $59 million civil penalty settlement with eBay related to the failure to comply with Controlled Substances Act (CSA) requirements for identifying purchasers, maintaining records, and filing reports of individuals selling/purchasing pill presses and encapsulating machines.

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STAT

DECEMBER 4, 2023

  The document was supposed to help Novak, then the chief executive of CRISPR Therapeutics, navigate a pressing quandary. His company, along with two others, were founded to commercialize the new revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 , which promised to cure numerous genetic diseases. But which should they target first?

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STAT

DECEMBER 13, 2022

An experimental cancer vaccine being developed by the biotechnology firm Moderna and the drug giant Merck reduced the risk that melanoma would return after surgery or that patients would die by 44%, the company said. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The collection features press-on cluster lashes containing a quick press underneath application that eliminates wait and drying times, the company said.

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STAT

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Arduini has been GE HealthCare’s CEO since January 2022; before that, he was the CEO of neurosurgery device company Integra LifeSciences. “The timing of Peter Arduini’s election as our new Chair couldn’t be better,” AdvaMed CEO Scott Whitaker said in a press statement.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

It was supposed to help Novak, then the chief executive of CRISPR Therapeutics, navigate a pressing quandary. His company was founded to commercialize the new revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, which promised to cure numerous genetic diseases. But which should they target first?

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STAT

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investors in biopharma companies, who lobbied vigorously — but unsuccessfully — against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, are trying a new tactic to preserve their profits. The fight over drug prices is far from over.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Contraline, a device startup that released early, positive clinical data in a press release on Thursday, hopes to fill it. The company has built an injectable gel that’s inserted into the sperm duct, physically blocking the sperm from coming out.

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Drug Store News

MARCH 1, 2023

ImPress Press-On Falsies use a pre-bonded lash technology that eliminates the need for glue, the company said.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Novavax’s quadrivalent influenza vaccine candidate has previously induced cross-reactive polyfunctional CD4+ T-cell responses, according to a company press release.

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STAT

JULY 11, 2023

The company said in a press release that it will review whether to proceed with trying to bring the vaccine to the U.S. Takeda announced Tuesday that it has voluntarily withdrawn its application to the Food and Drug Administration for its dengue vaccine, making it unclear when or if the vaccine will be licensed in this country.

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STAT

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The press release issued by pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Biogen on Sept. 27 might someday be remembered as the beginning of a revolution in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment.

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STAT

APRIL 10, 2023

Neither company issued a press release. UnitedHealth Group has acquired Crystal Run Healthcare, a prominent physician group in New York. The deal for Crystal Run, a network of almost 400 doctors, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians, closed in late February. There was no fanfare. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

WASHINGTON — A popular Chinese vape company says it is donating thousands of dollars to the American Cancer Society in an effort to stop youth vaping, but the cancer organization says it never agreed to the partnership, and it’s ordering the company to stop. ” Read the rest…

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MARCH 28, 2023

Viking Therapeutics, a small biotechnology company, said Tuesday that its experimental medicine led patients to lose as much as 6% more body weight than those on placebo in just six days. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The massively funded research and development company is without a chief scientific officer after the celebrated biologist David Botstein quietly retired last year. A spokesperson for the press-shy company confirmed Botstein’s exit in an email, but would not elaborate on plans for a replacement.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Minutes after the company issued its press release, shares in Illumina dipped from $184.49 to below $172 during after-hours trading.

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JULY 13, 2023

Vessey will become an executive partner and chief scientist at Flagship starting July 31, according to a press release. He will work with the teams at Flagship that create new startups, helping them with science and R&D strategies. It’s the first time the firm will have a chief scientist.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

More than a year after Al Sandrock was pushed out as Biogen’s R&D chief, the company has set permanent plans to replace him into motion. The company has initiated a search for a new research chief, it said in a press release. Both positions will report directly to new CEO Chris Viehbacher.

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APRIL 6, 2023

They’ve swiftly caught the attention of subway goers: splashy ads plastered on train station walls and turnstiles across New York by telehealth companies promoting controversial weight loss medications like Wegovy by name.

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STAT

MAY 11, 2023

Reynolds is suing the state of California in an effort to keep a controversial new line of cigarettes on shelves, the company announced Thursday in a press release. WASHINGTON – Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds launched the products in question shortly after California voters endorsed a statewide ban on menthol cigarettes.

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STAT

JULY 13, 2023

In a clinical trial dubbed OCARINA II , the company showed that delivering Ocrevus, a treatment for certain forms of multiple sclerosis, as a 10-minute injection beneath the skin worked just as well as the current standard, an intravenous infusion that takes hours to deliver.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Health care leaders and technology companies are investing heavily in large language models, a powerful class of deep learning models that are trained on vast troves of data. But while enthusiasm for generative AI is high and research is booming, it’s just starting to gain a toehold in clinical settings.

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STAT

AUGUST 8, 2023

The company reported only the top-line figure in a press release Tuesday, and did not break out the reductions it said were seen in heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular deaths — the combined components of the study’s primary outcome.

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STAT

JUNE 21, 2023

BRUSSELS — Leaders of European pharmaceutical companies on Wednesday said that a proposed overhaul of the E.U.’s But the proposed legislation from the European Commission “would do the opposite,” Jørgensen added, because it would lead to fewer medications for patients.

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BioPharm

MAY 9, 2023

The new agreement is based off the Master Services Agreement that both companies entered in 2021 for the development, manufacture, and supply of rhenium (186Re) obisbemeda, according to a press release.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to a press release by manufacturer , Moderna (in conjunction with Merck), an investigational, personalised cancer vaccine, mRNA-4157/V940, when combined with pembrolizumab, was more effective than pembrolizumab alone, at reducing the risk of death or recurrence in patients with stage III/IV melanoma following complete resection.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Alongside this, the company closed a $30 million Series A, which came from both argenx and the venture of UCHealth and the University License Equity Holdings. OncoVerity plans to optimise the development of cusatuzumab in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other cancers, states the March 27 press release.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

… Investors in biopharma companies, who lobbied vigorously — but unsuccessfully — against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, are trying a new tactic to preserve their profits , The Boston Globe tells us. 

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MARCH 4, 2024

The judge decided AstraZeneca had not proved the program jeopardizes its constitutional property rights, and that the company did not have standing to challenge the guidance Medicare issued to implement the program. … A U.S.  The decisions come more than a year after the U.S.

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ISPE

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Determine the right dust collection equipment for tablet press applications. Determine the right dust collection equipment for tablet press applications. A tablet press depends on a delicate balance of specified airflow and static pressure, climate control, precise material handling and compression force to run properly.

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STAT

MAY 17, 2023

In the 156-volunteer trial, the drug, sepiapterin, reduced levels of phenylalanine by 63% compared to a placebo, PTC said in a press release. The company did not release detailed results, but said that no severe adverse events occurred in the study.

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JULY 26, 2023

Palette will bring Teleflex an extra $56 million in sales, the company estimated in a press release. The company offers just one urological treatment: the UroLift system to relieve an enlarged prostate. Teleflex develops a range of devices, but makes the most money from vascular products like catheters.

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