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Stelara for psoriasis: Dosage, efficacy & more

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It is a biologic medication and monoclonal antibody made by the pharmaceutical company Janssen Biotech. Avoid live vaccines while taking Stelara. Some examples of live vaccines include the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, varicella, rotavirus, and nasal flu vaccine.

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Race to the finish: pharma edges closer to approval with RSV vaccines

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RSV researchers at major pharmaceutical companies are currently working to develop new RSV drugs to beat future waves of RSV infection and gain the first RSV vaccine FDA approval. Pharmaceutical companies are pushing to develop drugs and vaccines for RSV with these populations in mind.

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Excellence Awards 2022 – Winners Announced!

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The company has founded a non-commercial Global Health Unit to meet these goals. New vaccines and therapies for the prevention and treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and anti-microbial resistance (AMR) will be the focus of the research and investment.

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Remicade biosimilar options for affordable treatment

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Understanding Remicade: Uses and mechanisms Remicade was the first tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitor to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since then, Remicade has also gained FDA indications for psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and plaque psoriasis.

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Nine for 2023, part one: a reflection on inflection

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1 Kenya, for example, entered the pandemic with no human vaccines manufacturing facility and established the BioVax institute for local vaccine manufacture with a major plant investment starting in 2023. More remains to be addressed, and not just by conventional pharmaceutical companies. Pharma boxed in?

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Nine for 2021: The COVID-19 legacy

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One bright spot in an otherwise dreadful year: the pharmaceutical industry has discovered it can do things it never dreamed possible. Anyone who proposed that a novel, deadly virus would spread, with a vaccine developed demonstrating 95% efficacy, and approved for patients in less than a year would have been scoffed at.

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Why Are Biologics So Expensive?

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To demonstrate, the biologic drug Humira (generic name adalimumab), which is used to treat autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease , costs over $6,000 for 1 carton (2 pens) without insurance. The biological drug category covers various products such as vaccines and cell and gene therapies. To date, the U.S.