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FDA Approves Aprocitentan For Treatment of Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

Drug Topics

Aprocitentan (TRYVIO) from pharmaceutical company Idorsia demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in blood pressure in combination with other antihypertensive therapies.

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Innoviva enters agreement to acquire La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company

Pharmaceutical Technology

Innoviva has signed a definitive merger agreement for the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company for $6.23 The lead product of the company, Giapreza (angiotensin II) obtained the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2017.

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Why Is FDA Issuing Fewer Marketing Violation Letters?

Pharma Marketing Network

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in regulating the pharmaceutical industry and ensuring that medications and medical devices marketed to the public are safe, effective, and appropriately labeled.

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SCOTUS’ abortion pill mifepristone case is really about the FDA

STAT

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear opening arguments in an abortion medication case that pharmaceutical companies warn could upend the industry and paralyze new drug development.

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FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Birth Control Pill

Pharmacy Times

The approval of norgestrel tablets (Opill) could open the door to other prescription-to-OTC contraceptive switches, although that remains to be seen as other pharmaceutical companies weigh their options.

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STAT+: ‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

STAT

But like any pharmaceutical company with an eye toward the future, Celgene continued to seek other ways to wring profits from its development work. Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid.

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Janssen submits sNDA to FDA for full approval of Balversa

Pharmafile

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for full approval of Balversa (erdafitinib) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).

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