All Drug approval articles
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         Business BusinessUS regulator says phenylephrine is ineffective as a decongestantFDA will begin consultation on removing the drug from hundreds of over-the-counter remedies 
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         Business BusinessAntibodies face Alzheimer’s realityCompanies are convincing regulators, but will doctors use them, and will providers pay for them? 
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         Opinion OpinionRegulators must follow their heads, not their heartsThe 2019 US approval of antibiotic Recarbrio seems not to have met the normally expected standards 
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         Webinar WebinarHow to profit from recent innovations in small molecule drug discoveryReduce risk, cost and wasted time in the new era of small molecule drug discovery 
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         News NewsRush to approve Covid vaccine prompted by politics may end in disasterPush by governments to pass a vaccine without appropriate evidence could damage fight against virus 
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         Business BusinessCancer and rare diseases dominated 2019 drug approvalsMore streamlined review processes and changing R&D priorities have contributed to sustained increase in new medicines 
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         Article ArticleHow biologics have changed the rules for pharmaThe impact of the latest generation of drugs for the healthcare industry 
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         Business BusinessFDA new drug approvals more than doubled in 2017The FDA approved 46 new drugs last year – the highest number in over two decades – due to factors like streamlined policies at the agency 
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         Business BusinessNovartis coasts towards first CAR-T approvalUnanimous recommendation for CTL019 ahead of October decision builds confidence in T-cell genetic reprogramming 
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         Business BusinessFDA approves first sickle cell drug in almost two decadesGlutamine-based drug is the first approved for children over 5 
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         Opinion OpinionHow safe should drugs be?What does spotting new risks in approved medicines say about how effective regulators are? 
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         Business BusinessChina approves BMS’s hepatitis C drugsCombination is first all-oral treatment in China, where Gilead’s Sovaldi is not yet approved 
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         Business BusinessEU recommends withdrawing drugs approved on unreliable dataIndian firm Micro Therapeutic Research Labs accused of misrepresenting clinical data and documentation deficiencies 
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         News NewsPfizer launches new biosimilar drug in USAutoimmune disease treatment becomes only the second biosimilar to be approved by the FDA 
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         Business BusinessFDA’s first Duchenne drug approval reveals schismOligonucleotide drug reaches market amid pressure from patient families and strife over ‘patient-focused drug development’ at the regulator 
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      BusinessMerck & Co joins hepatitis C partyNew drug adds new treatment options and increases competition in premium market 
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         Business BusinessViral cancer therapy approved in the UST-Vec is the first approved oncolytic virus, but its limited treatment scope means it is unlikely to become a blockbuster 
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      BusinessFDA takes action to remove biosimilars roadblockThe US Food and Drug Administration proposes system to name biosimilar drugs 
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         Business BusinessFemale sexual desire drug approvedConcerns raised over efficacy, side effects and use of advocacy campaigning to influence regulatory decisions 
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      BusinessUS approves biosimilar filgrastimSandoz’s version of Amgen’s Neupogen is ‘biosimilar’ but not ‘interchangeable’