Adcomm Debates Clinical Data vs. Personal Data in Decision Not to Approve ALS Stem Cell Therapy

Despite strong testimony and comments from patients and clinicians, the FDA advisory committee reviewing NurOwn, an investigational treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), voted against recommending the drug, citing a…

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Pharma Companies Rake in $185B on Just Four Drugs Via Patent Thickets, Says Report

Drugmakers have netted a whopping $185 billion from just four mega-blockbusters by leveraging patent thickets — the filing of overlapping patents to artificially extend a drug’s intellectual property protections to…

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ICER, Peterson Health Technology Institute Devise Assessment Framework for DHTs

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) and the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) have partnered to assess digital health technologies (DHTs) against the standards that devicemakers should meet…

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Pharm Tech Survey Shows Nearly All Face Drug Shortages, Pfizer Plant Shortages Continue Until 2024

Nearly 96 percent of pharmacy technicians recently surveyed said they are facing drug shortages, primarily for chemotherapy drugs, medicines for ADHD, GLP-1 agonists for weight loss and diabetes, and local…

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