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AI Tool CHIEF Paints a Landscape of a Cancer, Refining Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

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A Brief History of Targeted Cancer Drugs In 1978, FDA approved the first targeted cancer drug, tamoxifen. The FDA approved Herceptin , targeting a different receptor (HER2) in breast cancer cells, in 1998. The FDA approved Herceptin , targeting a different receptor (HER2) in breast cancer cells, in 1998.

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DARPA Neurotechnology: The Deep Dive

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The grant doled out funds to non-neurotechnology projects, too, but the Nicolelis, Andersen, and Donoghue papers were presumably so exciting that DARPA decided to launch an expanded program in 2001. Researchers used an off-the-shelf, FDA-approved machine, developed by Blackrock Neurotech ; the algorithms were the main advancement.)

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The cost of artificially short expiration dates: Worsened shortages, higher costs and more waste

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Such a situation is commonplace in the clinical trial realm, in which investigational drug products which are not already FDA approved are administered to patients. Under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA) , the FDA also has some authority to extend MCM expiration dates.

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Article FDA Thank You In a new final rule, FDA carves out a regulatory niche for medical gases

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In 2001, the FDA issued a guidance to “alert hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities to the hazards of medical gas mix-ups.”

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The role of anti-viral drug development in a new pandemic era

Drug Target Review

12 That drug (tecovirimat) is now FDA-approved and stockpiled by the US and other governments for smallpox treatment, 13 while also being used in clinical practice globally for treatment of mpox and other viruses within the orthopox family.

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Levers for Biological Progress

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More specifically, it reveals that the price to sequence a human genome fell from $100 million in 2001 to $700 by 2021; a stunning collapse in price. Today, a single injection of an FDA-approved gene therapy, called Hemgenix , cures this disease. The cost of sequencing a human genome.

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Not surprisingly, then-presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, DEA Administrator from 2001 to 2003, did not sign the letter. The letter is signed by six former DEA administrators and five former Directors of National Drug Policy. The earliest tenured is John Bartels, who served as Administrator from 1973 to 1975.