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FDA Approvals Roundup: Kloxxado, Farxiga, Ferriprox

The Pharma Data

The SGLT2 inhibitor was originally approved in 2014 to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes in addition to diet and exercise. . Among study arm patients, 100 were hospitalized for heart failure or had a CV-related death, compared with 138 patients in the placebo arm. .

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The science of ageing and restoring healthspan

Drug Target Review

Jerry has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and has been involved in the discovery, clinical development, and global commercialisation of more than a dozen FDA-approved drugs with multiple successful exits. acquired by Teva Pharmaceuticals in 2014. a commercial stage pharmaceutical company.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato April 25, 2024 As night fell on July 20th, 2014, genomicist Christian Happi was at home with his family in Lagos, Nigeria when he received a phone call he would never forget. On October 20th, 2014, as Ebola continued to spread in Guinea and in neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, WHO declared Nigeria free of Ebola.

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FDA Approves Verquvo (vericiguat) for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Verquvo (vericiguat) for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. About the Worldwide Collaboration Between Bayer and Merck Since October 2014, Bayer and Merck (known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada) have pursued a worldwide collaboration in the field of sGC modulators. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS

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FDA Approves Treatment for Wider Range of Patients with Heart Failure

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults. Jardiance was originally approved by the FDA in 2014 as a supplement to diet and exercise to improve glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes.

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Roche receives FDA approval for first HIV-1/HIV-2 Qualitative Test on the cobas 6800/8800 Systems in the fight against HIV/AIDS

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the cobas® HIV-1/HIV-2 Qualitative Test for use on the fully automated cobas® 6800/8800 Systems in the U.S. Published 2014 Aug 26. Combines confirmatory HIV testing and HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation into one single test. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52(6):780-787. BMC Infect Dis.

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

PLOS: DNA Science

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. Keytruda illustrates more recently approved cancer drugs.