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Medicare program spent $1.8 billion in 2019 on drugs without confirmed clinical benefits

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billion in Medicare funds in 2019 on drugs whose clinical benefits have yet to be confirmed by the Food and Drug Administration, a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests. billion on 36 of these drugs across 55 indications in 2019. federal government spent an estimated $1.8

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Hanmi Pharmaceutical expects U.S. FDA approval for 2 new drugs

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LAPS Triple Agonist (HM15211), a triple agonist, has demonstrated a fatty liver reduction effect of 50% or greater through the recent clinical trials in U.S. Poziotinib , which succeeded in clinical trials for HER2 mutated non-small cell carcinoma (NSCLC) patients last year, is planned to be submitted to the U.S.

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FDA Approves Pfizer Med for Rare Form of Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer ’s Xalkori (crizotinib) for pediatric patients one year of age and older and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive. Manuel Esteban/Shutterstock.

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Roche announces FDA approval of FoundationOne Liquid CDx, a comprehensive pan-tumour liquid biopsy test

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The test is FDA-approved to report short variants in 311 genes including rearrangements and copy number losses in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The results are delivered in an integrated report that identifies alterations matched to FDA-approved therapies.

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Kite Receives U.S. FDA Approval of New State-of-the-Art CAR T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Maryland

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The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer. Kite began construction of the 275,000 square foot facility in Maryland on 20 acres in 2019. Kite therapies are available at over 275 ATCs around the world, including more than 110 leading cancer hospitals in the U.S.

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FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline’s Nucala to treat hypereosinophilic syndrome

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This approval comes after GSK submitted results from its Phase 3 trial which enrolled 108 patients. Nucala was first approved in 2015 to treat severe eosinophilic asthma as an add-on maintenance therapy for the condition, and for the treatment of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

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FDA Approves Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis on the Face or Scalp

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FDA Approves Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis on the Face or Scalp. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the topical treatment of actinic keratosis (AK) on the face or scalp. The FDA approval of Klisyri is a significant milestone for Athenex.