Covid Shot in the Arm Not Enough to Keep Pharmacies in Business
2021-05-05
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Tobin’s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother’s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, had been operating on a razor’s edge as retail sales moved online and mail-order pharmacies siphoned off its…
FDA Approves Zegalogue
2021-03-25
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FDA Approves Zegalogue (dasiglucagon) Injection for the Treatment of Severe Hypoglycemia in People with Diabetes Copenhagen, DK and Boston, MA, U.S. March 22, 2021 – Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) (CVR-no. 20045078,) a biotechnology company aspiring to deliver innovation with novel peptide therapeutics, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug…
Humira (adalimumab) Receives FDA Approval to Treat Pediatric Patients Living with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
2021-03-02
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NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Humira (adalimumab) for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in pediatric patients 5 years of age and older. In clinical trials, Humira induced clinical remission…
Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use the World Over, Are Still on Hold in America
2021-02-26
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The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses. But the United States is still waiting. As covid deaths…
Entresto Granted Expanded Indication in Chronic Heart Failure by FDA
2021-02-18
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EAST HANOVER, N.J., Feb. 16, 2021 — Novartis today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the following expanded indication for Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan): to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with chronic heart failure.1 Benefits are most clearly evident in patients with left ventricular…
No importa cuál te toque. Cuando tengas oportunidad, vacúnate contra covid
2021-02-06
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A la hora de vacunarse contra covid-19 no hay que ser quisquilloso. Los expertos afirman que debes ponerte la primera vacuna autorizada que te ofrezcan. La vacuna anti covid más reciente, de Johnson & Johnson, es probablemente un poco menos eficaz para prevenir la enfermedad que las dos vacunas que…