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EU regulator approves injectable HIV drug that experts say could help stop transmission
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV. Scientists say this ...
Layoffs, shutdowns and billions up in smoke. What's wrong with Bay Area biotech?
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals is one of many biotech companies that’s laid off workers over the past two years. Its office in ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
Prescription fluoride faces FDA scrutiny despite widespread support from providers and the public
The US Food and Drug Administration appears poised to continue with a plan to ban prescription fluoride supplements at a time ...
GSK's blood cancer drug gets EU approval
The European Union has approved GSK's drug Blenrep to treat relapsed or treatment-resistant forms of a cancer affecting blood ...
Medical groups and US states work to circumvent Kennedy's vaccine decisions
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and ...
US FDA extends review of GSK's blood cancer drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of GSK's blood cancer drug Blenrep as a combination treatment, ...
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug.
Her doctor prescribed an antidepressant, even though the then 36-year-old insisted she wasn’t depressed. She even went to ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
FDA appoints biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug evaluation division
Stanford's George Tidmarsh has authored 143 scientific papers and patents, as well as played a central role in developing ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...