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VIZIENT: Comments Support FDA’s Efforts to Expedite Biosimilar Insulin Development

Vizient, Inc. yesterday submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to its draft guidance, “Clinical Immunogenicity Considerations for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Insulin Products.”

U.S. FDA: FDA Continues Strong Support of Innovation in Development of Gene Therapy Products

This is a pivotal time in the field of gene therapy as the FDA continues its efforts to support innovators developing new medical products for Americans and others around the world.

SEATTLE GENETICS: Announces Submission of Tucatinib New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA for Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

Submission Based on Positive Pivotal HER2CLIMB Trial Results Recently Presented at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

U.S. FDA: FDA clears first fully disposable duodenoscope, eliminating the potential for infections caused by ineffective reprocessing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing in the U.S. the first fully disposable duodenoscope.

F2G LTD: F2G Receives US FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Olorofim

In Phase 2b development for the treatment of life-threatening fungal infections

3D SYSTEMS: Expands its Industry-Leading Portfolio of Dental Materials with Newly FDA-Cleared NextDent® Denture 3D+

Dental labs and clinics can produce dentures 75% faster with 90% lower cost using 3D Systems' Digital Denture Workflow

GENETECH: FDA Accepts Genentech’s Biologics License Application for Satralizumab for Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Satralizumab represents a potential new approach to treating neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare, debilitating disease often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS)

DisposeRx helps to eradicate millions of opioid pills

Fulfilling its pledge to remove millions of opioid pills from the medicine cabinets of American homes, DisposeRx recently donated over 150,000 packets of its non-toxic, safe solution for the disposal of unused or expired medications to 140 community partners in 43 states through its community outreach program.

BERGENBIO ASA: Receives FDA Approval of Fast Track Designation for Bemcentinib

BerGenBio ASA (OSE: BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for multiple cancer indications, today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Fast Track Designation for bemcentinib for the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) whose disease has relapsed.

Hackensack Meridian Health launches $1 million 'Take Vape Away' campaign

Hackensack Meridian Health has invested $1 million in a comprehensive strategy to curb the vaping epidemic through its "Take Vape Away" campaign.

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM: FDA Grants Ofev® Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Chronic Fibrosing ILDs with a Progressive Phenotype

The designation was supported by results from the Phase III INBUILD® study that met its primary endpoint and was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine

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