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Biogen and Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug secures support in closely watched AdCom

Pharmaceutical Technology

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee (AdCom) has unanimously voted in support of Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi and its clinical benefit in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease , raising the drug’s full approval prospects.

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Microbiome therapies: a maturing movement

European Pharmaceutical Review

Notably, gut microbiome was found to linked to cancer CAR T therapy response, based data from the largest prospective study of its kind, published in Nature Medicine in March 2023. Conversely, in the US, it has always been clear and regulated as a drug. coli strains in the gut”.

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FDA grants access to new class of paediatric diabetes medicine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s oral medicines Jardiance (empagliflozin) and Synjardy (empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride) to manage blood sugar in children with type 2 diabetes (T2D) aged ten years or older. in the placebo group.

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Illegal online pharmacies gain traction as regulators lag behind

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA has flagged this issue as pharmacies selling prescription drugs illegally have proliferated over the years. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA commissioner Dr. Robert Califf says, “The illegal sale of prescription drug stimulants online puts Americans at risk and contributes to potential abuse, misuse, and overdose.”