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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. Side effects due to drugs are responsible for one in every 16 hospital admissions in the UK, based on the announcement.

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What GLP-1 drugs mean for medtech

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We took a look at these drugs’ impact on the medtech sector for our forthcoming report, Medtech Trends to Watch in 2024 , and found a more nuanced picture. These drugs could also enlarge the pool of candidates for major joint surgeries as patients become more physically active after achieving weight reductions, as Stryker has noted.

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BMS strikes $14bn deal for Karuna Therapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

It has demonstrated improvements in cognition and is not associated with common side effects of currently approved treatments like weight gain. Currently under review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), KarXT is expected to launch in the US in late 2024.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

European Pharmaceutical Review

This evidence included comparisons of the products on an analytical level using chemical and biological tests and assays that confirmed similarity in the structural and functional features of Wezlana and Stelara, as well as comparative human pharmacokinetic data, clinical immunogenicity data and other clinical safety and effectiveness data.

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Blue Water Vaccines agrees to buy Veru’s Entadfi capsules business

Pharmaceutical Technology

It will pay another $10m in instalments through to September 2024. Blue Water chairman and CEO Joseph Hernandez stated: “With millions of men suffering from BPH and facing adverse side effects associated with current treatments, we are excited to support those patients and make Entadfi readily available for all.

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Developing a new treatment paradigm for chronic kidney disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

This month, new data from Novo Nordisk has revealed that semaglutide could become the first GLP-1 treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Up to fifty percent of IgAN patients progress to end-stage renal disease, requiring dialysis or transplant.

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Developing a new treatment paradigm for IgAN

European Pharmaceutical Review

This month, new data from Novo Nordisk has revealed that semaglutide could become the first GLP-1 treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Up to fifty percent of IgAN patients progress to end-stage renal disease, requiring dialysis or transplant.