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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

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Do patients care? Accelerated Approval was developed in 1992 in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis and has led to expedited drug and biologic approvals in several disease areas across the FDA. Do patients care? Should patients be made aware that the drug they are being prescribed is an “accelerated approval drug”?

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Dear FDA: WTF?

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SUMMARY: The FDA wants to look at how certain brand names affect consumer and health care providers’ perceptions about the efficacy and the medical conditions for which they’re indicated. This is just another example of how clueless the FDA is regarding patient behavior and prescription drugs. The post Dear FDA: WTF?

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The FDA and Aduhelm: WTF?

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SKIMMERS SUMMARY: Jefferies analysts found doctors have shown strong interest in prescribing Aduhelm for about 35% of early-stage Alzheimer’s patients with mild cognitive impairment after surveying 50 U.S. neurologists or psychiatrists currently treating about 12,000 Alzheimer’s patients. government. Natalie Shure, The New Republic.

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“I don’t trust the FDA anymore”

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SKIMMERS SUMMARY: Health experts, including those on an external advisory committee to the FDA, are skeptical that Biogen’s drug will even successfully slow the progression of Alzheimer’s after late-stage clinical trials yielded mixed results and are angry the FDA approved the product. Medpage Today.

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Aerin Medical Receives FDA Clearance of Next-Generation RhinAer® Stylus for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Rhinitis

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a company that provides Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physicians with non-invasive solutions to treat chronic nasal conditions, announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and launch of a next-generation RhinAer® stylus. of patients positively responded to treatment at 24 months, defined as a ?30%

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Lexicon gets FDA approval for Inpefa to treat heart failure

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (Lexicon) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Inpefa drug to treat heart failure. The SOLOIST-WHF (worsening heart failure) and SCORED trials together assessed around 12,000 patients.

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US FDA approves Apellis’ geographic atrophy therapy Syfovre

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection) to treat geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The post US FDA approves Apellis’ geographic atrophy therapy Syfovre appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.