Pharma News

Young boy dies in trial for Pfizer Duchenne gene therapy
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Young boy dies in trial for Pfizer Duchenne gene therapy

  • STAT
AstraZeneca withdrawing COVID vaccine worldwide
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AstraZeneca withdrawing COVID vaccine worldwide

  • The Telegraph
Expanded biotherapeutics centre at new Ottawa Hospital campus to focus on treatments, vaccines

Expanded biotherapeutics centre at new Ottawa Hospital campus to focus on treatments, vaccines

  • Ottawa Citizen
Pharmacare’s design could fragment and politicize Canadian health care

Pharmacare’s design could fragment and politicize Canadian health care

  • Canadian Affairs
  • Cheryl Camillo
Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

  • The Guardian
New Therapeutic Promise For Fibromyalgia

New Therapeutic Promise For Fibromyalgia

  • Forbes
Could Better Inhalers Help Patients, and the Planet?

Could Better Inhalers Help Patients, and the Planet?

  • KFF Health News
The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

  • STAT
  • Jason Shafrin, Louis Garrison, and Melanie D. Whittington
Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds

Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds

  • CIDRAP
Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn

Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn

  • npr
Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6 for people with obesity

Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6 for people with obesity

  • Canadian Press
US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition

US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition

  • Canadian Press
AstraZeneca admits for first time in court documents its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect
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AstraZeneca admits for first time in court documents its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect

  • The Telegraph
Novavax prepared to deliver protein-based JN.1 COVID vaccine this fall, in line with WHO recommendation

Novavax prepared to deliver protein-based JN.1 COVID vaccine this fall, in line with WHO recommendation

  • Novavax
U.K. Tests World-First Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine
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U.K. Tests World-First Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine

  • Forbes
Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

  • STAT
  • Peter J. Pitts and Timothy R. Franson
Study reveals promising results for abatacept for severe COVID

Study reveals promising results for abatacept for severe COVID

  • CIDRAP
Diabetes meds still leading drug category for eligible private insurance claims: report

Diabetes meds still leading drug category for eligible private insurance claims: report

  • Human Resources Director
Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

  • The Guardian
British Scientists Warn Weight-Loss Drug Might Harm Developing Babies
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British Scientists Warn Weight-Loss Drug Might Harm Developing Babies

  • Forbes
McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say

McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say

  • Reuters
Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?

Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?

  • STAT
Remember ‘Contagion?’ A New Treatment For Nipah Virus Could Be A Game Changer
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Remember ‘Contagion?’ A New Treatment For Nipah Virus Could Be A Game Changer

  • Forbes
As national measles vaccine shortage extends another month, some travel to U.S.

As national measles vaccine shortage extends another month, some travel to U.S.

  • CBC News
Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug

Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug

  • CBC News
Hundreds of websites are selling fake Ozempic, says company. Doctors say it’s only going to get worse

Hundreds of websites are selling fake Ozempic, says company. Doctors say it’s only going to get worse

  • Radio-Canada
NIOPEG®—a biosimilar of NEULASTA®—receives Health Canada Approval

NIOPEG®—a biosimilar of NEULASTA®—receives Health Canada Approval

  • CISION
Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
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Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment

  • The New York Times
Fatty liver disease treatment approved in U.S. signals new era for Canadians

Fatty liver disease treatment approved in U.S. signals new era for Canadians

  • Healthing
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

  • UC Riverside News
Chinese Company Under Congressional Scrutiny Makes Key U.S. Drugs
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Chinese Company Under Congressional Scrutiny Makes Key U.S. Drugs

  • The New York Times
We should change how we evaluate cancer drugs

We should change how we evaluate cancer drugs

  • Financial Post
  • Nigel Rawson, Chak Balijepalli and David Stewart
FDA to review 5-in-1 meningococcal vaccine candidate

FDA to review 5-in-1 meningococcal vaccine candidate

  • CIDRAP
New ‘One-And-Done’ Vaccine Method Could Protect Infants—From Covid, Flu—With Just A Single Shot

New ‘One-And-Done’ Vaccine Method Could Protect Infants—From Covid, Flu—With Just A Single Shot

  • Forbes
Quebec class action authorized against 16 pharma companies for role in opioid crisis

Quebec class action authorized against 16 pharma companies for role in opioid crisis

  • CBC News
It's the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's. Why is is it off to a slow start?

It's the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's. Why is is it off to a slow start?

  • Associated Press
The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
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The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent

  • The New York Times
US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply

US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply

  • ars technica
Towards A Universal Covid Vaccine

Towards A Universal Covid Vaccine

  • Forbes
Pfizer reports promising findings for RSV vaccine in at-risk adults 18 to 59 years old

Pfizer reports promising findings for RSV vaccine in at-risk adults 18 to 59 years old

  • CIDRAP
Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

  • Associated Press
Large trial challenges common practice of prescribing beta blockers after heart attack

Large trial challenges common practice of prescribing beta blockers after heart attack

  • STAT

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