Category: North America

July 23, 2019 Off

Qu Biologic’s trial shows CD symptoms can be improved with activating immune system

By Dino Mustafić

Qu Biologics’s first randomized-placebo controlled trial (RCT) resulst, for moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease (CD) was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Medicine, an open-access peer-reviewed medical journal, as it showed that clinical symptoms of CD can be improved with an immunomodulatory treatment that functions to activate instead of suppress the immune system.

July 23, 2019 Off

PCSK9is shown to lower improve cardiovascular outcomes, many rejected by their insurance plan

By Dino Mustafić

New research from the FH Foundation highlights that individuals at high risk for cardiovascular events, including those with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), experienced more heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events when they were unable to obtain their prescribed PCSK9 inhibitor (PCSK9i), a cholesterol-lowering treatment.

July 22, 2019 Off

FDA grants first approvals for generics of Lyrica

By Dino Mustafić

The FDA has granted first approvals for the generic versions of Lyrica to Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Alkem Laboratories, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, MSN Laboratories Ltd., Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sciegen Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals.