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FDA OKs GSKs OTC Topical for Arthritis

2020-02-18 14:46:00| Happi Breaking News

Prescription-strength NSAID gel expected on shelves this spring.

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FDA OKs Merck hepatitis C drug, adding to patient choices

2016-01-29 02:48:54| Biotech - Topix.net

Patients with hepatitis C have yet another advanced treatment option, as the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new once-a-day pill developed by drugmaker Merck. The FDA said Merck can begin marketing Zepatier for patients with two of the subtypes the liver-destroying virus, types 1 and 4. The combination pill includes the medications elbasvir and grazoprevir, which attack the virus in two different ways.

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FDA OKs first generic for Gleevec leukemia pill

2015-12-04 19:54:52| Chemicals - Topix.net

" U.S. regulators have approved the first generic version of one of the first very effective " and expensive " cancer drugs, Gleevec, which costs about $10,000 a month. The Food and Drug Administration granted a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. approval to sell generic Gleevec, known as imatinib mesylate, in 100-milligram and 400-milligram pills for chronic myeloid leukemia.

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FDA OKs breakthrough cholesterol drug for high-risk patients

2015-07-24 21:19:33| Biotech - Topix.net

" The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs that have been prescribed for decades. The drug from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. offers an important new option for millions of patients at high risk of heart disease.

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FDA OKs second test to see if Essure contraceptive is placed right

2015-07-01 19:56:33| Chemicals - Topix.net

Bayer Healthcare said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved using transvaginal ultrasound as an alternate test to confirm if the company's Essure permanent birth control device has been placed properly. Essure is a small metal coil inserted into woman's fallopian tubes.

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