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EMA issues guidance on medicine impurities, in light of nitrosamine detection
After nitrosamines were detected in sartan medicines, the EMA has released new recommendations about handling and reporting impurities in drugs.
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Novel prostate cancer drug formulation could improve drug’s efficacy
A new oil-based oral formulation of prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate could enable a smaller dose of the drug to be effective and reduce possible side effects, a study has shown.
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Radical innovation occurs when pharma looks outside its own world
Pharma executives are committed to bringing drugs to market to improve the lives of patients but is the industry too introspective to be truly innovative?
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Study suggests current drug shortages in US will be worsened by COVID-19 pandemic
A newly released paper has revealed that the shortages of medications in the US at present will be increased further due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Anti-cancer drug delivery: peptoid-coated DNA origami
Scientists have designed and synthesised chains of molecules for the purpose of drug delivery with a precise sequence and length to protect DNA nanostructures from degradation under biomedically relevant conditions.
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Dose-adjusted chemotherapy regimen effective in Burkitt lymphoma trial
Researchers reveal dose-adjusted (DA) EPOCH-R chemotherapy regimen was effective across all ages of Burkitt lymphoma patients in a Phase II clinical trial.
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Novel antibody delivery method could improve precision medicine
Scientists have developed a protocol for encapsulating antibodies in an ultrasound-sensitive drug carrier for targeted drug delivery.
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NICE recommends Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) for use on Cancer Drugs Fund
Larotrectinib has been given a positive opinion by NICE, following the submission of a revised price after it was previously rejected.
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IND submitted for opaganib, potential COVID-19 treatment
RedHill Biopharma has submitted its Investigational New Drug application for its drug opaganib, for the treatment of COVID-19, to the FDA.
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Amneal recalls three nizatidine lots due to potential NDMA contamination
The FDA has said that Amneal Pharmaceuticals is recalling three lots of nizatidine oral solution at the consumer level due to potential NDMA contamination.
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75 percent of nanopharmaceuticals are being developed for oncology
A report states that three quarters of the roughly 230 nanopharmaceuticals in clinical development are for use as targeted cancer therapeutics.
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Chinese ABRAXANE® supply expected to be disrupted
The marketing agent for China, BeiGene, announced the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) suspended the importation, sales and use of ABRAXANE.
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Mass cytometry could reveal best cancer drug regimens for clinical trials
Researchers have developed a new technology that could provide real-time analysis of patient samples during clinical trials to reveal the best cancer treatment regimens.
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EMA begins safety review of ifosfamide cancer medicines
The EMA has announced the results of its pharmacovigilance meeting for March, saying that it has started a review of medicines containing ifosfamide due to a higher risk of encephalopathy.
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Almost 400 cell and gene therapies in US pipeline, finds report
New research has found that there are 362 cell and gene therapies in clinical pipelines in the US, an increase from 2018.
