The following is from Becker’s Hospital Review. FDA investigators discovered more quality issues at an Intas Pharmaceuticals factory in Ahmedabad, India, which halted some production after a November inspection found a truck full of shredded documents, Bloomberg reported June 15. In May, […]
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Public Citizen’s Health Research Group wants the FDA to deny speeded up approval of a new gene therapy treatment. The advocacy group states that the treatment, SRP-9001 (Sarepta Therapeutics) for ambulatory Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), intended for children aged four
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The following is from The Defender. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission — the executive branch of the European Union (EU) — launched a “landmark digital health partnership” on June 5, marking the beginning of the WHO
The following is from BBC News. Puberty blockers will only be prescribed to children attending gender identity services as part of clinical research, NHS [National Health Service] England has announced. The move comes after an interim report into children’s gender services said
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The following is from Becker’s Healthcare Review. James Luketich, MD, the longtime cardiothoracic chair at Pittsburgh-based [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center] (UPMC) will step down from his role following a federal false claims settlement, the health system confirmed to Becker’s on June
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The following is from Becker’s Hospital Review. Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center may make leadership and internal quality changes based on the findings of an internal report prompted by a newspaper’s investigation, New Hampshire Public Radio reported June 7. The hospital commissioned
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The head of the HouseSubcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), is requesting two unredacted documents from Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the origins of Covid-19 and the Communist Party of China’s suspected cover up. While negotiating testimony
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The following is from MedPage, which is supported by the pharmaceutical industry. An FDA advisory committee on Thursday gave strong backing to use of a monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in
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