FDA rolls back warning labels on HRT products for menopause, citing misinformation / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The action, announced Monday, follows a comprehensive review of scientific literature by an expert panel at the agency in July, as well as a public comment period, officials said. Pharmas are expected to update and reprint their product labeling to remove…
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Monday, November 10, 2025, 5:24 pm / permalink 15854 / 5 stories in 4 months
Pfizer’s Sweeter $10B Offer Beats Novo Nordisk in Bidding War for Obesity Biotech Metsera / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Pfizer’s offer of up to $86.25 in cash for each share of obesity drugs developer Metsera share tops the up to $86.20 Novo Nordisk was willing to pay. The financial consideration and the greater certainly of a deal close tipped the balance in Pfizer’s favo…
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Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15823 / 4 stories in 4 months
Pfizer poised to buy Metsera in $10 bn deal after bidding war / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Pfizer was poised to seal a takeover of Metsera on Saturday after its improved offer won over the biotechnology startup's board and Danish challenger Novo Nordisk called a halt to a back-and-forth bidding war.
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 15805 / 2 stories in 4 months
#AHA25: Amgen’s cholesterol drug cuts first-time cardiovascular events by a quarter / Endpoints
Elizabeth Cairns / endpoints - Amgen on Saturday said its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha cut cardiovascular events by 25% when added on top of standard therapy in high-risk patients who have never had a heart attack or stroke. Repatha is already ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15793 / 13 stories in 4 months
FDA approves J&J’s Darzalex for smoldering multiple myeloma / Endpoints
Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA on Thursday approved Johnson & Johnson’s Darzalex injection for high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, a condition in which people have abnormal cells that could turn into myeloma but don’t have ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15786 / 3 stories in 4 months
Patient in Intellia CRISPR trial dies after being hospitalized with liver injury / Endpoints
Ryan Cross / endpoints - A man in his early 80s who was recently hospitalized with liver injury, a few weeks after receiving an experimental gene editing therapy, died on Wednesday ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15784 / 2 stories in 4 months
CMS unveils new Medicaid drug payment model / Endpoints
Max Bayer / endpoints - CMS plans to launch a new drug payment model for state Medicaid programs, the first of potentially multiple pricing models under President Donald Trump's "most favored nation" push that the pharma industry has been closely ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15785 / 3 stories in 4 months
What Trump’s New Drug Pricing Deal Means for People With Obesity / NYT
Rebecca Robbins, Dani Blum and Margot Sanger-Katz / nytimes - The president’s agreement with drug companies involves a range of prices, depending on dose, product and how you’re paying.
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Friday, November 7, 2025, 11:57 pm / permalink 15780 / 6 stories in 4 months