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Chimpanzees' Drumming May Be Ancient Form of Communication
SATURDAY, May 17, 2025 — When a chimp pounds rhythmically on a towering tree root deep in the jungle, it may be doing more than just making noise. A new study...
FDA Gives Marketing Nod to Blood Test for Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- The first in vitro diagnostic device that uses blood samples to detect Alzheimer disease has been granted marketing clearance by the...
Greater Sedentary Time Associated With Higher Risk for Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- Sedentary time is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study published online May 13 in...
Testosterone Use Not Tied to Gynecological Cancers in Transmasculine Individuals
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- Short-term testosterone use among transmasculine and gender diverse (TMGD) individuals is not associated with an increased risk for...
Risk for Death, MACE Increased for Patients With Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- Adult-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with an increased risk for death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)...
Audiologist-Fitted Hearing Aids Outperform Over-the-Counter Ones
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids (HAs), in which audiologists provide limited services, are effective, but do not achieve the same...
Medicaid Unwinding Linked to Disruption of Chronic Medication Therapy in Youth
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 -- In young patients, especially young adults, Medicaid unwinding associated with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chronic medication...
Novo Nordisk, U.S. Biotech Company Team Up to Create Obesity Pills
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is teaming up with California-based biotech Septerna to develop new pills to treat obesity, type 2...
Toxic Metals Found in All Rice Samples in New Study
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — A new report says rice sold in U.S. stores contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. The report...
Custom Gene Editing Helps Baby With Rare Condition
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — A baby born with a rare and deadly genetic disease is the world's first known patient to receive an experimental gene editing...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Emrelis (telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With High c-Met Protein Overexpression
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that Emrelis (telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv) has been granted accelerated...
FDA Extends PDUFA Date of Biohaven's Troriluzole NDA for Rare Disease Spinocerebellar Ataxia
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Biohaven Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) (Biohaven or the Company), today announced that the Division of Neurology 1 within...
FDA Approves Merck’s Welireg (belzutifan) for the Treatment of Adults and Pediatric Patients 12 Years and Older With Locally Advanced, Unresectable, or Metastatic Pheochromocytoma or Paraganglioma (PPGL)
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) May 14, 2025 -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Avmapki Fakzynja Co-Pack (avutometinib capsules/defactinib tablets) for KRAS-Mutated Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2025-- Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with...
Teva and Alvotech Announce FDA Approval of Interchangeability for Selarsdi (ustekinumab-aekn) with Stelara (ustekinumab)
PARSIPPANY, N.J. & REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries...
Vanda Announces Bysanti NDA Filing; FDA Decision Expected in Early 2026
May 5, 2025 WASHINGTON, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Cytokinetics Announces New PDUFA Date for Aficamten in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
May 1, 2025 -- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that the U.S. Food and...
FDA Approves Imaavy (nipocalimab-aahu) for the Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG)
SPRING HOUSE, Pa., (April 30, 2025) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
Stealth BioTherapeutics Announces Delay in FDA Action Date for Barth Syndrome Application for Elamipretide
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. (the “Company” or “Stealth”), a clinical-stage...
Aldeyra Therapeutics Receives Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Reproxalap New Drug Application for the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 3, 2025-- Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALDX) (Aldeyra), a biotechnology company devoted to discovering and...
The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Data from Phase 2b Trial of Oral Orexin Receptor 2 Agonist Oveporexton (TAK-861) in People with Narcolepsy Type 1
OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 14, 2025 – Takeda (TSE: 4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine published...
In New SELECT Trial Analysis, Early Reduction in Cardiovascular Events Was Observed with Wegovy®, Before Clinically Meaningful Changes in Body Weight
PLAINSBORO, N.J., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Novo Nordisk will present data at the European Congress of Obesity (ECO) from a secondary, post hoc...
Zepbound (tirzepatide) Showed Superior Weight Loss Over Wegovy (semaglutide) in Complete SURMOUNT-5 Results Published in The New England Journal of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS, May 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced detailed results from SURMOUNT-5, a Phase 3b open-label clinical...
Akero Therapeutics Announces Publication of Phase 2b SYMMETRY Trial of Efruxifermin in the New England Journal of Medicine
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational...
Icotrokinra Results Show Significant Skin Clearance in Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Scalp and Genital Psoriasis
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. (May 9, 2025) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced new data from the Phase 3 ICONIC-TOTALa study investigating...
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