AstraZeneca, Sanofi win FDA advisory committee backing for RSV therapy nirsevimab
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Source: Reuters: Health - June 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RSV antibody drug gets backing from FDA advisors, paving the way for approval : Shots - Health News
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration have recommended that the agency approve a new antibody drug to protect infants from serious lung illnesses caused by respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. On Thursday, the panel voted in favor of FDA approval for the injectable…#rsv #fda #astrazeneca #maryannejackson #childrenmercy #kansascity #missouri #stevenkrug #lindseybaden #boston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Panel Recommends RSV Shot to Protect Infants
Advisers to the agency overwhelmingly agreed that a new treatment would help to prevent a potentially lethal respiratory illness in very young children. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: your-feed-healthcare Babies and Infants Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) AstraZeneca PLC Food and Drug Administration GSK PLC Sanofi SA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source Type: news
New British lung cancer drug from AstraZeneca is hailed as a 'game changer'
The ground-breaking trial found patients who received osimertinib after surgery were 51 per cent more likely to be alive five years later than those given a dummy pill. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AstraZeneca ’s cancer pill Tagrisso halves mortality risk in lung cancer
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Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AstraZeneca defies geopolitics to bet on China
Drugmaker seeks opportunities due to ageing population and burgeoning biotech industry#drugmaker (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fact Check: Was Jamie Foxx left " paralyzed and blind " by COVID vaccine?
Information about Jamie Foxx's medical condition has been scarce, but some are now alleging that the actor has been left "paralyzed and blind" due to a COVID vaccine. In early April, it was revealed that 55-year-old Foxx was hospitalized after an unspecified "medical complication." In May, his…#jamiefoxx #foxx #corinnefoxx #twitter #ajbenza #drewpinsky #corinne #foxxinstagram #yalemedicine #astrazeneca (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDSCO approves AstraZeneca's anti-liver cancer drug combination
The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS) for the combination versus sorafenib and secondary endpoints included OS for durvalumab versus sorafenib, objective response rate and progression-free survival (PFS) for the combination and for Durvalumab alone. The trial showed a positive and significant benefit for OS for the combination of Tremelimumab& Durvalumab vs Sorafenib. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AstraZeneca India appoints Bhavana Agrawal as CFO with effect from October
Marwaha has been instrumental in building strategic frameworks for the company in India in tandem with the evolving environment of the pharmaceutical sector in the country. As a board member, he has also been a strong anchor behind key initiatives focused on improving access to healthcare. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - May 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Drug Combo Shows Positive Results in Late-Stage Cancer Trial Drug Combo Shows Positive Results in Late-Stage Cancer Trial
AstraZeneca said a combo of cancer drugs Imfinzi and Lynparza when added to platinum-based chemotherapy showed positive results in a late-stage trial for endometrial cancer.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
AstraZeneca's China boss says drugmaker will seek to'love the Communist Party '
Global drugmaker AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in China that "loves the Communist Party", its China president said at an event on Friday. Wang Lei, who is also the company's global executive vice president, made the comments at an event in the eastern city of Wuxi which the firm…#astrazeneca #communistparty #wanglei #wuxi #xijinping #wang #pascalsoriot #apple #timcook (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA advisers agree maternal RSV vaccine protects infants, but are divided on its safety
A committee of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday voted unanimously that a vaccine from Pfizer, given as an injection during pregnancy, is efficacious at protecting infants from severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease during the first 6 months of life. If approved by the agency, the vaccine would a major advance against a disease that is the leading cause of hospitalization of U.S. infants. But troubled by side effect data from Pfizer’s trials and by another big drugmaker’s abandonment of a similar vaccine given during pregnancy, the panel split on the question of the vaccine’s...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pfizer ’s RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women Wins FDA Panel Support
Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine to protect newborns from RSV received backing from U.S. regulatory advisers for use in pregnant mothers to protect their newborns, handing the drugmaker a win in the race to dominate immunization against the virus.
All 14 members of the committee that advises the Food and Drug Administration recommended the vaccine as effective for use in pregnant women. In a separate question about safety, 10 panelists voted in favor of it and four voted against, saying they were concerned about pre-term births among participants. The FDA isn’t required to follow its advisers’ recommendations, but o...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nacha Cattan/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire Drugs healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
AstraZeneca Tagrisso chemo combo cuts risk of lung cancer progression in trial
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Our forensic Q&A on the AstraZeneca jab
As Brits take AstraZeneca to court over deaths and injuries linked to its Covid jab we answer all your questions about the vaccine, the risks, and who could end up paying for compensation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
