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STAT+: Brain biopsies on ‘vulnerable’ patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA, documents show

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The FDA’s months-long internal examination of the LBP yielded a series of documents seen by STAT, including a lengthy review, completed in August 2019, of the Mount Sinai study. The review, which lists consultations with 16 different FDA officials, was scathing.

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ICYMI: Cancer death rate continues to decline due to treatment advances

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decrease between 2019 and 2020 alone, increasingly reflects advances in prevention and treatment—including new medicines which have improved survival across a range of cancers. This report is the latest to document this progress. The report notes the continued decline in death rates since 1991, including a 1.5%

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NIH spending for drugs approved 2010-2019 lower than industry spending, study finds

European Pharmaceutical Review

New research published in JAMA Health Forum has documented that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $8.1 billion for phased clinical trials of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs between 2010-2019. This was ~10 percent of reported industry spending. billion (3.3

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FDA sends warning letter to KVK-Tech manufacturing facility

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a warning letter to KVK-Techs drug manufacturing facility following an inspection in April 2019. The document identified significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations for finished pharmaceuticals.

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Juul’s internal playbook opens a rare window into influence in Washington

STAT

WASHINGTON — A new trove of internal emails and other documents from the e-cigarette maker Juul reveals the company’s extensive behind-the-scenes efforts to promote its interests in Washington — a rare insight into the otherwise opaque methods corporations use to influence the government.

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STAT+: As regulators play catch up with AI, tech startups say uncertainty is slowing them down

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health care market , AI founders and investors say regulatory uncertainty is a hurdle, forcing them to build more slowly and meticulously document for fear of potential audits. As they race for a slice of the $4 trillion U.S. That makes it harder to keep up with the tech industry’s breakneck pace, they tell STAT.

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Ex-Merck & Co scientist accused of stealing trade secrets could face jail

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In a document outlining the charges against Shafat Quadri, of North Potomac, Maryland the US Department of Justice (DoJ) referred only to “one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world” based in New Jersey.