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Leqvio Gets Label Update For Earlier Use in Patients with Heart Disease

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Recent safety data also allowed four adverse events to be removed from the label.

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FDA Adds Delayed Gastric Emptying as Adverse Event on Semaglutide Label

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The label includes postmarking reports showing rare instances of pulmonary aspiration for patients undergoing procedures that require general anesthesia or deep sedation.

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STAT+: New Wegovy analysis could boost Novo Nordisk’s bid to expand drug’s label in heart failure

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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy cut the risk of severe complications in patients with a common form of heart failure, according to a new analysis that could boost the company’s efforts to expand the label for the blockbuster treatment. of those who received placebo. of those who received placebo.

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FDA Issues New Labeling Changes Clarifying Safety of Testosterone Products Following Clinical Trials

Pharmacy Times

The FDA is issuing new changes to labels on testosterone products, clarifying that there are no increases in major cardiac events among men with hypogonadism but noting an increase in blood pressure with the use of such products.

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Biogen admits slow Aduhelm launch, as scientists question label again

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Some insurers have refused to cover the drug, citing what they claim is unproven efficacy for the anti-amyloid drug, as well as the risk of adverse events, while the FDA has also come under fire over its handling of the review and approval. The post Biogen admits slow Aduhelm launch, as scientists question label again appeared first on.

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Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab improves event-free survival compared to adjuvant therapy in advanced resectable melanoma

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For the current study, US researchers performed a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial, in patients with measurable stage IIIB to IVC melanoma that was amenable to surgical resection. The primary end point was set as event-free survival in the intention-to-treat population. After a median follow-up of 14.7 Citation Patel SP et al.

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AZ drops two trials aimed at expanding Lokelma’s label

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The STABILIZE-CKD and DIALIZE-Outcomes studies – part of AZ’s CRYSTALIZE programme for the drug – have been shelved because patients were being enrolled into them more slowly than hoped for, and clinical events were occurring at a lower rate than expected.

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