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FDA Approves Aprocitentan For Treatment of Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

Drug Topics

Aprocitentan (TRYVIO) from pharmaceutical company Idorsia demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in blood pressure in combination with other antihypertensive therapies.

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Opinion: STAT+: There’s a better way to get drugs on the market: progressive approval

STAT

The public and pharmaceutical companies are calling for changes in drug regulation and the costs of medicines. Companies want to see products approved faster for financial reasons, and patients want medicines that can improve their lives. They are right to do so.   The U.S.

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Opinion: The FDA should withdraw approval of more than 400 tainted medicines

STAT

When the FDA learned that a testing facility in India had submitted fraudulent data for more than 400 drugs (most of them generics), the agency should have withdrawn them from the market. The European Medicine Agency (EMA) has already suspended distribution of these 400-plus drugs.

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STAT+: FDA scolds AbbVie over ‘misleading’ TV ad for a migraine pill featuring Serena Williams

STAT

Food and Drug Administration has scolded AbbVie for making false and misleading claims about a  TV ad about a migraine pill that features Serena Williams, the third time this year the agency has taken a major pharmaceutical company to task for its marketing. 29 letter that was posted on Wednesday on the FDA website.

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What is compounded semaglutide made of?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Common brand-name drugs that contain this ingredient include Ozempic , Wegovy , and Rybelsus all manufactured by Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Their purpose is to meet an individual patients specific needs when an FDA-approved drug doesnt.

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Why Is FDA Issuing Fewer Marketing Violation Letters?

Pharma Marketing Network

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in regulating the pharmaceutical industry and ensuring that medications and medical devices marketed to the public are safe, effective, and appropriately labeled.

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Innoviva enters agreement to acquire La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company

Pharmaceutical Technology

Innoviva has signed a definitive merger agreement for the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company for $6.23 The lead product of the company, Giapreza (angiotensin II) obtained the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2017.