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Eli Lilly is partnering with Walmart to offer Zepbound through its direct-to-consumer program, making the popular medication more accessible nationwide.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary will give remarks on the Trump administration’s push to lower drug
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First GLP-1 drug approved to protect against heart attacks, stroke
The FDA has approved Rybelsus, the first oral GLP-1 receptor agonist, to reduce cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes patients. The drug can be prescribed to reduce major adverse cardiovascular issues even in patients who have not yet experienced these events.
If approved, it would be the first major new drug treatment for Parkinson’s in half a century. Richard Mailman, a University of Virginia professor of pharmacology and neuroscience, has spent decades trying to bring this class of drug to patients.
Food and Drug Administration has warned four companies that it plans to take enforcement action over their sale of unapproved fluoride-based prescription drugs for children, the agency said on Friday.
The FDA’s effort to expedite reviews for drugs in line with the Trump administration’s priorities was greeted warmly by a pharmaceutical industry interested in moving approvals more quickly, but raised concerns about the scope of the plan in light of recent cuts at the agency.
The Trump administration is proposing changes to Food and Drug Administration guidelines that would make it less expensive for drugmakers to develop biosimilar medicines, the copycat versions of off-patent biologic drugs.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Johnson & Johnson deceptively marketed the drug as safe for pregnant Texans.