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A breakthrough drug is fighting brain cancer head-on. Glioblastoma is widely considered the deadliest form of brain cancer, killing over 10,000 Americans each year. There is no cure for the highly aggressive disease — many patients survive just nine months after diagnosis. Ben Trotman was diagnosed with glioblastoma in October 2022 at just 40 years old. Marie Mangan Treatment focuses …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program, the latest in a string of leadership changes at the agency. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which regulates the safety …

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland November 4, 2009.  Jason Reed | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has appointed former biotech executive George Tidmarsh as the agency’s top drug regulator. Tidmarsh, an adjunct professor of pediatrics and neonatology at Stanford University’s School of …

By TARYN PEDLER Published: 01:17, 21 July 2025 | Updated: 04:12, 21 July 2025 A father who suffered with the world’s deadliest form of brain cancer has been cleared after he underwent an experimental treatment. Ben Trotman, 43, who was diagnosed with glioblastoma in October 2022, is now showing no signs of the disease after being administered an immunotherapy drug …

This wanted poster posted on X by Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior, Jan. 9, 2024, shows Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, the leader of Los Choneros gang. Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior/AP hide caption toggle caption Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior/AP QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes …

FDA to Appoint Biotech Executive as RFK Jr.’s Top Drug Regulator  Bloomberg.com FDA taps biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug center  statnews.com FDA to appoint former biotech executive Tidmarsh as top drug regulator, Bloomberg News reports  Yahoo Home George Tidmarsh named Director of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: USFDA  Medical Dialogues FDA to Appoint George Tidmarsh as Top Drug Regulator, Bloomberg News …

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CNN  —  Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a prison escape that sparked a wave of violence across the country. Jose Adolfo Macias, better known as “Fito,” was transferred Sunday from a maximum-security prison in the port city of Guayaquil to the city’s airport, where he was …

Baltimore overdoses may be linked to new drug  The Washington Post New illicit drug containing fentanyl and powerful sedative may be behind mass overdose in Baltimore  CBS News 27 hospitalized in Baltimore ‘mass casualty’ overdose incident  WUSA9 Sampling of fentanyl in Baltimore reported to show new substance in the mix  WTOP Police respond to 5 more overdoses in Penn North area Friday  WBAL-TV Source link

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. In a surprise, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted that the risks tied to a blood cancer drug from GSK outweighed the benefits it had demonstrated in trials, as concerns about sometimes serious eye-related side effects and …