Tag Archives: Drug

FDA clears way for Sarepta Therapeutics to use Duchenne drug in some patients

FDA clears way for Sarepta Therapeutics to use Duchenne drug in some patients

Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54. In a sharp reversal, the Food and Drug Administration on …

Read More »

Trump appointee Alina Habba's legal authority questioned in NJ drug case – Axios

Trump appointee Alina Habba’s legal authority questioned in NJ drug case  Axios Another Trump clash with the courts is already spinning out into criminal cases  Politico N.J. Criminal Cases Screech to a Halt as Habba’s Authority Is Challenged  The New York Times Effort to keep Alina Habba in post as acting New Jersey U.S. attorney sparks legal challenge  CBS News White House’s novel maneuver …

Read More »

He took an ALS drug before getting sick — and it may have worked

He took an ALS drug before getting sick — and it may have worked

For over an hour, Jeff Vierstra lay still in Columbia University’s ALS clinic, as a doctor poked him ankle-to-throat with an electric needle. Sometimes, he wiggled it around in Vierstra’s skin. Sometimes, he asked Vierstra to flex a muscle. A computer tracked the results. Later, another doctor would read Vierstra’s future in the graphs it wrote, fate engraved in the …

Read More »

EU regulator green lights injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission | News

EU regulator green lights injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission | News

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of lenacapavir, sold as Yeytuo in Europe by Gilead Sciences, showed the drug is “highly effective” and “considered to be of …

Read More »

European Medicines Agency gives the green light for twice-yearly HIV prevention drug

European Medicines Agency gives the green light for twice-yearly HIV prevention drug

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of lenacapavir, sold as Yeytuo in Europe by Gilead Sciences, showed the drug is “highly effective” and “considered to be of …

Read More »

Rapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges after home burglarized, sheriff’s office says

Rapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges after home burglarized, sheriff’s office says

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Grammy-nominated rapper GloRilla was arrested on drug charges after police responded to a reported burglary at her home in Forsyth County. According to the Forsyth Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to her house in the St. Marlo Subdivision around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. Investigators said three people were allegedly stealing things and had been …

Read More »

E.U. regulator approves injectable HIV drug that experts say could help stop transmission

E.U. regulator approves injectable HIV drug that experts say could help stop transmission

LONDON — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus’ transmission. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said its evaluations of lenacapavir, sold as Yeytuo in Europe by Gilead Sciences, showed the drug is “highly effective” and “considered to be of major …

Read More »

GloRilla Arrested on Felony Drug Charges Before WNBA Performance

GloRilla Arrested on Felony Drug Charges Before WNBA Performance

Rapper GloRilla was arrested on felony drug charges after a burglary occurred at her home near Atlanta on Saturday, according to Atlanta’s WSB-TV and TMZ — and then performed at the WNBA All-Star game in Indianapolis that night. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the channel that authorities were called to a home owned by the rapper, whose real name …

Read More »