rheumatoid arthritis

Mar 25, 2020

Healthcare industry during the past few decades has witnessed phenomenal growth and improvement due to technological advancement and innovation. The hospital management, medical devices & equipment, pharmaceutical products, and surgical procedures all have gone under tremendous up-gradation and improvement.&nbs...

Mar 17, 2020

Moderna announces dozing of first patient with its mRNA1273 vaccine The pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has been developing a vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19. The vaccine is an mRNA-1273 is developed by scientist at NAID, in collaboration with Moderna, and the manufacturing of the vaccine for Phase I clin...

Mar 12, 2020

The U.S. FDA has granted Janssen Pharmaceutical’s drug JNJ-6372, a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)  The drug has been recommended for its use in NSCLC patients with epidermal growth factor (EGFR) Exon 20 insertion mutations, categorized wit...

Jul 19, 2019

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is an inflammation in the synovial membranes and the most chronic rheumatoid disorder in children and adolescents. The aim of Juvenile idiopathic arthritis treatment is to control pain; to preserve the range of motion (ROM), muscle strength, and function, manage systemic complica...

Jul 19, 2019

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis July is Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Awareness Month, which is dedicated to making everyone aware of arthritis. The most prevalent form of juvenile arthritis is juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be difficult as joint pain ca...

Jul 11, 2019

Osivax raises USD 9 M to boost its universal flu vaccine approach France based biotech startup company Osivax, has secured USD 9 million in Series A financing. A Belgian-based firm Noshaq along with Anaxago, an innovative investment platform led the financing. The proceeds will be used to further advance the cl...

Nov 12, 2018

Could a virus be a treatment therapy? Confusing, isn't it? On the face value, it seems no; but on delving deeper, the confusion dissipates. There have been tireless efforts among a section of scientists to convert certain viruses through biotechnology techniques into anti-disease agents to infect and destroy cancer ...

Oct 23, 2018

Novartis comes up with an answer for breast cancer with PI3K drug alpelisib Novartis comes up with an answer with its recent data on BYL719 (alpelisib) in combination with fulvestrant. Their alpha-specific drug for PIK3CA mutated HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer, BYL719 plus fulvestrant nearly doubled the progressio...

Jul 11, 2017

Gilead faces revived lawsuit claiming it sidestepped FDA with HIV drug imports Gilead Sciences thought it had prevailed in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it circumvented FDA rules to use a China-made active ingredient in three top HIV meds, rather than a higher-priced version from South Korea that the agency had a...

May 25, 2017

Merck's Remicade discounting put squeeze on biosims—and broke U.K. law, officials say Under biosimilar assault in Europe, Merck rolled out cut-rate deals on Remicade to defend its brand from cheaper options, then-brand-new to the market. Now, the U.K.’s competition authority claims the pharma giant “broke competitio...