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Apr 19, 2019

Each country has a unique system, politics, and economy. Different policies are designed to suit people of different countries. Same goes with the Healthcare industry. Healthcare is financed either through government voluntary or compulsory insurances or via private corporations and NGOs. Industrialised and more d...

Apr 18, 2019

Amgen reveals the price of EVENITY Amgen has set the price of its newly launched Osteoporosis drug Romosozumab (Evenity). Worth USD 21,900 per annum or USD 1,825 a month, the bone-building drug was approved by the FDA recently for the treatment of Osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and now will be available i...

Apr 17, 2019

World Haemophilia Day Each Year 17th April is recognized as World Haemophilia Day. Haemophilia affects 1 in 12,000 people every year. The Cure does exist. This year let us aim to make people aware of bleeding disorders.

Apr 17, 2019

Multiple Sclerosis is an unpredictable, autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, disrupting the transfer of information within, or between the brain and body. It causes the body’s immune system to produce cells and proteins (antibodies) that attack the fatty substance, myelin, which is responsibl...

Apr 16, 2019

FDA gives thumbs-up to Balversa The U.S. FDA has granted approval of Balversa (erdafitinib) to Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica, for the treatment of advanced or metastatic bladder cancer. This drug is the first ever approved target-specific medication targeting susceptible FGFR genetic mutations, and for can...

Apr 15, 2019

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that makes bones weak and brittle. Osteoporosis, as the word says itself “porous bones”. As we age, bone density decreases and even mild stress or a light fall can cause severe damage. If this happens excessively, the result is Osteoporosis. The older bones keep on degrading, and new ...

Apr 12, 2019

Gene Therapy is a way to introduce a normal working gene in the place of a mutated one which might result in some kinds of abnormalities. Gene Therapy is a novel way to express novel proteins, and re-design the genome to prevent any disease. The concept here is some disorders are caused due to their defect in a sin...

Apr 11, 2019

Inozyme Pharma Raises USD 67 Million in Series A2 Financing Inozyme Pharma- a Boston-based biotechnology company, solely focused on developing novel therapies to treat rare diseases, has raised USD 67 million. The company plans to use this funding to progress its lead asset INZ-701, into clinical trials. INZ-701...

Apr 10, 2019

Gene therapy is a technique that involves replacing, inactivating, or adding a new gene to treat or prevent a disease. The science of GENE THERAPY involves the DNA-based changes in genetic material so that the gene can transcribe a healthy protein. In the past, there has been no success in designing any gene therap...

Apr 09, 2019

Anylam, Regeneron to broaden the scope of R&D in Pharma Alnylam in collaboration with Regeneron is expanding its research on NASH. Regeneron with the capability of generating various targets via antibody approach is going to get infused with USD 800 million upfront. The joint deal will help in expanding R&am...