rheumatoid arthritis

Aug 20, 2020

FDA rejects BioMarin's gene therapy and Gilead's filgotinib over concerns The FDA refused to approve BioMarin's hemophilia A gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec. The U.S. regulator that had earlier told there was no requirement of an AdComm for the drug, aka, valrox, has issued a complete response (CRL) lett...

Jun 16, 2020

The US FDA nullified the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted to chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate to treat COVID-19. The regulatory authority had granted the EUA to malarial drugs to be used in hospitalized COVID-19 patients only when a clinical trial was unavailable, or participation in...

Apr 14, 2020

Eli Lilly has announced to begin clinical trials of rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant to treat COVID-19 patients.  The company plans to explore the anti-inflammatory responses that were witnessed in rheumatoid arthritis patients, and how the drug – Olumiant – an oral JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor – might help in cur...

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 ...