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Gannex | December 14, 2020

Gannex, an entirely claimed organization of Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX:1672) and completely committed to the R&D and commercialization of new medications in the field of NASH, reported today that it got Fast Track assignment from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) drug applicant ASC42. The U.S. FDA's Fast Track advancement program is intended to encourage the turn of events and speed up the survey of medications that ha...

BUSINESS INSIGHTS

Digital Medicine Society | July 18, 2022

Today, the Digital Medicine Society released the Sensor Data Integrations Toolkits, four comprehensive toolkits to guide data producers, processors, and consumers to use the influx of data from the increased use of wearables and digital sensing products at scale. These resources are based on the Sensor Data Integrations project, comprised of healthcare leaders from Amazon Web Services Oracle, the Moffitt Cancer Center, Takeda, the US Department of Veterans Affairs and more. These toolkits will h...

AMR Action Fund | July 09, 2020

Today, more than 20 leading biopharmaceutical companies announced the launch of the AMR Action Fund, a ground-breaking partnership that aims to bring 2-4 new antibiotics to patients by 2030. These treatments are urgently needed to address the rapid rise of antibiotic-resistant infections – also called antimicrobial resistance, or AMR. The companies have raised so far nearly US$1 billion new funding to support clinical research of innovative new antibiotics that are addressing the most resi...

MSN | February 25, 2020

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma launched an ad campaign Monday to tell people harmed by their powerful prescription opioid where they can file claims against the company. The $23.8 million campaign is part of Purdue's bankruptcy proceedings as it tries to resolve close to 3,000 lawsuits over its role in the opioid crisis. Notifying people who may have claims against a company is a standard part of a bankruptcy case. But Purdue’s efforts —worked out with input from a committee of cr...