New Blood Thinners Will Prevent Blood Clots Without Causing Bleeding
Several blood thinners are being developed that could prevent the clots that cause heart attacks and strokes—without some of the side effects.
Eli Lilly may be on the verge of another breakthrough, thanks to its hit GLP-1 medications.
Friday, the FDA approved Pfizer Inc’s (NYSE:PFE) Beqvez (fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt) for moderate to severe hemophilia B in adult patients who currently use factor IX (FIX) prophylaxis therapy or have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes, and do not have neutralizing antibodies to adeno-associated virus serotype Rh74var capsid. Beqvez is a one-time treatment designed to enable hemophilia B patients to produce FIX themselves
With the US obesity rate hovering at around 40%, tens of millions of Americans could take GLP-1 drugs over the next few years.
Merck (MRK), Sanofi (SNY), Novartis (NVS) and AstraZeneca (AZN) announce their first-quarter results.
ResMed stock jumped Friday after crushing sales estimates and wiping out worries that weight-loss drugs would squeeze sleep apnea device sales.
The IRA adds another hurdle to an already challenging research landscape, according to a study from the Pioneer Institute.
The FDA approved Pfizer's hemophilia gene therapy on Friday. But Pfizer stock only inched ahead on the approval early Friday.
Some companies, however, reported a market capitalisation decline, including Gilead Sciences and Roche.
Patients in the U.S. pay up to 15 times more for these drugs compared to in Canada, Europe or Japan.
The Food and Drug Administration approval of Beqvez comes as other gene therapies for the bleeding condition struggle to gain traction.