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FDA declines Eli Lilly’s bowel disease drug over manufacturing issues

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However, concerns weren’t expressed over the clinical data package, safety or label for the medicine. Mirikizumab was hoped to become a new drug treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC), a condition where abnormal reactions in the immune system cause inflammation in the inner lining of the colon. read more

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EU probes low platelet safety issue with COVID-19 shots

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The experts have also recommended a safety update on the label of Oxford University/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which has been linked to anaphylactic reactions, in what has turned out to be a concerning week for vaccine safety.

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Off-label Use

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In fact, off-label drug uses can become widely entrenched in clinical practice and become predominant treatments for a given clinical condition. In a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine , off-label use lacking strong scientific evidence had a higher adverse drug event rate compared with on-label use.

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EU gives narrower label to Apellis, Sobi’s PNH drug

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Apellis Pharma and partner Sobi have won EU approval for their paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) drug pegcetacoplan in Europe, with a more restricted label than in the US. The post EU gives narrower label to Apellis, Sobi’s PNH drug appeared first on.

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AC Immune claims half a win for tau drug in Alzheimer’s trial

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Shares in AC Immune leaped today after the company said its tau-targeting Alzheimer’s disease candidate semorinemab hit one of its objectives in a phase 2 trial, although it missed another. AC Immune has a lot riding on the tau hypothesis.

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E.U. Regulator Argues to Continue J&J Vaccine With a Warning Label

NY Times

The European Union’s drug regulator said that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine should carry a warning of potential risk for rare blood clots on the label, but did not recommend stopping the vaccine, saying the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks.

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FDA adds warning of rare neurological side effect to J&J COVID jab

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The change to the vaccine’s emergency use authorisation (EUA) label comes after around 100 cases of Guillain-Barré were detected in recipients after 12.8 J&J requested the change to the label, which was confirmed in a letter to its Janssen Biotech subsidiary from the FDA yesterday.