Cholesterol News

Lowering a Form of Brain Cholesterol Reduces ... opening a new avenue of drug research for a disease that currently has no FDA-approved ... Oct. 5, 2023 — Alzheimer’s disease is the most ... Read More

Sandoz Settles Patent Dispute With Amgen Related To Bone Disorder Drug Denosumab

Sandoz resolves patent litigation with Amgen, paving the way for the launch of denosumab biosimilars Jubbonti and Wyost. Read More

Could nonprescription cholesterol-lowering drugs be in your future?

That’s the conclusion ... it also managed to lower their bad cholesterol considerably. The nonprescription method for statin drugs has not yet been approved by the FDA, but the hope is that ... Read More

Health News

60% of Americans give a poor or failing grade to how mental health ... s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills — such as requiring that only doctors prescribe and provide the drug ... Read More

Many cancer drugs remain unproven years after FDA's accelerated approval, study finds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval ... the FDA to make these approvals," said Dr. Céline Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health ... Read More

FDA Approves TriClip; Fortified Eggs vs Cholesterol; Impella Maker Chided

Opens in a new tab or window Abbott said its TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system snagged FDA approval for treating ... (New York Times) FDA cleared Eko Health's AI algorithm for ... Read More

FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety

The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight ... Read More

FDA approves new medication for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women

April 24 (UPI) --The newly approved oral medication Pivya provides women with another option for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced ... Read More

Why won’t health insurance companies pay for new drugs?

On Jan. 6, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for a new treatment for Alzheimer’s: Leqembi ... The FDA has learned that lesson. Health insurers should follow ... Read More

FDA approves new food allergy drug

But, as First News at Nine’s Dashal Mentzel explains, a drug ... week the FDA approved it for IGE-mediated food allergies.” Samantha Knox is a pediatric allergist at Gundersen Health System ... Read More

What to Know About Pivya, the New Antibiotic Treatment for UTIs

Treating UTIs with Pivya may be new in the U.S ... this drug is prescribed. The FDA has approved the first new antibiotic to treat uncomplicated UTIs in two decades. The move will help health ... Read More

US FDA approves Vanda's drug for treatment of bipolar disorder

London: The U.S. FDA approved Vanda Pharmaceuticals ... according to the World Health Organization. Sales of Vanda's sleep disorder drug Hetlioz have also been falling due to increased competition ... Read More