Winway Health Desk
FiercePharmaAsia—COVID vax deals by AstraZeneca in China, Pfizer-BioNTech in Japan; new...
AstraZeneca finally penned a deal to introduce its COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, to China, its second-largest market. Pfizer and BioNTech will provide Japan 120 million...
Whistleblower lawsuit accuses Cigna of Medicare Advantage fraud
A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Cigna of receiving “billions” in overpayments for its Medicare Advantage plans. The amended complaint, filed by the Department of Justice...
Belgium’s Ajinomoto doubles Indian small-molecule manufacturing cap with new facility
Belgian CDMO Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services has been on a run in recent of years expanding its operations around the world. That was the goal...
Roche gets a green light to challenge Biogen, Novartis with SMA...
A third spinal muscular atrophy treatment is set to debut with the FDA’s approval for Roche’s Evrysdi, formerly known as risdiplam. The medicine offers at-home dosing for...
Biogen to get speedy FDA review for Alzheimer’s drug despite not...
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted and given priority review to the approval application of a drug for Alzheimer’s disease that has been...
WCLC: Bristol Myers’ Opdivo-Yervoy duo slashes mesothelioma death risk by 26%
It’s been a big year for Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo-Yervoy combo in lung cancer, but the duo isn’t done making headlines.
Saturday at the World...
Pennsylvania court interprets scope of Patient Safety Act privilege protections
In the most recent Pennsylvania appellate court opinion related to the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (“PSQIA”), the state Superior Court in its...
Amoebiasis – Causes, Symptoms, Prevention, Ayurvedic Understanding
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) and Dr Manasa, BAMS
Amoebiasis is an infection caused by amoebas of the entamoeba group, mainly by Entamoeba histolytica....
WCLC: Lilly, Innovent tout Tyvyt front-line lung cancer win. Can it...
With its latest trial win, Eli Lilly and its Chinese partner Innovent Biologics are eyeing an all-important front-line non-small cell lung cancer approval in...
Pfizer, Moderna and Gilead’s reputations climb on COVID-19 vaccine and treatment...
When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, more news is good news. That’s the latest takeaway from consumer sentiment tracking by The Harris Poll....