Two weeks ago, bluebird bio secured Food and Drug Administration approval for its gene therapy for sickle cell disease, a significant milestone for the roughly 100,000 people in…
Read more Bluebird Bio Stock Is in Free FallSmileDirectClub Inc. said late Friday it was winding down operations, effective immediately, seeming to cast its millions of customers adrift — except when it comes to their bills.…
Read more SmileDirectClub winds down operations — but customers are told to keep payingMost patients are unlikely to develop severe disease or die if they get the current variants of COVID-19 as immunity levels have climbed given higher levels of vaccination.…
Read more WHO’s new COVID guidelines see fewer patients requiring hospitalizationPfizer Inc. PFE, -1.73% said Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first five-in-one vaccine designed to protect teenagers and young adults against meningococcal…
Read more Pfizer gets FDA green light for new shot that can streamline teenagers’ vaccinationsArdelyx Inc. ARDX, -0.58% on Tuesday won its long fight for U.S. regulatory approval of a treatment designed to help patients with chronic kidney disease. The biopharma company…
Read more Ardelyx wins long battle for FDA approval of kidney-disease treatmentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was…
Read more Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a new booster that’s coming out to guard against the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and…
Read more 5 things to know about the new COVID-19 vaccineThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 6 months of age and older. Director Mandy Cohen late Tuesday backed the…
Read more CDC recommends updated COVID shots for people 6 months of age and olderA federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that access to the abortion pill mifepristone should be restricted, although the pill will remain widely available for now as the case…
Read more Appeals court rules to restrict abortion-pill access, but it will remain widely available for nowThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the Biogen BIIB and Eisai Co. Ltd. ESALF Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a step that secures Medicare…
Read more FDA approves Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, clearing the way for Medicare coverageA nascent category of mental health treatments is getting a major cash infusion. Blake Mycoskie, founder of the canvas-footwear phenomenon TOMS Shoes, has committed to giving $100 million…
Read more TOMS Shoes founder is pledging $100 million for psychedelic research – Here’s why he’s doing it.The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. Speaking at a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General…
Read more World Health Organization declares end to COVID global health emergencyThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has granted accelerated approval to Biogen Inc.’s torferson, a treatment for a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or…
Read more Biogen wins accelerated FDA approval for treatment for rare form of ALSWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit…
Read more U.S. Supreme Court preserves near-term access to abortion pill mifepristoneModerna Inc. said Tuesday it’s working to develop its first bacterial vaccine to protect against Lyme disease, the tick-borne illness that causes a range of painful symptoms, including…
Read more Moderna is developing a Lyme disease vaccine in a first for the companyAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to…
Read more Federal judge in Texas suspends FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristoneThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had reached a final decision to fully withdraw approval of preterm-birth drug Makena and its generics, a full 12…
Read more FDA pulls preterm-birth drug Makena and its generics from market after 12 yearsMADISON, Wis. — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time…
Read more Liberals regain Wisconsin Supreme Court majority ahead of abortion-ban rulingA Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday for Americans to get a once-a-year booster against COVID-19, with the strain to be decided midyear for a…
Read more FDA panel backs plan for annual COVID-19 booster, as new omicron subvariant continues to dominate in new casesThe Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the U.S. decide each June which SARS-CoV-2 strains should be included in an annual fall booster shot. Doing so would…
Read more FDA backs annual COVID vaccine for Americans with strain to be decided midyear
