Friday, December 2, 2022: Life Sciences

Merck & Co. could maintain patents for its best-selling drug Keytruda by patenting an injectable form of the medicine, which it’s currently testing in clinical trials. Certain patents for Keytruda are up in 2028, when copies of the drug could hit the market....

Tuesday, November 29, 2022: Life Sciences

Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals of “skinny labels” on biosimilars saved Medicare over $1 billion over five years. According to the research, the FDA approved 33 biosimilars based on 11...

Wednesday, November 23, 2022: Life Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hemgenix, an IV treatment for adults with hemophilia B. Shortly after the approval, Drugmaker CSL Behring announced that the drug costs $3.5 million a dose, making it the most expensive medicine in the world. CSL Behring...

Friday, November 18, 2022: Life Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first drug to prevent type 1 diabetes. Tzield, from ProventionBio and Sanofi, was approved to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and children ages 8 and up who currently have stage 2 type 1...