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A study published in the Nov. 2 edition of Cell suggests that pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation by signaling to nerves, which encourages them to grow into dense tumors and release the nutrients the cells need to survive.
California-based GW Pharmaceuticals initiated the company’s first U.S. Phase III trial studying nabiximols, which is known as Sativex outside the United States, as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis-associated spasticity.
Shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics climbed in trading after the company announced positive topline results in a Phase III study of Xpovio (selinexor) in patients with advanced unresectable dedifferentiated liposarcoma, which sets up potential approval in this indication.
Three biopharma companies recently shuttered their clinical programs after either their drug compounds failed clinical trials or interim futility analysis suggested they were unlikely to meet their clinical endpoints.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s experimental psoriasis drug deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) beat out Amgen’s Otezla (apremilast) in the POETYK PSO-1 Phase III clinical trial.
McKesson Corp. said the company and two other major U.S. drug distributors could be expected to pay up to $21 billion under a new proposal by state attorneys general to resolve lawsuits alleging they helped fuel the U.S. opioid crisis.
U.S. health experts this week will decide whether to recommend approval for Biogen Inc.’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug, which could become the first new treatment for the mind-wasting disease in decades even as serious questions persist over whether data show if the antibody aducanumab works.
Intent on growing PerkinElmer’s life sciences portfolio, the company agreed to acquire cell engineering specialist Horizon Discovery Group for $383 million.
In early October, FCB Health Network proudly launched #WhyVote, a non-partisan campaign that uses the power of storytelling to inspire and empower Americans to vote. On October 30, FCB Health Network partnered with Black Rock Coalition and Club House Global to host the apex of the #WhyVote initiative’s 2020 efforts: #WhyVote Live – A Virtual Pep Rally to the Polls.
The number of new Covid-19 cases in the United States hit another record high, rising 18% week-over-week to more than 575,000, while deaths inched up 3%, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.
