A judge in Hawaii ordered Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA to pay more than $834 million to the state for failing to warn non-white patients properly of health risks from the blood thinner Plavix.
Covid-19 fatality rate down 30% since April, study finds
Analysis, Blood Thinner, Coronavirus Infections, COVID-19 Deaths, Covid-19 fatality rate, COVID-19 forecasts, COVID-19 Studies, Dexamethasone, Doctors, Forecasts, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Steroids, United States, University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said.
The painkiller aspirin will be evaluated as a possible treatment for Covid-19 in one of Britain’s biggest trials, which will assess whether it might reduce the risk of blood clots in people with the disease.
Anthos Therapeutics is developing next-generation anticoagulants that do not have the bleeding risks that current blood thinners have.
The National Institutes of Health launched two of the three late-stage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating Covid-19 among adults.
A federal court upheld patent claims regarding Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer’s Eliquis, which blocks generic rivals from carving out a share of the market for at least six years.
NIH Pushing Large-Scale, Organized COVID-19 Trials
"Operation Warp Speed" Initiative, Blood Clots, Blood Thinner, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), COVID-19 Vaccines, Cytokines, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Immune System, Monoclonal Antibodies, National Institutes of Health, R&D, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to launch a “flurry” of large-scale clinical trials for treating Covid-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc.’s blood thinner Eliquis.
U.S. drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. reported higher-than-expected third-quarter 2019 profit, helped by strong sales of the blood thinner Eliquis, even as growth of the company’s blockbuster cancer treatment Opdivo slowed.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., which is set to buy biotechnology company Celgene Corp. for $74 billion, posted better-than-expected second-quarter 2019 earnings on strong sales from the blood thinner Eliquis and the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Orencia.