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OptiNose today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for the investigational new product OPN-375 for the treatment of nasal polyposis in adults.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced FDA approval of two products for adolescent and adult patients with asthma: AirDuo RespiClick and ArmonAir RespiClick.

Incyte Corporation and Calithera Biosciences Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a global collaboration and license agreement for the research, development and commercialization of Calithera’s first-in-class, small molecule arginase inhibitor CB-1158 in hematology and oncology.

Pfizer Inc. announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion recommending XELJANZ (tofacitinib citrate) 5 mg twice daily for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis.

In a letter to Congress and the Administration, leading healthcare organizations called for a renewed effort to move to value-based, patient-centered payment models that reward improved quality and cost-effective care. Central to this effort is addressing the perverse incentives in the fee-for-service system, and antiquated laws and regulations that impede innovation and care coordination.

Registration for the 2017 HBA New York/New Jersey area Group Mentoring Program is open now through 2/28/17.

Lyft and Continuum Clinical announced a partnership that will help to provide transportation solutions for patients who are enrolled in pharmaceutical clinical trials.

Aetna and Humana would consider all available options for their proposed $34 billion merger, the two U.S. health insurers said one day after a court ruled against the deal due to fears it would lower competition.

Having difficult conversations with patients is part of practicing medicine. However, according to SERMO – the largest global social network for doctors with more than 600,000 members worldwide – certain topics are more uncomfortable for doctors to discuss than others.