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(MedPage Today) -- Oral ralinepag is positioned for potential FDA approval following its strong results as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in an international phase III trial. In ADVANCE OUTCOMES, ralinepag conferred a reduction...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In the wake of a surprise FDA advisory committee vote on Thursday, the third time could be the charm for RP1 (vusolimogene oderparepvec), a melanoma drug candidate that's already been rejected twice by the agency. Despite doubts...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A new online tracking tool from AcademyHealth shows the sprawling scope of recent grant cancellations by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). More than 100 grants worth over $250 million have been canceled...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past 2 years...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. "Watching him on the stand today, most of what I felt was one thing: survivor's guilt." Following this week...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Patients with new-onset diabetes needing rapid treatment escalation or an intense initial regimen had an increased pancreatic cancer risk compared with non-diabetics, a Korean cohort study found. (Gut) Global hepatitis B infections...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A Senate committee on Thursday advanced Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH's, nomination to be director of the nation's top public health agency, setting aside concerns that she will not stand up to political meddling. If confirmed by...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare leaders committed to behavioral health "best practices" during an HHS roundtable event on Wednesday, while a key law on insurance coverage for mental health remains in limbo. Insurers, medical societies, and other...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Switching to a weekly oral investigational regimen of islatravir and lenacapavir was just as effective as daily oral standard-of-care regimens in patients with virologically suppressed HIV, according to two phase III trials...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A Texas medical spa's owner and its medical director, anesthesiologist Michael Gallagher, MD, have been criminally charged in the murder of a 47-year-old patient who died after falling unconscious during an infusion of a prescription...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Prediction markets operator Kalshi recently announced that it will permit customers to bet on whether late-stage clinical trials will reach their primary endpoints. While Kalshi has stated this will be a limited roll-out, with...
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