Tag Archives: Disease

With Gamifant launch rolling, Sobi unveils more data backing the rare disease med

SAN DIEGO—Armed with last month’s FDA approval, Sobi is rolling out its newly minted rare disease drug Gamifant with a small, targeted sales force, and Monday it unveiled more of the data that won the agency’s favor in the first place. In a phase 2/3 trial of Gamifant in primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), 64.7% of… Read More »

FDA Approves Yupelri (revefenacin) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

FDA Approves Yupelri (revefenacin) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Print this page DUBLIN, Ireland, HERTFORDSHIRE, England and PITTSBURGH, Nov. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBPH) (“Theravance Biopharma”) and Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) (“Mylan”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the  New Drug Application (NDA) for… Read More »

Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease share common genetics in some patients

Genetics may predispose some people to both Alzheimer’s disease and high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, a common feature of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research analyzed genome-wide… Read More »

Aussies warned of deadly mozzie-borne Bali disease

AUSTRALIAN travellers have been warned about visiting Bali and other popular tourist spots across Asia after a recent spike in a deadly mosquito-borne brain disease. Indonesia’s health ministry says cases of Japanese encephalitis have risen in the country. The deadly disease can also cause blindness, weakness and movement disorders. Signs of the viral brain infection… Read More »