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Celltrion has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its autoimmune disease treatment drug Steqeyma, a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for its lead clinical-stage program, IMM-1-104, as a treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic NRAS-mutant melanoma who have progressed on or are intolerant to PD-1/PD-L1-based immune checkpoint inhibitors.
FDA identified cases of serious liver injury among patients being treated for primary biliary cholangitis with Ocaliva who did not have cirrhosis of the liver.
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- By Lee Warren
The accomplishments of AI in the healthcare sector are impressive, but as AI continues to improve patient care and enhance provider skills, addressing its challenges will be critical.
- By Keith Berman, MPH, MBA
Affecting more than 100,000 American children and adults, sickle cell disease is an inherited hemoglobinopathy that results when a single-nucleotide mutation in the ß-globin gene yields an abnormal “sickle” hemoglobin (HbS). Now, these patients may be eligible for a one-time gene therapy that offers the potential of a durable functional cure by eliminating severe VOCs and associated hospitalizations.
- By Diane L.M. Cook
For patients with genetic disease, recent evolution of and FDA approval for gene therapies are transforming care and turning an ambitious dream into a life-changing reality. But getting affordable treatments to patients safely and efficiently remains a challenge.
- By Amy Scanlin, MS
The future of healthcare is being driven by digital transformations and emerging technology that provide preventive, personalized and predictive medicine.
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Special guest expert Leslie Vaughan, Chief Operating Officer of Nufactor, discusses the insurance reimbursement process in specialty pharmacy and how to make it easier for patients.
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