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CDC adds new medical conditions to COVID-19 high-risk list
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FDA okays transcatheter pulmonary valve for congenital heart disease
Medtronic’s Harmony valve is the first minimally invasive option for patients with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation who have a native or...
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Arcalyst gets FDA nod as first therapy for recurrent pericarditis
The agent, rilonacept, is already approved to treat a group of rare inherited inflammatory diseases called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes...
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FDA warning letters target OTC cannabidiol product claims for pain relief
The FDA sent warning letters to two manufacturers for illegal marketing of drugs containing cannabidiol (CBD) and a failure to comply with current...
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‘Reassuring’ data on COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy
The CDC has included pregnancy along with other underlying conditions that qualify people to be offered vaccines in the third priority tier (Phase...
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FDA scrutinizes cancer therapies granted accelerated approval
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CDC: Vaccinated people can gather indoors without masks
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Dining restrictions, mask mandates tied to less illness, death, CDC reaffirms
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Tocilizumab (Actemra) scores FDA approval for systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease
The drug received FDA Priority Review and is the first biologic to be approved by the agency to reduce lung function decline in systemic sclerosis...
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FDA places clinical hold on sickle cell gene therapy