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Opinion: Monkeypox patients should not be left to suffer when an FDA-approved drug could help

STAT News

It was the weekend: his doctor wasn’t available, an emergency department provider told him he might have anal cancer, and an urgent care provider sent him home with Tylenol and no diagnosis. Andy couldn’t sleep more than a couple fitful hours a night because it felt like a hot fork was stabbing him in the butt.

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Novo’s obesity drug has serious warnings and barriers to overcome

World of DTC Marketing

The headlines read “FDA approves obesity drug that helped people cut weight 15%” But buyer beware. The drug already exists at a lower dose as an anti-diabetic medication under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus made by the same pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk. appeared first on World of DTC Marketing.com.

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Communicating with HCPs via email

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Doctors said they were dissatisfied were marketing emails (46%), telephone sales calls with sales reps (42%), and both webinars and websites (each at 39%) from pharma companies, according to Indegene. One of our tests, one of the most read emails, had a subject line of “new label information for prescribing just FDA approved.”

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When FDA-Approved Generics Fail: Brand Wellbutrin XL Antidepressant is Cheaper from Canada

Pharmacy Checkers

Many readers complained that it just wasn’t cutting it compared to the brand name version. I have reported this to the FDA and will be seeing my doctor this week. Apparently, the FDA had approved Budeprion XL 300mg after undergoing no actual testing. Just switch back to the brand!” Not normal, but better.

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FDA approves Bayer/Merck & Co heart failure drug

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Bayer and Merck & Co’s heart failure drug vericiguat has been approved by the FDA under the brand name Verquvo, in an increasingly competitive market. Entresto (sacubitril+valsartan) was FDA-approved in patients with reduced ejection fraction five years ago.

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The E-A-T of Disease Awareness and Why Brands Need to Get It Right

Intouch Solutions

you wouldn’t trust tax information on a recipe website), branded properties (i.e., brands should be seen as the authoritative sources for their own information), and being recommended by other experts. Similarly, pharma brands are their own entities, so the organizations behind these sites are never in question to Google or users.

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Comparison of Humira biosimilars in the US and Europe

Pharmaceutical Technology

Amgen’s (US) Amjevita (adalimumab) is the first Humira biosimilar, launched in February 2023, and seven other FDA-approved biosimilars are expected to arrive on the US market later this year. In addition, two more Humira biosimilars are currently under FDA review and both are anticipated to launch in 2023.