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FDA uncovers additional types of cancer possibly linked to breast implants

The FDA has found new clusters of specific types of cancer linked to the scar tissue that forms around breast implants, as part of its ongoing, years-long review of the risks that can come with the procedure.

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ESMO: GSK keeps the faith in anti-TIGIT plans; it's 'not always about being first'

Four months after the latest trial failure for Roche’s tiragolumab, GSK is still pushing ahead with its own anti-TIGIT inhibitor, bullish that plenty of opportunities remain for the next-gen therapy.

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Envision Healthcare sues UnitedHealth over claim denials

UnitedHealthcare's war with physician staffing firms continues. Envision Healthcare filed suit against the insurer, the physician firm announced Friday, over claim denied by the country's largest health plan.

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ESMO: AstraZeneca, Merck tout Lynparza's 'clinically meaningful' ovarian cancer survival edge but lose one in prostate cancer

In a heated PARP inhibitor race with GSK, AstraZeneca and Merck hope some new survival data could consolidate Lynparza’s lead in an ovarian cancer subset. But Merck can’t say the same about a potential prostate cancer expansion.

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RADx reloaded: NIH puts out the call for more effective, easier-to-use COVID tests

RADx is offering a total of $300 million in funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act to help support not only the development of the next wave of future COVID-19 tests but also their regulatory aspirations—including both pandemic-induced emergency use authorization and full market clearance.

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ESMO: Adding bempeg to Opdivo lowered response rate in Bristol Myers-Nektar failed cancer trial

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress could have been a victory lap for Bristol Myers Squibb and Nektar Therapeutics, the moment when a bold bet delivered clinical data to upend the immuno-oncology space. Instead, the partners were left to sift through the wreckage of a failed trial that suggested bempegaldesleukin may make Opdivo less—not more—effective.

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COVID vaccine coverage questions abound for health insurers

Health plans in the near future will have to start covering COVID-19 vaccines and tests that up until now had been “free.” Free is a tough act to follow.

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Arcutis' psoriasis cream Zoryve clinches win in seborrheic dermatitis trial, proving it's no one trick pony in itch

Friday at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2022 congress, Arcutis drew the curtain back on late-stage Zoryve data in seborrheic dermatitis—a chronic inflammatory skin disease where the company is testing its drug in adults and kids ages nine years and up who have moderate-to-severe disease.

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After flunking studies last year, Allakos’ failed phase 3 EoDyssey sinks gastrointestinal program

Allakos has achieved an undesired hat trick. Across three phase 3 trials, the biotech has now significantly reduced levels of a troublesome white blood cell without improving symptoms, driving it to rethink the development of an anti-Siglec-8 antibody that was once among the hottest prospects in biotech.

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Baxter infusion pumps found to be at risk of remote hacking

Baxter’s infusion pumps are in the crosshairs once again after cybersecurity software developer Rapid7 discovered multiple potential vulnerabilities in the devices.

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After 'watershed' approval, Takeda nears dengue vaccine launch and gears up for more green lights

It's been a long journey for Takeda's dengue fever vaccine, which recently won its first global approval in Indonesia. After Sanofi's dengue vaccine disaster, the company had to learn from a peer's troubles for its own development work.

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Backup generators fail at Northern California hospital during record-breaking heat wave

Emergency plans kicked into effect when parts of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center were became completely powerless for roughly four hours. Despite transfers and discharges, no patients were put into life-threatening situations, the system said.

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