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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.

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FDA Approves First Generic of Symbicort to Treat Asthma and COPD

The Pharma Data

This drug-device combination product is a metered-dose inhaler (MDI), which contains both budesonide (a corticosteroid that reduces inflammation) and formoterol (a long-acting bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways to improve breathing). Source link: [link] ov/.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

Wikipedia has an extremely long page aptly called Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration , much of it having to do with its role with prescription drugs, and less so other sectors, such as food, tobacco and cosmetics. . I have summarized the main FDA roles, as carried out by CEDR and ORA, in protecting the U.S. drug supply.

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Trump Administration Announces FDA-Proposed Rule and Guidance to Allow Prescription Drug Importation

Pharmacy Checkers

The agency drafted a new proposed rule to allow importation from Canada of lower-cost drugs and industry guidance for drug manufacturers to import their FDA-approved foreign drug versions, for which they can charge lower prices. And can’t they already import FDA-approved drugs? Well, apparently it can be done.

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