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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

By evaluating new drugs to determine their safety and efficacy, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is on the FDA front lines of protecting the public health from bad medicine and bringing to market medical treatments that cure, prevent and mitigate the effects of illness. This is the heart of FDA’s mission. drug supply.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

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down 21%, driven by a negative impact from the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a decline in patient visits to doctors for preventative health purposes, as well as the loss of patent protection in the U.S. Lorbrena is now indicated for adults with metastatic NSCLC whose tumors are ALK-positive as detected by an FDA-approved test.