XTalks

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eli Lilly launched LillyDirect this week, an online service that provides access to the company’s medicines, including its newly approved weight loss drug Zepbound (tirzepatide). Interestingly, the company’s blockbuster diabetes drug, Mounjaro (tirzepatide), is not available through the new digital service.

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XTalks

JUNE 5, 2023

Ozempic and Wegovy, which contain the active ingredient semaglutide, were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). GLP-1 stimulates insulin production, thus reducing blood glucose levels, and it interacts with the brain to suppress appetite and create a feeling of fullness. mg and 2.4 mg doses of Wegovy.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In order to fact-check some of these misconceptions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a webinar on biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to help healthcare professionals understand more about these treatment options. Biosimilars are the “generic” drugs of the biopharma world. What is a Biosimilar?

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

On behalf of Prescription Justice, I submitted comments to the FDA in response to its request for public comments on its draft guidance called: “Importation of Certain FDA-Approved Human Prescription Drugs, Including Biological Products, under Section 801(d)(1)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Draft Guidance for Industry.”.

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Pharmacy Checkers

MARCH 20, 2020

Americans who have been relying on trips to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs may not be able to do so for about a month, but really who knows how long. But let’s face it: we need drug companies and the FDA more than ever right now, and I wish them Godspeed in efforts to find and approve treatments to fight COVID-19.

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Pharmacy Checkers

MARCH 11, 2020

Below is a copy of Gabriel Levitt’s comments on the FDA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Importation of Prescription Drugs” that were submitted Monday, March 9th, 2020. Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Importation of Prescription Drugs, FDA-2019-N-5711, 84 Fed. 70796 “ Docket No.

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Pharmacy Checkers

JULY 28, 2020

One of them is all about drug importation : measures already underway and new actions to help Americans buy more affordable prescription drugs from other countries. It has the potential to help many millions of Americans who are sick and tired of high drug prices or can’t even afford the medications prescribed to them.

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