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New FDA Chief Wants to Fast-Track Some Drugs, Use More AI
And offering a fast-track to approve drugs the Trump administration views as a priority. Welcome to the new Food and Drug ...
US FDA to Issue New Vouchers to Drug Developers to Shorten Review Time
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced that it will issue a new priority review voucher to ...
A new chapter for online sales of obesity drug alternatives tests legal limits
While some compounding pharmacies have stopped making alternatives to Wegovy and Zepbound since shortages were declared over, ...
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Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration
Leaders of the FDA have published a list of new priorities for the agency. They want to deliver rapidly-approved cures and ...
FDA to use AI in drug approvals to ‘radically increase efficiency’
With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed ...
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Medicovestor’s First-in-Class ADC for Pancreatic Cancer
Novel chemoimmunotherapy platform aims to transform outcomes in one of the world’s deadliest cancersNEW YORK, June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicovestor, Inc., a biotechnology company advancing ...
Capricor Therapeutics' Becker Muscular Dystrophy Drug Gets Orphan Drug Designation in U.S.
Capricor Therapeutics has received an orphan drug designation for its drug aimed at potentially treating Becker Muscular Dystrophy. The biotechnology company said Tuesday that the Food and Drug ...
A revolutionary drug for extreme hunger offers clues to obesity’s complexity
A new drug is helping families who’ve spent years locking up or hiding food as their children with Prader-Willi syndrome deal ...