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What does the U.S. shutdown mean for drug and device firms?

Jan. 3, 2019

While partisan squabbling holds hostage the 2019 appropriations for several U.S. departments and agencies, companies that must deal with those agencies are left scratching their heads about what's open and what's not.

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3D rendering of an antibody drug conjugate

‘Target-high but uptake-defective’ state identified in ADC resistance

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Separate research teams have reported new insights into resistance mechanisms to the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev (enfortumab vedotin, Astellas Pharma...

Illustration of brain and brain waves, concept of focal seizure

Hyperexcitability may be joint problem in epilepsy, dementia

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The majority of epilepsies are developmental disorders that start in childhood. But there is a large minority that starts in late adulthood. And increasingly,...

Modius Spero wearable neuromodulation device

Neurovalens granted FDA approval for PTSD therapy for US veterans

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Veterans in the U.S. suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) now have access to Neurovalens Ltd.’s Modius Spero, a wearable neuromodulation device,...

Ionis, AZ shares down on unexpected Wainua flop in cardiomyopathy

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News of the unexpected phase III failure of the gene silencing drug Wainua (eplontersen) in the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy sent...