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Pakistan lifts Indian import ban for essential medications
A ban on Indian trade to Pakistan has been partly changed to allow the import of drugs after a shortage of critical medicine.
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Hitting the target – refining anticancer nanomedicine development
Mahfoozur Rahman and Sarwar Beg explain why we need to change tack from traditional formulation-driven development to a target-based approach in order to increase success with anticancer nanomedicine in the clinic.
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FDA grants Rozlytrek cancer treatment approval
The cancer therapeutic, Rozlytrek, has gained FDA approval as well as Priority Review, Breakthrough Therapy and Orphan Drug Designations.
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Silica-based drug delivery could improve anticancer drugs
Researchers have developed silica spheres to contain cancer therapeutics that melt at certain temperatures and have the potential to improve drug delivery.
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US sanctions on Iran creating critical drug shortage
The Middle Eastern country has a limited supply of vital medication needed for conditions such as cancer due to US trade blocks.
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Warning issued to company for using unfounded CBD treatment claims
FDA issues warning to a company that claimed its CBD products can be used to treat cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
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New system delivers drug straight into tumours with fewer side effects
A new drug delivery system disguises chemo-therapeutics as fat in order to destroy tumours.
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API markets to grow 6.8 percent by 2026
Global active pharmaceutical ingredients market set to surpass US$274.9 billion by 2026.
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First PI3K inhibitor for breast cancer approved by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets to treat patients with breast cancer.
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Retail prices on several anti-cancer medications slashed
The retail prices of some anti-cancer drugs have been cut by 87 percent by the drug price control authority in India.
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Four drug companies accused of illegal market sharing
The CMA accuses four pharmaceutical firms of colluding to illegally inflate prices of an anti-nausea drug.
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New glioblastoma cancer vaccine shows promise in phase 1b clinical trial
A brain-cancer vaccine more than 20 years in the making suspends cancer growth in patients enrolled in early-stage trial...
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Sales of generic oncology drugs surge
A report has forecasted that the generic oncology drugs market could register an impressive 6 percent CAGR up to the year 2028...
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Growing role of personalised and precision medicine in cancer treatments
The role of personalised and precision medicine may be ideal for the treatment of cancer, but questions about consequences and society issues still remain...
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Genetically modified viral injection could treat metastatic melanoma
A study has reported that almost 40 percent of patients with non-surgically treatable tumours were effectively treated using a genetically modified virus...
