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A new market research report by Clarivate Analytics, “Cortellis Drugs to Watch,” identified seven new drugs it believes will hit sales of $1 billion or more, the so-called “blockbuster” mark, by 2023.
Evaluate recently published the Vantage Pharma, Biotech and Medtech 2018 in review report. The annual report offers insights into the previous year’s activities in biopharma and the medical device industry.
The partial government shutdown has entered day 24 and the pharma and medtech industry is beginning to feel the impact even more, particularly as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration grows more incapable of reviewing some medications for approval.
It seems like every time we turned around this year, there was an exciting or—on a more visceral level, “Hey, that’s cool!” science story. Here’s a look at the top 9 really cool life science discoveries of the year, from outer space, to peanut allergies, to tortoise genomes.
Even with the Thanksgiving week, there is interesting and exciting research being conducted and published. Here’s a look.
It is estimated that 2.5 percent of all children in the U.S. might have a peanut allergy. Since 2010, according to the America College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, incidence of peanut allergies in children had risen 21 percent in the U.S.
Nestlé Increases Stake in Aimmune as Company Eyes Filing for FDA Approval of Peanut Allergy Medicine
As California-based Aimmune prepares to seek regulatory approval for its peanut allergy treatment, AR101, Nestlé Health Science has increased its financial stake in the food allergy prevention-focused company with another $98 million investment.
An estimated 15 million people in the United States have allergies to more than 170 different foods, according to the non-profit Food Allergy Research and Education. New health data suggests the frequency of food allergies in children under 18 has risen 70 percent since 1997, CNBC reported.
Aimmune Therapeutics announced late-stage trial results that showed its peanut allergy therapy was effective in more than 67 percent of juvenile patients.
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