#FDA approvals

Kennedy lets compounding pharmacies sell six peptide drugs, overruling FDA scientists

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a rule allowing specialty compounding pharmacies to sell six peptide drugs, overruling FDA scientists who say there is…

Lilly says retatrutide beat Novo's Ozempic in a diabetes study

Eli Lilly says its "triple-G" drug retatrutide beat Novo Nordisk's Ozempic in a diabetes study, adding to expectations that it will be one of Lilly's biggest growth drivers, STAT…

A new oral peptide called Icotrokinra completely cleared psoriasis in 27% of patients after 16 weeks.

Novartis multiple sclerosis drug cuts relapse rates by a third in pivotal trials

Novartis's multiple sclerosis treatment remibrutinib cut relapse rates by a third compared with a standard treatment in pivotal trials, STAT reports. STAT How much does a…

Alexander Disease, and the First Drug Approved to Treat It

Astrocytes immunostained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) — the protein whose overproduction causes Alexander disease. Yann Bernardinelli, 2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, via…

The First Approved Treatment for Ataxia in Ataxia-Telangiectasia

The cerebellum (bottom right) — the part of the brain that degenerates in ataxia-telangiectasia. Henry Vandyke Carter, from Gray's Anatomy, 20th ed. (1918), plate 720, public…

Pancreatic Cancer Has a Drug That Works. Now the FDA Wants It Tried First

The organ in question, from Johannes Sobotta's Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy (1906): the pancreas lies deep behind the stomach, tucked between the kidneys and wrapped by…

What Radioligand Therapy Is, and Why a Second Lutathera Matters

Marie Curie, photographed by Henri Manuel around 1920. The company that just won the first approval for a copy of Lutathera is named for her and Pierre — and the drug is, at…