u.s. food and drug administration

New Alzheimer’s drug given to first patient at Harborview Medical Center

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New Alzheimer’s drug given to first patient at Harborview Medical Center

SEATTLE — A Mount Vernon man was the first to receive the new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, at the University of Washington (UW) Medicine’s Memory and Brain Wellness Center on Dec. 1. “I’m pleased that Harborview Medical Center is one of the first West Coast hospitals to administer the IV infusion treatment to our qualifying patients,” … Read more

Mirati’s lung cancer drug gets EU’s regulatory backing, Health News, ET HealthWorld

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Mirati’s lung cancer drug gets EU’s regulatory backing, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Mirati Therapeutics said on Friday the European medicines regulator’s panel has recommended approval of its treatment for a type of lung cancer. The European Medicine Agency’s committee backed Krazati following a re-examination of the drug the panel had declined to back for authorisation in July, saying the requirements for conditional support were not … Read more