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New Deals Will Cut Medicare Costs for Expensive Drugs

THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – The Biden administration said Thursday that it has signed deals with drug companies that will lower the prices on 10 of the most popular and expensive drugs used by...

FDA Approves Steglujan (ertugliflozin and sitagliptin) for Type 2 Diabetes

KENILWORTH, N.J. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) December 22, 2017 --Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), today announced that the U.S. Food...

FDA Medwatch Alert: DPP-4 Inhibitors for Type 2 Diabetes: Drug Safety Communication - May Cause Severe Joint Pain

ISSUE: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that the type 2 diabetes medicines sitagliptin, saxagliptin, linagliptin, and alogliptin may cause joint pain that can be severe and...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Incretin Mimetic Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes: Early Communication - Reports of Possible Increased Risk of Pancreatitis and Pre-cancerous Findings of the Pancreas

ISSUE: FDA is evaluating unpublished new findings by a group of academic researchers that suggest an increased risk of pancreatitis and pre-cancerous cellular changes called pancreatic duct...

Victoza Label Updated to Include Data Showing Superior Efficacy When Compared to Januvia

Princeton, N.J. (April 9, 2012) /PRNewswire/ - Novo Nordisk received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the product label for Victoza (liraglutide [rDNA origin]...

FDA Approves Combination Therapy Juvisync

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription...

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