The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to give priority status to its review of three new uses for the anticlotting drug Xarelto, Johnson & Johnson announced Monday.The company is asking the agency to approve the drug to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and to prevent recu

(Reuters) – Europe’s medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl through millions of pages of clinical trial information.The change is a landmark in transparency that puts E

Wales’ health minister says it was “entirely appropriate” for her civil servants to be in contact with the author of a report into the NHS.Lesley Griffiths defended emails between senior officials and the academic behind the report.Officials were also challenged about why local health boards thought

(Reuters) – An international health panel has recommended for the first time that all HIV patients be treated with antiretroviral drugs, even when the virus’s impact on their immune system is shown to be small.The nonprofit International Antiviral Society-USA cited new evidence that untreated infect

New drugs for breast cancer and multiple myeloma won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, expanding options for patients in advanced stages of those diseases.The breast cancer drug, Afinitor from Novartis, seems to expand the time that endocrine therapy can keep the disease in c

SpeakerProfessor Dean Jamison, Professor Emeritus, Global Health Principal Investigator, Disease Control Priorities NetworkDate: 23 August 2016Time: 16.30 – 18.00Venue: Richmond Hotel, NonthaburiNumber of participants: 120 seats availableOrganizer: Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Progr

WASHINGTON — Is the world on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic and creating an AIDS-free generation, even though a cure and a vaccine are still distant hopes?Yes, roared enthusiasts among the nearly 24,000 participants at the 19th International AIDS Conference here last week. Their hopes are bas

The Food and Drug Administration ordered St. Jude Medical on Thursday to conduct additional studies on patients implanted with heart-device components that were recalled last year and that have been linked to as many as 20 deaths. It also recommended that patients receive X-rays or other imaging to

(Reuters) – India’s highest court will hear final arguments starting this week in a landmark case over drug patents that could change the rules for the country’s healthcare sector and potentially curb its global role as a supplier of cut-price generic medicines.The Supreme Court hearing pits Swiss d

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia