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Acadia faces US federal probe into Nuplazid marketing

Acadia Pharmaceuticals may have thought it got out of trouble last year after an FDA safety investigation into its flagship Parkinson’s drug Nuplazid revealed no new risks – but documents h

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Patients switch to lower dose of Pfizer's RA pill after safe...

Pfizer is moving rheumatoid arthritis patients to a lower dose of its blockbuster inflammatory diseases pill Xeljanz in a clinical study, after a safety signal emerged in the trial of patie

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FDA panel backs J&J's potential depression blockbuster

A panel of advisers to the FDA has voted in favour of approving Johnson & Johnson’s experimental nasal spray for depression, esketamine, bringing the medicine closer to approval.

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FDA rejects Allergan's fibroids drug, citing liver safety co...

European regulators have already restricted use

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Hackers could take control of medical devices, McAfee warns

Research published by cyber security company, McAfee, shows it is possible to modify real-time patient heart monitor data by hacking into a hospital network and gaining control of medical d

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EU freezing UK out of drug safety scheme after Brexit

The European Medicines Agency is planning to freeze the UK out of its drug safety monitoring system after Brexit – despite the UK government's aim to maintain a close workin