News FDA clears first gene therapy for rare genetic disease WAS Fondazione Telethon's Waskyra has become the first gene therapy in the US for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, and the first taken to market by a non-profit.
News UK confirms lower clawback rate for NHS medicines The UK has cut its voluntary rebate rate for new medicines supplied to the NHS to 14.5% next year, but industry says this is "only the first step."
News Antibiotic is first approval in FDA national priority scheme FDA approves its first 'national priority' drug – a version of the widely used antibiotic Augmentin XR – in double-quick time.
News ASH: FDA okays Gamida aplastic anaemia therapy as data drops The first cell therapy for severe aplastic anaemia – Gamida Cell's Omisirge – has been approved by the FDA.
News CDC panel votes to scrap hepatitis B birth dose advice CDC advisers vote to overturn decades of US policy and abandon endorsement of universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in the US.
News BMS's Breyanzi is first CAR-T for marginal zone lymphoma Bristol Myers Squibb has taken CAR-T therapy into new territory, after getting FDA approval for Breyanzi in marginal zone lymphoma.
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