The organizers of the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a virus-tracking project supported by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, say their efforts are being paused while they deal with concerns raised by… Read More
The Food and Drug Administration today authorized emergency use of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir for treating COVID-19 in the wake of encouraging results from a federally backed clinical trial.… Read More
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about unauthorized kits that are being marketed to test for coronavirus in the home. “At this time, the FDA has not authorized… Read More
Alder BioPharmaceuticals has raised $170 million in a stock offering and is ramping up operations after filing an FDA application for eptinezumab, a therapy for patients with chronic migraines. Alder… Read More
Seattle-based biotech company PhaseRx develops drug candidates to treat rare, often life-threatening liver diseases, and one of their candidates just got a boost from the FDA. The company’s leading drug, called… Read More
Juno Therapeutics announced last week that it was placing a voluntary hold on its clinical trial of JCAR015 — an experimental but promising immunotherapy treatment for patients with advanced leukemia —… Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a hold on a Juno Therapeutics clinical trial of a treatment for a form of leukemia following the death of two trial patients… Read More
Hampton Creek’s mayonnaise alternative called “Just Mayo” will potentially have to change its name and labeling after the Food and Drug Administration said the company made untrue claims, including that it was… Read More