$AMLX presented the PHOENIX study today at AAN meeting. Relyvrio and placebo curves sit right on top of each other.

No surprise, of course, but good to see the data presented.

New webpage from FDA Tobacco details the 'relative risks' various tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. For adult smokers, 'switching completely from cigarettes to e-cigarettes may reduce exposure to many harmful chemicals.' fda.gov/tobacco-produc…

The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the US market over a year ago, but sales for the Eisai US drug have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage. apnews.com/article/alzhei…

I spoke with Vertex Pharma's David Altshuler about the company’s 20-year effort to develop non-addictive alternatives to opioid painkillers, which included studying a rare, heritable condition that reduces sensitivity to pain. apnews.com/article/vertex…

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The company responsible for a global recall of millions of sleep apnea machines will be barred from resuming US production until it meets a number of safety requirements, under a long-awaited federal order. apnews.com/article/cpap-s…

No sign of FDA action yet on risky, unproven RNA therapy called SOT or supportive oligonucleotide therapy being sold at dozens of clinics in US including for cancer ipscell.com/2024/03/us-cli… EU regulators may act sooner #stemcells David Gorski, MD, PhD Timothy Caulfield

The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico. bit.ly/4cLRSgd

A new study shows most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. FDA between 2013 and 2017 hadn't shown to increase survival five years later. apnews.com/article/cancer…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden tells Netanyahu that future US support for the Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.

After halting sales in US and Canada Amylyx says it will cut 70% of its workforce while testing Relyvrio and another drug in several rare diseases. Stock up 7.7% in morning trading.

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$AMLX agrees to pull its failed ALS drug from the market, avoiding a major dilemma for U.S. FDA regulators who approved the medicine based on data some reviewers called 'borderline' and 'not persuasive.' apnews.com/article/relyvr…

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Anti-smoking groups are suing the Biden administration over a long-awaited rule banning menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months. apnews.com/article/mentho…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Feinsilber, whose masterful way with words and mischievous wit enlivened American journalism for five decades, the bulk of them at The Associated Press, died Monday. He was a month shy of 90. apnews.com/article/08b3ed…

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing apnews.com/article/kidney…

For over a year I've been following a group of reporters from the The Associated Press as they were documenting how many people in the U.S. died after the police used 'Less-lethal' force. I'm happy to share the teaser of my upcoming FRONTLINE film 'Documenting Police Use of Force'.

Today we launch the result of a three-year investigation into the police use of 'less lethal force.' The project was done in partnership with FRONTLINE and The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism,
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. The story: bit.ly/3PF5Nup and the interactive bit.ly/4ac8BHS

Georgia AG & FTC win Superior Healthcare stem cell clinic case via summary judgment, seek $17 million ipscell.com/2024/03/georgi… #stemcell s #stemcell This collaborative win has some big implications for how to address the unproven stem cell clinic industry across the US

Moot at this point, but TUDCA results announced this morning. Failed. $AMLX

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