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FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...
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FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
It's the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in over 20 years, designed to eliminate risks of addiction and ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
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Vertex buys diabetes cell therapy rival ViaCyte for $320m
Vertex' therapy takes the form of stem cell-derived human pancreatic islet cells, which secrete insulin in the body in response to rising blood glucose. The aim is to replace the pancreatic tissue ...
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Vertex to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results on February 10
Vertex also has a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including acute ...
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...