September 12, 2025

FDA Considers Ending Routine Advisory Committees on New Drugs

The FDA move to limit advisory committee involvement in drug approvals has prompted debate on the balance between efficiency and transparency.

KFF Health News

September 11, 2025

COVID Exits Top 10 as US Deaths Fall

Age-adjusted US death rate fell 3.8% in 2024, the lowest since 2020, provisional data show

Conexiant

September 05, 2025

Extended-Release Risperidone Injection Receives FDA Approval

FDA approves Amneal’s risperidone extended-release injection for schizophrenia and Bipolar I maintenance.

Conexiant

September 03, 2025

Policy Shift Adjusts NIH Peer Review Role

New NIH funding rules shift decision-making power from peer review panels to political appointees in determining future scientific grants.

KFF Health News

September 02, 2025

New Maintenance Option for Early Alzheimer’s Approved by FDA

FDA approves Leqembi IQLIK (lecanemab-irmb), a once-weekly subcutaneous autoinjector for maintenance treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease.

Conexiant

August 22, 2025

Protease Activator Approved by the FDA for Diffuse Midline Glioma

This represents the first FDA approval of a systemic therapy for H3 K27M–mutant diffuse midline glioma.

The ASCO Post

August 19, 2025

Bedtime Cyclobenzaprine Relieves Fibromyalgia: Randomized Trial

Researchers found bedtime sublingual cyclobenzaprine reduced pain versus placebo and improved sleep, fatigue, and function with mostly mild oral adverse events.

Conexiant

December 11, 2024

ALS Drug Misses Trial Goals

A mid-stage trial for an experimental drug in ALS patients did not meet its main goal, with patients showing more gastrointestinal upset compared to a placebo, and differing death rates between groups. Results will be presented next year, and a long-term extension study will continue.

Reuters

April 29, 2024

Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation

A veteran's struggle for recognition of health issues linked to exposure to a controversial herbicide used by the military.

KFF Health News