A U.S. military helicopter carrying five Marines is missing. The aircraft departed the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada and was heading to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego on Feb. 6. Four illegal immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Arizona may not be the same suspects accused of attacking […]
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is pursuing legal action against two U.S.-based pharmacies for allegedly selling products claiming to contain semaglutide that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a statement on Nov. 30, the drugmaker said it had conducted tests on compounded products allegedly sold by Wells Pharmacy and […]
Eli Lilly and Co. announced on Wednesday that prices for the company’s most commonly prescribed insulins will be reduced by up to 70 percent later this year, a move praised by President Joe Biden, who urged other drugmakers to follow. In a statement published on Mar. 1, the largest U.S. manufacturer of insulin said that […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first systemic treatment for alopecia areata—commonly referred to as just alopecia—a disorder that causes hair to fall out often in clumps on the scalp, face, and sometimes on other areas of the body. The drug, Olumiant (baricitinib), made by Eli Lilly, is now approved to treat adults […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday expanded its emergency use authorization (EUA) of Eli Lilly and Co’s dual-antibody therapy for mild to moderate COVID-19 to all children, including newborns. The treatment consists of bamlanivimab and etesevimab—two monoclonal antibodies that are administered by intravenous infusion. The two monoclonal antibodies are directed against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, […]
