France Funded Two Cancer Drugs the Same Week. One Was Rated Therapeutic Progress, One Was Not.
Listing is granted by indication, not by licence. Columvi is funded for one situation and refused for the rest of its authorisation.
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Avulux Won a De Novo and Created the Category Its Competitors Will File Into
Going first through a De Novo builds the road behind you. Avulux owns the claim today and has created the category rivals will file 510(k)s into.
Roche Cleared an Alzheimer’s Blood Test With Three Result Categories. The Middle One Is Where PET Survives.
A three-way result means some patients resolve neither way, and those still go to imaging. Roche has not said how many land in the middle.
Trodelvy Now Covers First-Line TNBC Across PD-L1 Status. The Two Regimens Are Not Equally Tolerated.
Serious adverse reactions ran at 38% in the combination trial against 26% in the monotherapy trial. Same drug, same line, different companion.
Rett Syndrome Gets Its First EU Treatment. Thirty Pricing Negotiations Start Now.
First and only is not the same as available. One authorisation covers 30 jurisdictions, each of which now prices the drug separately.
NICE Backed a Weekly Insulin Before It Has a Licence, Then Told Prescribers to Pick the Cheapest Option
QuickAccess read/Endocrine & Metabolic/Peptide NICE Backed a Weekly Insulin Before It Has a Licence, Then Told Prescribers to Pick the Cheapest Option Athithi Verma· 25 August 2026· 2 min read· Synopulse NICE published final draft guidance recommending insulin efsitora alfa (Onswik), from Eli Lilly, for adults with type 2 diabetes. Given once weekly by pre-filled … Read more
Roche Paid $190 Million Up Front on a $2.3 Billion Headline for a Phase 1 Obesity Asset
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Canada Moved Two Cancer Drugs Forward in One Week. Neither Went the Normal Route.
One drug reached review only because payers filed for a manufacturer that had not. The other was recommended on evidence the committee called inconclusive.
Singapore Approved Both Blenrep Combinations. Korea Reimbursed Only the One With Survival Data.
Same drug, same week, two Asian markets. The regulator approved on progression-free survival. The payer funded only the regimen with overall survival data.
Two FDA Device Authorisations, Two Sets of Evidence Narrower Than the Headline
Aletta matches human phlebotomists only when it agrees to attempt a draw. Narwhal cleared on bench and animal data, citing a trial with a different probe.