NOWDiagnostics’ First To Know has FDA De Novo marketing authorization as a new test for syphilis. The at-home product needs only a single drop of blood to test for this sexually transmitted infection.
The potential rewards for drugmakers' investments in pharmaceuticals and vaccines are enormous, but so are the risks, an industry consultant said.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
The British drugmaker plans to separate the consumer health joint venture with Pfizer announced Wednesday three years after the transaction closes.
The Seattle-based company's new feature will initially go live at two health systems: Providence St. Joseph Health and UPMC.
An important trend contributing to the consumerization of healthcare is the transformation of select prescription categories to over-the-counter.
Several recent developments are of note as consumer electronics companies, hearing aid manufacturers, audiologists, physicians, consumer advocates and regulators prepare for a surge of new hearing devices and changes in the hearing healthcare system.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
By Riëtte van Laack – The Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) drug regulatory framework was established by FDA more than 40 years ago in the OTC Drug Review. The procedure was intended to lead to a monograph which described the active ingredients and conditions that are generally recognized as safe and effective (“GRASE”) for each of more than […]
No more sitting with the school nurse, five Kleenex, head tilted back during recess. A startup with University of Wisconsin ties has launched a $25,000 Indiegogo campaign to bring over-the-counter nosebleed relief to patients with a topical gel that claims to stop the nosebleed in one minute. Greg Dockter, a pharmacist, founded ByzMed LLC because […]
When two students working at Purdue University’s Center for Paralysis Research were making small talk around the company water cooler–strike that, cotton candy machine, they didn’t have an inkling that it might lead to business competitions, grants, NSF Small Business Innovation Research funding, a patent and a startup. But that’s exactly how Medtric Biotech began […]
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) will sell 17 of its over-the-counter products to Prestige Brands Holdings (NYSE:PBH) in a $660 million cash deal that sheds North American rights to GSK brands such as heartburn drug Tagamet, pain reliever Ecotrin and digestive aid Beano. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. When complete, it […]
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) weight loss drug alli and 18 other over-the-counter products will be sold as the pharmaceutical giant pares down its consumer healthcare business. London-based GSK, which has its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, said Thursday that it will begin talking with potential buyers of those products in the next few weeks […]