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Kadmon’s Rezurock scores surprise FDA nod in chronic graft-versus-host-disease

With a surprise FDA approval Friday afternoon, Kadmon Holdings is on its way to becoming a commercial drugmaker.  The FDA cleared Kadmon’s Rezurock to treat chronic graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication of transplant procedures. Formerly known as belumodsil, the drug is a first-in-class ROCK2 inhibitor—and now Kadmon’s first approved drug.  GVHD occurs when donor cells mount an immune response against a patient’s own tissues and organs. While doctors can… Read More »

Doctors’ Lobby Scores ‘Major Victory’ on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The board that licenses and disciplines doctors in California is failing to hold bad actors accountable, endangering patients in the process. That’s the verdict of state lawmakers and patient advocates who have been working for years to reform the Medical Board of California. But an attempt this year to give the board… Read More »

Upstream’s Zero-D Scores Gold Hat Trick at Stevie® Awards

Three Gold Stevies® in International Business Awards® for making mobile internet accessible in emerging markets London, September 11th, 2020 – Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, has been awarded three Gold Stevie® Awards in the 17th Annual International Business Awards® for its deployment of Zero-D in South Africa. A panel of more than 250 independent judges… Read More »

Gilead’s remdesivir scores emergency FDA nod in COVID-19 days after big data reveal

Days after U.S. officials and others reported the first positive controlled data for Gilead’s remdesivir in COVID-19, the FDA has given the drug an emergency use authorization. President Donald Trump and Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day made the announcement Friday afternoon at the White House, according to CNBC’s Meg Tirrell. An FDA fact sheet on the… Read More »

High school GPAs are stronger predictors of college graduation than ACT scores

Students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. The authors of the new study, Elaine M. Allensworth and Kallie Clark, both of the University of Chicago,… Read More »