Allergan (NYSE:AGN) and women’s health nonprofit Medicines360 said today that the FDA approved a supplemental new drug application to extend the duration of use for Liletta, a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device, for up to four years. The hormone-releasing device was first approved in February 2015 and it won additional approval in January last year for a single-handed […]
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Study: Vaginal ring for HIV prevention safe in adolescent girls
A monthly vaginal ring that releases anti-HIV drugs was found to be safe and acceptable in an NIH-funded study of adolescent girls, according to data presented today at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Paris. The experimental ring boasted better adherence throughout the study compared to a daily oral tablet, the researchers reported. […]
Study: Antiretroviral drug-eluting ring safe in breastfeeding mothers
An antiretroviral drug released from an experimental vaginal ring to protect women against HIV is absorbed in low concentrations into breastmilk, according to researchers from the NIH-funded Microbicide Trials Network. The team touted data today from a Phase I trial of the device at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Sciences in Paris. The dapivirine […]
Inovio prices $75m public offering
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) said today that it priced its underwritten public offering of 12.5 million shares of common stock at $6.00 apiece. The offering is expected to bring in nearly $75 million for the Plymouth Meeting, Penn.-based company. The offering, which is expected to close on July 25, includes a 30-day option for underwriters to buy […]
Inovio looks to raise $75m in public offering
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) said yesterday that it is launching an underwritten public offering to sell $75 million shares of common stock. The Plymouth Meeting, Penn.-based company said it plans to grant underwriters an option to buy up to $11.3 million additional shares of common stock. Inovio is slated to use its newly-acquired funds to support general […]
CDC chief propped up controversial anti-aging medicine in private practice
Before the newly-appointed CDC head Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald ran the public health department for the state of Georgia, she was a board-certified OB/GYN with a private practice. But according to a report from Forbes, she not only provided women’s healthcare in the 30 years she practiced medicine – she was also a fellow in “anti-aging medicine.” […]
Inovio launches late-stage cervical dysplasia trial after FDA lifts hold
Shares in Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) jumped more than 10% after it announced that it is launching a Phase III clinical study of its investigational DNA immunotherapy candidate designed to treat cervical dysplasia caused by human papillomavirus. The moves comes after the FDA lifted a hold that it placed on the clinical program in October last year. At […]
Kentucky doc gets jail time for bad opioid prescription habits & Medicaid fraud
Dr. George Kudmani, an OB/GYN from Kentucky, was sentenced to 4 years in prison this week after a federal jury ruled that he was guilty of inappropriately doling out opioids and Medcaid fraud. The jury found Kudmani guilty of 19 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances and 8 counts of health care fraud. After Kudmani serves his […]
Novavax touts nanoparticle RSV vaccine in women of child-bearing age
Novavax Inc. (NSDQ:NVAX) touted data today from the second Phase II trial of its RSV F nanoparticle vaccine candidate in women of child-bearing age. The research was published in the journal Vaccine. Novavax’s nanomedicine vaccine is being developed to protect infants from the respiratory syncytial virus. The Gaithersburg, Md.-based company presented top-line data from the Phase […]
Infertility: There could be a 3D printing solution
New Northwestern University research offers a potential 3D printing solution for women’s infertility – providing hope for cancer survivors who want to start families. The Northwestern researchers successfully 3D printed a bioprosthetic mouse ovary that ovulated when implanted inside a live mouse. Mice with the bioprosthetic ovaries were able to give birth to live pups, […]
