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MainSpring to sell FileMaker 18 licenses on GSA schedule

December 18, 2019 Comments Off on MainSpring to sell FileMaker 18 licenses on GSA schedule

MainSpring CEO Marshall Micheals. (Submitted photo)

A Frederick information technology company is now the exclusive provider to the federal government of licenses to a business apps platform owned by an Apple subsidiary.

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Supernus Pharmaceutucals asks FDA to approve new ADHD drug

November 12, 2019 Comments Off on Supernus Pharmaceutucals asks FDA to approve new ADHD drug

A Rockville drug company working on treatments for central nervous system diseases has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the sale and marketing of a new drug to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Senseonics begins US 180-day study of implantable monitor

October 2, 2019 Comments Off on Senseonics begins US 180-day study of implantable monitor

Eversense, a long-term implantable continuous glucose monitoring system. (Senseonics Holdings photo)

The Germantown company that developed the only long-term implantable system for monitoring blood sugar has begun a clinical study to study its system when implanted for twice as long as is now allowed in the United States.

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FDA accepts Viela Bio application

August 27, 2019 Comments Off on FDA accepts Viela Bio application

The Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review a biologics license application from Gaithersburg-based Viela Bio Inc. for a drug in development. The application is for inebilizumab, a drug for the treatment of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, ...

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Baltimore officials consider new laws to curb smoking

December 10, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore officials consider new laws to curb smoking

Elected officials in Baltimore are considering new laws to cut down on smoking and vaping.

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Caucus will push to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21

December 4, 2018 Comments Off on Caucus will push to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21

Cigarette butts discarded in an ashtray outside a New York office building in 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland is concerned about the toll smoking has taken on the African-American community and is leading an effort to impose restrictions on access to tobacco products.

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FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen

August 16, 2018 Comments Off on FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen

In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan said it will make available a generic version of its EpiPen, as criticism mounts over the price of its injectable medicine. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of EpiPen on Thursday, a move that will bring new competition for the lifesaving allergy injection that helped spark public furor over high drug prices.

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Soy ‘milk’ makers may need to find alternative description

July 18, 2018 Comments Off on Soy ‘milk’ makers may need to find alternative description

This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows the ingredients label for almond milk at a grocery store in New York. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop calling themselves “milk.” The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from the “milking of one or more healthy cows.” That would mark a change for the agency, which has not aggressively gone after the proliferation of plant-based drinks labeled as “milk.” (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Soy and almond drinks that bill themselves as "milk" may need to consider alternative language after a top regulator suggested the agency may start cracking down on use of the term.

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Trump signs bill for terminal patients to try unproven drugs

May 30, 2018 Comments Off on Trump signs bill for terminal patients to try unproven drugs

President Donald Trump hugs Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient Jordan McLinn after signing the "Right to Try" act in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a "fundamental freedom" that will offer hope and save lives.

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Democratic senators seek assurances from Trump pick for FDA

April 26, 2017 Comments Off on Democratic senators seek assurances from Trump pick for FDA

In this 2010 photo by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus's main entrance on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. (U.S. FDA photo)

BOSTON — A group of U.S. senators led by Elizabeth Warren is pushing President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, which is headquartered in Silver Spring, for more information on how he plans to staff the ...

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