Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have used a wireless motility capsule to reveal how changes in the gut environment impact bacteria composition and activity. The team believes the findings may help explain differences in people’s gut microbial composition and metabolism.
The approval enables the treatment of adults with moderate to severe CHE when topical corticosteroids are inadequate or inappropriate. The decision was based on the positive outcomes of the Phase III programme, which encompassed the DELTA 1 and DELTA 2 trials. The trials assessed the cream’s efficacy and safety against a cream vehicle, meeting their primary and secondary goals.
With the new plant, to be located in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Paris-based French drugmaker wants to significantly expand its production capacity in Asia, the company explained via the Chinese messaging service WeChat.
The results back up the confidence the CEOs have in their growth prospects. Of KPMG’s life sci CEO respondents, 79% said they are confident that their companies are on a growth trajectory over the next three years, which is up 10 percentage points from last year.
Health Canada has approved Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide injection, Wegovy, marking it as the first treatment in the country authorised to assist in chronic weight management and to reduce the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) in adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 27 kg/m² or greater, who have established cardiovascular disease.
