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FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say
- The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a "black box" warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency's plans. A boxed warning, which appears at the top of prescribing information for medicines, is the agency's most serious, designed to warn about risks such as death or life-threatening or disabling reactions that should be weighed against the intervention's benefits. They ...

Source: aol.com
MEDICINE  
Small study of Corbus' CB1-targeting pill shows positive signal
-  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Lilly's triple-G drug leads to major weight loss, but with many discontinuations  Eli Lilly's next-generation obesity drug led to what appears to be the most weight loss seen so far in a late-stage trial, but rates of side effects were high and many participants discontinued the treatment, including people who felt they were losing too much weight.

Source: statnews.com