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This week, three members of an 11 member FDA advisory committee of experts resigned in protest over the FDA’s approval of Aduhelm (aducanumab) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. These resignations are extremely unusual, but in this case, understandable.Aduhelm was approved by the agency despite the fact that both pivotal trials were stopped early because they were judged to be futile, the FDA’s own statistical reviewer did not support approval, and the FDA advisory committee reviewing the application voted it down overwhelmingly. Additionally, in a survey conducted by Endpoint News, whose readership is heavily weighted to biopharmaceutical industry staffers and...

The pilots had reported engine trouble, the FAA said.Both pilots were rescued, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The plane was built in 1975, according to flight tracking site Flightradar24. It was not a Boeing 737 Max, the manufacturer’s newest model that was grounded after two crashes in 2018 and 2019.A Boeing 737 cargo plane made an emergency landing in the ocean near Honolulu early Friday after pilots reported engine trouble, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Both pilots were rescued from a debris field, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The FAA said Transair Flight 810 made the emergency landing at around 1:30 a.m....