Medications
Hospital group fights drug shortages by making needed meds
U.S. hospitals fed up with shortages of critical medicines—mostly generic drugs that aren't profitable—have banded together.
Jan 26, 2020
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Medications
FDA panel: Expand use of fish oil drug Vascepa
Approved use of the prescription-strength fish oil drug Vascepa should be widened to include more patients at risk for heart attack and stroke, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Thursday.
Nov 18, 2019
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Medications
One-third of pre-approved prescription drugs have not completed the FDA approval process
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Accelerated Approval Program was created in 1992 to significantly accelerate the ability to bring certain new drugs to market. New research to be published in an upcoming issues of ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Inflammatory disorders
Peptides that mimic 'good cholesterol' reverse inflammatory bowel disease in mice
Peptides that mimic the function of HDL cholesterol, which has been dubbed "good cholesterol," can treat the underlying inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, according to new research in mice. The ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Medications
FDA: Pulmonary embolism risk up with tofacitinib 10 mg for RA
(HealthDay)—A safety clinical trial has revealed that tofacitinib (Xeljanz, Xeljanz XR) 10 mg twice daily is associated with an increased risk for pulmonary embolism (PE) and death among patients with rheumatoid arthritis ...
Mar 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review finds antibiotic development increased, but insufficient
While the pipeline of new antibiotics has improved over the past six years, momentum in the development of new infection-fighting agents remains inadequate and could take a significant downturn without new incentives, a report ...
Feb 6, 2019
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Medical research
FDA warns companies on dangerous, unapproved stem cell treatments
(HealthDay)—After infections tied to unapproved stem cell treatments sent 12 people to hospital this past year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a stern warning about the products.
Dec 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Venetoclax combination approved for elderly acute myeloid leukemia
Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) often aren't healthy enough to receive intensive chemotherapy, and gentler treatments aren't very effective in treating this aggressive blood cancer.
Nov 29, 2018
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Other
Approval of drug derived from cannabis not necessarily a win for weed
The Food and Drug Administration on June 25 approved for the first time a drug made from cannabidiol (CBD), a molecule derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, was approved for the treatment of two types of ...
Jun 28, 2018
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Medications
Many drugs made available via FDA expanded access programs
(HealthDay)—Over the past two decades, close to 100 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and biologics were made available before FDA approval through expanded access programs, according to a study published ...
Jun 20, 2018
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