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Um, about that diabetes drug that helped patients lose weight

World of DTC Marketing

Wegovy’s most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which 80% of patients reported, according to USA Today. Novo’s PR department did a great job and most articles about the drug did talk about the side effects but how many people really read that deep?

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A scientific approach to irrational consumer choices

World of DTC Marketing

A review, authored by researchers at RTI International and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), looked at 38 studies published between 1982 and 2017 that examined outcomes reported by patients, prescribers, or both regarding their experience with DTC advertising in the US and New Zealand.

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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But along with strong efficacy come some considerable risks and costs: cytokine release syndrome (CRS), where a patient’s immune system becomes dangerously over-stimulated, and neurotoxicity are potential side effects that need to be managed. Side effects and cost implications.

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Aiming for ‘Magic Bullets’ in Medicine: Are We Shooting Ourselves in the Foot?

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A ‘magic bullet’ medicine that can cure a disease quickly and completely, [1] without deleterious side effects. [2] 6] As many pathogenetic targets have multiple physiological functions, highly specific ‘magic bullets’ may impact multiple cellular pathways simultaneously, causing unintended side effects.7 Chin J Cancer.

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Tackling the complex development landscape of pain medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

The current medications (opioid and non-opioid) often force the patients to make an unfortunate choice between efficacy and debilitating side effects, leading to a cycling through multiple different therapies and suboptimal treatment response. 2017; 6(S1):1–3. Neuropathic pain: The scope of the problem. Pain and Therapy.

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Three-dose vaccine prevents HIV patients getting hepatitis B

European Pharmaceutical Review

The most common side effects related to vaccination were injection site pain, malaise, fatigue, muscle aches and headaches. The international study will continue to examine the effects of two-dose HEPLISAV-B. A two-dose version of the vaccine was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2017.

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Almirall/Lilly lebrikizumab offers potential long-term management of atopic dermatitis

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Minor side effects to long-term maintenance balance. Any clinical study seeks to achieve maximum results efficacy with minimal occurrence of side effects. However, side effects do happen. Regarding both common cold and headache, they are as well among the side effects reported for similar drugs.