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Preventative approach could reduce immunotherapy side effects

European Pharmaceutical Review

New research from the US indicates that a prophylactic treatment before immunotherapy can significantly reduce the rate of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in multiple myeloma patients. Immunotherapy drugs like teclistamab can result in potentially fatal side effects, including CRS and immune cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS).

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Lilly has a new blockbuster

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Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s novel treatment for diabetes. The drug led to impressive blood sugar and body weight drops in clinical trials. Will patients, who are obese and don’t have Type 2 diabetes, ask for the drug for weight loss, and will patients understand the risks?

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Innovating allergy drug delivery with a needle-free alternative

European Pharmaceutical Review

This decision was granted a couple of weeks following approval by the US and Drug Administration (FDA). These factors may increase the likelihood that patients and caregivers carry it regularly. What are the main advantages of EURneffy over similar treatments?

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FDA approves first drug to delay type 1 diabetes

European Pharmaceutical Review

Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv), the first drug to help prolong the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and children over eight years old with stage 2 type 1 diabetes, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tzield clinical trials that supported the US Food and Drug Administration approval.

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Psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

After eight weeks of treatment, patients’ depression severity scores dropped by an average of 19.1 Treatment-related side effects included nausea and headache but were generally mild. “As The post Psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in cancer patients appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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Immunotherapy treatment enhances lymphoma survival, landmark study shows

European Pharmaceutical Review

A new immunotherapy treatment regimen (nivolumab plus doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (AVD)) provided a significant survival rate in advanced Hodgkin lymphoma patients, Phase III trial data shows. Key study findings Almost 1,000 patients enrolled in the Phase III trial.

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A scientific approach to irrational consumer choices

World of DTC Marketing

GOOD MORNING: The FDA is taking a scientific approach to evaluating direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising, focusing on measuring consumer perceptions of the information presented in ads. Presenting quantitative information increased participants’ gist and verbatim recall of drug efficacy. ” Uh…no.