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Non-Hispanic Black Melanoma Patients Present With Advanced Disease

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) melanoma patients have distinct tumor characteristics, presenting with more advanced disease and...

AI-Informed Health App Aids Diabetes Outcomes

WEDNSDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-informed health app aids diabetes outcomes and cuts atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease...

Worse Outcomes Seen for Severe Bilateral Hip OA in Adult Spinal Deformity

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- For patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD), those with severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) have worse outcomes, according...

Text Messages + Financial Incentives Boost Weight Loss at 12 Months

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Among men with obesity, an intervention with text messaging plus financial incentive significantly improves weight loss compared...

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use Increases Likelihood of Antidepressant Prescription

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Individuals taking glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 receptor agonists have a greater risk for subsequently being dispensed...

FDA Approves First Self-Test Collection Kit for HPV

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a kit that will allow women to collect their own vaginal sample for HPV...

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time in 7 Years

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- The relentless rise in deaths from drug overdose in the United States may finally have stalled: New data from 2023 show the first...

Avian Flu Virus Showing Up in NYC Wild Birds

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- The H5N1 avian flu virus has been discovered in a small number of wild birds in New York City. The highly infectious and severe...

New Blood Test Could Help Spot Preeclampsia in First Trimester

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Preeclampsia can be a life-threatening complication of pregnancy, but a new blood test can help predict a woman's risk for the...

One Key to Weight Loss for Men: Competing for Cash

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- A competitive game with a potential cash reward appeared to help overweight British men lose weight, researchers report. The...

Ascendis Pharma Announces Extension of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Review Period for TransCon PTH for Adults with Hypoparathyroidism

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Baxter Secures FDA Approval of Clinolipid (Lipid Injectable Emulsion) Neonatal and Pediatric Indication

DEERFIELD, Ill. - 2024-05-13 -- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global leader in nutrition therapy, today announced U.S. FDA approval of an expanded...

FDA Approves Updated Altuviiio Label With Expanded Pediatric Data Confirming Highly Effective Bleed Protection in Children With Hemophilia

Paris, May 10, 2024 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the label for Altuviiio® [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Fc-VWF-XTEN...

Select Strengths of Sandoz Biosimilar Hyrimoz Granted Interchangeability by FDA

May 08, 2024 -- On April 5, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Sandoz’s supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) seeking...

FDA Approves Myhibbin (mycophenolate mofetil) Oral Suspension for Prophylaxis of Organ Rejection

WOBURN, Mass. May 6, 2024 – Azurity Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative dose forms and formulations of products to...

US FDA Approves High-Concentration, Citrate-Free Formulation of Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm) injection

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the...

Iterum Therapeutics Resubmits New Drug Application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Oral Sulopenem

DUBLIN, Ireland and CHICAGO, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iterum Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: ITRM) (the Company), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company...

Abeona Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Pz-cel

CLEVELAND, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel)...

Supernus Provides Regulatory Update for SPN-830

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and...

Stealth Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome

NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and...

First Patient Dosed in Clinical Study of Reqorsa Immunogene Therapy in Combination with Tecentriq to Treat Small Cell Lung Cancer

AUSTIN, Texas, May 14, 2024. Genprex, Inc. ("Genprex" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies...

Mabwell Announces Clinical Trial Progress of 9MW2821 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

SHANGHAI, May 13, 2024, Mabwell, an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company with entire industry chain, announced the progress of the clinical study of its...

Geisinger enrolls first patient in amyloid cardiomyopathy trial

DANVILLE, Pa., May 10, 2024. Cardiologist Brendan Carry, MD, and a team of Geisinger physicians have enrolled the first patient in the U.S. into a cardiac...

Merck Provides Update on Phase 3 KeyVibe-010 Trial Evaluating an Investigational Coformulation of Vibostolimab and Pembrolizumab as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients With Resected High-Risk Melanoma

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) May 13, 2024 -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the discontinuation of...

Anaptys Announces Positive Top-Line GEMINI-2 Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results of Imsidolimab (IL-36R) in Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP)

SAN DIEGO, May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AnaptysBio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology...

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