Drugs Xagena
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved a new second-generation lung cancer treatment that can help many patients in their battle against the disease. Lung cancer patients got another ro ...
Flomax Relief ( Tamsulosin ) is an alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist, indicated for the treatment of functional symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia ( BPH ) in male 45 to 75 years. Tamsulosin bind ...
2015 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis – An Update of the 2011 Guideline suggests that clinicians use Ofev ( Nintedanib ) in patients with idiopa ...
Patients receiving Dimethyl fumarate ( DMF ) are at risk for opportunistic infections even without severe lymphocytopenia. An additional patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy ( PM ...
The European Commission has approved Humira ( Adalimumab ) for the treatment of active moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa ( acne inverse ) in adults with an inadequate response to convention ...
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) have been assigned a promising role in the chemoprevention of various malignancies. However, epidemiological data on the association between NSAID use a ...
The European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Kanuma ( Sebelipase alfa ), for the treatment of lysosomal acid lipase ( LAL ) deficiency, a rare lifethrea ...
The European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) has recommended granting a marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances for Strensiq ( Asfotase alfa ), for the long-term treatment of hypophosphatasia ...
The European Commission ( EC ) has approved Revolade ( Eltrombopag ) for the treatment of adult patients with severe aplastic anemia ( SAA ) who have had an insufficient response to immunosuppressive ...
The European Commission ( UE ) has approved Imbruvica ( Ibrutinib ) for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia ( WM ) who have received at least one prior therapy, or in ...
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, issued the following statement after the conclusion of a meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food ...
The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Alecensa ( Alectinib ) to treat people with advanced ( metastatic ) ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) whose disease has worse ...
Researchers in Denmark have found that negative news stories about statins are linked to some people choosing to discontinue their statin treatment, which, in consequence, is associated with an increa ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Genvoya ( a fixed-dose combination tablet containing Elvitegravir, Cobicistat, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir alafenamide ) as a complete regimen fo ...
The European Commission ( EC ) has approved Entresto ( Sacubitril / Valsartan ) for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction ( HFrEF ). Ent ...
The European Commission has approved Nivolumab BMS ( Opdivo ) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic squamous ( SQ ) non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) after prior chemotherapy. This ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Praluent ( Alirocumab ) injection, the first cholesterol-lowering treatment approved in a new class of drugs known as proprotein convertase subtil ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Opdivo ( Nivolumab ) to treat patients with advanced ( metastatic ) renal cell carcinoma, who have received a certain type of prior therapy. Op ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) granted Priority Review in metastatic melanoma for the supplemental New Drug Application ( sNDA ) for the combination of Tafinlar ( Dabrafenib ) and Mekinist ( ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has granted accelerated approval for an oral medication to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ). Tagrisso ( Osimertinib ) is now ...
Entresto ( Sacubitril / Valsartan ), previously known as LCZ696 has been approved by Health Canada for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction ( HFrEF ) in patients with NYHA Cla ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Adcetris ( Brentuximab vedotin ) for the treatment of patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma ( HL ) at high risk of relapse or progression as po ...
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP ) has recommended the approval of Cosentyx ( Secukinumab ) in Europe to treat ankylosing spondylitis ( AS ) and psoriatic arthritis ( PsA ) pa ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Veltassa ( Patiromer for oral suspension ) to treat hyperkalemia, a serious condition in which the amount of potassium in the blood is too high. ...
The FDA approved Pradaxa in 2010 to prevent stroke and systemic blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, as well as for the treatment and prevention of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonar ...
Study 205 is a multicenter, randomized, open-label study of Lenvatinib ( 18 mg ) in combination with the anticancer agent Everolimus ( 5 mg ), Lenvatinib alone ( 24 mg ), and Everolimus alone ( 10 mg ...
Researchers have found that Salicylic acid targets the activities of HMGB1, an inflammatory protein associated with a wide variety of diseases, offering hope that more powerful Aspirin-like drugs may ...
Delamanid ( Deltyba ), a nitroimidazo-oxazole derivative, is a new anti-tuberculosis ( TB ) drug which exhibits potent in vitro and in vivo antitubercular activity against drug-susceptible and -resist ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Opdivo ( Nivolumab ) to treat patients with advanced ( metastatic ) non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed during or after Platinum-b ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has granted accelerated approval for Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ) to treat patients with advanced ( metastatic ) non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) whose disea ...
Epiduo Forte ( Adapalene and Benzoyl peroxide ) Gel, 0.3%/2.5% has been approved by the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) for the once-daily, topical treatment of acne vulgaris. Epiduo Forte Gel ...
The Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group ( CRG ) has reviewed drugs and drug indications for inclusion on the National cancer drugs fund list. The decision summaries record how each drug/drug indica ...
The Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group ( CRG ) has reviewed drugs and drug indications for inclusion on the National cancer drugs fund list. The decision summaries record how each drug/drug indica ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Iressa ( Gefitinib ) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) whose tumors harbor specific ty ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved the first drug for cystic fibrosis directed at treating the cause of the disease in people who have two copies of a specific mutation. Orkambi ...
Opdivo, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved in Europe, for both first-line and previously-treated advanced melanoma patients The European Commission has approved Opdivo ( Nivolumab ), a PD-1 immu ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Entresto ( Sacubitril / Valsartan ) tablets for the treatment of heart failure. The drug has been shown to reduce the rate of cardiovascular death ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Kengreal ( Cangrelor ), an intravenous antiplatelet drug that prevents formation of harmful blood clots in the coronary arteries. It is approved ...
Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP ) of the European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) adopted a positive opinion for a Type-II Variation related to the update of the European summary of the ...
The ASCO Task Force has applied the Framework to four clinical scenarios in which multiple trials have compared new treatment options with current standards of care: first-line treatment for metastati ...
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization in Europe for Toujeo ( Insulin glargine [ rDNA origin ] injection, 300 U/mL ), a next-generation basal Insulin for the treatment of type 1 a ...
Following premature disclosure of interim study results, the 9,000-patient Light Trial, designed to study the cardiovascular safety of the obesity drug Contrave ( Buproprion and Naltrexone ), has been ...
Roflumilast ( Daxas; Daliresp ), a drug approved to treat severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ), increases the production of a protein that causes inflammation, which possibly results ...
The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP ) has recommended approval of Lixiana ( Edoxaban ), an oral, once-daily selective factor Xa inhibitor, for the prevention of stroke a ...
Lomitapide ( Lojuxta [ EU ], Juxtapid [ US ] ) lowers cholesterol through a different pathway, i.e. through the inhibition of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein ( MTP ). MTP is involved in ...
Warfarin ( Coumadin ) is the most widely used oral anticoagulant worldwide, but serious bleeding complications are common. Researchers have tested whether genetic variants can identify patients who ...
The European Union ( EU ) Commission has approved Xiapex ( Collagenase clostridium histolyticum ) for the treatment of adult men with Peyronie's disease with a palpable plaque and curvature deformity ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Opdivo ( Nivolumab ) injection, for intravenous use, for the treatment of patients with metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) w ...
The European Commission ( EU ) has approved a variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation of Velcade ( Bortezomib ) in combination with Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin and Prednison ...
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, active-referenced ( Duloxetine 60 mg ), parallel-group study evaluated the short-term efficacy and safety of Vortioxetine ( 10-20 mg ) [ Br ...
