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FDA grants surprise OK to Sarepta’s DMD therapy after earlier rejection
Initially had concerns about infection risks and kidney toxicity. Four months after rejecting Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Vyondys 53, the FDA has turned on a dime and granted it ... The decision comes out of the blue, given that the US
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New typhoid vaccine could transform fight against the infection
life-threatening infection worldwide.
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NHS plans to cut certain routine tests as part of cost-saving efforts
Among the tests on the list are ones which are used to detect cancer and arthritis, as well as surgery for kidney stones, back problems and sinus infections.
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Shionogi scores FDA approval for new cUTI antibiotic
It is initially being developed to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infection (ITI) and urogential gonorrhoea. ... This is due to the fact that the newest, most effective drugs are usually kept in reserve and only used when infections do not respond to
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Takeda highlights 12 NMEs with $10bn-plus sales potential at R&D day
Takeda is predicting approval in 2021. Maribavir (TAK-620) for cytomegalovirus infections:Antiviral drug maribavir has a breakthrough designation from the FDA to treat cytomegalovirus infections – a problem in transplant patients –
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Solid Bio falls as FDA halts DMD trial over safety concerns
The complete response letter raised concerns about a risk of infections related to the intravenous infusion port used to administer the therapy.
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As the opioid crisis grabs the headlines, the search for safe treatments continues
The figure I use is 70-60-50. It reduces the mortality risk by 70%, lowers the risk of hepatitis C infection by 60% and has a 50% lower risk of ... But access to safer medicines has shown you can reduce mortality, HIV infection and relapse while also
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We’ll need more than a spoonful of sugar to counter vaccine hesitancy
This trend in lower uptake of MMR vaccine has been observed worldwide, along with a 30% increase in measles cases globally, and the sequelae of this infection – deaths, pneumonia and encephalitis.
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#OrkambiNow?
People with this genetically inherited disease are vulnerable to potentially deadly lung infections, and currently half the people in the UK with CF die before the age of 31.
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Combining therapies and combining research
If we can’t defend ourselves from basic bacterial infections, we render other areas of medicine redundant. ... However, antibiotics for common bacterial infections, for example, staphylococci and Escherichia coli continued to be single molecule
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2019: CRISPR and therapeutic gene editing comes of age
HIV infection – has injected a massive dose of controversy to the field even as it takes its first steps into human clinical testing.
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New faces at 90TEN, Lucid Group and Porterhouse
Cook joins 90TEN from Public Health England’s National Infection Service, where she worked as senior communications manager.
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Recruiters PIR International appoint four new executives
George Owen (above) holds an MSc in Infection and Immunity from UCL and has direct industry experience.
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Nabriva Therapeutics appoints chief medical officer
Jennifer Schranz will lead the company’s clinical development business. Nabriva Therapeutics, a biopharma focused on treating bacterial infections, has appointed a new chief medical officer in the form of Jennifer
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Nabriva Therapeutics appoints new chief commercial officer
Bacterial infections focussed Nabriva Therapeutics has appointed Francesco Maria Lavino as its chief commercial officer ahead of the group’s phase III clinical trial for lefamulin - a potential new treatment for ... I am looking forward to working with
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Germany's Ventaleon names biotech entrepeneur CEO
patients suffering from serious infections such as influenza to get better, faster.
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Antibiotic resistance: The silent pandemic
Antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are medicines used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. ... Rather than relying on antibiotics to treat infections, we need to be more vigilant in primary prevention by:.
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UK vs US: what makes a successful immunisation programme?
disease. When herd immunity is achieved, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to spread infection from person-to-person. ... Conveniently, it was just prior to a rush of chickenpox infection that went through her nursery upon our return.
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PANDAS/PANS Awareness: A parent’s story
Within three days, we had the blood results, which showed high titres of ATO and anti-DNAse B, which are both related to strep A infection. ... in flares related to stressful situations or activation of the immune system (infections).
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90TEN makes senior hire from Public Health England
Clare comes to 90TEN from Public Health England’s National Infection Service where she was a Senior Communications Manager. ... As well as managing the service’s media relations team, she was also responsible for rapidly responding to infection
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Diagnosing the lag in neuropsychiatric treatments
The answer is simple, while bacterial and viral infections could be distinguished through characteristic biomarkers, reliable biomarkers for psychiatric diseases are almost non-existent.
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