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Daily Heat-Related Illness ED Visit Rates Peaked in 2023 Warm Season
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Daily heat-related illness (HRI) emergency department visit rates peaked in the 2023 warm season months, according to research...
American Association for Cancer Research, April 5-10
The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held this year from April 5 to 10 in San Diego, drawing approximately 19,000...
Salmonella Linked to Trader Joe's Fresh Basil Sickens 12
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of possible Salmonella contamination of Trader Joe's fresh organic basil...
High Levels of Pesticides Found in 20 Percent of Fruits, Vegetables
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Nearly one-fifth of fresh, frozen, and canned fruits and vegetables that Americans eat contain concerning levels of pesticides...
FDA Approves Lumisight (pegulicianine) Optical Imaging Agent to Illuminate Residual Breast Cancer Post-Lumpectomy
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 18, 2024 --Lumicell, Inc., a privately held company focused on developing innovative fluorescence-guided imaging...
Rising Number of Americans Sent to ERs Last Year During Heat Waves
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- As climate change threatens another long hot summer for Americans, new data shows last summer's record-breaking temperatures sent a...
Check Your Fridge for Trader Joe's Fresh Basil, Linked to Salmonella
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Fresh organic basil tainted with salmonella and sold by Trader Joe's in 29 states has sickened at least 12 people, according to an...
Ending Specialized Follow-Up Feasible in Asymptomatic, Low-Risk Leukemia
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- For select patients with asymptomatic, lower-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia, ending specialized follow-up (sFU) is feasible and...
Urine Test Might Help Men Skip Prostate Biopsies
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and...
Report Finds High Levels of Pesticides in 20% of Fruits, Veggies
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Nearly 20% of fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables that Americans eat contain concerning levels of pesticides, a new...
Big Health Care Disparities Persist Across the U.S., New Report Finds
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Deep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care across the United States, even in states considered the most...
FDA Approves Selarsdi (ustekinumab-aekn), a Biosimilar to Stelara
REYKJAVIK, Iceland & PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 16, 2024 --Alvotech (NASDAQ: ALVO) and Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva...
Fasenra Approved for Treatment of Children Aged 6 to 11 with Severe Asthma
WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 11, 2024 --AstraZeneca’s Fasenra® (benralizumab) is now approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Xcopri (cenobamate) Receives FDA Approval for Alternate Methods of Administration That Include Crushed Tablet in Liquid Suspension Taken Orally or Through a Nasogastric Tube
PARAMUS, N.J., April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Life Science, Inc., a U.S. pharmaceutical company developing treatments that will change the future of central...
ViiV Healthcare Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine) for Adolescents Living with HIV
Durham, NC, April 8, 2024 – ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer and Shionogi as shareholders, today...
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...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Zanidatamab Biologics License Application for Previously Treated HER2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
DUBLIN, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has completed the rolling submission of a...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Biologics License Application Accepted in the US for Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
2 April 2024 -- AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the US...
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Announces Resubmission of New Drug Application for Etripamil for Treatment in Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
MONTREAL and CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Milestone® Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: MIST), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the...
AskBio Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for AB-1002 Investigational Gene Therapy Program in Congestive Heart Failure
Berlin, Germany, and Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, April 18, 2024 – Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company...
NIH Researchers Develop AI Tool with Potential to More Precisely Match Cancer Drugs to Patients
April 18, 2024 -- In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that...
Arrivo Bio Initiates Large Phase 2b Clinical Trial in Major Depressive Disorder with Novel SIRT6 Activator SP-624
MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 16, 2024 -- Arrivo BioVentures announced today a significant step forward in the fight against major depressive...
TLX101-CDx (Pixclara) Granted FDA Fast Track Designation
Melbourne (Australia) | 16 April 2024 -- Telix today announces that the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track...
The United States FDA Awards Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to NM5072 for Treating Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
CLEVELAND, April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NovelMed today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to...
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