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There's a New Set of COVID Variants Called FLiRT: What You Need to Know
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 -- The virus behind COVID has mutated again, this time producing variants nicknamed FLiRT, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Drive to Be 'Perfect' Parent Isn't Healthy, Survey Finds
THURSDAY, May 8, 2024 -- Parents striving to be “perfect” will never attain that goal, and the aim isn’t even healthy for their families, a new study says.The...
How Bad Was Beethoven's Lead Poisoning?
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 -- No one knows what caused the liver and kidney disease that led to Ludwig van Beethoven’s untimely death.But one popular theory – tha...
Big Rise in Emergencies Involving Synthetic Weed Among Kids, Adults
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 -- Calls to U.S. poison centers regarding so-called synthetic cannabis jumped 88% between 2021 and 2022, as use of these legally sold...
How Mindfulness Could Help Folks Quit Opioids
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 — Using mindfulness to help people trying to overcome opioid addiction can boost their odds of continuing treatment, new research s...
Most Socially Vulnerable Counties Less Likely to Have Cancer Trials
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 -- The most socially vulnerable counties are less likely to have any cancer clinical trial, according to a research letter published...
Excess Gestational Weight Gain Common in Military Health Beneficiaries
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 -- Military health beneficiaries, especially active-duty personnel, more often have excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), according to...
Listeria Risk Prompts Recall of Planters Peanut Products
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 -- Planters Honey Roasted Peanuts and Planters Deluxe Lightly Salted Mixed Nuts, sold at Publix and Dollar Tree in five states, are being...
Surgical Premature Menopause Tied to Risk for Muscle Disorders
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 -- Women experiencing surgical premature menopause (PM) have a higher likelihood of developing musculoskeletal disorders, according to a...
Lesbian, Bisexual Women Face Premature Death Versus Heterosexual Women
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 -- Female nurses identifying as lesbian or bisexual have markedly earlier mortality than heterosexual nurses, according to a study...
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...
Neurocrine Biosciences Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Ingrezza Sprinkle (valbenazine) Capsules
SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved...
FDA Approves Libervant (diazepam) Buccal Film for the Treatment of Seizure Clusters in Pediatric Patients Ages 2-5 Years
WARREN, N.J., April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST) (“Aquestive” or the “Company”), a...
FDA Approves Xolremdi (mavorixafor) for Use in Patients with WHIM Syndrome
BOSTON, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune...
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...
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...
Positive topline results of Phase 2 head and neck cancer trial with lead NOX inhibitor candidate, setanaxib
STOCKHOLM, May 6, 2024. Calliditas Therapeutics AB ("Calliditas") today announced data from the proof-of-concept Phase 2 trial evaluating setanaxib, its lead...
Phase 2 data for Erleada plus androgen deprivation therapy following radical prostatectomy in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer results published
SAN ANTONIO, May 3, 2024. Johnson & Johnson announced today results from the open-label, single-arm Phase 2 Apa-RP study evaluating adjuvant treatment with...
Amolyt Pharma Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for Eneboparatide for the Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
Lyon, France, and Cambridge, MA, May 2, 2024 — Amolyt Pharma, a global company specialized in developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and...
Gilgamesh Announces Initiation of Phase 2a Trial of GM-1020 in Major Depressive Disorder
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024. Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage neuroscience company committed to developing best-in-class, rapid-acting treatments for...
Scientists Discover How an Essential Nutrient Enters the Brain
May 1, 2024 -- Researchers have discovered that choline, an essential nutrient vital for brain health, is actively transported from the bloodstream into the...
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