Gilead Sciences, Inc.(NASDAQ:GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biktarvy® (bictegravir 50mg/emtricitabine 200mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25mg, BIC/FTC/TAF), a once-daily single tablet regimen (STR) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Biktarvy combines the novel, unboosted integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) bictegravir, with the demonstrated safety and efficacy profile of the Descovy® (FTC/TAF) dual nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone, and is the smallest INSTI-based triple-therapy STR available.
Nursing facilities and home- and community-based services are important for individuals' well-being and can often prevent the need for acute inpatient hospitalizations, which is why it’s important to choose suitable medical hospital beds. Ddu, the leading global pharmaceutical & medical device B2B online platform, now offers you some suggestions on how to choose your medical hospital beds.
According to a new market research report by BIS Research, the global surgical robotics market is expected to reach a value of $12.6 billion by the year 2025.
Quite a number of people develop nearsightedness or farsightedness during their lifetimes. "Nanodrops," a new eye drop developed by Israeli ophthalmologists, has successfully fixed corneas in pig eyes, and could potentially do the same for people.
Sepsis, a potentially life-threatening complication of infection, is currently treated with antibiotics which kill the infection-causing bacteria. But research out of the University of Pennsylvania spotlights an alternative approach: Delivering certain gut microbes to mice boosted antibody levels in mice, protecting them against the widespread inflammation that can lead to sepsis.
Big data is showering its miraculous effects on a range of industries. And the healthcare industry is not left out of the bandwagon. Precision medicine is at the brink of a revolution in individualizing treatment, and healthcare professionals are devising ways to prevent and treat diseases with granularity down to a single patient’s genome.
The flu is a bit of a stealth microbe. Infected people may shed significant amounts of flu virus simply by breathing, scientists have discovered.
One-fifth of patients in a phase 1 study responded to an investigational ERK inhibitor from Merck, bolstering hopes that this type of drug could be used effectively in combination with other cancer drugs. ERK is a cell signal that is believed to drive the growth of many cancers.
A large-scale review of the most common antidepressants has found them all to be superior to placebo in treating major depression, potentially laying to rest questions over their effectiveness.
A groundbreaking Loyola Medicine study suggests that a simple 15-minute electrocardiogram could help a physician determine whether a patient has major depression or bipolar disorder.
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