The FDA held up Mersana’s top antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), XMT-1522 over safety issues following a patient’s death in phase 1 trial, causing a descent in the company’s shares.
A report in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics revealed that Liver stiffness and liver fat (steatosis) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients improved considerably post-treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) resulting in sustained virological response (SVR). A fall in ALT levels and a rise in platelet count was observed six months after SVR.
Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder diagnosed during early childhood when a child is having problems with posture, gait and muscle tone. Cerebral palsy occurs due to damage of the cerebral portion of the brain that controls muscle tone and movements.
Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder observed among children. It is a well-known fact that children who have diabetic parents are at higher risk of developing the disease.
The Newton Massachusetts-based company, Karyopharm Therapeutics, who developed a new class of drugs to treat multiple myeloma, is in the process of submitting a new drug application to the FDA for their selinexor drug.
A research team at the Imperial College London have developed a new sensor-based device to display fetal movements and growth in high-risk pregnancies. This is an alternative to the current self-reporting system where the mothers notice changes in fetus movements and seek medical help if needed.
After watching Scott Gottlieb, M.D. of the FDA comments regarding the rebate rule changes and a warning tweet on biosimilars, AbbVie investors are bailing out. But the industry watchers claim that they don’t need to be.
LabCorp, the mammoth medical investigations company, is still recuperating from a major ransomware attack and, almost a week later, won’t reveal how the hackers got entry nor the number of servers that were hit.
In the latter part of this year, a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare will be introduced by the NHS, England, announced Harpreet Sood, associate CCIO at NHS England, at The King’s Fund’s Digital Health and Care Congress 2018 on 11 July.
Investigators from Catalonia reported in the Journal of Hepatology that survival rate among hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive patients undertaking liver transplant have significantly risen after the administration of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). DAAs also lead to a fall in the number of people with HCV requiring a liver transplant.
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