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University Hospitals now offering FDA-approved medication for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

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CLEVELAND—University Hospitals (UH) Brain Health & Memory Center is now treating patients with LEQEMBI® (lecanemab), a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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FDA Approves Veklury (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19

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FDA Approves Veklury (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct.

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FDA Approves Pfizer Med for Rare Form of Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer ’s Xalkori (crizotinib) for pediatric patients one year of age and older and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive. Manuel Esteban/Shutterstock. Most Read Today.

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Kite Receives U.S. FDA Approval of New State-of-the-Art CAR T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Maryland

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved commercial production at the company’s new CAR T-cell therapy manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland. The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Source link: [link].

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Gilead applies for FDA approval to treat coronavirus patients with remdesivir

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It has not received general approval to treat the virus in the US, but has in several European countries and Japan. The request for approval comes nearly two months after a study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases which showed positive results, with the drug effectively blocking the virus from replicating.

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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Initial Regeneron Antibody Cocktail Results in Non-hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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(NASDAQ: REGN ) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published initial clinical data from an ongoing seamless Phase 1/2/3 trial of the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use.

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FDA Approves Myovant Drug as First-Ever Oral Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved the very first oral drug to treat the millions of men affected. . Now, all that being said, with the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a recommendation from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network for patients with cancer to avoid hospitals and clinics as much as possible.