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FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception Has Slashed ER Visits

Drugs.com

approval of over-the-counter emergency contraception like “Plan B” has had an unintended but positive side effect for America’s hospitals, a new study shows.Emergency room visits related to “morning-after”. TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 -- U.S.

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

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

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 New Drug, Beyfortus, to Protect Against RSV in Infants

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MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay Now) -- Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common germ that hospitalizes as many as 3% of children under the age of 1 in the United States.

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

The Pharma Data

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. The speed and rigor with which Veklury has been developed and approved in the U.S.

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Impact of PmrB mutations on clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae with variable colistin?susceptibilities: Structural insights and potent therapeutic solutions

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

However, potent FDA-approved inhibitors were identified against druggable PmrB-pocket, bypassing the mutation loci. Abstract Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections continue to impose high morbidity threats to hospitalized patients worldwide, limiting therapeutic options to last-resort antibiotics like colistin.

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Impulse Dynamics Announces FDA Approval for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The Pharma Data

Biederman, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardiac MRI at Allegheny General Hospital/Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh and an author on the groundbreaking 2017 MagnaSafe trial published in NEJM. Impulse Dynamics, based in Marlton, N.J.,

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FDA approves NS Pharma's Viltepso for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but concerns over benefit persist

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NS Pharma has claimed a tentative FDA approval for its Viltepso (viltolarsen) injection in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who are suitable to receive exon 53 skipping therapy. Mutations in the DMD gene can lead to an absence of the muscle cell protein dystrophin.