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A unique approach. A unique population. Investing in nurses’ mental health

On Medicine

Nurses play a unique role in our healthcare systems. Nurses in the UK There are approximately 704,520 nurses registered in the UK as of March 2022. It is therefore essential to find ways to support our nurses to allow our healthcare systems to stay alive and thriving.

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A proactive diabetes review model: from concept to nurse-led research

On Medicine

There are a few (but growing) centers that will proactively see patients with diabetes in high-risk areas when admitted to the hospital, however, by far the most common practice is for patients to only be seen by a specialist team, including for diabetes, on receipt of a referral.

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Regeneron Announces Encouraging Initial Data from COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Trial in Hospitalized Patients on Low-flow Oxygen

The Pharma Data

29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Phase 3 program in hospitalized patients to continue based on passing futility analysis on ability to reduce incidence of death or mechanical ventilation. As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes.

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

The Pharma Data

(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. “The investigational cocktail is now available to indicated high-risk U.S.

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Kidney cancer charity slams NICE rejection of Keytruda/Inlyta

The Pharma Data

The anti-PD-1 therapy combo was approved in Europe in September 2019 based on findings from the pivotal Phase III KEYNOTE-426 trial, which demonstrated that the drug reduced the risk of death by 47% compared with sunitinib in the indication. Source link.

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BioXcel Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance of IND for Phase 2 Trial with BXCL501 for the Treatment of Agitation Associated with DeliriumFifth potential indication for BXCL501, an orally dissolving thin film

The Pharma Data

The Company plans to initiate a Phase 2 trial within the next several months. “We Agitation associated with delirium is commonly seen in numerous hospital settings, resulting in serious medical complications and extended hospital stays. NEW HAVEN, Conn., 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (“BTI”

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Deliberate Dysentery

Codon

Human challenge trials were an indispensable part of the development of the malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, endorsed by the World Health Organization last October. But for all of their benefits, human challenge trials have their drawbacks. Jake himself has participated in both Zika and Shigella challenge trials.

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