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FDA approves transdermal asenapine system for schizophrenia
This approval marks the first transdermal patch formulation of an antipsychotic for treatment of schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia patients have ‘aberrant’ response to Epstein-Barr
Individuals with schizophrenia appear to express atypical proportions of antibodies to the virus.
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Patients with nonaffective psychosis offer treatment target preferences
Most of the patients wanted at least one of the eight problem areas assessed in the study treated, and on average, they wanted more than four...
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FDA approves afamelanotide for treatment of rare condition with light-induced pain
This is the first treatment approved to help patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria increase their exposure to light.
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Interventions significantly improve NICU immunization rates
The researchers implemented five interventions and went from fully immunizing slightly more than half to almost every infant in the neonatal ICU...
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Secukinumab continues promising axial spondyloarthritis results in PREVENT
Results from 52 weeks showed significantly greater improvement among patients taking secukinumab for nonradiographic disease, compared with...
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FDA approves benralizumab autoinjector for eosinophilic asthma
Benralizumab is already approved as add-on maintenance for this form of asthma, but not for other eosinophilic conditions or for acute...
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FDA expands Dysport’s upper-limb spasticity indication to children
AbobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport) is now approved for upper-limb spasticity in both children 2 years and older (excluding those with cerebral palsy)...
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Daratumumab approved in combo with VTd for transplant-eligible multiple myeloma
This marks the drug’s second approved indication this year and its seventh overall.
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FDA: Sandoz recalls ranitidine capsules with NDMA
The affected lots were recalled because NDMA, a nitrosamine impurity and probable carcinogen, was detected at levels above those set by the FDA....
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Sensitive, responsive parenting improves child language skills
The association was stronger among families with lower socioeconomic status than among those with middle or high socioeconomic status.
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Adult insomnia associated with childhood behavioral problems
The association was particularly strong with externalizing behavioral problems.
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Gastrostomy tube placement associated with higher pneumonia recurrence in children with neurologic impairment
Dental care was the only prevention strategy of eight examined that was linked to decreased recurrence.
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FDA approves mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma in younger kids
The biologic has been approved for patients aged 6 years and older in the European Union since August 2018.