News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 25, 2015
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Scientists say they have created mosquitoes that can introduce malaria-blocking genes into a mosquito population through...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 25, 2015
The European Commission (EC) has approved the recombinant factor VIII Fc fusion protein efmoroctocog alfa (Elocta) to treat patients with hemophilia A...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 24, 2015
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorization for pegaspargase (Oncasp...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 24, 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran etexilate mesylate (Pradaxa) for th...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 24, 2015
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A new template can help standardize plans for long-term care of cancer survivors who have undergone radi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 24, 2015
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Mass drug administration (MDA) may have helped prevent a resurgence of malaria in Greece, according to resear...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 23, 2015
Photo by Steven Harbour Health experts are calling on US lawmakers and regulators to “close loopholes” in the Orphan Drug Act. The experts say the ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 23, 2015
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Investigators have shown they can use lettuce to produce a factor IX product on a large scale.
The product successfully ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 22, 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ixazomib (Ninlaro), the first oral proteasome inhibitor, for use in combination with lenalidomi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 21, 2015
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The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for carfilzomib (Kyprolis) to be used in combination with ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 20, 2015
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Results of a large study suggest that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors have an increased ris...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 20, 2015
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Many young cancer patients—not just those with a family history of cancer—may benefit from comprehensive genomic screening, a...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 20, 2015
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued its first guideline on blood transfusions.
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 20, 2015
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Researchers have created a 3-dimensional model that can be used to screen drugs designed to treat multiple myeloma (MM).
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 19, 2015
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European researchers say they have quantified the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with treatments for Hodgkin lymphom...
