News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 17, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is taking new steps to improve public access to clinical trial information.
The agency is launchi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 17, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Tesaro, Inc., have updated the prescribing information for Varubi® (rolapitant) injectable emulsion to i...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 16, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved use of arsenic trioxide (TRISENOX®) injection.
The drug is now approved for use...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 15, 2018
New research has revealed mutations that help the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evade treatment.
Researchers used whole-genome analyses an...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 14, 2018
The Roche Group has issued a statement reassuring the US hemophilia community that legal issues are not affecting patient access to emicizumab (Hemlib...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 13, 2018
Fresenius Kabi has introduced its generic version of Velcade, Bortezomib for Injection, to the US market.
This is the first intravenous alternative...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 12, 2018
Simple interventions can increase cord blood donations, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
Researchers saw a significant increa...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 12, 2018
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that pracinostat receive orphan drug designation.
Pracinostat is an oral histone deacetylase in...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 11, 2018
A new report has revealed differences in survival among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with hematologic malignancies.
The report includes info...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 11, 2018
Researchers have looked to deep-sea creatures with the goal of creating a better cytotoxicity assay.
The team harnessed the power of enzymes respon...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 11, 2018
New research suggests DNA methylation may be used to predict how children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) will respond to treatment.
R...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 10, 2018
New research has revealed germline variations associated with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children.
Researchers sequenced the T...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 10, 2018
A new blood stabilization method significantly prolongs the lifespan of blood samples for microfluidic sorting and transcriptome profiling of rare cir...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 10, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to voxelotor (previously GBT440) for the treatment of sickle ce...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: January 9, 2018
Researchers say they have found a way to target the oncogenic transcription factor MYB in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
By inducing the expression ...