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Heart Health Varies With Race Among Sexual-Minority Females
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- For sexual-minority (SM) females, cardiovascular health (CVH) varies across race and ethnicity, according to a study published online...
Pediatric Resource Use Less Likely With Legalization of Recreational Cannabis
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- In cases of cannabis intoxication in children, resource utilization is less likely in states with recreational legalization of...
Avoid Raw Milk to Cut Risk of Bird Flu, Officials Urge
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- People drinking raw unpasteurized milk are at risk for potentially contracting bird flu, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned...
Healthy Lifestyle Can Overcome Genetic Predisposition to Premature Death
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- Adherence to healthy lifestyles can largely overcome the genetic risk for a shorter lifespan, according to a study published online...
Brief Provocation of Anger Adversely Affects Endothelial Health
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- A brief provocation of anger has an adverse effect on endothelial cell health, according to a study published online May 1 in the...
Following Drop After COVID-19 Onset, Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Is Up
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- There was an initial decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions following onset of COVID-19, followed by an increase...
Major Women's Health Study Supports Hormone Replacement Therapy in Early Menopause
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- Hormone replacement therapy can safely ease middle-aged women’s symptoms during early menopause, data from a major...
Organic Walnuts Tied to Serious E. Coli Illnesses
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- Organic walnuts from a California grower that were distributed to health food and co-op stores in 19 states have been linked to...
More Than Half of Cats on Farm Where Bird Flu Infected Cows Died After Drinking Milk
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- In yet another sign that bird flu is spreading widely among mammals, a new report finds more than half of cats at the first Texas...
Biden Administration Could Reclassify Marijuana as Less Risky Drug
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- The Justice Department has recommended that marijuana be reclassified as a less dangerous drug, a move that signals a significant...
Neurocrine Biosciences Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Ingrezza Sprinkle (valbenazine) Capsules
SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved...
FDA Approves Libervant (diazepam) Buccal Film for the Treatment of Seizure Clusters in Pediatric Patients Ages 2-5 Years
WARREN, N.J., April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST) (“Aquestive” or the “Company”), a...
FDA Approves Xolremdi (mavorixafor) for Use in Patients with WHIM Syndrome
BOSTON, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune...
FDA Grants Full Approval for Tivdak to Treat Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
NEW YORK & COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2024 -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) today announced the U.S. Food and...
FDA Approves Hercessi (trastuzumab-strf), a Biosimilar to Herceptin
DURHAM, N.C., April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Accord BioPharma, Inc., the U.S. specialty division of Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., focused on the development of...
Abeona Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Pz-cel
CLEVELAND, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel)...
Supernus Provides Regulatory Update for SPN-830
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and...
Stealth Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Zanidatamab Biologics License Application for Previously Treated HER2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
DUBLIN, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has completed the rolling submission of a...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Biologics License Application Accepted in the US for Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
2 April 2024 -- AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the US...
Gilgamesh Announces Initiation of Phase 2a Trial of GM-1020 in Major Depressive Disorder
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024. Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage neuroscience company committed to developing best-in-class, rapid-acting treatments for...
Scientists Discover How an Essential Nutrient Enters the Brain
May 1, 2024 -- Researchers have discovered that choline, an essential nutrient vital for brain health, is actively transported from the bloodstream into the...
NRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Promising Findings in Phase 2b/3 Clinical Trial of NRX-101 vs. Lurasidone for Treatment of Suicidal Bipolar Depression
RADNOR, Pa., April 30, 2024, NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("NRx Pharmaceuticals", the "Company"), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company today that its...
Merck Announces Positive Data for V116, an Investigational, 21-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Specifically Designed for Adults
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2024 -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced results from...
Lower Dose of Mpox Vaccine is Safe and Generates Six-Week Antibody Response Equivalent to Standard Regimen
April 27, 2024 -- A dose-sparing intradermal mpox vaccination regimen was safe and generated an antibody response equivalent to that induced by the standard...
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