Survey: Lives of Patients Physically, Socially, Emotionally Impacted by Hepatitis B
December 18th 2023The researchers explained that future studies should explore how the physical, emotional, and social impact of hepatitis B on patients could be measured and incorporated into clinical management.
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FDA Approves Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Bladder Cancer
December 18th 2023In the phase 3 EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39 clinical trial, the antibody-drug conjugate enfortumab vedotin plus PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab nearly doubled both median overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy.
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Top 5 Most-Read Myasthenia Gravis Articles of 2023
December 18th 2023In our coverage of myasthenia gravis this year, the top developments show the effects of COVID-19 continue to be uncovered, a new FDA approval for generalized disease, and assessing patient outcomes following uncontrolled disease and respiratory distress.
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Australian Government Pricing Policy Saved Over $6 Million After Etanercept Biosimilar Launched
December 16th 2023The government of Australia’s pricing policy links the price of new medications with similar safety and efficacy, resulting in significant savings over the first 3 years after the etanercept biosimilar Brenzys was introduced.
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What We’re Reading: Inflation Penalties; Melanoma Vaccine; Respiratory Vaccine Coverage
December 15th 2023A vaccine is showing promising results in treating melanoma; the Biden administration will implement inflation penalties on dozens of drugmakers to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients; the CDC issued an alert urging health care providers to increase immunization coverage for influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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Patients With Multiple Myeloma Lack Awareness of CAR T-Cell Therapy, Research Says
December 15th 2023The results indicated that a substantial proportion of patients, particularly in rural, less educated, and elderly demographics, are insufficiently informed about novel MM treatments, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies and bispecific antibody alternatives.
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FDA Approves Belzutifan for Advanced RCC After PD-1 or PD-L1 Inhibition and a VEGF-TKI
December 15th 2023The approval of belzutifan, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha inhibitor, provides a new option for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following treatment with a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor and a vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (VEGF-TKI).
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Frontline Serplulimab Plus Chemo Provides Consistent Survival Benefit in Squamous NSCLC
December 15th 2023The addition of serplulimab to carboplatin and nab-paclitaxel significantly prolonged survival vs chemotherapy alone when used in the first-line treatment of patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer.
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FDA Extends Review Time for Investigational Duchenne Agent Givinostat
December 15th 2023Givinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor from Italfarmaco, was supported by data from the phase 3 EPIDYS study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial investigating the agent vs placebo.
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