Amazon’s online pharmacy aims to improve access and price transparency for insulin; cases of the COVID-19 Eris variant are increasing globally; the Department of Justice (DOJ) responds to pushbacks of Medicare's drug price negotiation program from the Chamber of Commerce (COC).
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Most US Infants With RSV Were Healthy, Born at Term, Study Finds
August 15th 2023A recent study found that most infants who required intensive care for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were healthy and born at term, indicating that preventive interventions for RSV must target all infants, according to the authors.
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Theory-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions Positively Affect Patients With COPD Who Smoke
August 14th 2023Theory-based smoking cessation interventions helped to motivate patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who smoke to quit, ultimately improving their quality of life and lung function.
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FDA Approves Elranatamab for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
August 14th 2023The FDA has granted accelerated approval to elranatamab-bcmm (Elrexfio) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have previously received at least 4 lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
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Free Myeloperoxidase Levels Show Promise for Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular, All-Cause Mortality
August 12th 2023New research suggests that measuring the inflammatory marker myeloperoxidase (MPO) may be an effective strategy for the prediction of patients' risk of mortality in a myriad of cardiac—and potentially non-cardiac—diseases.
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Flotufolastat F 18 Injection for Prostate Cancer Added to NCCN Guidelines
August 12th 2023Data from 2 studies, LIGHTHOUSE and SPOTLIGHT, have shown the benefit of flotufolastat F 18 injection as a radiohybrid PSMA-targeted PET imaging agent in prostate cancer. The agent has now been added to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
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Axi-Cel Extends Survival vs Standard of Care for R/R LBCL
August 11th 2023An overall survival (OS analysis of the phase 3 ZUMA-7 trial demonstrated longer OS in patients treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) vs the standard of care for early relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).
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Cost Burden of Hospital-Onset CDI Higher Than Community-Associated CDI
August 11th 2023Researchers found that costs were highest for those with hospital-onset clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), lower for those with community onset-health care facility association CDI, and lowest for those with community-associated CDI.
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