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June 22, 2014 – The individuum (i.e., patient) is the phenotype expert on her/his individualized form of proper disease she/he is suffering from. It is not her/his treating physician, it is not a regulatory person concerned with the safety and …
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June 20, 2014 – The genetic bad actor BRCA2 has been implicated in yet another cancer. The gene is known to increase risk for breast and ovarian cancers. Now, as a new genomic study shows, a rare variant of the …
Apple has unveiled HealthKit, a platform to centralise data from different types of devices, like fitness trackers, heart rate and blood pressure monitors. Launching iOS 8 for iPhones and iPads, which it describes as the biggest release since the launch …
June 02, 2014 – Today, the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of openFDA, a new initiative from their Office of Informatics and Technology Innovation (OITI). OpenFDA is specifically designed to make it easier for developers, researchers, and the public to access …
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May 31, 2014 – This article is from the latest issue of the ANL Magazine. – Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a therapeutic target for treating the most common form of eye cancer …
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May 27, 2014 – Health Canada informed us today that rare cases of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) have been reported in patients treated with Panitumumab (Vectibix), and advises as follows: Cases of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and Toxic …
May 27, 2014 – The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Translarna (ataluren), an orphan-designated medicine for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by nonsense mutations. …
May 22, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on May 20, 2014, Entyvio (vedolizumab) injection to treat adult patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and adult patients with moderate to severe Crohn‘s disease. Entyvio is approved to …
May 15, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Zontivity (vorapaxar) tablets to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular death, and need for procedures to restore the blood flow to the heart in patients with a …
May 13, 2014 – The Pradaxa story continues. See the latest MedWatch Drug Safety Communication, posted on 05/13/2014. ISSUE: The FDA recently completed a new study in Medicare patients comparing Pradaxa to warfarin, for risk of ischemic or clot-related stroke, bleeding …