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May 16th 2025
Aficamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor, gains FDA approval, offering hope for improved cardiovascular health in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
New Recall Announced for Products Containing Valsartan
November 28th 2018Teva Pharmaceuticals has initiated a voluntary recall in the United States, to the patient level, of all lots of Amlodipine/Valsartan combination tablets and Amlodipine Valsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide combination tablets, due to an impurity detected above specification limits in an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufactured by Mylan India.
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FDA Grants Onc Drug Accelerated Approval for Key Genetic Driver of Cancer
November 27th 2018The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to larotrectinib (Vitrakvi, Loxo Oncology) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have an NTRKgene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, are metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity, and have no satisfactory alternative treatments or that have progressed following treatment.
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Brown Bag Consult: A Patient with Parkinson's Disease and Depression
November 24th 2018In this series, Jill Drury, PharmD, a clinical pharmacy specialist, provides patients with "Brown Bag" consultations. Patients bring to the pharmacy their current medications and over-the-counter products, giving the pharmacist an additional resource for pharmaceutical counsel. In this video, a patient with Parkinson's disease is experiencing depression. He is a military veteran who is unsure of the medical instructions given by the VA.
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The FDA today posted warning letters issued to 2 companies for the illegal marketing of products labeled as dietary supplements that contain tianeptine, a chemical compound that companies are illegally claiming treats opioid use disorder (OUD), pain and anxiety, and other unlawful and unproven claims.
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FDA OKs First Treatment for Pediatric, Adult Patients with Rare Immune Disease
November 20th 2018Officials with the FDA have approved emapalumab (Gamifant) for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), making it the first FDA-approved drug specifically indicated for this disease.
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