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May 14th 2025
Like other high-risk groups, children with sickle cell disease have a heightened risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, even if they receive proper pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage.
Nivolumab Receives FDA Approval as an Adjuvant Melanoma Treatment
December 22nd 2017The FDA recently approved nivolumab (Opdivo) for the treatment of patients with melanoma whose disease has spread to the lymph nodes or those with metastatic disease who have undergone resection, according to a press release.
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Drug
December 22nd 2017Officials with the FDA granted accelerated approval to bosutinib (Bosulif) for the treatment of patients with newly-diagnosed chronic phase (CP) Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
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FDA OKs Drug for Critically Low Blood Pressure in Septic Shock
December 22nd 2017Officials with the FDA have approved angiotensin II (Giapreza, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company) injection for intravenous infusion to treat dangerously low blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock.
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