Genomind Expands Mental Health Genetic Testing
August 13th 2019Genomind is expanding its mental health genetic testing services with the addition of Genomind Professional PGx Express, which provides a more focused report and set of services to enhance the preexisting mental health genetic test.
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Scott Gottlieb to Serve as Keynote Speaker for the 37th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium
August 9th 2019Physicians’ Education Resource® (PER®), a worldwide leading resource for continuing medical education (CME), named public health expert and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as the keynote speaker for the 37th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow.®
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Discover Pharmacy Camp Has High School Students Exploring the Profession
August 8th 2019High school students will explore pharmacy careers through activities such as extracting DNA from strawberries, and getting out of a pharmacy-themed escape room, during the upcoming Discover Pharmacy day camp, at Wilkes University.
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Pharmacy, Public Health Associations Call for Action Against Gun Violence
August 8th 2019Pharmacy and public health associations have released statements following the recent shootings in California, Texas, and Ohio, and some are discussing what actions they can take to prevent further gun-related injury and death.
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Interventions Demonstrate Success for Increasing Viral Load Suppression in HIV
August 7th 2019A study in the Bukoba municipality of Tanzania has suggested that scaling up HIV testing, improving linkages to HIV care, and strengthening retention of antiretroviral therapy interventions can help increase viral load suppression (VLS).
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Drug Combination Leads to 4-Year Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer
August 7th 2019A regimen of afatinib as a first-line treatment followed by osimertinib in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer was found to significantly improve overall survival.
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FDA Assessing Data Manipulation Concerns with Gene Therapy Product
August 7th 2019Officials with the FDA issued a statement to clarify data accuracy issues with recently-approved gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi, AveXis), a product intended to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in children under 2 years old.
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