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Health information technology is becoming available an accelerated pace, and it will take time to train individuals on how to effectively employ a new technology and convince them of its merit.

CEL-SCI Corporation plans to file for FDA approval in patients with advanced primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck based on these trial results.

Michael Radin, MD, executive director, Diabetes Cardio Renal Medical Director Team, Medical Affairs, Novo Nordisk, discusses how the results from the phase 3 trial evaluating an investigational 2 mg dose of semaglutide could change treatment options for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Milind Javle, PhD, professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discussed the dosing and treatment cycle during the trial assessing infigratinib for the treatment of previously treated locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, cardiologist and vice president of research at Saint Luke's Health in Kansas City, discussed why the results of the DARE-19 trial are important to the field, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other options for Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis include biologics, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and vedolizumab.

As the first point of contact at many pharmacies, technicians can often see whether a patient has been prescribed an opioid or other monitored substances.

The approval is based on results from the phase 2 KEYNOTE-629 trial, which found an objective response rate of 50% in adults with recurrent, metastatic, or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Two studies by the University of Colorado Cancer Center provided an analysis for the theory of adaptive oncogenesis.

Pharmacists’ vast health care knowledge and community accessibility makes them ideal patient liaisons.

Drugs to treat type 2 diabetes using SGLT2 inhibitors are relatively new, with FDA approvals only within the last decade.

Michael Radin, MD, executive director, Diabetes Cardio Renal Medical Director Team, Medical Affairs, Novo Nordisk, discusses the benefit of the investigational 2 mg dose of semaglutide injection in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, cardiologist and vice president of research at Saint Luke's Health in Kansas City, discussed how the phase 3 DARE-19 trial was conducted to assess dapagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19.

Milind Javle, PhD, professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discussed the safety profile of infigratinib for the treatment of patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Panzyga is indicated for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and chronic immune thrombocytopenia.

Although the pharmaceutical and biopharma industries must maintain reasonable profitability, they have a moral duty to society.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, cardiologist and vice president of research at Saint Luke's Health in Kansas City, discussed the findings around the safety profile of dapagliflozin in patients with and without type 2 diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 during the DARE-19 trial.

Milind Javle, PhD, professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the eligibility requirements for patients included in the phase 2 trial results that led to the FDA approval of infigratinib.

Michael Radin, MD, executive director, Diabetes Cardio Renal Medical Director Team, Medical Affairs, Novo Nordisk, discusses the adverse events experienced by patients during the SUSTAIN FORTE phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational 2 mg dose of semaglutide injection in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Factors that may have contributed to the screening declines include site closures and temporary pausing of services.

Although researchers identified 3 agents that increased the risk of herpes zoster among patients with psoriasis, they also found 2 therapies that seemed to decrease the risk.

The current study analyzed human tumor samples from 6 cancer types: liver, melanoma, colorectal, non-small lung, head and neck, and breast cancer.

Debate and discussion about the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been at the forefront of global consciousness since the first cases were reported in December 2019.

Sacituzumab govitecan is approved for the treatment of patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who have received 2 more prior systemic therapies.

The clinical benefit rate was observed in 16.7% of patients in the balixafortide arm and in 19.6% of patients in the eribulin monotherapy arm.

Upadacitinib (RINVOQ; AbbVie), 15 mg or 30 mg and once daily, met the primary endpoint of clinical remission and all secondary endpoints at week 52 in a phase 3 ulcerative colitis study.

Greater risk for heart damaged come from coronavirus infection, and patients should not be discouraged from vaccination.