Vitamin C rapidly improves emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, say LDI researchers
September 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Simple treatment may counteract widespread problem of subnormal vitamin levels in acute-care patients
This release is available in French.
Promising treatment for metastatic melanoma ‘fast tracked’ by FDA
September 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
John Theurer Cancer Center researchers played important role in landmark study, published in New England Journal of Medicine
HACKENSACK, N.J. (September 9, 2010) Researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center played an important role in a study that led to the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent fast tracking of ipilimumab, a promising treatment for metastatic melanoma. The FDA based its decision largely on the results of a pivotal study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 19, 2010 the same day the agency accepted Bristol-Myers Squibb’s application for the drug’s approval and granted the application priority review status.
FDA accepts historical controls for epilepsy monotherapy studies
July 19, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Major turning point in antiepileptic drug testing and development
New York University researchers revealed that data from previously completed withdrawal to monotherapy studies for antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) provide a valid control for future studies, obviating the need for placebo/pseudo-placebo trials to demonstrate the efficacy of these drugs as monotherapy. Results of this study are now available online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy.
Hopkins faculty lead development of report to FDA on ethical, scientific issues related to ‘post-market’ clinical trials
July 13, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics plays prominent role
Amid growing concerns about clinical trials for drugs that have been approved by the F.D.A. but are later linked to serious health risks, an independent committee at the Institute of Medicine led by two professors from Johns Hopkins University has developed a conceptual framework to guide the agency through the tough decision of ordering such controversial “post-market” drug-safety trials.
FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind HIV Test Which Can Detect HIV Days Earlier Than Current U.S. Tests
Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV, and one out of every five of these individuals doesn’t know it. To help stem the spread of this disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved an innovative new diagnostic tool, which will allow patients to be diagnosed earlier than ever before.
FDA should adopt risk-based approach to food safety
June 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Christine Stencel
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s abilities to discover potential threats to food safety and prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness are hampered by impediments to efficient use of its limited resources and a piecemeal approach to gathering and using information on risks, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.
FDA Approves Pancreatic Enzyme Product - Pancreaze
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Pancreaze Delayed Release Capsules, a pancreatic enzyme product (PEP). It is the third such product to receive FDA approval.
Pancreatic enzyme products improve food digestion in patients whose bodies do not produce enough pancreatic enzymes. This includes people who have conditions such as cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic tumors, or removal of all or a part of the pancreas.
FDA clears TransOral robotic surgery developed at Penn
January 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kim Guenther
kim.guenther@uphs.upenn.edu
215-200-2312
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FDA Orders Strong Warning Labels on Darvon, Darvocet
July 8, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking several actions to reduce the risk of overdose in patients using pain medications such as Darvon and Darvocet that contain propoxyphene. The actions were taken because of data linking propoxyphene and fatal overdoses.
FDA Approves Simponi To Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug known as Simponi to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Simponi, known generically as golimunab, has been given the green light to treat three different types of arthritis in total.
