by Marie McCullough A new drug called elagolix cut blood loss by half over six months in the overwhelming majority of women who participated in two clinical trialspublished Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Elagolix, being developed by AbbVie, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2018 under the brand...
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Benlysta approved for children with lupus
(HealthDay)—The intravenous drug Benlysta (belimumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat children with lupus, a chronic disease that triggers inflammation and damages tissues and organs throughout the body. Approved for adults since 2011, Benlysta is the first lupus treatment in the United States approved for children, the agency said in a news release. “While there is no cure for lupus, treatment can help our youngest...
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‘A loss for the rest of us’: An FDA approval is a boon for a drug maker, but could come at a major cost for patients
Vickie Moored can walk again. Her words don’t slur, her vision isn’t blurred, and she no longer collapses every day. The 65-year-old from Elkton, Va., says she has her life back, thanks to the stunning efficacy of a cheap, but unapproved, chemical called 3,4-DAP. It’s a medication she would not have but for the largesse...
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Ultra-high-field brain scanner receives FDA approval for clinical use
The ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) of the Keck School of Medicine of USC has received FDA approval for clinical use, opening up new avenues of care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and other diseases that affect the...
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