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Predicting which patients with a rare blood disease will respond to the only FDA-approved treatment
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Predicting which patients with a rare blood disease will respond to the only FDA-approved treatment

by  Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research has uncovered a precision medicine test using blood proteins to identify a novel patient subgroup of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD), a rare blood disorder, who are more likely to respond to siltuximab, the only FDA approved treatment for the...

The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved
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The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved

President Donald Trump and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn (right) met with Daniel O’Day (left), CEO of Gilead Sciences, when remdesivir received an emergency use authorization in May. October was a good month for Gilead Sciences, the giant manufacturer of antivirals headquartered in Foster City, California. On 8 October, the company inked an...

Study shows FDA-approved leukemia drug may help treat metastatic melanoma
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Study shows FDA-approved leukemia drug may help treat metastatic melanoma

by Jenni Ho,  University of Kentucky Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia. Several blasts have Auer rods. A new study led by researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and UK Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences demonstrates the potential benefit of using an anti-leukemic drug nilotinib—most commonly used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia—to overcome...