Megan Brooks May 11, 2023 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antipsychotic brexpiprazole (Rexulti, Otsuka and Lundbeck) for agitation associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), making it the first FDA-approved drug for this indication. “Agitation is one of the most common and challenging aspects of care among patients with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease,” Tiffany Farchione, MD, director...
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FDA Approves First Drug for Recurrent Yeast Infections
by Molly Walker, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today April 28, 2022 The FDA gave the green light to oteseconazole (Vivjoa), making it the first approved medication to treat chronic yeast infections, manufacturer Mycovia Pharmaceuticals announced on Thursday. Due to embryo-fetal toxicity risks, however, the oral drug is indicated for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) only in women who...
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Toward the first drug to treat a rare, lethal liver cancer
IMAGE: NEW DRUGS TO ELIMINATE FIBROLAMELLAR TUMOR CELLS, PICTURED HERE, WERE IDENTIFIED USING AN EXPEDITED APPROACH. CREDIT: LABORATORY OF CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS AT THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY Treatment options for deadly liver cancer, fibrolamellar carcinoma, are severely lacking. Drugs that work on other liver cancers are not effective, and although progress has been made in identifying the...