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Concizumab may be effective prophylaxis for hemophilia A or B with inhibitors
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Concizumab may be effective prophylaxis for hemophilia A or B with inhibitors

by Lori Solomon Patients with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors have a lower annualized bleeding rate with concizumab than with no prophylaxis, according to a phase 3 study published online Aug. 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Tadashi Matsushita, M.D., Ph.D., from Nagoya University Hospital in Japan, and colleagues evaluated the safety...

‘This was a gift to us’: Ivermectin effective for COVID-19 prophylaxis, treatment
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‘This was a gift to us’: Ivermectin effective for COVID-19 prophylaxis, treatment

By Erin Michael Numerous studies have provided evidence supporting the use of ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19, according to the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance.  Paul Marik, MD, FCCM, FCCP, founder of the alliance and a professor and chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, said that...

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Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE IMAGE: PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS RESEARCHERS DAVID VESSLER (LEFT) AND ALEJANDRA TORTORICI (RIGHT) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN SEATTLE. THE VEESLER LAB USES CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TO STUDY. A mix of ultrapotent antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients has been shown to recognize and lock down the infection machinery...