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COVID-19: FDA broadens EUA for remdesivir

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As part of its ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today broadened the scope of the existing emergency use authorization (EUA) for the drug Veklury (remdesivir) to...

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COVID-19: FDA issues EUA for convalescent plasma as potential treatment

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) today for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients as part of the...

Oleandrin dangers: Toxicology Organization’s joint statement concerning proposals for the use as a potential treatment for COVID-19

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The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), and the American Association of Poison Control Centers has issued the following joint statement in...

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COVID-19 treatment: Gilead submits New Drug Application to FDA for Remdesivir

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced Monday that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Veklury® (remdesivir), an investigational antiviral for the...

Chagas disease treatment, Lampit, receives FDA approval for use in children

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Bayer announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lampit® (nifurtimox) for use in pediatric patients (from birth to less than 18 years of age and weighing at...

Hepatitis D drug, Hepcludex, receives approval by the European Commission

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What started off as basic research 25 years ago has now lead to a successfully approved drug: The entry blocker bulevirtide (brand name Hepcludex, formerly known as Myrcludex B), jointly developed by researchers...

Neisseria meningitidis antibiotic resistance case raises serious concerns

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A recent meningitis case at Children’s National Hospital raises serious concerns about antibiotic resistance in the common bacterium that caused it, researchers from the hospital write in a case...

Chloroquine doesn’t prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs, Should not be used for the treatment of COVID-19: Researchers

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More than 600,000 people worldwide have fallen victim to the lung disease COVID-19 so far, which is caused by the SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In order to obtain an effective therapy for COVID-19 as...

Yellow fever: Experimental monoclonal antibody shows success in early-stage clinical trials in Singapore

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Yellow fever, a hemorrhagic disease that is common in South America and sub-Saharan Africa, infects about 200,000 people per year and causes an estimated 30,000 deaths. While there is a vaccine for yellow...

Phase 2/3 clinical trial for critically ill COVID-19 patients continues to enroll patients as cases surge across the country

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NeuroRx, Inc., in partnership with RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holdings AG today announced that the independent Data Monitoring Committee has reviewed the findings in the first 30 patients treated in Fast Track...