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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Despite recent advances in gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) , automated red blood cell exchange (aRBCX) remains a cornerstone therapy that plays a vital yet underutilised role in managing complications and enhancing quality of life for millions living with this devastating condition worldwide.

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Landiolol

New Drug Approvals

elimination half-life (min) cardio-selectivity (1/2) metabilization Landiolol 4 250 pseudocholinesterases Esmolol 9 30 ery-esterases Metoprolol 420 3 cytochrom P2D6 (Leber) History The beneficial effects of landiolol have been demonstrated in over sixty clinical trials (pubmed search -August 2018). New Drug Therapy Approvals 2024 (PDF).

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

What potential advantages does the CD5 modulation strategy offer over traditional CAR-T therapies? MR : Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is very effective in treating patients with B-cell lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma, where we have six FDA-approved drugs.

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FDA Approves Pfizer Med for Rare Form of Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

The Pharma Data

For the full year of 2019, Xalkoria brought in $530 million, an increase of 1% from 2018. “We We are proud to deliver the first biomarker-driven therapy for children and young adults with ALCL,” said Chris Boshoff, chief development officer, Oncology, Pfizer Global Product Development.

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A proactive diabetes review model: from concept to nurse-led research

On Medicine

There are a few (but growing) centers that will proactively see patients with diabetes in high-risk areas when admitted to the hospital, however, by far the most common practice is for patients to only be seen by a specialist team, including for diabetes, on receipt of a referral.

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Brain Hemorrhage Won’t Stop This Teen From Voting

The Pharma Data

Despite a brain hemorrhage that left him partially paralyzed in March 2018, Konate plans to make his voice heard this November by casting his very first vote. At the hospital, Konate had to have part of his skull removed to control the swelling in his brain. He walks around the hospital and makes sure everyone is smiling.

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The Year in AdComms – A Look Back at 2023

Eye on FDA

While 2023 maintained virtual meetings, it is perhaps noteworthy that FDA has scheduled an in-person advisory committee meeting of the General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee to be held February 6, 2024. The Antimicrobial and the Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapy each met three times.

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