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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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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

Codon

Physicians working in the early 20th century had little choice but to treat the world’s most rampant infectious disease with methods such as these. But even now, more than a century later, TB remains the deadliest infectious disease on Earth, killing about 1.2 million people every year. Can We Lay This Scourge to Rest?

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FDA Grants Priority Review for WINREVAIR Label Update Based on ZENITH Trial

The Pharma Data

Exclusion criteria for the trial included PAH associated with HIV or portal hypertension, as well as any diagnosis of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either WINREVAIR or placebo, both in combination with maximum-tolerated background therapy. Source link

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Advancing and Safeguarding Clinical Research for a Better Tomorrow

Advarra

Innovations in fields such as immunotherapy, cancer and chronic diseases owe their existence to clinical trials, which judiciously test and evaluate safety and efficacy. Without clinical research, these medical breakthroughs would remain out of reach for patients.

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Hyman, Phelps & McNamara Enters its 45th Year Continuing to Expand its Capabilities to Meet Client Needs

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

In her distinguished FDA career, Dr. Lowy provided thought leadership in drug policy and product development for rare endocrinologic diseases, opioids, sarcopenia, and cancer cachexia. Before her legal career, Julie worked as a nurse practitioner specializing in neurosurgery and infectious diseases.

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Sleepy Nurses Vulnerable To Common Cold, Other Infectious Diseases

Drugs.com

MONDAY, March 10, 2025 -- Sleep-deprived night shift nurses are at greater risk for the common cold and other infectious diseases, a new study says.Shift work and its impact on quality sleep can wreak havoc on nurses immune systems, making them m.

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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

The Pharma Data

30, 2020 — Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Though she had always planned to become a nurse, it wasn’t until after her transplant that it felt like more of a calling, Fogelman said.

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