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Promising medication for sleep apnea

Written by | 12 Oct 2022

Targeting a condition suffered by nearly a billion people worldwide, a new study from Flinders University has shown a drug previously used to treat depression can reduce obstructive […]

Has prescription monitoring curbed the opioid epidemic?

Written by | 2 Sep 2022

Mandates designed to decrease opioid prescriptions in the U.S. have worked, but they also have had an unintended and undesirable public health outcome, according to a recent study […]

Global drug regulators to embrace real-world evidence

Written by | 31 Jul 2022

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has backed a joint statement by global regulators calling for greater collaboration on the use of real-world evidence in regulatory decision-making. The potential […]

Rising tide in adverse drug reactions

Written by | 16 Jul 2022

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have identified an increasing trend in medicine-related harm leading to hospital admission. The trend is connected to a rising tide of multiple […]

University of Limerick, Ireland research could reduce time required to bring new medicines to market

Written by | 12 Jul 2022

Researchers at University of Limerick in Ireland have developed a new modelling approach to pharmaceutical manufacturing that could reduce the time required to bring medicines to market. Professor […]

Toolkit to tackle potentially deadly opioid over prescription to be rolled out across parts of England

Written by | 16 May 2022

Leicester researchers are working with NHS partners in the East of England to lead the way in delivering the NHS’ goal of halving the amount of opioids prescribed […]

How common are medication-related errors in home care?

Written by | 10 May 2022

In a questionnaire-based study published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives that included 485 fully trained nurses of 107 home care services, nearly half of all nursing staff made at least […]

New 3D printing technique: A game changer for medical testing devices

Written by | 17 Apr 2022

Microfluidic devices are compact testing tools made up of tiny channels carved on a chip, which allow biomedical researchers to test the properties of liquids, particles and cells […]

Ketamine is effective for severe suicidal ideation

Written by | 16 Feb 2022

Ketamine is effective for the acute treatment of severe suicidal ideation, researchers reported on February 2, 2022 in The BMJ/British Medical Journal. “This study confirmed in a large […]

Sloan Kettering Institute scientists design CAR T cells to activate cancer pro-drugs at the disease site

Written by | 8 Jan 2022

Immunotherapies called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells use genetically engineered versions of a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer. These treatments have energized cancer care, especially for people […]

Study examines adverse effects of obesity medications

Written by | 22 Nov 2021

An essential part of obesity care is making sure treatments are safe for patients. Abdulrahman Alsuhibani, a doctoral student in the University of Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College […]

Biologics for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Written by | 9 Nov 2021

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that biologics were the most common initial treatment prescribed to treat systemic […]

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