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IPC alert advises patients to monito possibility of mefenamic acid’s adverse effects: Meftal makers

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DRESS syndrome, mentioned in the IPC alert, is a very rare event that is previously documented in medical literature, both in India and globally. The post IPC alert advises patients to monito possibility of mefenamic acid’s adverse effects: Meftal makers appeared first on Express Pharma.

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Common Adverse Reactions to EGFR Therapy

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Alan Chin, PharmD, BCOP, presents an overview of the most prevalent and common adverse reactions associated with EGFR-targeted therapies in metastatic NSCLC and shares strategies to mitigate toxicities, with a focus on managing dermatologic events such as rash and itching.

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Therapeutic-first for cold agglutinin disease haemolytic anaemia

European Pharmaceutical Review

The study found 96 percent of patients who recieved Enjaymo ® and all participants in the placebo group experienced at least one treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE). Serious adverse reactions (SARs) were reported in 13 percent (3/24) of patients who received the mAb. Headache (22.7 percent vs 10.0

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New CAR-T therapies in South Korea to face stringent regulatory oversight: GlobalData

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This will ensure a comprehensive database of adverse events including malignancies, if any in the local population, thereby ensuring patient safety in the country. However, regulatory focus on malignancy data might extend clinical trial timelines and increase costs for pipeline therapies, says GlobalData.

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FDA approves first treatment for geographic atrophy

European Pharmaceutical Review

A milestone for retinal ophthalmology The approval of SYFOVRE is the most important event in retinal ophthalmology in more than a decade.” It is a progressive and irreversible disease caused by the growth of lesions, which destroy the retinal cells responsible for vision.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Making Rash Decisions

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The RegiSCAR (Registry of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions) group suggested the following criteria for diagnosing DRESS syndrome and a point scoring system determining negative, possible, probable, or definitive DRESS syndrome [ MDCalc ]: Fever >38.5⸰C How do you diagnose DRESS syndrome?

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AZ halts COVID-19 vaccine after safety scare, as UK faces ‘second wave’

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The nature of the adverse reaction is not known but the participant is expected to recover said Stat, citing a source close to the matter. The company pointed out that it will expedite its review of the single event and added that in large trials illnesses happen by chance.