Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and SteroTherapeutics have entered into a Cooperative Research and…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In the Cloud Copy The Swiss-born pharmaceutical company, Novartis, has been given permission by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin distributing their oral…
NICHD The NICHD is the The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is the center for…
According to a story from Medscape, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recently issued a positive recommendation for the drug osilodrostat. This is…
A Phase 3 trial for Cushing syndrome led by Maria Fleseriu at Oregon Health and Science University has just been completed. It examined a new investigational treatment called levoketoconazole. About the…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Strongbridge Biopharma plc, recently presnted a new analysis of data from the company's Phase 3 trial. This trial was testing the…
Amy Dahm, who currently lives in Washington, DC, was working as a U.S. diplomat when she was diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome. After receiving life-saving treatment from the National Institutes of…
The top-line results of a pivotal Phase 3 study investigating the drug recorlevTM (levoketoconazole) in patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome have been released. The source article, which contains more detailed information,…
According to a story from msn.com, a significant portion of woman may notice a small number of hairs growing on their chin at some point in their lives. In most…
Cushing's syndrome may be due to adrenocortical carcinoma, a tumor of the adrenal gland. This rare tumor can cause increased hormone levels in patients that are commonly associated with Cushing's…
According to a new study, pregnant women with high levels of cortisol and high blood pressure may have Cushing's disease. Although Cushing's is rare during a woman's pregnancy, the conclusion…
According to a story from 4-traders.com, the pharmaceutical company SteroTherapeutics recently announced that its drug candidate ST-002 was awarded Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).…
Sunday, April 8th is Cushing Awareness Day! Cushing syndrome (also known as hypercortisolism, not be confused with its sub-form Cushing disease) is an endocrine disorder characterized by excessive cortisol levels…
A recently published scientific letter in the Spanish medical journal, Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición draws a link between the combined use of inhaled steroids and liver enzyme blockers and the development…
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