Karyopharm, a pharmaceutical company based in Newton, Massachusetts, has submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA for their drug XPOVIO, which is meant for the treatment of diffuse large…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the drug developer Rocket Pharmaceuticals recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in the company's phase 2 clinical trial. This study is…
According to a story from uk.finance.yahoo.com, the company Hutchison China MediTech Limited ("Chi-Med") has recently kicked off a phase 1 clinical trial. This trial is testing the company's investigational drug…
According to a story from BioSpace, CTI BioPharma Corp. has recently concluded an End of Phase 2A meeting with representatives from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This meeting…
The FDA has approved a new therapy for chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). This treatment is an oral therapy to be taken with food, created by Dova Pharmaceuticals. It is called…
According to a publication on EurekAlert, the National Institutes of Health recently awarded Dr. Jason Karnes, PharmD, PhD (and assistant professor in the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy) with…
According to a publication from BioSpace, the French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi has successfully secured FDA approval for their acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) drug Cablivi. This represents the first approved…
aTTP aTTP, or acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura, is an immune condition which results in severe Thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia means the body doesn't have enough platelets in the blood. In aTTP, it's caused…
According to an article from PM360, the French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced successful results at the end of a phase 3 study of their hopeful acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura…
Thanks to a Phase 2 trial, pediatric patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia or Ph+ ALL, now have a new treatment option. The FDA has announced approval of Sprycel…
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) is diagnosed by low platelet counts in the blood. It also causes impaired platelet production. This put patients at risk for serious bleeding as well as spontaneous bruising.…
According to a story from Oncology Nurse Advisor, a recent study found that patients with immune thrombocytopenia do not carry the same understanding as their doctors do when it comes…
According to a story from Market Screener, an analysis of real-world data (data gathered outside of the clinical setting) suggests that the drug eltrombopag, marketed as Revolade, offers substantial advantages…
According to a story from BioSpace, medical student Kristin Hunt of McGill University will be this year's recipient of the David R. Cox Scholarship for Rare Compassion. The purpose of…
Eltrombopag (Promacta) has now been approved for all individuals in the US with severe aplastic anemia. The drug will be accessible to both pediatric and adult patients. This is huge news.…
According to a story from pm360online.com, the drug development company Cytori Therapeutics recently announced that its investigational product ATI-1123 has been granted Orphan Drug designation from the US Food and…
Dova Pharmaceutics has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to the US FDA on behalf of Doptelet® (avatrombopag), which is being researched as an investigational treatment of immune thrombocytopenia in…
According to a story from prnewswire.com, the drug Cablivi, also known as caplacizumab, has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission. Cablivi is meant to treat acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic…
According to a story from Hematology Times, a medicine called melflufen, of the alkylating peptide class, appears to be effective in treatment resistant multiple myeloma. In a Phase 2 trial,…
According to a story from bioportfolio.com, two companies, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and its affiliate Akcea Pharmaceuticals, recently announced that its product inotersen (to be marketed as TEGSEDI) has gained approval…
As of last Monday, the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) its approval of a new drug to treat thrombocytopenia in cases of chronic liver disease (CLD). Keep…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a new drug called Tavalisse™ to treat adults who have thrombocytopenia as a result of chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), following…
Caplacizumab is a medicine that has been developed to treat acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). TTP causes serious symptoms. such as thrombocytopenia, a condition in which a patient doesn't have enough platelets. A…
They say, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This maxim goes for everything from nuclear technology (the Manhattan Project was a direct result of World War II) to the Snuggie®…
Thrombocytopenia. The condition doesn’t sound so bad. Low Platelets. It seems as though you have a low savings. You can’t buy that Snickers bar, you have low platelets. You can’t…
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