Study of the Week: A Possible Method for Improving Lyme Disease Diagnosis
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Have researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine discovered a potential treatment option for mesothelioma? According to a news release from the U.S. National Science Foundation, who…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
According to a story from prnewswire.com, the pharma company Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc., has recently announced the release of data from its phase 2 clinical trial. This trial is evaluating…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
According to a news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early November 2022, Dupixent (dupilumab) is now approved for the treatment of adults living with…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Mereo BioPharma Group plc has recently announced that the company's investigational therapeutic alvelestat has earned Fast Track designation from the US…
According to a news release on Yahoo! Finance, clinical-stage biotechnology company Freeline Therapeutics Holdings plc ("Freeline") shared that it had initiated dosing in the second cohort of the Phase…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Due to varied periods of decline among patients, previous research indicates that it is difficult to develop treatment options for patients who have relapsed DLBCL. This holds true especially when…
In an October 13, 2022 news release from biotechnology company INOVIO, the company shared that positive interim data was available from a Phase 1/2 study. Within the study, researchers…
Although paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) may not be a common household name, it is experienced by five hundred Americans with over fifty thousand patients visiting hospitals for treatment in…
According to an article in GastroEndo News, first published in Clinical Oncology News, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a combination of durvalumab and gemcitabine plus…
What is the best therapeutic option for individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Currently, doctors typically recommend direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to patients with…
In 2019, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company experienced some manufacturing and production issues related to its product Natpara, a treatment option for individuals with hypoparathyroidism. The product was recalled in the…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
In late September 2022, Healio reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bevacizumab-adcd (Vegzelma), a biosimilar of Genentech’s bevacizumab (Avastin). The approval of biosimilars such as…
Oral corticosteroid drugs can help treat Bell’s palsy, a condition which causes temporary facial weakness or paralysis, if the muscles remain paralyzed over time. According to News Medical, researchers…
According to a story from Patient Worthy partner CureDuchenne, the organization has recently launched its CureDuchenne Occupational Therapist Certification Program. This program is intended to give occupational therapists advanced skills…
According to a story from Cancer Network, the results of a recent retrospective study have found that a two-part combination treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a rare cancer,…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
At the start of October 2022, biopharmaceutical company Mustang Bio, Inc. shared via news release that the first patient was treated in a study of MB-106. Within the study,…
According to a story from BioPharma Dive, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has halted its clinical trial evaluating an investigational therapy in development for hereditary angioedema. The trial had included a total of…
Through its recently issued press release, bluebird bio announced the FDA’s accelerated approval of the first therapy to slow the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The disease is the result…
The young patients began laughing, and some even began to speak and walk. Imagine the excitement among the hospital staff when they realized that a new medication brought about…