Regulator seeking action on medicines shortages
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is coordinating a collective response to the medicines shortages which have plagued several European countries in recent years.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is coordinating a collective response to the medicines shortages which have plagued several European countries in recent years.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of seven new medicines, including one advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP), at… read more.
Silvio Danese, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Milan, Italy. Article by Maria Dalby – The current paradigm for managing inflammatory conditions is to suppress the inflammatory response by… read more.
Stopping drugs – by Maria Dalby Charles Lees (Edinburgh, UK) Medication constitutes a large part of the IBD exposome, and stopping drug treatment should be a therapeutic goal… read more.
Management of ulcerative colitis: putting patients at the centre – by Maria Dalby Iris Dotan (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel), Peter Irving (Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS… read more.
ECCO-EFCCA Patient Guidelines – by Maria Dalby Marco Greco, Milan, Italy; Séverine Vermeire, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium; Salvatore Leone, Palermo, Italy; Paolo Gionchetti, University of Bologna, Italy; Martin Kojinov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Axel… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Smoking cessation treatment with varenicline and bupropion does increase serious neuropsychiatric side effects, researchers reported in The Lancet on April 22, 2016.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with clemastine fumarate, an over-the-counter antihistamine used for allergies and the common cold, has partially reversed damage to the visual system in people with… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Hyrdomorphone, a licensed pain medication, shows efficacy in treating chronic heroin addiction, researchers from the SALOME (the Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness) trial… read more.
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital finds benefits in careful monitoring of chronic pain patients and need for pain management within primary care.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that about 10 per cent of patients in intensive care units worldwide have Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), that the mortality rate from… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ivacaftor appears to be safe and efficacious for children ages 2 to and 5 with a specific type of cystic fibrosis, researchers reported on Jan…. read more.