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Study reports increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infection

Written by | 2 Oct 2012

C. difficile is a bacterium that is common in the environment. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 337,000 cases of CDI are reported each… read more.

Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids’ asthma treatment

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

Website may help curb healthcare costs, kids affected by chronic condition

ATC 2012 Report – Everolimus gives results similar to MMF, study says

Written by | 21 Aug 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Using everolimus for immunosuppression in heart transplant recipients, along with a reduced amount of cyclosporine, produces results comparable to mycophenolate mofetil,

EAHP 2012 Report – The EAHP Survey 2010 Preview

Written by | 3 Aug 2012

by Zara Qadir – Five years of evolution in Hospital Pharmacy.  The 40th EAHP meeting provided an opportunity for Tajda Miharija-Gala and Juraj Sykora, Directors of Professional Development,… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – Combination targeted therapy shows efficacy and fewer toxicities in advanced melanoma treatment

Written by | 31 Jul 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Results from an expanded Phase IB trial presented at ASCO suggest that combination therapy with two investigational and targeted drugs, BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib and… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Risk-assessment scoring system may be helpful in predicting success in cardiac-death donor cases

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by  Thomas R. Collins – A recently unveiled scoring system for evaluating the likelihood of post-liver transplant survival is useful in predicting success in transplants from donors with… read more.

EASL 2012 Report – Europe bears high costs of chronic liver diseases and high mortality in cirrhosis

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Two studies presented at EASL suggest the real human and economic costs of liver disease across Europe.

Study reports increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (C. diff)

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

C. difficile is a bacterium that is common in the environment. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 337,000 cases of CDI are reported each… read more.

Changes in smoking significantly impacts lung cancer mortality in the U.S. : 1975-2000

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, in the last quarter of the 20th century, changes in smoking behaviors have led to a significant drop in lung cancer… read more.

Tough times for medicines regulator

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

Emerging uses of EMA Approved Drugs – by Gary Finnegan – The European Medicines Agency is emerging from a turbulent spell which has seen the departure of one… read more.

Ipilimumab looks promising in shrinking/slowing melanoma brain metastases

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers from a phase 2 study published  on March 27 in The Lancet Oncology  report that ipilimumab,… read more.

Rituximab promotes long-term response for patients with immune destruction of platelets

Written by | 12 Jun 2012

A new analysis concludes that rituximab, a drug commonly used to treat blood cancers, leads to treatment responses lasting at least five years in approximately one quarter of… read more.

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