EAHP 2012 Report – Compassionate use and off-label medicines
by Zara Qadir reporting on the presentation by Yechiel Hekster (pictured), Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, and a member of The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board.
by Zara Qadir reporting on the presentation by Yechiel Hekster (pictured), Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, and a member of The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board.
Zara Qadir interviews Dr Chantal Bélorgey (pictured), Head of Clinical Trial Development at the French national competent authority, Affsaps (Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits).
by Bruce Sylvester – Investigators from a Phase III trial reported at ASCO that chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) which is unresponsive to conventional treatments reponds to olanzapine… read more.
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.
by Bruce Sylvester – Investigators reported at ASCO that relapsed follicular lymphoma patinets treated with combination lenalidomide (Revlimid) and rituximab (Rituxan) achieved a higher percentage of overall response… read more.
The antidepressant duloxetine (Cymbalta ®) can effectively treat chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in some patients , researchers reported on July 3, 2012 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – Emerging uses of EMA Approved Drugs – The European Medicines Agency has updated its guidelines for pharmaceutical companies developing medicines for Parkinson’s disease.
by Gary Finnegan – Emerging uses of EMA Approved Drugs – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given its backing to the use of a Hexaxim outside the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – Treatment with pazopanib nearly tripled progression-free survival (PFS), compared with placebo, among patients with metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – A hormone-depleting drug approved in 2011 for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer appears to help eliminate… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – Patients treated for Bell palsy with prednisolone within 72 hours achieved significantly reduced severity of mild to… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – Patients treated for Bell palsy with prednisolone within 72 hours achieved significantly reduced severity of mild to… read more.