Receiving anti VEGF eye injections around the time of a stroke or heart attack is not linked to an increased risk for death or major complications, a study finds. Medscape Medical News
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Drug Farm Announces U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation for DF-003 for the Treatment of ROSAH Syndrome
ALBANY, N.Y. & SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Drug Farm today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to DF-003, the company’s investigational small molecule inhibitor targeting ALPK1, for the tr…
Kodiak Sciences Eye Drug Succeeds in Late-stage Study
Kodiak Sciences’ experimental drug met the main goal in a late-stage trial. Reuters Health Information
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Global deaths from early-onset cancer fall significantly
Early-onset cancer incidence increased 3% globally during the past 3 decades, but mortality from these malignancies dropped 17%.“It’s good news,” Rupayan Kundu, MD, resident physician at Cleveland Clinic, told Healio, comparing the “subtle” increase in…
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White House delays picking CDC director despite deadline
The White House did not nominate a new CDC director on Wednesday despite coming up against a federally imposed deadline to do so.White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Healio that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, will continue to perform the d…
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Elios system reduces IOP in open-angle glaucoma
Editor’s note: This is a developing news story. Please check back soon for updates.In a pivotal clinical trial, an excimer laser procedure reduced IOP in patients with glaucoma, according to a press release from Bausch + Lomb.The Elios system reduced p…