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Jan 05, 2021

Pfizer and OPKO Health: A step closer to FDA Nod for pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) drug, Somatrogon Pfizer and Opko had joined hands in 2014 to develop somatrogon, a pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) drug. It comprises the natural sequence of growth hormone and a copy of the C-terminal peptid...

Jan 04, 2021

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide. With 2 billion people infected all over, HBV infection is a reason behind 500 000 to 1.2 million deaths per year. Hepatitis B is a lethal infection and has been a major global problem for years. If it lasts for over 6 months, it is term...

Dec 31, 2020

Improving cancer immunotherapy by recovering a warning system Cancer cells, most of the time, develop tactics to elude the immune system. A research team that is led by scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has recognized one such mechanism, and it believes aiming it with drugs could potentially e...

Dec 30, 2020

Alcohol use is a serious health problem worldwide, leading to many physical, mental, and behavioral health problems. Besides physical health, it also leads to a significant number of mortality every year. As per the WHO, worldwide, harmful use of alcohol results in 3 million deaths every year which is about 5.3 % o...

Nov 20, 2024

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a severe lung condition characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome symptoms such as rapid onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and hypoxemia. This life-threatening condition is a leading cause of respiratory failure, particularly in infants and critically i...

Dec 29, 2020

A USD 4.2 Billion Myovant/ Pfizer Deal Myovant Sciences have decided to put their forces and efforts together to advance the Prostate cancer market as they announced their partnership deal to develop and market relugolix for prostate cancer and women’s health.  Relugolix is a once-daily, oral gonadotropin-rel...

Dec 28, 2020

Characterized by debilitating episodes of depression and mood elevation (mania or hypomania), Bipolar depression is an under-recognized and unappreciated phase of bipolar disorder. Since most patients exhibit depression, Bipolar depression gets misdiagnosed with other mental disorders easily. Thus, it is associated...

Dec 24, 2020

NIH awards USD 107 Million for radical COVID-19 testing tech  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded over USD 107 million for radical approaches to testing for COVID-19 and tracing the spread of the disease, including cutting-edge technologies, which could make daily coronavirus testing less interf...

Dec 25, 2020

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a group of rare neurological diseases that mainly involve the nerve cells (neurons), responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement. The disease progresses over 3–5 years, making voluntary movements of arms and legs impossible. I...

Dec 23, 2020

As per the  Food Allergy Research & Education, in the US, each year, around 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food. Food allergy is a specific immune response to certain food items that it considers harmful.  Upon exposure to the food allergen, the IgE antibodi...