pharmaphorum7 年
FDA approves pump for heart-failure patients awaiting transplant
The US FDA has approved the HeartWare Ventricular Assist ... device (LVAD), which helps the heart’s left ventricle to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body. The mechanical pump is designed for ...
来自MSN6 个月
FDA announces recall of heart pumps linked to deaths and injuries
The delayed action raises questions for some safety advocates about how and when issues with approved ... blood from the pump to the aorta could twist and stop blood flow. The FDA recall notice ...
Forbes11 个月
FDA Approved A New Weight Loss Drug Zepbound. Here’s What To Know And Expect
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. CARLSBAD, CA-NOV 30TH: Mounjaro injection pen on display at Rachel Graham ...
Health and Me on MSN1 个月
FDA Approves Automated Insulin Pump for Type 2 Diabetes
The latest development in health is that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 26 approved the expanded use of ...
Wall Street Journal26 天
First Novel Schizophrenia Treatment in Decades Gains FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug on Thursday, greenlighting the first of a new class of treatments that could help stabilize patients’ symptoms without the uncomfortable ...
Nature25 天
FDA approves first two drugs for rare Niemann–Pick disease
The FDA has approved the first two drugs for the rare genetic metabolic disorder Niemann–Pick disease, type C (NPC). Zevra Therapeutics’ arimoclomol (Miplyffa) is a once-rejected small ...
FierceBiotech13 天
FDA amplifies Medtronic recall of MiniMed insulin pumps over shortened battery life
Medtronic has been notifying users of its MiniMed insulin pumps to be aware of potentially shortened battery lives and to heed the devices’ low-power warnings and alerts. Now, the FDA has ...
USA Today24 天
This FDA-approved drug promises a new way to treat schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia will have a new treatment option for the first time in more than three decades, after the Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved a new kind of drug. Studies ...
WebMD22 天
FDA Approves First Injectable for Relapsing and Progressive MS
The FDA has approved a new injectable form of the multiple sclerosis drug ocrelizumab for use in adults with relapsing and progressive forms of the disease. Multiple sclerosis occurs when the body ...
Live Science28 天
At-home flu vaccine approved by FDA — what to know
People could previously get the nasal spray flu vaccine, called FluMist, from a health care provider, but now they can administer it themselves. A nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine can ...
USA Today1 个月
FDA approves ‘FluMist,' says no healthcare provider needed
director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. The vaccine, which was first approved in 2003 to be administered only by healthcare providers, contains a weakened form of live ...
Nature26 天
FDA approves first schizophrenia drug with new mechanism of action since 1950s
The FDA has approved Karuna/Bristol Myers Squibb’s KarXT (Cobenfy) — an oral dual M1/M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) agonist — for schizophrenia. The fixed-dose combination of ...