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UK regulator backs Amarin’s cardiology drug Vazkepa

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Amarin’s Vazkepa cardiology drug has been backed by the UK’s drugs regulator, following approval in Europe at the end of March. . The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted a marketing authorisation for Vazkepa (icosapent ethyl) as a treatment to reduce risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients.

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

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It can be used as a monotherapy or along with cholesterol-lowering medicines. Participants treated with LODOCO had a 31% reduction in the overall risk of cardiovascular death, spontaneous myocardial infarction or ischaemic stroke when added to statins and other cardiology prevention therapies, compared to those treated with placebo.

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Developing a digital marker for coronary artery disease

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Using machine learning and clinical data from electronic health records, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York constructed an in silico, or computer-derived, marker for coronary artery disease (CAD) to better measure clinically important characterizations of the disease.

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LUCA Science Announces Joint Research With Division of Cardiology, Field of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine on the Development of Mitochondrial Therapy for Myocardial Infarction (Cardiac Ischemic-reperfusion Injury)

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LUCA Science Announces Joint Research With Division of Cardiology, Field of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine on the Development of Mitochondrial Therapy for Myocardial Infarction (Cardiac Ischemic-reperfusion Injury) LUCA Science Announces Joint Research With Division of Cardiology, … Continue reading →

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Grand Rounds December 15, 2023: Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Path Forward (Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, FESC)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Diversity in clinical trials is important for generalizability of results, to provide equal opportunities, practice precision medicine, tailor practical guidelines, improve public health outcomes, detect potential differences in safety and efficacy, and to address health disparities. We have to change how we are practicing.

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Researchers develop a web application to analyze hypertension statistics

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A research team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine has developed an open-source, web-based application that allows users to generate customized hypertension statistics using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data.

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PI Savors Opportunity to Advance Medicine

Velocity Clinical Research

“Without clinical research, there would be little if any development of new medicines,” says Isabelle Schenkenberger, MD. An Internal Medicine Specialist since 2000, Dr. Schenkenberger has practiced at her own clinic since 2002. The post PI Savors Opportunity to Advance Medicine appeared first on Velocity Clinical Research.