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AAO 2024: EyePoint’s EYP-1901 proves non-inferiority to aflibercept in DAVIO 2

Pharmaceutical Technology

While adverse events (AEs) were reported for 97% of trial participants, such cases were predominantly mild to moderate.

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High-Risk Medications in Persons Living With Dementia

JAMA Internal Medicine

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effect of a patient/caregiver and prescriber-mailed educational intervention on potentially inappropriate prescribing to patients with Alzheimer disease or Alzheimer disease–related dementias.

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FDA clears Astellas' Vyloy as first claudin 18.2 cancer drug

pharmaphorum

At its second attempt, Astellas won FDA approval for its first-in-class cancer therapy, Vyloy, which got the green light for claudin 18.

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The Harm of Inappropriate Central Line Blood Cultures in Clinical Practice

JAMA Internal Medicine

This case report describes a 57-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease who was receiving hemodialysis through a tunneled central venous catheter and had severe hyperkalemia that prompted admission for emergent hemodialysis.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Bring Out Your Meds! Bring Out Your Meds!

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — Eric Idle, as a body collector, immortalized the phrase, “Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!” in the 1975 comedy classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) would do well to update that phrase as “Bring out your meds! Bring out your meds!” to call attention to the 26th National Prescription Take Back Day.

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The New Medicare Dental Benefit—Small but Mighty

JAMA Internal Medicine

This Viewpoint details the previous lack of dental coverage under Medicare and what the new expansion could provide for patients now and in the future.

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