(HealthDay)—Two position statements developed in relation to drug pricing and step therapy have been issued by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). In the position…
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Herbal supplement kratom is tied to more US deaths
U.S. health officials say overdose deaths involving the herbal supplement kratom are more common than previously reported. A government report released Thursday said kratom was…
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FDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With Chemotherapy for the Initial Treatment of Adults With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
South San Francisco, CA — March 18, 2019 — Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the…
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US experts: Medicines for opioid addiction vastly underused
Medicines proven to treat opioid addiction remain vastly underused in the U.S., the nation’s top medical advisers said Wednesday. Only a fraction of the estimated…
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Helping Patients Afford Prescriptions – Tips for Pharmacists & Pharmacy Staff
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Promising compound selectively kills brain cancer stem cells
Scripps Research scientists have discovered a compound that potently and selectively kills the stem-like cells that make glioblastoma brain cancers so deadly. In a study…
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Origin of resistance to lung-cancer drug discovered
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Nature Communications that AXL, a protein belonging to the class of receptor tyrosine kinases, causes some lung cancer patients…
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Monthly buprenorphine injections effective for opioid use disorders
A newly published study suggests the long-acting buprenorphine formulation BUP-XR is more effective than placebo in helping patients struggling with addiction to opioids. BUP-XR is…
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Nano-painkiller lasts longer and is less addictive than opioids
A team of researchers from Université Paris-Saclay and Université Paris Descartes has developed a nano-drug that has been found to reduce pain in rodents. In…
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Poor whites bear the brunt of U.S. opioid crisis, studies find
(HealthDay)—America’s ongoing opioid epidemic has struck poor whites harder than any other group, and a new study argues that racism likely played a role in…
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