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The supplemental New Drug Application supports the expansion of niraparib’s indication as a late-line therapeutic option for patients with ovarian cancer.

Compared with nontargeted therapy, targeted therapies demonstrated a survival advantage for patients 65 years and older with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Receptor-modified T cells successfully controlled chronic hepatitis B virus, showing promise as a potential cure for the disease.

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This approval expands tezacaftor/ivacaftor’s indication to include patients ages 6 and older with cystic fibrosis who have certain genetic mutations.

Patients with multiple sclerosis who switched disease-modifying treatments at least twice had a higher relative risk of developing cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved Allergan’s supplemental biologics application (sBLA) for onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) for the treatment of children, ages 2 to 17 years, with upper limb spasticity.

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2019 Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting included discussions on measures to improve medication services and how pharmacists can play a larger role in the multidisciplinary care team.

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Investigators find visuals more effective than language when prompting people to self-screen for melanoma.

African Americans can frequently experience barriers in seeking out lifesaving clinical trials for cancer treatments.

The presence of human papillomavirus type 16 antibodies marked an approximately 100-fold increase in risk of throat cancer in white individuals.

Colon cancer may spread to other parts of the body before original tumors are clinically detectable.

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Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) is indicated for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least 1 prior line of therapy.

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A new study finds that artificial intelligence diagnoses rare diseases quicker and with more accuracy.

Officials with the FDA today approved liraglutide (Victoza, Novo Nordisk) injection for treatment of pediatric patients age 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in cancer survival rates continue to increase for adolescents and young adults.

Study results demonstrate superior efficacy and comparable safety for tildrakizumab versus a placebo in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

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At the Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit 2019, a panel of experts educated audience members about chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Study findings suggest that triple-negative breast cancer incidence among black women is not generalizable to all women of African descent.

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The approval of Amgen’s trastuzumab-anns, the fifth biosimilar to Herceptin, marks the twentieth biosimilar approved by the FDA.