“The highest levels of NIH are very concerned,” said Dr. Avindra Nath, intramural clinical director and a leader of viral research at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, an NIH division. “Everyone’s hopes are on a vaccine, and if you have a major complication the whole thing could get derailed.” A great deal… Read More »
By ANISH KOKA A recent email that arrived in my in-box a few weeks ago from an academic hailed the latest “paradigm shift” in cardiology as it relates to the management of stable angina. (Stable angina refers to chronic,non-accelerating chest pain with a moderate level of exertion). The points made in the email were as… Read More »
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 — Researchers may have found a way for people with severe hemophilia to take their standard treatment less often, if the results of an early trial pan out. In what experts called a feat of bioengineering, scientists were able to create a “fusion protein” that may extend the interval between treatments… Read More »
AstraZeneca put the rest of the SGLT2 inhibitor class on notice when its Farxiga scored an FDA heart failure nod in patients with or without diabetes. One of its competitors, Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Jardiance, is fast on Farxiga’s heels, though, and it’s ready to bring its pivotal trial win in front of physicians. Jardiance, added… Read More »
According to the World Health Organization, there are 18 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation globally. Researchers at University of Oxford said this week they have vaccinated 8,000 people in the UK as part of a Phase 3 trial. Yet there are still major hurdles to jump and more work to be done. No vaccines have… Read More »
The first human clinical trial of a vaccine for the new coronavirus that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 started this week in Seattle, according to an announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV2, continues to spread rapidly. As of March 16, there were more than 179,000 confirmed cases… Read More »