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Dsuvia which is 10 times stronger than Fentanyl and 1000 times stronger than Morphine, approved by US FDA and EU.

Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2019

The US FDA and EU has approved a new sublingual formulation of sufentanil, Dsuvia, for the management of acute pain in adults in medically supervised healthcare settings, such as hospitals, surgical centers, and emergency departments. The drug is supplied in a 30 microgram tablet in a single-dose, prefilled applicator for administration by a healthcare professional, and it will not be availa...

FDA approves Ultomiris (Ravulizumab) as new treatment for adult patients with PNH.

Source: US FDA Jan 13, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ultomiris (ravulizumab) injection for the treatment of adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare and life-threatening blood disease. “The approval of Ultomiris will change the way that patients with PNH are treated,” said Richard Pazdur, M.D., director of the FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence an...

Rituximab (Rituxan) May Delay Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Jan 10, 2019

An immune system drug may help prevent or slow complications in a type of multiple sclerosis known as secondary progressive MS, a new study finds. The medication is called rituximab (Rituxan). It's used to treat a number of conditions, including certain blood cell cancers and the autoimmune condition rheumatoid arthritis. The new Swiss study found that MS patients taking the drug reported ...

Painful Intercourse in Women Improved with Gabapentin, an oral nerve pain drug

Source: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Jan 08, 2019

Women with chronic pain or discomfort around the vulva showed improved sexual function with an oral nerve pain medication used to treat pain caused by a previous herpes infection as well as fibromyalgia, according to a Rutgers study. The study, which was the first to analyze sexual function in women with vulva pain treated with Gabapentin, appeared in the American Journal of Obstetri...

Zoliflodacin, A Novel antibiotic shows promise in treatment of Gonorrhea

Source: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Jan 01, 2019

An investigational oral antibiotic called zoliflodacin was well-tolerated and successfully cured most cases of uncomplicated gonorrhea when tested in a Phase 2 multicenter clinical trial, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, sponsored the ...

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