Disease Indications Articles
Grifols announced positive results from its Phase II/III clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of Flebogamma 5% DIF (intravenous immune globulin [IVIG]) to treat patients with post-polio syndrome, which demonstrated a significant improvement in distance walked compared to placebo.
A new study published in the journal Nature found that a personalized vaccine, named autogene cevumeran, is showing promising results for treating pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest malignancies.
Chinese researchers have developed a “cocktail” nanovaccine to prevent plaque from building up in the arteries, an underlying factor in heart disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, who have been investigating how certain common medications might hold back the movement of cancer cells, have found that daily low-dose aspirin use could curb the spread of certain cancers, including breast and prostate tumors.
A recent study found there is significantly higher intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) resistance among children who contracted COVID-19 before developing Kawasaki disease (KD).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VIMKUNYA (chikungunya vaccine, recombinant) for injection, the first virus-like particle (VLP) single-dose chikungunya vaccine in the U.S. for persons 12 years of age and older.
GSK’s Penmenvy (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in individuals aged 10 through 25 years.
Findings of a Phase III randomized controlled trial showed Pfizer’s RSV Prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine triggered strong immune responses among people aged 60 years and older during its first two seasons.
Results of a recent study show patients with multiple myeloma undergoing teclistamab therapy may benefit from primary intravenous immune globulin supplementation, which appears to reduce the risk of high-grade infection.
New research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests vaccination closer to 32 weeks of pregnancy, rather than the current guidelines of between 32 and 36 weeks, will better protect pregnant women’s newborns against respiratory syncitial virus (RSV).
A population-based study conducted by researchers from the Republic of Korea found a significantly higher risk of developing autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, Crohn’s disease, and alopecia, among individuals who had COVID-19, with risks particularly elevated for those with severe cases, Delta variant infections and those who were unvaccinated.
A new study indicates intravenous immun globulin (IVIG) therapy can reduce symptom severity for patients with autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility (AGID), also known as gastroparesis.
