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On Friday, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a positive opinion for the IL-13 inhibitor tralokinumab (Adtralza) for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) who are eligible for systemic therapy. The new opinion represents the final stages before the European Commission decides […]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether, following news of its possible link to very rare blood clot cases, health authorities said. The decision will push back the scheduled conclusion of Denmark’s vaccination scheme to early August from July 25, they said. Results of investigations […]
PARIS (Reuters) – France has used only a quarter of its AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses, a health ministry official indicated on Tuesday, saying its utilisation rate stood at 24% as of Feb. 28, well below a target set at 80%-85%. This compares with 82% for vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and 37% for those made by […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant. The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in manufacturing, used a wartime act dozens of times to boost supplies and yet […]
The wealthiest countries in Europe have higher death rates from atrial fibrillation than the least wealthy and these death rates are increasing more rapidly than incidence rates, according to the first analysis of its kind published in the European Heart Journal today. The study also found that women who developed the condition were more likely […]
Awareness of erectile dysfunction (ED) is alarmingly low in men and women aged 20 to 70, a new survey commissioned by the European Association of Urology (EAU) has revealed. The majority of the respondents do not know what ED exactly entails, and one in four has never heard of any of the seven most common […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday endorsed use of the steroid dexamethasone to treat oxygen-starved patients of COVID-19. The EU drug watchdog said in a statement that dexamethasone can be a treatment option for patients who require oxygen therapy. “Based on the review of available data, EMA is endorsing the use of dexamethasone in […]