Weekly Dose #52 – New Moderna vaccine results; Boxed Warning for benzodiazepines; Point-of-care COVID-19 antibody test; Diphenhydramine overdoses linked to TikTok 'Challenge'; And FDA grants Nucala new approval.
New Moderna vaccine results; Boxed Warning for benzodiazepines; Point-of-care COVID-19 antibody test; Diphenhydramine overdoses linked to TikTok 'Challenge'; And FDA grants Nucala new approval. Also w...
2 Okt 202010min
MPR Weekly Dose Podcast Episode 51
This week we cover AstraZeneca and the swift decision to restart their COVID-19 vaccine candidate trial; Pfizer and BioNTech want to expand enrollment for their candidate vaccine trial; There's the ja...
18 Sep 20209min
Weekly Dose #50 - Pause on vaccine trial; Benefits for steroid therapy in COVID patients; Higher doses of diabetes treatment okay'd; First non-hormonal contraceptive; FDA issue SCS warning
We cover AstraZeneca's decision to pause their COVID-19 vaccine trial; New studies indicate benefits for steroid therapy in COVID patients; Higher doses of diabetes treatment gain approval; The first ...
11 Sep 202011min
Weekly Dose #49 - ACIP vaccine guidelines; Convalescent plasma; 15 minute test; Plant warning; Intrauterine device; Hydrochlorothiazide
The ACIP release guidelines for the 2020-2021 vaccination recommendations; In COVID, there's developments in convalescent plasma authorization; A 15 minute test; And ethnobotanist's give a stark warni...
28 Aug 20208min
Pneumonia Associated COVID-19; Inaccurate Tests; Neck Gaiters; Drug Applications Halted; Narcan Update
Treatment shows promise for patients who had pneumonia associated with COVID-19; A COVID-19 test that may have given inaccurate results; Neck gaiters as face masks may actually spread the virus; Drug ...
21 Aug 20207min
Weekly Dose #47: Remdesiver news; New opioid, SMA treatments; Sublingual epinephrine; Alzheimer treatment
Remdesivir is submitted; New opioid approved by FDA; A new Spinal Muscular Atrophy treatment; A sublingual epinephrine treatment; and the latest on Biogen's investigational Alzheimer disease treatmen...
14 Aug 20209min
COVID Vaccine Developments; Long-Term Facility Study; Cannabidiol; New Depression Treatment; Peanut Allergy Rejection
This week there's more COVID vaccine developments; A first-of-its-kind trial assessing a drug for preventing COVID in long term care facilities; A cannabidiol treatment gains another indication; Depre...
7 Aug 20208min
MPR Weekly Dose Podcast Episode 45
It's been an important week with big developments in potential COVID-19 vaccines; News on how steroid therapy may help some COVID patients; There's results from the Actemra trial in COVID pneumonia pa...
31 Jul 202010min
