MPR Weekly Dose 84 - Emergency Use for COVID-19 treatment; Fact sheet update for vaccines; Rylaze approved; Expanded approval for Solosec; NDA submitted for HIV-1 treatment
The FDA grants Emergency Use to Actemra to treat hospitalized COVID patients. Revisions are been made to the fact sheets for the Moderna and Pfizer BioNTech COVID vaccines to include information relat...
2 Juli 202112min
MPR Weekly Dose 83 - Rx-to-OTC for allergy spray; Novel contraceptive; Pediatric VTE Tx; Veklury real world efficacy data; Wearable thermometer
This week the FDA approved a first-in-class switch for an antihistamine nasal spray, a new oral contraceptive, and Pradaxa was approved to prevent venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients. Meanwhi...
24 Juni 202110min
MPR Weekly Dose 82 - A regenerative skin therapy; Novavax vaccine shows promise; Mastocytosis treatment; Potential new depression treatment; And an FDA warning for hand sanitizers.
This week the FDA approved a regenerative skin tissue therapy and a treatment for advanced mastocytosis, while Novavax's vaccine for COVID and a novel treatment for MDD show promise. Also the FDA issu...
17 Juni 20218min
MPR Weekly Dose 81 - A first therapy to target underlying process of Alzheimer disease; Moderna requests EUA; And a list of new approvals in a variety of therapeutic categories
This week it's the big one: aducanumab - a treatment for alzheimer disease - got FDA approval. We'll go into that, plus a semaglutide treatment for obesity, a first treatment for Plasminogen Deficienc...
11 Juni 202114min
MPR Weekly Dose 80 - Migraine prevention treatment; Pediatric combo vaccine; Schizophrenia, Bipolar I approval; AI-based Autism diagnostic
On this week's show we have news of migraine prevention treatment, a hexavalent vaccine is approved for pediatrics, there's also an approval for schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, lumakras gets fas...
4 Juni 202110min
MPR Weekly Dose 79 - COVID-19: vaccine storage, efficacy updates; Gene therapy Fast Tracked; Vitiligo cream trial results; Aspirin dosage compared in ASCVD
This week we have news of a change to the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; A gene therapy gets Fast Track status by the FDA; Vitiligo cream shows promise in clinical trials; And outcomes in ath...
21 Maj 20219min
MPR Weekly Dose 78 - Vaccine authorized for adolescents; Postoperative pain Tx approval; Insulin products recalled; Treatment Fast Tracked for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
This week we have news of a COVID-19 vaccine authorization expanded for adolescents; A new postoperative pain treatment; There's a new insulin smart pen devices; Insulin products are recalled; And the...
14 Maj 202113min
MPR Weekly Dose 77 - Updated mask guidance; Janssen vaccine resumption; Steroid therapy in COVID-19; Novel MDD gains Priority Review; Scabies treatment; Stroke rehabilitation device
New guidelines on mask use; J&J vaccine update; Novel major depressive disorder treatment gains Priority Review; A scabies topical suspension; And a device to help stroke rehabilitation.
30 Apr 202110min
