Aug 28, 2020
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 warning concerning a plant that some are touting as a cure; In other news an intrauterine device gains expanded approval;...
Aug 21, 2020
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 applications are halted by the FDA; And Narcan has it’s shelf life extended. Also, we recap drug pipeline news from the past...
Aug 14, 2020
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 treatment.
Aug 7, 2020
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; Depression treatment gains indication for major depressive disorders with acute suicidal ideation or behavior; And the FDA...