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MPR Weekly Dose

Jul 23, 2021

This week we have news of the FDA requesting a change to statin prescribing labels, a new vaccine for streptococcus pneumoniae, a new plaque psoriasis cream, a stem cell therapy gets fast tracked as a possible Parkinson disease treatment, and there’s a new treatment approved for Progressive Familial...


Jul 16, 2021

This week on the pod we speak about a fact sheet update for the Janssen COVID vaccine. Pfizer and BioNTech are working on a booster version of their vaccine. A supplement is found to contain a prescription ingredient. There’s a new treatment for patients with diabetic kidney disease. And two popular sunscreen brands...


Jul 9, 2021

This week Pfizer recalled their smoking cessation therapy Chantix. A treatment for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections becomes available. Aduhelm, the newly approved Alzheimer Disease treatment, has its label updated. A blood lead level test is recalled, and there's updates to the cancer drug Keytruda.


Jul 2, 2021

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 related to the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis. A new treatment is approved for some cancer patients allergic to...