MPR Weekly Dose

MPR Weekly Dose 114 - USPSTF Aspirin Recommendations; COVID-19 treatment expansion; Accupril Recall; Counterfeit HIV Meds; White House Plan to Tackle Overdose Epidemic

Apr 29, 2022

This week: USPSTF recommendations on aspirin use to prevent cardiovascular disease; Veklury indication expanded; Accupril Lots recalled; Legal action on counterfeit HIV medication; And the White House releases plan to tackle the overdose epidemic.

MPR Weekly Dose 113 - Sabizabulin Trial Stopped; Booster Request for Peds; Diversity in Clinical Trials; Myopericarditis Risks Compared for Vaccines; Approval Effect on the Unvaccinated

Apr 15, 2022

This week: the halting of the sabizabulin trial in COVID-19; Emergency Use Authorization to be requested for booster dose in 5 to 11 year olds; Diversity in Clinical Trials; Myopericarditis risk compared for COVID-19 vaccines vs other vaccines; And survey results of unvaccinated attitudes following FDA approval.

MPR Weekly Dose 112 - Second COVID-19 Booster Dose Authorized; Sotrovimab Use Limited; Oral COVID-19 Tx; PreHevbrio Hep B Vaccination; Thyroid Dysfunction Alert Following ICM

Apr 1, 2022

A second booster dose for some COVID-19 vaccines is authorized; Sotrovimab has its use limited due to the BA.2 Omicron subvariant; An investigational oral antiviral gains Fast Track designation; PreHevbrio hepatitis B vaccine now available; And the FDA update a safety communication regard the risk of thyroid dysfunction in...