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Common Adverse Reactions to EGFR Therapy

Pharmacy Times

Alan Chin, PharmD, BCOP, presents an overview of the most prevalent and common adverse reactions associated with EGFR-targeted therapies in metastatic NSCLC and shares strategies to mitigate toxicities, with a focus on managing dermatologic events such as rash and itching.

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Managing Adverse Events Associated with HE Therapies

Pharmacy Times

Riello, PharmD, BCPS, discusses the adverse events associated with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) treatments and the importance of encouraging patients to continue first-line medications despite adverse reactions to prevent HE recurrence.

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IPC alert advises patients to monito possibility of mefenamic acid’s adverse effects: Meftal makers

Express Pharma

DRESS syndrome, mentioned in the IPC alert, is a very rare event that is previously documented in medical literature, both in India and globally. The post IPC alert advises patients to monito possibility of mefenamic acid’s adverse effects: Meftal makers appeared first on Express Pharma.

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Adverse Drug Reactions

RX Note

Adverse Drug Reactions The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adverse drug reaction (ADR) as 'a drug-related event that is noxious and unintended and occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of disease, or for modification of physiological function'.

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New CAR-T therapies in South Korea to face stringent regulatory oversight: GlobalData

Express Pharma

This will ensure a comprehensive database of adverse events including malignancies, if any in the local population, thereby ensuring patient safety in the country. However, regulatory focus on malignancy data might extend clinical trial timelines and increase costs for pipeline therapies, says GlobalData.

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Therapeutic-first for cold agglutinin disease haemolytic anaemia

European Pharmaceutical Review

The study found 96 percent of patients who recieved Enjaymo ® and all participants in the placebo group experienced at least one treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE). Serious adverse reactions (SARs) were reported in 13 percent (3/24) of patients who received the mAb. Headache (22.7 percent vs 10.0

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Anaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease

RX Note

Studies suggest that treatment with ESAs to high Hgb concentrations (greater than 13 g/dL) increases cardiovascular events. The Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp Therapy (TREAT) , for example, failed to show a benefit in outcomes, but treatment with ESAs was associated with increased stroke.