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STAT+: Drug shortages reached a record high as 2023 drew to a close

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These include oxytocin, which is used during childbirth; Rho(D) immune globulin, which helps some women during pregnancy; standard-of-care chemotherapy, pain and sedation medicines; and ADHD pills. The reasons are varied, although many remain a mystery.

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Opinion: Making the promise of monoclonal antibody therapies available to all

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Often overlooked or sidelined by newsmakers and policymakers, these individuals continue to confront a heightened risk of severe illness or death due to their compromised immune systems, while society largely adjusts to life with the virus.

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STAT+: Blood cancers may arise from CAR-T cells, but experts think only in very rare cases

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But experts quickly cautioned that risk of this complication is probably minuscule compared to the known risk of secondary cancers from other cancer therapies like chemotherapy and radiation.

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STAT+: Bone marrow transplant advance could widen use of this less buzzy cure for sickle cell disease

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This approach has been around for decades but required patients to have a well-matched donor and endure a hefty dose of chemotherapy, ruling out transplant as an option for the vast majority of patients.

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STAT+: Novocure’s electric fields device prolongs survival in lung cancer, but doubts remain

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Novocure’s study achieved its primary goal and showed a survival benefit for patients with lung cancer that progressed following initial chemotherapy.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about drug shortages, Medicare spending on an Alzheimer’s drug, and more

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These include oxytocin, which is used during childbirth; Rho(D) immune globulin, which helps some women during pregnancy; standard-of-care chemotherapy, pain and sedation medicines; and ADHD pills. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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NICE recommends combo therapy for gastroesophageal cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

Nivolumab (Opdivo), together with chemotherapy has been recommended in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE final draft guidance for untreated HER2-negative, advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) or oesophageal adenocarcinoma where tumours express programmed death-1 receptor (PD-L1).