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  2. Ropeginterferon alfa-2b - Wikipedia

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    [3] [6] Ropeginterferon alfa-2b is the first medication approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat polycythemia vera that people can take regardless of their treatment history, and the first interferon therapy specifically approved for polycythemia vera. [3] The FDA considers it to be a first-in-class medication. [7]

  3. Interferon alfa-2b - Wikipedia

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    Interferon alfa-2b is an antiviral or antineoplastic drug. It is a recombinant form of the protein Interferon alpha-2 that was originally sequenced and produced recombinantly in E. coli [ 1 ] in the laboratory of Charles Weissmann at the University of Zurich , in 1980.

  4. Peginterferon alfa-2b - Wikipedia

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    Pegylated interferon alfa-2b is a drug used to treat melanoma, as an adjuvant therapy to surgery. [3] Also used to treat hepatitis C (typically, in combination with ribavarin), it is no longer recommended due to poor efficacy and adverse side-effects. [4] Subcutaneous injection is the preferred delivery method. [3]

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    Diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, Tsoukalas, 26, was stunned to learn that her insurer’s coverage of the drug she needed came with a $13,000 monthly copay, which the recent college ...

  6. She donated a kidney years ago. Last month, she received a ...

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    The US Food and Drug Administration allows doctors to transplant organs from pigs into humans under what’s commonly known as “compassionate use,” which permits use of an experimental therapy ...

  7. A rival weight loss drug to Wegovy helped people shed more ...

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    People who took Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, shed more pounds than those on Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in a head-to-head clinical trial, Lilly said in a news release Wednesday. The study ...

  8. ATC code L03 - Wikipedia

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    ATC code L03 Immunostimulants is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.

  9. Peginterferon alfa-2a - Wikipedia

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    Pegylated interferon alfa-2a, sold under the brand name Pegasys among others, is medication used to treat hepatitis C and hepatitis B. [3] For hepatitis C it is typically used together with ribavirin and cure rates are between 24 and 92%. [3] [4] For hepatitis B it may be used alone. [5] It is given by injection under the skin. [3] Side effects ...