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In adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis, common symptoms include difficulty swallowing, difficulty eating, and food getting stuck in the esophagus. [9] Dupilumab is a monoclonal antibody that acts to inhibit part of the inflammatory pathway. [9] Dupilumab is the first treatment for prurigo nodularis approved by the FDA. [10]
Dostarlimab was approved for the treatment of endometrial cancer in both the United States and the European Union in April 2021. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 11 ] [ 8 ] [ 12 ] Based on the Garnet trial, dostarlimab gained accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2021, [ 6 ] and full approval in February 2023.
Cemiplimab, sold under the brand name Libtayo, is a monoclonal antibody medication for the treatment of squamous cell skin cancer. [7] [8] Cemiplimab belongs to a class of drugs that binds to the programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1), blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway.
Currently, there are two FDA approved antibody therapies for Alzheimer's disease, Aducanemab and Lecanemab. Aducanemab has received accelerated approval while Lecanemab has received full approval. [25] Several clinical trials using passive and active immunization have been performed and some are on the way with expected results in a couple of ...
Mepolizumab was approved for medical use in the European Union in December 2015. [5] In September 2020, mepolizumab was approved in the United States to treat adults and children aged twelve years and older with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) for six months or longer without another identifiable non-blood related cause of the disease. [5]
More than ten percent of people taking Anakinra have injection site reactions, headaches, and have increased cholesterol levels. [1] Recipients have eight percent more patients decrease white blood cells counts, two percent more patients decrease platelets counts, one percent more patients get severe infections (4.5% for patients with asthma compared to 0% placebo patients with asthma). [1]
EE/DRSP/LMF is the first and only birth control approved by the FDA for four indications: pregnancy prevention, symptomatic treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, treatment of moderate acne, and raising folate levels to prevent neural tube defects for women who chose an oral contraceptive method. [8]
After week 1, all participants, whether they initially received spesolimab or placebo, who continued to experience flare symptoms, had the option to receive a single open-label treatment of spesolimab (second treatment and first treatment for participants in the spesolimab and placebo groups, respectively). [6]