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I encourage everyone to subscribe (and PAY) to @MedicalLetter
They have a VERY hard job. telling the truth about drugs with ZERO corporate sponsorship
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I guess their claim of "non-partisan, non-profit" doesn't preclude them from being in-bed with pharma companies. Who are we supposed to believe?
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Today, FDA revised the Letters of Authorization (LOA) for two EUAs, Paxlovid and Lagevrio, to remove the requirement for positive test results to prescribe these products.
🗏 Paxlovid LOA: fda.gov/media/155049/downloa…
🗏 Lagevrio LOA: fda.gov/media/155053/downloa…
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Terrific piece by @drjschnip, a @BrighamWomens hospitalist and research director of the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Am sure @BradSpellberg would agree!
What’s wrong with health care, and how to fix it bostonglobe.com/2022/12/19/o… via @BostonGlobe
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Today, we approved a gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes. fda.gov/news-events/press-an…
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#FDAapproves Rezvoglar (insulin glargine-aglr), the second interchangeable biosimilar to Lantus (insulin glargine): accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfd…
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Ugh.
If useful, the nonprofit @MedicalLetter produced an excellent review of Eli Lilly's bebtelovimab earlier this year.
An EUA for #Bebtelovimab for Treatment of #COVID19
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Bebtelovimab is the only monoclonal antibody left that works against BA.5. The US government supply is about to run out.
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New publishers are now featured on R2 Library including American Hospital Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Human Kinetics, Karger, Managing Contraception, The Change Companies, and The Medical Letter!
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Thank you @MedicalLetter for inspiring Andrew Herxheimer to develop and publish a British edition of "The Medical Letter - a non-profit-making publication on Drugs and Therapeutics", which later became "Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin".
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Today, FDA issued an EUA for the first #COVID19 diagnostic test that detects chemical compounds in breath samples associated with a SARS-CoV-2 infection. fda.gov/news-events/press-an…
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So, Health Canada has finally added tramadol to Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Good move, but let’s not forget a few things.
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Can we please stop talking about ivermectin? nytimes.com/2022/03/30/healt….
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Thank you @AmeshAA. Our PharmDs are fully capable of getting patients the COVID19 treatment they need quickly and safely. @MedicalLetter
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Today, the FDA revised the authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments to limit their use to only when the patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments. go.usa.gov/xt5D7
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Today, we amended the EUA for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to shorten the time between the completion of a primary series of the vaccine and a booster dose to at least five months for individuals 18 years of age and older. fda.gov/news-events/press-an…
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This will be my most sincere tweet ever.
I am pleading with anyone who will listen. I’m begging you, as a nurse, from the bottom of my heart…please get vaccinated. Today.
I’m so tired. We’re all so tired. And we’re running out of resources and people. Please…please help us.
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I've been getting 2 questions a lot:
1. If I'm J&J and I boost with Moderna/Pfizer, do I need a 2nd dose of Moderna/Pfizer?
2. If I'm J&J and I boosted with Moderna/Pfizer once, when should I boost again?
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.@nytimes reports, “Pfizer announced a deal on Tuesday to allow its promising Covid-19 treatment to be made and sold inexpensively in 95 poorer nations that are home to more than half of the world’s population.” nytimes.com/2021/11/16/healt…