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Herson Quiñones, VP at GSK Shares Insights on the FDA Approval of Benlysta for Pediatric Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis

Shots: Herson spoke about the approval of Benlysta by the US FDA for the treatment of children aged 5 to 17 with active lupus nephritis (LN) which often causes increased complications, hospitalizations, and mortality rates in children He also talked about the etiology & epidemiology of lupus nephritis and how this disease is affecting millions…

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Dr. Navdeep Tangri & Helen Yeh Shares Insights from the Data Presented at ASN Kidney Week 2022 on the Importance of Earlier Screening & Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease

Shots: Dr. Navdeep spoke about the data presented at the ASN Kidney Week 2022 emphasizing on the urgent need for early screening of chronic kidney disease Helen Yeh talked about the treatment of CKD with Farxiga. She also focused on the patient support programs by AstraZeneca for the early diagnosis and screening of patients The…

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Disease of the Month: Epilepsy

Disease of the Month: Epilepsy

INTRODUCTION Also known as seizure disorder, epilepsy is a non-communicable chronic disorder of the brain and is the fourth most common neurological disease globally. It is a central nervous system (CNS) disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures that are short changes in normal brain activity which led to brief incidences of involuntary movements either…

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Dr. Susana Banerjee, Medical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden Shares Insights from the SOLO-1 P-III Trial of Lynparza in Patients with BRCA Mutated Ovarian Cancer

Shots: Dr. Susan talked about the results from the SOLO-1 P-III trial of Lynparza in patients with BRCA mutated (BRCAm) newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer presented at ESMO’22 Dr. Susan also spoke about the overall survival of this 7-year follow-up study.The 7-year follow-up of SOLO-1 showed that olaparib provided a clinically meaningful improvement in OS…

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Dr. Bill La Via, Medical Director at Sanofi Shares Insights from the Findings that Support the Need of Protecting Infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Shots: Bill spoke about Respiratory Syncytial Virus and how it can severely affect infants' health Bill also talked about the 14 studies on RSV published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) The interview gives an understanding of how Sanofi’s vision to develop innovative solutions to help reduce the burden of RSV on infants, families,…

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Simon Portsmouth, VP, Head of Clinical Development, Shionogi Shares Insights from the New Data on an Antibiotic to Treat Bacterial Infections

Shots: Simon spoke about the new data on FETROJA (cefiderocol), an antibiotic for the treatment of serious Gram-negative (highly resistant) bacterial infections He also talked about Shionogi’s agreement with GARDP & CHAI for the manufacturing and commercialization of cefiderocol in different countries The interview summarizes how Shionogi is advancing by developing medicines to treat serious…

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