Vertex to acquire Seattle biotech for $4.9B
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to buy a Seattle-based biotech developing a drug to treat kidney disease for $4.9 billion, the biggest acquisition in the Boston company ’s history. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Don Seiffert Source Type: news
Vertex to Buy Kidney Disease Drug Developer for $4.9 Billion
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Alpine Immune Sciences for $4.9 Billion
Transaction would give the pharmaceutical giant access to Alpine’s potential treatment for chronic kidney disease. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Managing CKD in Primary Care: Latest Guidelines Managing CKD in Primary Care: Latest Guidelines
An explosion of new treatments can stave off the need for dialysis in many patients with CKD.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Commentary Source Type: news
Black and Native Americans Hit Hardest by'Deaths of Despair '
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 -- More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to“deaths of despair” than whites, a new study finds.
These deaths -- from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease -- initially... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 10, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
No Difference in Kidney Failure Risk Between Three Anti-VEGF Agents for Eye Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Of three anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs used to treat several serious eye diseases, there was no substantially different relative risk for kidney failure, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
Among over... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - April 10, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Scientists at UT Health San Antonio Discover New Biomarker for Diabetic Kidney Disease
Biomarker may lead to clinical laboratory testing that enables clinical pathologists and urologists to diagnose risk for diabetic kidney failure years before it occurs Clinical laboratories working with nephrologists and urologists to diagnose patients experiencing urinary system difficulties know that albumin (excessive protein found in the urine) is a common biomarker used in clinical laboratory […]
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Trial to double match blood for kidney transplants
Scientists say the pilot scheme aims to make sure donated kidneys are less likely to be rejected. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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Girl, 13, cured of rare condition in 'world first'
Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital helped a 13-year-old girl with her rare liver condition. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Adding Vaccine to Immunotherapy for Liver Cancer Shows Promise in Early Trial
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- A custom-made anti-tumor vaccine added to standard immunotherapy was twice as likely to shrink liver cancer as when a patient received immunotherapy alone, a new study shows.The vaccine could help liver cancer patients... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Can Altimmune get its GLP-1 Drug to Market Before Cash Rush Out?
Altimmune Inc. NASDAQ: ALT is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in treating liver disease and obesity. Their lead drug, Pemvidutide, has garnered much attention as a GLP-1/glucagon dual agonist similar to the weight-loss treatments Mounjaro and Zepbound by Eli Lilly and Co. NYSE:…#altimmuneinc #alt #pemvidutide #glp1 #mounjaro #elilillyandco #lly #ozempicandwegovy #novonordiskasnyse #nvo (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Urology's Inconvenient Truth: Impact of Climate Change Urology's Inconvenient Truth: Impact of Climate Change
Urologists can take a few steps to reduce their carbon footprint.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Urology Source Type: news
An App for ED? An App for ED?
A mobile application improved erectile function during a 12-week trial, researchers report.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology Source Type: news
Isolated penile fracture and complete urethral injury after a motorcycle accident: a case report and literature review - Gossadi H, Abu Eishah H, Autwdi A, Abualgasem MS.
Tri-tubular penile fracture (PF) is a rare urological subdivision of PFs commonly caused by a blow to the erect penis during sexual intercourse or aggressive manipulation. PF associated with complete urethral injury and bleeding is an extremely rare presen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
