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Week of August 2, 2026 · 8 items
FDA Licenses First Freeze-Dried Plasma (Ezplaz) in the U.S.
Drugs & FDAHemostasis Today · hemostasistoday.com · Aug 16
The FDA has licensed Ezplaz, the first freeze-dried plasma product in the U.S. — stored at room temperature and rapidly reconstituted for emergency use in life-threatening bleeding (prehospital, military, and resource-limited settings). Relevant to reversal of coagulopathy in trauma and intracranial hemorrhage.
AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are
Drugs & FDAScienceDaily Neuroscience · sciencedaily.com · Jul 31
A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs of dementia long before memory problems begin. Researchers used machine learning to analyze EEG recordings from about 7,000 adults and found that…
The Future of Alzheimer Disease Care: Toward Biomarker-Guided Personalized Treatment
Drugs & FDANeurologyLive · neurologylive.com · Aug 1
As research expands beyond amyloid and tau, experts discuss how novel biomarkers could identify multiple coexisting neurodegenerative pathologies and pave the way for more personalized treatment…
Weighing Disease-Modifying Therapy Discontinuation in Older, Stable Patients With MS
Drugs & FDANeurologyLive · neurologylive.com · Aug 1
John Corboy, MD, professor of neurology at the University of Colorado, discussed recent findings focused on disease-modifying therapy discontinuation in older, stable patients with multiple sclerosis.
FDA adcomm shoots down Capricor's Duchenne cell therapy after meeting marked by statistical dispute
Drugs & FDAFierceBiotech · fiercebiotech.com
A panel of experts today voted against Capricor’s cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, capping off an advisory committee meeting marked by statistical confusion.
‘Low tech’ chemotherapy nanoparticles show promise for deadly brain tumor recurrence
Drugs & FDAFierceBiotech · fiercebiotech.com
A standard chemotherapy drug loaded in nanoparticles has been able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier when administered shortly after resection of the tumor, new research has suggested.
Missed Protocols, Medication Mix-up, Patient Death
Medico-legalHarvard CRICO · rmf.harvard.edu · Jan 12
A patient died following a medication mixup in an understaffed medical ICU. A large settlement was reached on behalf of the RN who administered the wrong dose of the wrong medicine.
CMS finalizes 2.3% hospital pay bump, mandatory joint replacement model: 9 things to know
FinancialBecker's Hospital Review · beckershospitalreview.com · Jul 31
CMS on July 31 finalized its Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule for fiscal 2027, setting a 2.3% payment increase for acute care and…
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