FDA Licenses First Freeze-Dried Plasma (Ezplaz) in the U.S. →
Drugs & FDA — Hemostasis 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 & FDA — ScienceDaily Neuroscience · sciencedaily.com · Jul 31
The Future of Alzheimer Disease Care: Toward Biomarker-Guided Personalized Treatment →
Drugs & FDA — NeurologyLive · 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 & FDA — NeurologyLive · 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 & FDA — FierceBiotech · 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 & FDA — FierceBiotech · 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-legal — Harvard CRICO · rmf.harvard.edu · Jan 12
CMS finalizes 2.3% hospital pay bump, mandatory joint replacement model: 9 things to know →
Financial — Becker'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…