Pharmacovigilance – News and Features

A new study provides important insights into the pharmacokinetics and safety of intravenous remdesivir in treating the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in pregnant women.

James Cook University researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough that allows them to convert microplastics to a highly valuable material.

Florida State University researchers are giving oncologists another tool in their fight against pediatric brain cancer. Researchers showed the possibility of enhancing natural killer immune cells to improve their ability to attack.

A new molecule developed by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers can restore lost cognitive functions in mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in PNAS.

A drug effective in treating breast cancer shows new promise in addressing breast cancer with brain metastases.

The prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine has published a study by researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) on a potent new antibiotic that can overcome resistance.

A study in nonhuman primates found a dramatic decrease in levels of the monkey form of HIV after one shot of Therapeutic Interfering Particles (TIPs). The study suggests that one TIP shot could prevent a person living with HIV from passing on the virus.

Researchers have successfully created 3D printed lungs, designed to study respiratory infections and test new drugs.

Patients in England with severe beta-thalassaemia will be amongst the first in Europe to benefit from one-time gene therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (“exa-cel”, also called Casgevy and made by Vertex).

Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have “silent” lung infections without symptoms, new research from the School of Medicine reveals. That finding could have big effects on how the condition is treated.