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Kaleido Biosciences says oral drug cuts Covid-19 recovery time, hospitalizations

Clinical Trials, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Emergency Rooms, Gut microbes, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Immune Response, R&D, Urgen Care Centers

Kaleido Biosciences said on March 24 the company’s experimental oral treatment cut recovery time as well as hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients with mild to moderate Covid-19, in an early trial.

March 24, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys

Common cold antibodies hold clues to Covid-19 behavior; lung scans speed Covid-19 diagnosis in stroke patients

Adults, Children, Common cold antibodies, Computed Tomography (CT) Scans, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Covid-19 Pneumonia, Emergency Rooms, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Infected Cells, Lung Imaging, Medical Journals, Novel Coronavirus, Science, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Strokes

In a Reuters roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, common cold antibodies yield clues to Covid-19 behavior.

November 6, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys

Lilly applies for emergency use of Covid-19 single antibody treatment

Clinical Trials, Combination Therapies, Coronavirus Infections, COVID-19 Antibodies, Data, Donald Trump, Emergency Rooms, Emergency Use Authorization, FDA, R&D, Safety Data

Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking emergency use authorization from the U.S. health regulator for the company’s experimental Covid-19 antibody monotherapy and plans to pursue a similar approval for a combination therapy with two of its antibody drugs in November 2020.

October 7, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys

Post COVID-19: Telemedicine is the new Urgent Care

Consumers, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Doctors, Emergency Rooms, HCPs, Healthcare Communications Agencies, Healthcare Physicians, Hospitals, Market Research, Marketing & Advertising, Medical Professionals, Sales Reps, Series C Financing, Series D Financing, Telemedicine, Urgen Care Centers

The COVID-19 global pandemic, overcrowding of hospitals, the highly contagious virus affecting healthcare professionals and unrelated illnesses has led to a more than 1,000 percent increase of telemed application downloads and memberships. Is this a paradigm shift?

May 1, 2020/by Administrator

First Antibiotic With New Mechanism of Action Approved in Almost 20 Years

Antibiotics, Approvals, Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP), Emergency Departments, Emergency Rooms, European Medicines Agency (EMA), Fast Track Designation, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Priority Review, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wholesale Acquisition Cost

The U.S. FDA gave Nabriva Therapeutics a thumbs-up for the company’s oral and intravenous formulations of Xenleta (lefamulin) to treat community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in adults.

August 20, 2019/by BioSpace

Opiant Expands Partnership with Sanofi

Acute Cannabinoid Overdose (ACO), Business, Cannabinoids, Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), Emergency Rooms, Partnerships

Opiant Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced an agreement with Sanofi to manufacture Opiant’s investigational agent OPNTOO4 (drinabant) for the treatment of Acute Cannabinoid Overdose.

July 23, 2019/by GlobeNewswire

Drug shortages in U.S. emergency rooms on the rise

Emergency Rooms, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Health, Hospitals

(Reuters Health) – U.S. emergency rooms are increasingly running short on medications, including many that are needed for life-threatening conditions, a recent study documents. Since 2008, the number of shortages […]

January 15, 2016/by Reuters Health

Muscle relaxants, opioids offer no benefit for low back pain

Back Pain, Emergency Rooms, Health, Muscle Relaxants, NSAIDs, Opioids, Opioids, OTC, Studies

(Reuters Health) – In a new study, people who arrive at the emergency room with severe low back pain didn’t experience more relief with muscle relaxants or opioids than with […]

October 20, 2015/by Reuters Health

‘Health’ supplements send 23,000 to emergency rooms in U.S each year

Adverse Events, CDC, Congress, Consumers, Dietary Supplements, Emergency Rooms, Energy, Health, Heart, Heart Symptoms, Hospitals, Nutrition, Studies, Supplement, Supplements, Supplemets, Weight Loss

(Reuters Health) Dietary supplements – those “all natural” products people consume for weight loss, extra energy or to self-treat various conditions – send 23,000 people, many of them children, to […]

October 14, 2015/by Reuters Health

New test helps ER docs rule out a heart attack

Blood Tests, Emergency Rooms, Health, Heart Attack, Heart Attacks, Heart Attacks, Studies

A new blood test might help doctors figure out faster whether someone’s having a heart attack. The test reliably told doctors which patients were not having heart attacks after only […]

October 9, 2015/by Reuters Health