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Grifols announced positive results from its Phase II/III clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of Flebogamma 5% DIF (intravenous immune globulin [IVIG]) to treat patients with post-polio syndrome, which demonstrated a significant improvement in distance walked compared to placebo.
A new study published in the journal Nature found that a personalized vaccine, named autogene cevumeran, is showing promising results for treating pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest malignancies.
Chinese researchers have developed a “cocktail” nanovaccine to prevent plaque from building up in the arteries, an underlying factor in heart disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, who have been investigating how certain common medications might hold back the movement of cancer cells, have found that daily low-dose aspirin use could curb the spread of certain cancers, including breast and prostate tumors.
A recent study found there is significantly higher intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) resistance among children who contracted COVID-19 before developing Kawasaki disease (KD).
GSK’s Penmenvy (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in individuals aged 10 through 25 years.
A study published in Frontiers in Immunology has found the administration of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) is associated with a reduction in sepsis mortality and favorable outcomes in laboratory parameters and the functional status, contributing to the ongoing debate on the efficacy of IVIG for sepsis.