The drug, called medetomidine, is used by veterinarians to sedate pets. It’s similar to xylazine, another animal drug that has already made the US opioid crisis worse, The Associated Press reported.

Increase seen in lifetime use among adults and adolescents; past-year use higher among young adults, older adults.

The approval was based on data from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 SELECT-GCA trial.

Study participants were randomly assigned 2:1 to receive oral semaglutide 25mg (n=205) or placebo (n=102), as an adjunct to lifestyle intervention. The coprimary endpoints were the relative change in ...

The phase 3 trial enrolled 1033 patients who had not received prior chemotherapy for mCRPC and had evidence of disease progression despite androgen deprivation therapy.

Clinicians should provide or refer those at increased risk to counseling interventions during pregnancy, postpartum.

Older patients have divergent immune phenotypes at baseline that persist during immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

The review extension was needed as the FDA required time to review Cytokinetics’ proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).

Self-paying patients will now be able to access NovoCare Pharmacy directly through the telehealth platform. Novo Nordisk is collaborating with multiple telehealth organizations in an effort to ...

NIH Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya previously announced plans to develop "national disease registries, including a new one for autism" as part of a larger research effort.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to bempikibart for the treatment of alopecia areata (AA).

HealthDay News — Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use is an independent risk factor for falls in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online March 17 in ...