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Pregnant women who receive higher doses of prescription opioids are at increased the risk of delivering prematurely, according to a study.

In Asian patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), adding the TIGIT inhibitor tiragolumab and PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab to chemotherapy improved all outcomes in the phase III SKYSCRAPER-08 trial.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01-15 February 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Exposure to potassium-competitive acid blockers (PCABs) may heighten the risk of developing gastric cancer after successful treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection, according to a study.

Testosterone treatment does not help lower the incidence of clinical fractures in middle-aged and older men with hypogonadism, according to a study.

Use of topical mupirocin prophylaxis is feasible and has an acceptable safety profile for the long-term prevention of indwelling pleural catheter (IPC)- or indwelling peritoneal catheter (IPeC)-related infections, results of a pilot study have shown.

Treatment with semaglutide induces weight loss in Asians with overweight or obesity, regardless of the presence of type 2 diabetes, according to the phase IIIa STEP 7 study.

Early treatment with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors lowers the risk of perianal fistulizing complications (PFCs) in children and teens compared with no immunosuppression or immunomodulators without TNF inhibitors in a post-hoc analysis of a prospective observational study.