News & Updates

A recent meta-analysis has shown a clinically higher pooled incidence of thromboembolism and mortality in patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and that of bleeding in those on warfarin after bariatric surgery. However, the P values comparing the two groups are nonsignificant statistically.

Switching to tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) from nucleos(t)ide analogue therapies was associated with improved virologic response and liver function in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, even in those with decompensated HBV cirrhosis, according to real-world studies presented at AASLD 2021.

The pan-PPAR* agonist lanifibranor further advances into the NASH** treatment field, as more data from the phase IIb NATIVE*** study presented at AASLD 2021 unveil further histologic and therapeutic benefits for patients with NASH.

In the second-line treatment of patients advanced oesophageal cancer, the use of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors yields more favourable outcomes than chemotherapy across multiple patient subgroups, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-30 November 2021 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.

The SGLT2i* canagliflozin significantly improves symptoms and quality of life (QoL) early on during treatment in people with heart failure (HF) due to either reduced or preserved ejection fraction (rEF or pEF), regardless of whether they have type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to the CHIEF-HF** study presented at AHA 2021.

Temozolomide administered to patients with glioblastoma at full actual body weight dosing during the concurrent phase is necessary to achieve a median overall survival (OS) that is similar to that seen in a previous trial, according to a recent study.