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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) to Spero Therapeutics regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for tebipenem HBr (tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide) for the treatment of adults with complicated…
Fagron is voluntarily recalling 2 lots of SyrSpend SF Cherry due to a potential contamination with Burkholderia gladioli. The recall is being conducted with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). SyrSpend SF…
Study data published in the New England Journal of Medicine support the efficacy of a novel microbiome therapeutic consisting of purified Firmicutes spores for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) infection. This phase…
A computerized clinical decision support (CCDS) system was found to decrease the incidence of unnecessary testing for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and was well received by clinicians at both academic and community hospitals. These findings,…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized marketing of the One Male Condom as the first condom indicated to help reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during anal intercourse. It is also…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released the recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger in the United States for 2022.…
Results from a meta-analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology suggest that an inverse relationship exists between alcohol consumption and risk for Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection. Investigators searched the PubMed, Embase, and Web…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Smith+Nephew’s PICO 7 and PICO 14 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) Systems for use on closed surgical incisions to aid in reducing the incidence of…
The safety and efficacy of a shorter 5-day course of antibiotics were found to be comparable to a standard 10-day course in children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to the findings of a clinical…
Increasingly effective treatments have ensured that survival from most forms of cancer has improved significantly in recent years Mortality rates from cancer fell by 26% in the US from 1991 to 2015, creating an estimated…
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