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Cardiovascular disease remains leading cause of death worldwide — ischemic heart disease is the leading cause, accounting for 9.44 million deaths
Health Transformation Institute (HTI) Digital, Health and Care Transformation Joaquim Cardoso MScFounder and Chief Researcher, Editor and AdvisorDecember…
Unexpected Results: Vaccination Improves Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment — [9 % patients achieved complete remission, and 32% partial remission, in nasopharyngeal cancer]
health transformation institute (HTI) the most comprehensive knowledge portal for health transformation Joaquim Cardoso MSc*Founder and Chief Researcher…
Type 1 diabetes: US approves drug that can delay onset
The BMJGareth Iacobucci18 November 2022 The FDA has approved an immunotherapy treatment for type 1 diabetes that can…
Breast cancer: precision drugs make inroads against stubborn tumours
Financial TimesApril 7, 2022 Breast cancer has acquired a grim new status. It has overtaken lung cancer to…
Big Pharma is betting billions on the next cancer breakthrough. Here are the 14 drug companies leading the way.
Business InsiderMarch 2022 Key messages Drug-industry giants are betting billions on one of the hottest targets in cancer…
Pfizer says Covid drug offers strong protection and should work against Omicron
Data confirm Paxlovid cuts risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% for highly vulnerable patients Financial TimesHannah Kuchler…
WHO advises against use of convalescent plasma for covid-19
Current evidence shows no improvement in survival and other important measures WHODecember 6, 2021newsmedical Convalescent plasma (a transfusion…
Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker @ The New York Times
The New York TimesDecember, 2021 When the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, biomedical researchers scrambled to find…
New medicines generate €52bn in socioeconomic value for Ireland (over 20 years), says WifOR study for IPHA
IPHA — Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association25th March, 2021 New medicines generate €52bn in socioeconomic value for Ireland, says WifOR study…
A Daily Pill to Treat Covid Could Be Just Months Away, Scientists Say
Kaiser Health NewsBy JoNel AlecciaSEPTEMBER 24, 2021 Key messages: So far, only one antiviral drug, remdesivir, has been…
