Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Bayer announced that both companies have entered into a partnership to market and distribute a second brand of Vericiguat in India. Under the terms of this agreement, Bayer has granted non-exclusive rights to Dr. Reddy’s under the brand name Gantra. Vericiguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, in India, is […]
Gurugram: A 30-year-old man suffering from multiple traumatic experiences till he attained 16 years of age due to domestic abuse was successfully treated by the doctors at the Marengo Asia Hospitals Gurugram through a key hole surgery. The comprehensive approach taken by Marengo Asia Hospitals Gurugram, led by Dr Himanshu Champaneri, highlights the importance of […]
Korea: A subgroup analysis of the RENOVATE-COMPLEX-PCI trial including 1639 patients showed no significant interaction between treatment strategy and sex in patients undergoing complex PCI with the treatment benefit of intravascular imaging–guided PCI. “In the analysis, intravascular imaging guidance was associated with reducing the risk of target vessel failure in both women and men,” the […]
Rahway: Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has announced it has initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating MK-1084, an investigational oral selective KRAS G12C inhibitor, in combination with KEYTRUDA for the first-line treatment of certain patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor KRAS G12C mutations and […]
USA: A meta-analysis of individual participant data has shed light on the effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycemia in large-scale randomized blinded statin trials. The study findings, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, reaffirm a dose-dependent association between statin therapy, which may be relevant for guidelines and shared decision-making. However, […]
Lucknow: The trauma centre at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) is set for a significant upgrade with the introduction of a pneumatic tube conveyor network system. This innovative system is designed to revolutionize the transportation of blood samples and other specimens between wards and the laboratory, promising to drastically reduce time and effort. Vice-chancellor Soniya Nityanand […]
Effective control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) relies on rapid and accurate diagnostic tests. The World Health Organization (WHO) and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) have established criteria for a non-molecular rapid point-of-care test, emphasizing the need for high sensitivity and specificity, quick turnaround time, and affordability. A novel lateral flow assay (NG-LFA) has […]
A recent clinical trial named BEATLES showed the potential of the procedure known as bariatric arterial embolization (BAE) using novel, custom-engineered radiopaque microspheres, BTG-001933 that was developed by Boston Scientific. The key findings of this study were presented in the SIRpass summit and the abstract was published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology […]
A comprehensive national case-control study conducted in France revealed a significant link between the use of specific progestogen-based medications and a higher risk of developing intracranial meningioma. The key findings were published in the British Medical Journal. This research utilized data from the French National Health Data System and scrutinized the health records of over […]
Preheated thermoviscous composite resin useful option for restoring noncarious cervical lesions restorations suggests a new study published in the Journal of Dentistry. This 24-month, double-blind, split-mouth randomized clinical trial aimed to compare the retention rates of a preheated thermoviscous composite resin (PHT) compared to a non-heated composite resin (NHT) in non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs). A […]