June 12th 2023
If approved, nirsevimab would be the first immunization specifically to protect infants through their first RSV season. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act date is in the third quarter of 2023.
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Comprehensive Care Management: Your SWOT Team for High Cost Cases
June 1st 2004To his co-workers, Mark is an outgoing, healthy, 34-year-old young manwith a friendly personality (although they've noticed he does miss workoften). What they don't know is that Mark suffers from Type A hemophilia,chronic pain, addiction to painkillers and recently was diagnosed with HIV,most likely contracted from factor 8 transfusion he received as a teenager.
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What ever happened to care management?
December 1st 2003All too often, the fundamentals of a sport, industry or discipline are learned at the early stages but then forgotten as an individual advances in knowledge and sophistication. And that, according to Joe Anderson, is the problem that has caused so many healthcare headaches over the years.
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Wyeth reports off-label use of venlafaxine associated with pediatric risks
October 1st 2003A recent "Dear Healthcare Professional" letter issued by Wyeth outlines the potential risks associated with the company's antidepressant venlafaxine (Effexor and Effexor XR) when the drug is administered in the pediatric population. The letter, dated August 22, 2003, cites data from clinical studies in pediatric patients (aged 617 y) and details changes that have been made to the labeling for venlafaxine. Venlafaxine has been prescribed off-label in the pediatric population despite never being approved by FDA for use in children or adolescents.
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After attending the delivery of a baby in a community hospital in Louisville, Ky., Dr. Larry Cook paused for a moment in the hallway, still in his green hospital scrubs. The new baby's grandmother, a woman in her 50s, beaming with joy, approached Dr. Cook and threw her arms around him instinctively. Hugging him she said, "Dr. Cook, 21 years ago you attended the delivery of my daughter and provided her newborn care. And just now, you've attended the delivery of her child."
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