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HHS Adopts ACIP Recommendation to Eliminate Thimerosal From Flu Shots

Drug Topics

Kennedy Jr signed to adopt the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations to remove mercury-based thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States. Kennedy, Jr, endorses ACIP's decision to eliminate thimerosal from US influenza vaccines, prioritizing public health and safety.

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Prevalence of Dosage Modifications and Impact on Response Milestone Among Patients With CML Treated With Imatinib Using RWD

Pharmacy Times

Eligible patients include adults (≥ 18 years) diagnosed with CML receiving imatinib as first-line therapy for more than 1 month between 2008 and 2023. Materials and Methods This retrospective observational study utilized the Carolina Data Warehouse for Health electronic health record (EHR) database.

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Wildfires Have Significant Impacts on Respiratory Health

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The pollution includes fine particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds, all of which can be transported in a smoke plume miles away from the actual fire.” million Kaiser Permanente Southern California members from 2008 to 2019. can travel deep into the lungs when inhaled.

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S. Pneumoniae Remains Leading Cause of Acute Otitis Media Despite Reduction in Prevalence

Drug Topics

image credit: andrey / stock.adobe.com READ MORE: Pneumococcal Vaccine Rates Low Despite Updated Recommendations In Colombia, where the current study was conducted, pediatric AOM cases are almost split between H influenzae (31%) and S pneumoniae (30%), with other pathogens making up the remaining 39% of cases. “It While just 4.9%

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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced in June 2008 that it would be putting its “full scope and scale” behind a push into the cancer market. “And there’s a tremendous opportunity to meet their needs.” So what’s driving the growth?

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Accommodating Multiple Modalities in the Same Facility

ISPE

ATMP facilities are different from conventional pharmaceutical facilities that process other traditional modalities, such as vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and often require heightened segregation and smaller footprints. Viral antigen vaccines. For example: Live vaccine manufacturing. Complete Data Gathering.

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Quality first: How pharma can meet injectables demand while staying compliant

Pharmaceutical Technology

During the Covid-19 pandemic, large-scale vaccine production placed unprecedented demand on the parenteral packaging industry. While production volumes have now fallen, future vaccine demand is hard to predict, as booster shots could be needed at any point to control emerging variants.