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Gilead hit with FDA clinical hold for batch of HIV trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on several of Gilead’s trials evaluating two HIV treatment candidates, though the rest of the drugmaker’s diverse pipeline remains unaffected. Gilead is considered the leading big pharma in HIV treatments. Shares in Nasdaq-listed Gilead opened 0.3%

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Impact of Patient Access to Care on Rates of Febrile Neutropenia Post Inpatient Administration of a Colony-Stimulating Factor

Pharmacy Times

Although the use of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) is well-established in mitigating severe FN, existing literature suggests there is only an approximate 3% difference in FN rates between various CSF agents. Utilizing colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) decreases the incidence of severe FN.

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Year In Review: Top Infectious Diseases Articles From 2024

IDStewardship

In this articlea selection of notable peer-reviewed publications from 2024 are provided. BCPS, BCIDP 2024 has been an interesting year forinfectious disease literature dissemination. As 2024 comes to a close, my friend Dr. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS 1. Article Selection by: Bassam Ghanem, Pharm.D., Gauthier, Pharm.D.,

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Rethinking the fight against TB: insights from ESCMID Global

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Despite longstanding knowledge that TB is both preventable and curable, progress has stalled. Quoting data from the WHO Global TB Report 2024 , he underlined how TB incidence rates, after a brief dip, have plateaued and begun to climb once more. million deaths in 2023. Encouragingly, TB vaccine development has somewhat accelerated.