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Accelerated approval of anticancer drugs: a safe choice?

All oncologists know how anxiously cancer patients look forward to the availability in clinical practice of drugs that have yielded positive results in the registration trials.

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Medication review and deprescribing: from theory to implementation in different care settings
Medication review and deprescribingThe increase in life expectancy and the growing availability of effective drugs for the management of chronic diseases are leading to an increase in the number of patients, suffering of multimorbidity, in polypharmacotherapy (regular intake of at least five...
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Drugs & Elderly
Safety of drugs in the elderly population in Italy
In recent years, the concept of deprescribing has been introduced, based on the reduction of the number of drugs taken in order to optimize the risk-benefit ratio of polypharmacy taking into account the goals of treatment and the preferences of the patient; however, the available intervention...
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From regulatory agencies

09 December 2024 CADTH
Analyse de l’environnement portant sur les cadres d’évaluation, les processus et les répertoires de tests génétiques et génomiques de détection de biomarqueurs en cancérologie
06 December 2024 FDA
Neonatal Incubator Correction: GE HealthCare Updates Use Instructions for GE HealthCare Giraffe OmniBed Carestation and Incubator Carestation due to Risk of Patient Formaldehyde Exposure
05 December 2024 CADTH
La coloscopie assistée par l’intelligence artificielle dans la détection des polypes, des adénomes, des lésions précancéreuses et du cancer colorectal
04 December 2024 FDA
Syringe Recall: Cardinal Health Removes Certain Monoject U-100 mL Insulin Syringe Luer Lock with Tip Cap Soft Packs due to Incompatibility with Needleless Connectors
03 December 2024 CADTH
Les médicaments dans le traitement du trouble de déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité chez l’adulte
29 November 2024 FDA
Biopsy Needle Recall: Elekta Removes Disposable Biopsy Needle Kits due to Risk of Microscopic Stainless Steel Debris Inside Needle
29 November 2024 FDA
Hemodialysis Correction: Baxter Issues Correction for AK 98 Hemodialysis Machines Due to Risk of Patient Exposure to Higher Than Allowable Levels of Toxic Compound NDL-PCBA and/or NDL-PCBs
29 November 2024 FDA
Insertion Tube Recall: FHC Removes microTargeting Insertion Tube Sets due to a Manufacturing Size Error That May Lead to Patient Harm
29 November 2024 FDA
Peritoneal Dialysis Set Correction: Baxter Issues Correction for MiniCap Extended Life Peritoneal Dialysis Transfer Sets Due to Risk of Patient Exposure to Higher Than Allowable Levels of Toxic Compound NDL-PCBA and/or NDL-PCBs
28 November 2024 CADTH
Le point sur l’examen des médicaments — numéro 53
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