Health & Care Information

Orkambi, breakthrough drugs for Cystic Fibrosis treatment was approved by FDA approved in 2015. Orkambi is orally-delivered medicine in the form of fully co-formulated tablets i.e. a combination therapy that contains two drugs lumacaftor and ivacaftor. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) is a protein that is responsible for regulating …

Tagrisso/osimertinib side effects, cost, dosage for lung cancer.Tagrisso is marketed by Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals based in Wilmington, Delaware. FDA approves new pill Tagrisso/osimertinib to treat certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer on November 13, 2015. FDA has approved Tagrisso (AZD9291) 80mg once-daily tablets for the treatment of patients with metastatic …

Nucala/Mepolizumab Side effects, Cost, Dosage for Asthma. Nucala is marketed by GSK. Nucala mepolizumab is approved by FDA on 4th November 2015.Nucala mepolizumab is an interleukin-5 adversary monoclonal antibody (IgG1 kappa) demonstrated for the extra support or add-on treatment of patients with serious eosinophilic asthma. Nucala is a physician recommended …

Yondelis/Trabectedin Side effects, Cost, Dosage for Leiomyosarcoma and Liposarcoma.Yondelis is marketed by Janssen Products of Raritan, New Jersey. yondelis for Leiomyosarcoma and Liposarcoma. Yondelis/trabectedin is first approved by FDA on 23rd October 2015.Yondelis trabectedin is chemotherapy for the treatment of particular type of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) – liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma – …

Strensiq/Asfotase Alfa Side effects, Cost, Dosage for Hypophosphatasia. Strensiq is marketed by Alexion pharmaceuticals. Strensiq is approved by FDA on 23rd October 2015.Its active ingredient is asfotase alfa.Strensiq asfotase alfa is used as the initially endorsed treatment for perinatal, infantile and juvenile onset hypophosphatasia (HPP). HPP is an uncommon, hereditary, progressive, …

The population of HIV patient has grown; there is an increased risk for development of treatment-related co morbidities, including low bone mineral density and renal mutilation. But now the world have a solution against such a terrible problem termed as HIV in the form of Genvoya, which has developed from …

Imlygic/Talimogene Laherparepvec Side effects, Cost, Dosage for Melanoma, FDA approval, Mechanism, Clinical trials. Imlygic is marketed by BioVex Inc., a subsidiary of Amgen Inc. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Imlygic (talimogene laherparepvec) on 27th October 2015, the first FDA-approved oncolytic virus therapy, for the treatment of melanoma lesions in the …

In recent past, a strong impact of Technological advancements, like all other walks of life can also be seen in healthcare sector. 2015 was an important year in this regard as different health issues that made the people panic like Ebola outbreak. As a result of such issues, around 6.5 …

Extraction of wisdom tooth is a usual dental treatment occurs. Wisdom tooth erupts as a third molar in later stage of life. There may be many reasons to have a tooth removed by extraction as it is not much useful. Although it sound scary but it doesn’t need to be …

Dental Paresthesias (Nerve damage) after wisdom tooth extraction is a surgery complication. Pain, numbness or sensitivity of lips, tongue, mouth or face could be symptoms of nerve damage from pulled wisdom tooth. Learn risk, chances, symptoms, damage recovery and signs of permanent nerve damaged from wisdom tooth extraction procedure. Paresthesia …