Pharmaceutical companies will struggle to profit from the cardiovascular disease (CVD) market over the next decade despite growing drug usage, according to Datamonitor, which predicted that the CVD pharmaceutical market will grow from $99 billion in 2008 to $107 billion in 2018.
The FDA has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and AstraZeneca's Onglyza (saxagliptin), a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor, indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee has voted in favor of the new drug application for Onglyza from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Astrazeneca to treat adults with type 2 diabetes, stating that the data were sufficient to rule out unacceptable cardiovascular risk relative to comparators in the program.
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The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Onglyza (saxagliptin) from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and AstraZeneca to treat type 2 diabetes.
The FDA has extended the timeline to review Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca's new drug application (NDA) for Onglyza for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.
The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.
There are cases presented to all physicians when we have to balance benefits of a particular treatment with concerns around safety for certain patients. In interventional cardiology, we see this dilemma with drug-eluting stents (DES). While this technology provides effective therapy for many patients with ischemia-inducing coronary lesions, there are certain patient groups that encounter problems for different reasons.
U.S. News & World Report and HealthGrades surveys that rank “Best Hospitals” according to their high-quality cardiovascular care do not create the most comprehensive list and may create confusion by excluding hospitals that provide the same quality of care, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.