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FDA approves additional antibacterial treatment for plague

May 21, 2015 By MedNews Leave a Comment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Avelox (moxifloxacin) to treat patients with plague, a rare and potentially fatal bacterial infection. The agency approval for plague includes use of the drug for the treatment of pneumonic plague (infection of the lungs), and septicemic plague (infection of the blood). Avelox is also approved for prevention of plague in adult patients. [Read more…]

Filed Under: FDA News & Alerts Tagged With: Avelox (moxifloxacin), Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Plaugue

Xofigo for Advanced Prostate Cancer Approved by FDA

May 15, 2013 By MedNews Leave a Comment

Xofigo approved three months ahead of schedule under priority review program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) to treat men with symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs. It is intended for men whose cancer has spread after receiving medical or surgical therapy to lower testosterone.

Prostate cancer forms in a gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The male sex hormone testosterone stimulates the prostate tumors to grow. According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 238,590 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 29,720 will die from the disease in 2013. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Astellas Pharma, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Medivation, prostate cancer, radium Ra 223 dichloride, Richard Pazdur, Xofigo, Xtandi

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