The FDA has issued a clinical hold on Amgen’s phase I trial of the experimental weight-loss drug AMG 513. In other news, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has suspended the initiation of puberty blockers in transgender patients younger than 19 after an executive order from former President Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also directed the military to suspend the integration of new transgender recruits and to suspend medical treatment for troops with gender dysphoria.
The research assesses the safety and efficacy of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) versus placebo or antiplatelet therapy following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with no indication for anticoagulation. A systematic review and network meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) including 33,039 patients compared rivaroxaban, apixaban, and dabigatran. Rivaroxaban lowered all-cause mortality (risk ratio [RR] 0.82) and likely cardiovascular mortality (RR 0.83), and dabigatran had a likely reduction in all-cause mortality but with low-certainty evidence. Apixaban did not affect mortality outcomes.
The FDA has issued a clinical hold on Amgen’s phase I trial of the experimental weight-loss drug AMG 513. In other news, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has suspended the initiation of puberty blockers in transgender patients younger than 19 after an executive order from former President Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also directed the military to suspend the integration of new transgender recruits and to suspend medical treatment for troops with gender dysphoria.
The FDA approved mirdametinib (Gomekli) for adults and children 2 years and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas (PN) that are not resectable surgically.
The article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS), offering innovative solutions to traditional challenges in drug administration. TDDS provides advantages over conventional oral and injectable methods by bypassing liver metabolism and enabling controlled drug release, but faces limitations due to the skin’s natural barrier properties.
