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Quitting smoking associated with better recovery after drug and alcohol addiction

Quitting smoking associated with better recovery after drug and alcohol addiction

According to scientists from the National Institutes of Health (Nih), adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs to achieve permanent remission of the symptoms of substance use, if they also quit smoking. Based on their analysis of data from a large American research on smoking and health, scientists believe that […]

McGill researchers are developing a digital tool to reduce unnecessary drug use

McGill researchers are developing a digital tool to reduce unnecessary drug use

Scientists from McGill University have developed and licensed a digital tool that helps safely reduce the use of drugs by patients that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them. When clinicians review the patient’s file, the MedSafer Flag potentially inappropriate drugs. In a new clinical trial, the software has helped to write such drugs […]

Vietnam reaches a milestone with the first robotic brain surgery in a child with drug -resistant epilepsy

Vietnam reaches a milestone with the first robotic brain surgery in a child with drug -resistant epilepsy

The global market of medical robotics undergoes an exponential growth. According to BoundariesThe sector was valued at around 27.7 billion USD in 2023, and forecasts reached USD 127 billion by 2033, expanding CAGR 16.5%. Adoption is most visible in North America and Europe. In 2023, in Europe itself, it had over 3500 surgical robotic systems […]

Can one drug do all this? Review

Can one drug do all this? Review

Comment: expanding benefits from GLP-1 drugs. Image loan: alexander_p / shutterstock In a recent article of comments published in the journal Medical reportsAuthors Maria J. Gonzalez-Rellan, Daniel J. Drucker from Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada summarize and explain the evidence that the Peptid-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAS), initially developed for the treatment of type 2 […]

Reduction of polypharma through innovative drug preparation

Reduction of polypharma through innovative drug preparation

Can you present Pikralida? We are a company operating as part of a hybrid business model. On the one hand, we focus on developing innovative therapies for unsatisfied medical needs, and on the other hand we offer services of a professional contract of contract research (CRO) for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Our developmental efforts focus […]

False ozmpic found in the American drug supply chain

False ozmpic found in the American drug supply chain

Among the growing demand for GLP-1 drugs used to treat diabetes and weight loss support, the American Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has issued a urgent warning for consumers with OZEMPIC. The agency calls users for thorough control of drug label after discovering that hundreds of counterfeit injections Ozmpic have introduced circulation outside the authorized […]

The UN Committee for Drug Medicines places six substances under international control in accordance with the WHO recommendations

The UN Committee for Drug Medicines places six substances under international control in accordance with the WHO recommendations

According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Committee for Drug Drugs (CND) decided to place five new psychoactive substances and one drugs under international control. Recommendations were developed by the WHO Expert Committee for the dependence on drug-ECDD, which consists of global experts analyzing the health and benefits of […]

Journavx, a new type of drug without opioid pain receives the consent of the FDA

Journavx, a new type of drug without opioid pain receives the consent of the FDA

The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Suzetriga, a new non -porosity analgesic drug sold under the JournaVX brand, in order to treat moderate to severe acute acute pain in adults. Journavx with Vertex Pharmaceuticals means the first new class of painkillers that received FDA consent in over two decades. It will be sold […]