Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Breastfed babies are believed to suffer fewer allergic conditions, like eczema and food allergies, than formula-fed babies; yet the reason has not been well understood.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A four-year clinical trial led by Edwin Kim, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that an increased dosage of a unique type of peanut allergy immunotherapy continues to show promise for children.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

What if an over-the-counter allergy medicine could help halt and even reverse multiple sclerosis? And if it did, could patients return to their full capacity? Those were some of the questions first posed in 2013 after a landmark discovery by UC San Francisco neuroscientist Jonah Chan, Ph.D., and physician-scientist Ari Green, MD.

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BioPharma Reporter

JANUARY 18, 2021

At the end of December, the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) updated its advice on the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine: saying that those with unrelated allergies could receive it. But this announcement did not receive as much coverage as the MHRAâs earlier pause on vaccination in people with allergies.

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Scienmag

APRIL 20, 2021

Babies born by caesarean section to mothers of Asian descent are eight times more likely to develop peanut allergy by age three, study shows Credit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report (..)

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JAMA Internal Medicine

JULY 16, 2023

This randomized clinical trial aims to determine whether a direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to the standard of care of penicillin skin testing followed by an oral challenge in patients with a low-risk penicillin allergy.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Credit: Eliot Herman Food allergies are a big problem. suffer from some kind of food allergy. These allergies cost a whopping $25 billion in health care each year. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. Then there’s the time lost at school or work.

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Scienmag

MARCH 10, 2021

Parents of children with food allergies face significant worry, severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Between six and eight per cent of children suffer a food allergy – with eggs, milk, and peanuts being the most common causes.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 20, 2022

A clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 3 years safely desensitized most of them to peanut and induced remission of peanut allergy in one-fifth. The immunotherapy consisted of a daily oral dose of peanut flour for 2.5

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Avoid Allergy Flare-Ups This Holiday Season. But indoor allergies could also take the joy out of your holiday season, an expert says. Dust, mold, pets, furniture and houseplants can cause indoor allergies, said Dr. David Corry. Dust, mold, pets, furniture and houseplants can cause indoor allergies, said Dr. David Corry.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Moncef Slaoui, co-head of the US government’s Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccine programme, made the comments after the UK drugs regulator advised those with severe allergies to avoid the vaccine. The post Coronavirus vaccine may have allergy warning in US, says expert appeared first on.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Cough medicines containing the chemical pholcodine should be banned due to the risk of potentially deadly allergic reactions in people under general anaesthetic, the European Union's drug regulator said Friday.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

JUNE 19, 2023

This cohort study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of PEN-FAST as a clinical decision-making tool to enhance penicillin allergy evaluation.

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Fierce Pharma

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pfizer has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a class-action, antitrust case which alleged the company teamed up with others to delay the entry of a generic version of the EpiPen allergy relief m | Pfizer has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a class-action, antitrust case which alleged the company teamed up with others to delay the entry of a (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 20, 2023

RVAC Medicines has announced a research collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) for the discovery and development of mRNA vaccines. The partnership will focus on developing potential new vaccines to treat certain selected autoimmune indications, as well as food allergies.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 7, 2021

This clearance is a pivotal regulatory milestone that further supports Camallergy’s leadership and capabilities in the field of peanut allergy immunotherapy with the only cGMP-certified manufacturing facility in Europe producing peanut oral immunotherapy,” said Sherden Timmins, Chief Technology Officer. About Camallergy.

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Druggist

APRIL 20, 2021

Today I will explore a different use of montelukast and answer the main question: can you use montelukast for allergies? Can you use montelukast for allergies? Can you use montelukast for allergies? Although montelukast is not licensed for the conditions in question, a doctor can prescribe medicines outside its license.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 15, 2022

Itchy allergy eyes affect an estimated 40% of Americans 1. Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, today announced that LASTACAFT ® (alcaftadine ophthalmic solution 0.25%) is now available without a prescription for the estimated 40% of Americans 1 who live with ocular allergies. 2 Following the recent U.S.

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DM Clinical Research

APRIL 30, 2021

And while this means that most of us can get outside and enjoy the nice weather, it means something different to allergy sufferers. If you have seasonal allergies, then you know how painful and annoying your symptoms can be. Certain symptoms might have you wondering- is it allergies or COVID? Is it Allergies or COVID symptoms?

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances — sometimes hundreds of kilometers away — affects the length of allergy seasons in Germany Credit: A. Yuan, Technical University of Munich Allergy sufferers are no strangers to problems with pollen. Menzel and Y.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Study shows similar rates of ICU admission and severity of disease Credit: ACAAI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill (November 13, 2020) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, attention has been focused on how those with both allergies and asthma might be affected should they become ill.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 4, 2021

4, 2021 — Mothers who drink cow’s milk while breastfeeding may reduce their child’s risk of developing food allergies , a new Swedish study suggests. “Though the association is clear, we do not claim that drinking cow’s milk would be a general cure for food allergies,” she said in a university news release.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2023

For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new.Alexander Fleming

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A weekly dose of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, led to a reduction of symptoms and tissue improvement in young adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 14, 2021

Food allergies have been increasing dramatically across the developed world for more than 30 years. For instance, as many as 8% of children in the U.S. now experience potentially lethal immune system responses to such foods as milk, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. But scientists have struggled to explain why that is.

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STAT News

MARCH 13, 2023

An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine. days, it estimated, she would be ready to leave her nursing home.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a new review article, Johns Hopkins Medicine experts and collaborators across the U.S. emphasize that climate change—particularly global warming—is contributing to an increase in the rates and to greater severity of nasal and sinus diseases, such as seasonal allergies—conditions that affect 2 billion people worldwide.

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Scienmag

JULY 7, 2021

Johns Hopkins Medicine study uncovers enzyme inhibitor that boosts immune system to fight MRSA and other dangerous skin infections Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In what turned out to be one of the most important accidents of all time, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander (..)

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The Pharma Data

MAY 22, 2023

DUPIXENT® (DUPILUMAB) LATE-BREAKING PHASE 3 COPD RESULTS PRESENTED AT ATS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Dupixent Phase 3 results were presented in the 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference session “New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccine Credit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today in recognition of his discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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Scienmag

AUGUST 14, 2020

Discovery could lead to new screening tests and potential treatments Credit: Cincinnati Children’s Two common variants in the KIF3A gene increase the risk of young children having a dysfunctional skin barrier and developing the skin condition atopic dermatitis.

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Scienmag

APRIL 1, 2021

Early life exposure to antibotics in utero and through mother’s milk disrupts beneficial gut bacteria, compromising T-cell development, Rutgers research shows Exposure to antibiotics in utero and infancy can lead to an irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon-a valuable component of the immune system’s response toward allergens (..)

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Gohil is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine, and associate medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health. Richard Platt, professor and chair of population medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, are the co–principal investigators for the project.

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BioSpace

DECEMBER 4, 2020

National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) published a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine describing the three-month immunogenicity levels in Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine. Researchers with the U.S.

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Scienmag

MARCH 18, 2021

Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues (..)

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The class of IgE-mediated food allergies includes 160 foods, with peanuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy and tree nuts being the most common ones. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost six percent of people in the US in 2021 had a food allergy. However, the treatment is restricted to peanut allergy.

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