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Thyroid Awareness Month 2024: Increasing Awareness and Exploring New Treatments for Thyroid Diseases

XTalks

The thyroid plays a critical role in the body by producing hormones that regulate metabolism, heart rate and body temperature among others. Types of Thyroid Conditions There are several different thyroid conditions, with each affecting thyroid hormone production or the gland’s structure, leading to a range of health issues.

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DEA Regs Bulk Up with 2014 Anabolic Steroid Control Law Additions

FDA Law Blog

Because anabolic steroids are also abused to enhance athletic performance and increase muscle strength, Congress has enacted three laws regulating anabolic steroids: the Anabolic Steroid Control Acts of 1990 and 2004, and the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 (“DASCA”). DASCA became law, amending the CSA, on December 18, 2014.

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Could GLP-1 receptor agonists treat addiction and dementia?

Drug Discovery World

Medications containing semaglutide such as Ozempic, licensed for diabetes, and Wegovy, for weight loss, are being studied to see if they can treat a range of different conditions, including addiction and dementia. GLP-1 is a hormone that is produced naturally in the brain and the gut in response to food ingestion.

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The regulatory round-up: Eight key FDA decisions

Drug Discovery World

The approval is for endometrial cancer that has progressed on or following a prior platinum-containing regimen in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation. The drug is expected to become a standard of care for these patients, who have had limited treatment options, according to analysts GlobalData.

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Novartis presents important overall survival and quality-of-life results across solid.

The Pharma Data

Key abstracts accepted by ESMO include: Overall survival (OS) results from the phase III MONALEESA-2 (ML-2) trial of postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HR+/HER2?) 19, 2:10 PM CEST]. Prostate Cancer. 177 Lu-PSMA-617. Abstract presentation # 647TiP. 16, 08:30 AM CEST.

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RhoVac’s Prostate Cancer Drug Candidate, RV001, is granted Fast Track Designation by the FDA

The Pharma Data

More frequent written communication from FDA about such things as the design of the proposed clinical trials and use of biomarkers. Only when patients are diagnosed with recurring and now metastatic cancer, are they again eligible for therapy such as hormone therapy.

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Can you get melatonin over the counter in the UK?

Druggist

Melatonin is a hormone that is released at night by the pineal gland located in the brain. In other words, melatonin acts as a biological clock that regulates sleep. Melatonin, therefore, can be used to promote and regulate sleep (Wagner et al., Each 1ml of melatonin contains 1mg of melatonin. 1,640 Reviews.