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Metformin helps manage weight gain side effect of SGAs

European Pharmaceutical Review

SGAs used to treat bipolar disorder are often effective at helping young patients’ mental health improve but can have significant side effects including elevated blood pressure and glucose, increased appetite, as well as weight gain.

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Preventative approach could reduce immunotherapy side effects

European Pharmaceutical Review

Immunotherapy drugs like teclistamab can result in potentially fatal side effects, including CRS and immune cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). The post Preventative approach could reduce immunotherapy side effects appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The biobank will work in parallel with the MHRA’s Yellow Card website, which is used for reporting adverse events and side effects caused by medicines and medical devices, per the 25 May announcement. Side effects due to drugs are responsible for one in every 16 hospital admissions in the UK, based on the announcement.

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Experts flag eye inflammation reports tied to Apellis' geographic atrophy med Syfovre

Fierce Pharma

Apellis Pharmaceuticals' Syfovre, after achieving the first FDA approval for advanced eye disease geographic atrophy, has been associated with rare but severe side effects, according to the America | The American Society of Retinal Specialists sent out a note to doctors on Saturday warning of eye inflammation cases in patients who took Syfovre, (..)

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Apellis attempts to clear the air around Syfovre safety as eye drug launch gains steam

Fierce Pharma

For Apellis Pharmaceuticals, the emergence of rare but serious side effects has cast a pall over the launch of the company’s geographic atrophy med Syfovre. While touting the “strong commercial execution” of Syfovre’s launch, Apellis’ CEO Cedric Francois, M.D.,

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Novo’s obesity drug has serious warnings and barriers to overcome

World of DTC Marketing

Can diabetes patients really stay adherent to a drug for 63 weeks in which 85% of patients report GI side effects and will insurance cover the cost? Wegovy’s most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting which was reported by 80% of patients according to USA Today.

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Tackling Specialty Conditions and Side Effects Simultaneously

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Ways to combat these ailments alongside worsening mental health.