At SfN, they showed some interesting preclinical data on the affect on the 5-HT7 and how it works in some animal models of cognition…especially those injected with PCPA. And you know in depression, they also did what we call the chronic mild stress (CMS)
Areas covered: Selexipag is rapidly hydrolyzed to an active metabolite, ACT-333679. Both selexipag and its metabolite are highly selective for the IP receptor compared with other prostanoid receptors. This selectivity for the IP receptor offers the potential for improved tolerability with selexipag, as side effects (e.g., nausea and vomiting) that might result from activation of the other prostanoid receptors may be minimized.
Palbociclib (PD 0332991): targeting the cell cycle machinery in breast cancer
The prevalence data would suggest that in the US population about 30% of our population has fatty liver or NAFLD and of those 25% may have NASH and of those patients with NASH 25% percent may have fibrosis and progress to cirrhosis. It’s almost a pyramid effect, there may be 80 million Americans walking around with NAFLD, but to climb up to the top of the pyramid and develop cirrhosis would be about 5% of that total population, but that’s still significant because that would mean that the prevalence of cirrhosis [due to NASH] will exceed that of hepatitis C-related cirrhosis ten-fold
Macitentan is a novel dual endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA)
showing sustained receptor occupancy
KOL Highlights Include: The prevalence of cirrhosis due to NASH will far exceed that of cirrhosis due to Hepatitis C. Decreases in NAS score due to liver fat changes are not predictive of beneficial outcomes. Increasing LDL in patients with fatty liver disease is a concern. Results seen in animal models of NAFLD/NASH translate to […]
Eslicarbazepine has been approved in ex-US markets including the EU for years.
We surveyed 10 US Neurologists to determine prelaunch perceptions of Aptiom.
These pathways can be targeted either at the cell surface receptor
level or their downstream signaling cascades. Currently, everolimus in combination with
exemestane represents a new standard of care for patients progressing on non-steroidal AIs.
HDAC inhibitors have also shown promising results For innate resistance, the combination of
fulvestrant and AI in the front line setting represents a new treatment option, particularly for
patients who present with de novo metastatic disease.
The study was just closed early, as LCZ696 increased time to first occurrence of either
cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization, though details have not been released.
We surveyed 10 US Cardiologists to get a preview of how they would use LCZ696 under different
assumptions about what the study found.
Drugs and drug candidates discussed:
palbociclib, neratinib, Herceptin, Perjeta, Kadcyla, Tykerb, Afinitor
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) held the 2014 International Liver Meeting in London from April 9-13. The main focus of this year’s meeting was the clinical use of currently approved and soon-to-be approved, direct-acting antivirals for Hepatitis C.
Diagnostics/diagnostic techniques discussed:
etarfolatide/folic acid, BRCA mutation testing
Physicians are starting to use Perjeta (Roche) as an add-on to Herceptin in the adjuvant setting due to a recent change in NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of major cancer centers) guidelines.
Zontivity was approved (May 8, 2014) for use with clopidogrel/aspirin, its label was relatively benign, not reporting bleeding in the overall trial, which included stroke/TIA patients who had excessive bleeding with the drug, or in ACS trial, where there was also excessive bleeding.
Discusses usage of PCSK9 and CETP inhibitors in various scenarios based on outcomes data
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