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Verified Clinical Benefit | Cancer Accelerated Approvals

This listing includes accelerated approvals (AAs) for malignant hematology and oncology indications with postmarketing trials that have verified clinical benefit and for which traditional approval has

End of the Road for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer?

(MedPage Today) -- Adding an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) to chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer failed to improve survival as compared with chemotherapy alone, according to final results

Type 2 Diabetes Patients Also Reap Benefits of Automated Insulin Delivery

(MedPage Today) -- An automated insulin delivery (AID) system boosted glycemic control in insulin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), a randomized trial sho

West Virginia on the Verge of Banning Certain Food Dyes

(MedPage Today) -- West Virginia is on track to become one of the first states to outlaw food dyes in school meals -- and eventually across the state.

Dementia Risk Rises for Older Women With Changing Sleep Patterns

(MedPage Today) -- Changes in sleep patterns among cognitively unimpaired women in their 80s were associated with an increased risk of dementia, a longitudinal study showed.