Auctus Surgical recently received FDA breakthrough device designation for its vertebral body tethering system for pediatric scoliosis and a patent for “spinal curvature modulation systems and methods,” according to a press release.

Exelixis announced that its cabozantinib tablet received FDA approval for patients aged 12 years and older who have previously treated radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.

The FDA has extended its Prescription Drug User Fee Act date to Dec. 15 for Nefecon, a drug to treat patients diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, Calliditas Therapeutics AB said in a press release.

The FDA cleared an investigational new drug application for NTLA-5001, a T-cell receptor T-cell therapy designed to treat adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S., asthma was one of the most important risk factors for early COPD, along with smoking and chronic sinusitis, according to new research in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, voted 16-2 on Friday afternoon not to recommend a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine to Americans aged 16 years and older.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, research has shown that patients with obesity have increased risks for adverse events, including symptomatic disease, hospitalization, ICU admission and other poor outcomes.

A hybrid model of patient care, combining telemedicine and traditional face-to-face visits, may offer the best of both worlds, minimizing the risk for disease transmission while maximizing practicality and patient safety.

The FDA recommended health care providers and individuals avoid using compounded products said to be “sterile, produced and distributed nationwide by Prescription Labs Inc.” that does business as Greenpark Compounding Pharmacy.

In this Healio Rheumatology Video Perspective, Leonard Calabrese, DO, shares his personal experience with a breakthrough COVID-19 infection, offering sage advice for clinicians who encounter COVID in their daily lives as well as their daily practice.