This week on Pharm5:
- Farxiga (dapagliflozin) for HFpEF
- Updated boosters for COVID-19
- Xenpozyme (olipudase alfa) for rare ASMD
- New York Times on “growing chains, falling wages”
- Phase III olokizumab vs. adalimumab for RA
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References
- Solomon SD, McMurray JJV, Claggett B, et al. Dapagliflozin in heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction. New England Journal of Medicine. August 2022. doi:10.1056/nejmoa2206286
- FDA Approves Treatment for Wider Range of Patients with Heart Failure https://bit.ly/3B20I8N. Published February 24, 2022. Accessed February 24, 2022.
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for use as a booster dose. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://bit.ly/3cDuyHd. Accessed August 31, 2022.
- Scheiber N. How pharmacy work stopped being so great. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/business/economy/pharmacists-job-inflation.html. Published August 20, 2022. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- FDA approves first treatment for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, a rare genetic disease. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://bit.ly/3AziPS5. Accessed August 31, 2022.
- Dunleavy K. Sanofi's rare disease drug XENPOZYME scores FDA approval after nods in Japan and Europe. Fierce Pharma. https://bit.ly/3B3kz7F. Published August 31, 2022. Accessed August 31, 2022.
- Smolen JS, Feist E, Fatenejad S, et al. Olokizumab versus placebo or adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022;387(8):715-726. doi:10.1056/nejmoa2201302