April 16th 2024
Findings indicating that socioeconomic disparities widened gaps in vaccination timeliness signal the need for increased efforts to promote timely vaccination among children from families with lower income and those without private insurance.
Background and Key Concepts in Biosimilars: Improving Awareness and Addressing Common Concerns
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Clinical Conversations With the Cancer Care Team: Striving for Equitable Access to Oral Anticancer Medications
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Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
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FDA Clears First Prescription Game-Based Treatment Device for Children With ADHD
June 17th 2020EndeavorRx (Akili Interactive), a prescription-only game-based device, is indicated for use in children ages 8 to 12 years old with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD who have demonstrated an attention issue.
Psychotropic Drugs in Pediatrics: Looking at the Whole Child
December 21st 2018Each year, approximately 200,000 children ages 17 years and younger land in emergency departments (EDs) from adverse drug events (ADEs). Children younger than 5 years of age are most likely to visit the ED for ADEs, according to the CDC.
APP Pharmaceuticals releasing more preservative-free methotrexate
March 15th 2012Continuing to work with FDA to ease the ongoing shortage of injectable methotrexate, APP Pharmaceuticals this week released another 10,000 vials of preservative-free methotrexate (Methotrexate Injection), a drug used in the treatment of pediatric oncology and hematology
First synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant for prevention of RDS approved
March 8th 2012FDA has approved lucinactant (Surfaxin, Discovery Labs) for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants at high risk for RDS. Surfaxin is the first synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant approved for use in neonatal medicine.
Zinc plus antibiotics saves lives of children with pneumonia, study finds
February 23rd 2012Zinc used in addition to antibiotics significantly reduced mortality in children ages 6 months to 59 months with severe pneumonia when compared with antibiotics alone, according to the findings of a recent study done in Uganda.
Infants' Tylenol medication recalled by McNeil after dosing-system complaints
February 21st 2012More than a half million bottles of Infants' Tylenol Oral Suspension, 1 oz. grape, have been recalled voluntarily by McNeil Consumer Healthcare because of complaints about using the dosing system, the company announced.
Actavis launches generic equivalent of long-acting ADHD drug, with 180-day exclusivity
January 24th 2012FDA recently approved methylphenidate hydrochloride extended-release capsules (LA) CII, USP, the generic equivalent of Ritalin LA. Actavis Group, an international generic pharmaceuticals company, received first-to-file exclusivity on the 20-mg, 30-mg, and 40-mg strengths.