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Latest BioPortfolio blog: Medical shortages in the EU - UK - parallel trade and distortion of the the distribution of prescription drugs
Parallel trade in medicines has been controversial for years, with supporters arguing that it helps to stimulate competition and keep drug prices low across Europe, and critics arguing that it disrupts supplies and prevents patients getting access to dru... — Read more
Latest article: STENTYS Self-Apposing® Stent shows very low mortality at one month in 1,000 high-risk heart attack patients
STENTYS S.A. (STNT.PA), a medical technology company commercializing the world's first and only Self-Apposing® Stent to treat Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), announced today the definite results on the 1,000-patient APPOSITION III clinical study at one month after treatment of a severe heart attack. The 30-day rate of MACE (Major Adverse Cardiac Events) and death were compared to a pooled analysis conducted by the ACTION Study Group (Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Prof. G. Montalescot) of all prior recent trials with conventional stents in heart attack patients. APPOSITION III results showed a MACE rate of 3.5% while conventional stents are at an average of 6%; the death rate was 1.2% with STENTYS compared to 3.5% with conventional stents. “When the current guideline on balloon post-dilation was applied, the MACE rate was even lower at 2.5%, which is a drastic improvement f... — Read more
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Latest Syndicated News
- News and press releases: European Medicines Agency launches new e-learning course for Article 57 (2) requirements on submission of information on medicines
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Latest PubMed Articles
- The changing histological pattern of gastric polyps in an ethnically heterogeneous population.
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