Clinical Charts
FDA-approved antiviral therapies for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza.
Clinical Charts
FDA-approved drug therapies for cutaneous melanoma.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The FDA has granted Priority Review to dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for the treatment of new or worsening CKD.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The designation was granted based on results from the phase 3 DAPA-CKD trial, which was stopped early due to “overwhelming efficacy”.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The multicenter, event-driven, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial compared the effect of dapagliflozin to placebo on renal outcomes and cardiovascular mortality in patients with CKD.
Clinical Charts
Prescription drugs for the treatment of various sleep disorders including insomnia, narcolepsy, non-24-hour sleep disorder, and restless leg syndrome.
News
The prescribing information for Lokelma® (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate; AstraZeneca) has been updated to include a dosing regimen to treat hyperkalemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on chronic hemodialysis.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The decision to stop the trial was made based on positive efficacy data following a recommendation from the study’s independent DMC.
News
The FDA has approved updated labeling for Epclusa (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir), Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) and Vosevi (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir) to include updated information regarding treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have severe renal impairment including those with end stage renal disease who are on dialysis.
News
The FDA has approved a new indication for Invokana (canagliflozin; Janssen) to reduce the risk of end-stage renal disease, doubling of serum creatinine, cardiovascular (CV) death, and hospitalization for heart failure (HF) in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and diabetic nephropathy with albuminuria >300mg/day.