Tag Archives: treatment

Coronavirus treatment breakthrough: Cheap hydrocortisone steroid drastically cuts deaths

Hydrocortisone, an anti-inflammatory drug, could save one in every 12 patients, according to new research conducted by Imperial College London and the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre. The researchers discovered that patients receiving intensive care who were treated with hydrocortisone for seven days had a 93 percent chance of a better recovery compared… Read More »

FDA Approves Winlevi (clascoterone) Cream for the Treatment of Acne

FDA Approves Winlevi (clascoterone) Cream for the Treatment of Acne Print this page Lainate, Italy – August 27, 2020 – Cassiopea SpA (SIX: SKIN), today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Winlevi (clascoterone cream 1%) for the treatment of acne in patients 12 years and older. Notwithstanding acne being the… Read More »

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising COVID–19 Treatment

August 23, 2020 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19. Based on scientific evidence available, the FDA concluded, as outlined in its decision memorandum, this product may… Read More »