Prophylaxis

ASGE issues updated guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for gastrointestinal endoscopy

OAK BROOK, Ill. May 13, 2008 The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued updated guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy based on the American Heart Associations (AHA) recently revised guidelines for prophylaxis of infective endocarditi...

New IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines Recommend NOXAFIL(R) (Posaconazole) for Antifungal Prophylaxis in Certain High-Risk Patients

KENILWORTH, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) today reported that its antifungal agent NOXAFIL(R) (posaconazole) Oral Suspension received an A-1 recommendation(1) (highest rating) for the prevention of invasive Aspergillus infections in certain h...

Triple ARV Prophylaxis Reduces Viral Load in Breast Milk

A combination of AZT, lamivudine, and nevirapine (AZT/3TC/NVP) taken from week 28 of pregnancy and up to one month after delivery resulted in significantly reduced HIV levels in breast milk// as compared to the HIV levels found in the breast milk of women who were not treated prophylactically. ...

New Compound for Anti-Malarial Prophylaxis

Two articles that were published in this week's PLoS Medicine suggest possible new avenues of treatment against malaria. // In their first paper, researchers led by Dominique Mazier from the Laboratory INSERM/ University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, isolated a novel compound, tazopsine, from a ...

FDA Approves New 3000 IU Vial Size for Kogenate(R) FS, antihemophilic factor (recombinant)

... of bleeding episodes and perioperative management in adults and children (0-16 years) with hemophilia A. Kogenate FS is also indicated for routine prophylaxis to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes and the risk of joint damage in children with hemophilia A with no preexisting joint damage. IM...

ViroPharma Announces Initiation Of Non-Toxigenic Clostridium Difficile Phase 1 Program

...by Staphylococcus aureus , including methicillin-resistant strains. ViroPharma commercializes Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor [human]) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency (for prescribing i...

ViroPharma Announces Support by Advisory Committee of The Office of Generic Drugs Proposed Guidelines for Developing Generic Versions of Oral Vancomycin Hydorchloride

...by Staphylococcus aureus , including methicillin-resistant strains. ViroPharma commercializes Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor (human)) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency (for prescribing i...

Quark Pharmaceuticals to Participate in IBC's Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: From Concept to Implementation Conference

...siRNA drug in human clinical trials, developed by Quark for the prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) following major cardiovascular surgery and the prophylaxis of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation. For the structure of these products Quark has licenses from Silence Therapeutics and from Alny...

ViroPharma Incorporated Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ucation on the debilitating consequences of the disease and the benefits of prophylaxis with Cinryze." GAAP net income for the second quarter ended June 30,...arma commercializes Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor [human]) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary...

Quark Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Indicating Potential Utility of QPI-1007 for Treatment of Glaucoma

...siRNA drug in human clinical trials, developed by Quark for the prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) following major cardiovascular surgery and the prophylaxis of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation Quark has a broad pipeline of siRNA drug candidates based on novel structures developed...

Prophylaxis in Medical Technology

ThromboGenics and BioInvent Start Recruitment of Second 100 Patient Cohort in Phase II DVT Prophylaxis Study With TB-402

LEUVEN, Belgium and LUND, Sweden, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) and co-development partner BioInvent International (OMXS: BINV) announce that they have started recruitment of a second cohort of patients for their Phase II trial of TB-402. This follo...

FDA Approves Bayer HealthCare's Kogenate(R) FS Treatment for Routine Prophylaxis in Children with Hemophilia A

Pivotal Data Show Prophylaxis Treatment with Kogenate FS Reduces the Risk of Joint Damage and Frequent Bleeds in Children with No Pre-Existing Joint Damage BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare LLC announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appr...

New AVAC Report on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Calls for Immediate Planning to Anticipate Study Results of Potential New HIV Prevention Option

Now is the time to anticipate and plan for various study outcomes MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) today released a new report, Anticipating the Results of PrEP Trials, calling for increased action from governments, global health institutions, d...

HIV Prevention Expert Dr. Timothy Mastro Speaks on Future of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at International AIDS Conference

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Timothy Mastro, MD, FACP, DTM&H, who joins Family Health International (FHI) on August 1st as Senior Director of Research, will share information on promising research into pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at the Internati...

New Guidelines: Antibiotic Prophylaxis

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Until recently, it was recommended that many patients with cardiac conditions receive short-term antibiotics prior to receiving dental treatment to prevent the risk of infective endocarditis (IE). The American Heart Association (AHA) has sinc...

Lev Pharmaceuticals Completes Phase III Prophylaxis Trial of C1-Esterase Inhibitor for Hereditary Angioedema

NEW YORK, May 31, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Lev" or the "Company") announced today that it has completed patient treatment in the prophylactic portion of its Phase III clinical trial of C1-esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) for hereditary angioedema (HAE). The clinical tr...

New Study Shows That Extending Prophylaxis With Clexane / Lovenox (enoxaparin Sodium Injection) to 5 Weeks is More Effective Than 10 Days for Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Acutely ill Medical Patients With Reduced Mobility

EXCLAIM is the First International Study to Show That Extended Thromboprophylaxis Reduces VTE Risk in Acutely-ill Medical Patients With a Statistically Significant 44% PARIS, July 8, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Sanofi-aventis announced today the results of the EXCLAIM (EXtended CLinical prophy...

International ENDORSE Study Shows That the Majority of Hospitalized Patients Surveyed are at Risk for VTE and Many do not Receive Recommended VTE prophylaxis

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, July 08, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- - ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to Urgently Implement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management: Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriate prophylaxis to Prevent VTE Venous thromboembolism (...

MedImmune Funds Study to Help Gain Insights Into Full Burden of RSV Disease Among Premature Infants

...ticipants across 100 outpatient sites in the United States. The study population will include infants born 32-to-35 weeks (GA) who do not receive RSV prophylaxis during their first RSV season. About RSV Each year, up to 125,000 infants in the United States are hospitalized with severe RSV infections, t...

PharmAthene Submits Proposal to BARDA in Response to Broad Agency Announcement for Advanced Research and Development for Valortim(R)

...ated by antibiotics. Currently, antibiotics are the only drugs available for therapeutic or prophylactic use for inhalation anthrax, and post-exposure prophylaxis is the only FDA-approved indication for such products. However, antibiotic therapy, while useful, is believed to be associated with a number of limita...

Prophylaxis in Medical Products

Release-NF 2-Way Foley Catheters

Description:...ce, the science of controlled-release also delivers medication directly to the tissues of the urethral tract. The RELEASE-NF catheter is site specific prophylaxis for catheter associated urinary tract infection....
Company:Rochester Medical

Newport® 4 Hip Orthoses

Description:...vision patients Primary arthroplasty patients at risk to dislocate, e.g., patients with congenital hip dysplasia or spastic/tight adductors As a prophylaxis to reinforce hip precautions Inoperable patients at risk ...
Company:Orthomerica Products, Inc.

VenaFlow® System

Description:... As a prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis, the Aircast VenaFlow System uses an effective combination of graduated sequential compression and rapid impulse inflation. T...
Company:Aircast

VenaFlow® Cuff

Description:... Used exclusively with the Aircast VenaFlow System (a prophylaxis for DVT), VenaFlow Cuffs are designed in three different styles: calf, foot, and thigh, to suit individual physician preferences. Each cuff is made fr...
Company:Aircast

SCD Sequential Compression System Intermittent Pneumatic Compression

Features:... Clinically proven, non-invasive method of prophylaxis to reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). For use on patients with high risk conditions such as obesity, advanced age, malignancy, or p...
Company:Kendall Company

Prophylaxis in Medical Definition

Pre-conditioning

... is immune or at least mounts an immediate and vigorous defense against it by already possessing the relevant antibody: vaccination or pre-exposure prophylaxis . Another example is a simulated exam session for a class of students. A further example is exposure of a covert operative to simulated torture. At th...

Prophylaxis in Medical Dictionary

Tympanostomy

...ips and photo galleries - updated 24/7... INTRODUCTION Tympanostomy tube otorrhea may occur immediately after tube ... Does topical antibiotic prophylaxis reduce post- tympanostomy tube otorrhea? ... Myringotomy; Tympanostomy ; Ear tube surgery. Definition Return to top ... HE, Pitcairn DL, et al. ...

Thromboembolism

...mber of cats with HCM develop aortic thromboembolism . ... Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Incidence of Cancer after prophylaxis with Warfarin against Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- High Plasma Levels of Factor...

Pneumocystis Carinii

...llular lung pathogen, which causes pneumonia ... Searching the Pneumocystis carinii Sequence data online ... Despite a decade of advances in prophylaxis and treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, PCP is still a major threat to HIV-infected individuals. Pneumocystis ... Pneumocystis ...

Peritonitis

... Peritonitis is an inflammation Peritonitis — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms, treatment of this abdominal infection. ... and prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis . ... Peritonitis — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms, treatment of this abdominal infect...

Ophthalmia Neonatorum

...toms of ophthalmia neonatorum include: ... prophylaxis for Gonococcal and Chlamydial Ophthalmia Neonat...lmia neonatorum in the United Arab ... Crede''s prophylaxis for ophthalmia neonatorum ... OJHAS is Ind...dicine -- A Controlled Trial of Povidone-Iodine as prophylaxis against Ophthalmia Neonatorum Ophthalmia ...

Hyperuricemia

...y worry if it doesn't hurt? Managing hyperuricemia properly avoids long term problems. ... If you have too much, you've got hyperuricemia . ... prophylaxis and Control of Hyperuricemia . Recitation Case III. Recitation Case III - Answers ... drugs most commonly associated with drug-induced hyperuricemia...

Hypercoagulable states

... C/factor V Leiden ... Hypercoagulable state associated with other clinical conditions ... Topics: Introduction | Hypercoagulable States | prophylaxis of Venous and ... hyperhomocysteinemia may represent one of the most common hypercoagulable states , ... Read doctor-produced health and medica...

Prophylaxis in Biological News

Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness explored in special issue of Medical Decision Making

...ased Analysis of CDC's Cities Readiness Initiative prophylaxis Recommendations," examines one of the CDC's princi...k. The researchers found that a CRI-compliant prophylaxis campaign starting two days after exposure would pr...s in a major city, even with highly effective mass prophylaxis campaigns. The article, written by Nathaniel Hu...

Cleft lip and palate: Genes more important than thought?

...genes.' When the mechanisms of all the genes involved and the interplay with environmental factors are understood, the scientists can also say whether prophylaxis involving medication during pregnancy makes sense. There are currently several indications that taking particular vitamins during pregnancy can counte...

Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention

... with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and prophylaxis for people exposed to infected patients could be o...ilable in the initial wave of a pandemic.” prophylaxis with antivirals or vaccines Vaccination is th...le within the early months of the pandemic, making prophylaxis and treatment with antivirals a crucial part in th...

WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

...rus. When neuraminidase is inhibited, the virus is not able to spread to and infect other cells in the body. It is licensed for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children aged one year and above and in adults. ...

Drug-resistant bacterial infections serious complication after corrective eye surgery

...e facility, the first report of MRSA keratitis after a laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) enhancement, and the first reports of MRSA keratitis after prophylaxis with fourth generation fluoroquinolones. Colonization of MRSA has been found in 1.5% of the general population, but as many as 9.4% of those were...

Vaccine combined with short-term postexposure antibiotics protects monkeys from inhalational anthrax

... vaccination survived when the antibiotics were discontinued. Thus, postexposure vaccination enhanced the protection afforded by 14 days of antibiotic prophylaxis alone, and completely protected all the animals against inhalational anthrax. "This provides direct evidence that the combination of anthrax vacci...

Gene patterns in white blood cells quickly diagnose disease

...he pattern of active genes in that person's white blood cells. They report their findings today at the ASM Biodefense Research Meeting. "Effective prophylaxis and treatment for infections caused by biological threat agents (BTA) rely upon early diagnosis and rapid initiation of therapy. However, most method...

Why were the HIV prevention trials in commercial sex workers abandoned?

... Citation: Singh JA, Mills EJ (2005) The abandoned trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV: What went wrong? PLoS Med 2(9): e234. Related article: Citat...: Lange JMA (2005) We must not let protestors derail trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV. PLoS Med 2(9): e248. ...

Prophylaxis in Biological Technology

Sosei Announces the Out-licensing of RS(+) Mefloquine to Treague Ltd for the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Malaria

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England, November 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565), the biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has out-licensed its IP and Know How relating to the RS(+) isomer of mefloquine to Treague Ltd. ("Treague"), a Camb...

ThromboGenics and BioInvent Start Phase II Trial of TB-402, a Novel, Long Acting Anticoagulant for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prophylaxis

LEUVEN, Belgium and LUND, Sweden, February 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Trial to Assess the Benefits of Partial Factor VIII Inhibition in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) and co-development partner BioInvent International (O...

The LANCET Published ENDORSE, the Largest Multinational Study Showing That the Majority of Hospitalized Patients Surveyed are at Risk for VTE and Many do not Receive Recommended VTE Prophylaxis

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to Urgently Implement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management: Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriate Prophylaxis to Prevent VTE ENDORSE multinational s...

D-Pharm Receives FDA Clearance to Commence a Phase III Trial of DP-b99 in Acute Stroke Patients

...linical stage products DP-b99 for treatment of acute ischemic stroke patients and DP-VPA, a novel drug for treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder and prophylaxis of migraine. DP-460 is in preclinical development intended as an oral, disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Other mimics of bioactive li...

ViroPharma Receives Complete Response Letter for Cinryze(TM) Supplemental Biologics License Application for Acute Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

... - Company Also Granted Expansion of prophylaxis Therapy Label to Include Patient Labeling for Self...as the first and only targeted therapy for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks. In clinical studies a... product that has been approved by FDA for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult...

ViroPharma to Present at Two June Healthcare Conferences

...by Staphylococcus aureus , including methicillin-resistant strains. ViroPharma commercializes Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor (human)) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency (for prescribing i...

Astellas Receives FDA Approval for Use of Prograf(R) (Tacrolimus) in Conjunction With Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

...unology and transplantation." About Prograf (R) (tacrolimus) Prograf(R) (tacrolimus capsules and injection) is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients receiving allogeneic liver, kidney, or heart transplants. It is recommended that Prograf be used concomitantly with ad...

ViroPharma Incorporated Honored by the National Organization for Rare Disorders

...nd Drug Administration in October 2008 for routine prophylaxis against HAE attacks in adults and adolescents. In ... product that has been approved by FDA for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult... can be administered every 3 or 4 days for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in HAE patients. Cinry...

ThromboGenics NV: Business Update

...opaedic surgery. In February 2009, ThromboGenics enrolled the first patient in a Phase II trial assessing its long-acting anticoagulant TB-402 for the prophylaxis of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) following orthopaedic surgery. TB-402, which is given as a single injection post surgery, could overcome the major drawb...

ViroPharma Incorporated Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...by Staphylococcus aureus , including methicillin-resistant strains. ViroPharma commercializes Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor (human)) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency (for prescribing i...

Prophylaxis in Biological Definition

Antibiotic

...iotics are used to treat disorders in which they have no efficacy, such as the common cold or other viral complaints, and when they are used widely as prophylaxis rather than treatment (as in, for example, animal feeds), because this exposes more bacteria to selection for resistance. Beyond antibiotics ...