Patrick Campbell

Novartis AG is set to acquire The Medicines Company in a $9.7 billion deal that is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

A new analysis from the World Health Organization has found 80% of children across 146 countries, including the United States and Canada, fail to meet the recommended guideline of 1 hour of activity per day.

Results of the CITU study are revealing more about the different impacts e-cigarette and tobacco use has on a patient's lipid profile.

A new analysis from the University of Minnesota has found many patients with and without an indication for regular low dose aspirin use are under or overusing the medication.

A new analysis from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has found patients in the South, Midwest, and West were all more likely to report poorer healthcare-related quality of life when compared to patients in the Northeast.

A conversation with Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, discussing the most impactful advances in cardiology in 2019 and what he sees as the most important advances in the past decade as 2019 comes to a close.

An analysis of 4 phase 3 clinical trials examining the use of bempedoic acid for lowering LDL cholesterol was presented at AHA 2019.

A new study of more than 5000 patients in a rural community in India suggests the Apple Watch and its A-fib software could serve as a valuable screening tool in underserved communities and developing countries.

Seth Bilazarian, MD, medical director of Abiomed, responds to an analysis presented at AHA 2019 suggesting Impella devices were associated with a greater risk of death and stroke.

Results of the "Treat Stroke to Target" trial found an LDL-C target of 70 mg/dL led to a significant reduction in secondary stroke events.

Results of ORION-9 reveal inclisiran has the potential to treat familial hypercholesterolemia with twice-a-year injections.

An analysis of more than 40,000 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention revealed Impella pumps were associated with an increased risk of death, stroke, and kidney injury compared to intra-aortic balloon pumps.

A new study from AHA 2019 has found patients receiving periprocedural colchicine did not decrease their risk of developing PCI-related injuries compared to patients receiving placebo.

Results of the TWILIGHT-ACS study revealed use of ticagrelor plus aspirin following coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome increased the risk of major bleeding.

A recent analysis of the FRANCE-TAVI registry presented at AHA 2019 has found self-expanding transcatheter heart valves were associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality following TAVR.

A new study from AHA 2019 has found that use of rivaroxaban rather than antiplatelet therapy after TAVR increased a patient's risk of death and bleeding events.

Results of the ISCHEMIA trial were revealed at AHA 2019 and revealed little overall benefit of an invasive approach but saw improved angina control in patients with previous angina.

The ORION-10 trial revealed 300 mg inclisiran twice-yearly reduced LDL-C levels by 58% in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Results of the COLCOT trial presented at AHA 2019 revealed colchicine use could reduce the risk of cardiovascular events by 35% in patients who recently suffered a myocardial infarction.

Richard Furie, MD, chief of the division of rheumatology with Norwell Health, discusses the results of a phase 2 trial examining obinutuzumab for lupus nephritis.

Philip Mease, MD, director of rheumatology research at the Swedish Rheumatology Research Group, discusses the current state of treatments for psoriatic arthritis.

Elaine Husni, MD, discusses the results of a trial she led examining quality of life changes in psoriatic arthritis patients receiving golimumab over a 1-year period.

John Sundy, MD, PhD, senior vice president of Inflammation and Respiratory Disease with Gilead Sciences, discusses the results of a pooled safety analysis examining phase 3 studies of filgotinib.

Raymond Douglas, MD, PhD, discusses teprotumumab and its potential for treating thyroid eye disease.

Peter Izmirly, MD, discusses the results of a trial he led examining the possible reduction in recurrence of congenital heart block from treatment with hydroxychloroquine at ACR 2019.

Renowned infectious disease expert Leonard Calabrese, DO, professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, takes part in a Q&A on vaccinations in immunocompromised patient populations.

Aileen Pangan, MD, executive medical director of Immunology with AbbVie, discusses the results of the SELECT-AXIS 1 trial and what it indicates about upadacitinib as a treatment for ankylosing spondylitis.

Jianmin Fang, PhD, CEO and founder of Remegen Ltd., discusses the results of a phase 2b trial exmaining the use of telitacicept for the treatment of SLE.

Yusuf Yazici, MD, chief medical officer of Samumed, discusses SM04690(Lorecivivint) at ACR 2019.

John Sundy, MD, PhD, senior vice president of Inflammation and Respiratory Disease with Gilead Sciences, discusses the results of the 156-week analysis of filgotinib in RA patients.