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Personal Narrative: Battling Cushing's Disease - Drury Mirror



Personal Narrative: Battling Cushing's Disease 
Drury Mirror
Those four, heart-wrenching words hitting me like a ton of bricks: ?You have Cushing's Disease.? ?What?? I exclaimed. ?Cushing's? Are you serious? Me, a disease? Am I going to die?? These were all questions I managed to throw at the doctor in between ...

 


Novartis' Signifor receives European approval to treat patients with Cushing's ... - pharmabiz.com



AFP 
Novartis' Signifor receives European approval to treat patients with Cushing's ... 
pharmabiz.com
The European Commission has approved Novartis' Signifor (pasireotide) for the treatment of adult patients with Cushing's disease for whom surgery is not an option or for whom surgery has failed. Signifor is the first medicine to be approved in the ...
Novartis drug SigniforR approved in the EU as the first medication to treat ... Reuters
Novartis AG gets EU approval for Cushing's drug Economic Times
Novartis gets EU approval for Cushing's drug Reuters UK
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EU OKs Novartis drug Signifor for Cushing's disease - AFP



AFP 
EU OKs Novartis drug Signifor for Cushing's disease 
AFP
ZURICH ? European Union regulators have given Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis a green light to market its drug Signifor as a treatment for Cushing's disease, the company said Wednesday. The group said it was the first time the EU has approved a ...
EMA approves Signifor as Cushing's disease treatment Healthcare Global

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Drug to control Cushing's disease banned - Horse & Hound Online



Horse & Hound Online 
Drug to control Cushing's disease banned 
Horse & Hound Online
Horses that are prescribed the drug pergolide to manage equine Cushing's disease are now banned from competing in all disciplines that have signed up to British anti-doping rules. Pergolide mimics the effects of dopamine in the body and is used in the ...

 


Your adrenals and health - Coeur d'Alene Press



Your adrenals and health 
Coeur d'Alene Press
Cushing's Syndrome is a medical disease that results from significant overproduction of cortisol which can also result in fatigue and weak muscles, but also ulcers, significant weight gain, high blood pressure and high blood sugar to name just a few of ...

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Corcept Therapeutics Announces First Quarter Results and Corporate and ... - MarketWatch (press release)



Corcept Therapeutics Announces First Quarter Results and Corporate and ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
Published the results of its phase 3 SEISMIC trial of Korlym in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, which demonstrated that refractory Cushing's syndrome patients receiving Korlym experienced significant clinical improvement.
Corcept Therapeutics Q1 loss widens RTT News

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Novartis wins EU approval for Cushing's disease drug - Zenopa



Novartis wins EU approval for Cushing's disease drug 
Zenopa
Novartis has won European regulatory approval for Signifor, its groundbreaking new treatment for Cushing's disease. The European Commission has ratified the drug for use among adult patients for whom surgery is not an option or for whom surgery has ...

 


Grad perseveres to earn degree - The Free Lance-Star (blog)



The Free Lance-Star (blog) 
Grad perseveres to earn degree 
The Free Lance-Star (blog)
A woman named Sharmyn McGraw was describing the symptoms of Cushing's disease. Felder immediately saw her own situation. She went online, did research and told her parents that's what she had. The rare disorder afflicts 10 to 15 of every 1 million ...

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Novartis drug pasireotide LAR shows superior efficacy compared to SandostatinR ... - Reuters



Novartis drug pasireotide LAR shows superior efficacy compared to SandostatinR ... 
Reuters
In addition to acromegaly, Novartis is committed to studying other pituitary-related conditions including continued study in Cushing's disease. Data also presented at this meeting include long-term follow-up results from the Phase III registrational ...

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The Cushingoid Senior vs. Spring Grass - TheHorse.com (blog)



The Cushingoid Senior vs. Spring Grass 
TheHorse.com (blog)
My 23-year-old Miniature Horse, Brandy, finds herself in the latter category due to equine Cushing's disease and secondary laminitis. Equine Cushing's disease (also known as pituitary pars intermedia disorder, or PPID) is a hormonal disorder that ...