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Bristol Myers Squibb Canada (BMS) today announced that Health Canada has approved OPDIVO® SC (nivolumab for subcutaneous injection) across all currently authorized solid tumour indications in ...
An oncology nurse shares advice for avoiding exhaustion and soreness when administering subcutaneous injections.
The approval of a new formulation expands the administration options for an established immunotherapy, offering a subcutaneous ... Local injection-site reactions were low grade, mostly grade ...
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For the first time in Canada, a patient has received cancer immunotherapy by subcutaneous (under the skin) injection in their home, thanks to an innovative research initiative by Horizon Health ...
Herceptin SC is given as a subcutaneous injection (under ... a different injection site should be used. Follow all directions given to you by your doctor or nurse carefully. They may differ ...
There's a need for early anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with new data showing ...
One day after a subcutaneous injection into the left thigh, she developed a mildly pruritic eruption on the right thigh, at the site of a previous injection. Etanercept (Enbrel ®) is an ...
A formulation of MSD's cancer drug Keytruda that can be given by subcutaneous injection rather than intravenous infusion has cleared a phase 3 trial, setting up approvals later this year.
About half the people who had injection site pain said it felt like a burning sensation. Other types of site reactions that can potentially occur after a subcutaneous injection include ...