March 25, 2008 — A class 1 recall has been announced for Medtronic Neuromodulation's implantable infusion pumps, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on March 21. The action was based ...

This Practice Point commentary discusses a recent paper by Hoving et al., who compared the cost-effectiveness of continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion (CIBI) with that of 'standard care' in ...

Vertebral fracture is common in patients with osteoporosis, and has a marked effect on quality of life (QOL). Chronic pain can occur in patients who have experienced multiple fractures; however, ...

Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy has evolved into a standard treatment for severe spasticity. After this therapy had been provided for 10 years, a retrospective chart review on 50 patients, ...

Reports of pump failure, dosing errors, as well as other possible safety issues have prompted the Agency to issue the alert to make prescribers aware of the dangers associated with using medications ...

PRIALT ® (ziconotide) is the only FDA-approved, non-opioid intrathecal infusion treatment option for patients suffering from severe chronic pain for whom intrathecal therapy is warranted, and who are ...

image: Transduced cells cluster around blood vessels in the rat brain after intrathecal AAV9 infusion. AAV9 in the cerebrospinal fluid is thought to enter the brain by flow along the Virchow Robin ...

TerSera Therapeutics LLC today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Infusion Specialty Therapies Business Unit (IST), including two specialty medications, Prialt(R) ...

Researchers have generated more preclinical evidence that intranasal delivery can get antibodies to the brain, presenting data that suggest the administration route can achieve concentrations close to ...

BARCELONA & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESTEVE and TerSera Therapeutics LLC announced today that they have entered into an agreement in which ESTEVE will acquire TerSera’s Infusion Specialty ...

image: Transduced neurons in rat cortex express the reporter gene eGFP after intrathecal AAV9 infusion. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 14th, 2018, issue of Science Advances ...