Ayvakit

Blueprint to take cancer drug back to FDA after positive results in rare blood disease

The drug, Ayvakit, showed a high overall response rate in patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis, a rare type of blood cancer with limited treatment options. Novartis' Rydapt has been approved for advanced SM for several years.

By Alaric DeArment

BioPharma

FDA approves Blueprint Medicines’ precision therapy for rare form of gastrointestinal cancer

The agency on Thursday approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or GIST, that harbors a PDGFRa exon 18 mutation. Still, identifying patients could be the biggest challenge, an analyst wrote.

By Alaric DeArment

Health IT

Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation

As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.

By Dr. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health

Health IT