Glaxo started a rare disease unit recently and in a press call today said it was licensing a gene therapy for a disease that hits just 350 kids in the world.
Pre-operative statin therapy can reduce the chance of post-operative atrial fibrillation and shortens the stay on the intensive care unit (ICU) and in the hospital in patients who undergo cardiac surgery, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers.
"Although we believe there are still a few tuberculosis bacteria in his lungs, ongoing antibiotic therapy should kill those, " said Dr Gwen Huitt, director of the hospital's adult infectious disease care unit.