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Ferring Pharmaceuticals: Ferring and Rebiotix to Present Landmark Data for Investigational Microbiota-based Live Biotherapeutic RBX2660 at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2021
Clostridioides difficile Infection With and Without Sepsis
Presenting Author: Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA, Thomas Mary Cesario Chairman, Department of Medicine, Executive Director, Hospitalist Program, University of California Irvine
EMBARGOED UNTIL PRESENTATION TIME: FRIDAY, MAY 21 AT 12:15 PM ET
DDW has made abstracts available on their website.
About RBX2660
RBX2660 is a potential first-in-class microbiota-based live biotherapeutic being studied to deliver a broad consortium of diverse microbes to the gut to reduce recurrent
C. difficile infection. RBX2660 has been granted Fast Track, Orphan, and Breakthrough Therapy designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The pivotal Phase 3 program builds on nearly a decade of research with robust clinical and microbiome data collected over six con
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Engagement) for Moms program, which seeks to support the mental health of Georgia women before and after childbirth. With funding from the Georgia Department of Public Health, the program provides expert consultation and education to physicians, physician assistants, nurse midwives and nurse practitioners.
“Psychiatric issues, such as depression and anxiety, are the most common adverse events mothers experience during the postpartum period,” says program leader Toby Goldsmith, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Emory Women’s Mental Health Program.
“We are thrilled to help address these issues by offering much-needed support and consultation to those providing care to mothers and mothers-to-be throughout the state,” says Goldsmith.