Pancreatic Disorders News

Early nasoenteric tube feeding was not superior to oral diet in reducing infection or morality rate in patients with acute pancreatitis who had high risk for complications, according to new research data.

PHILADELPHIA — Two studies presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting demonstrated associations between acute pancreatitis and both morbid obesity and a prior history of bariatric surgery.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had a greater prevalence of moderate to severe acute pancreatitis compared with patients without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to data presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Patients with familial pancreatic cancer were twice as likely to have a first-degree relative with an extra-pancreatic malignancy compared with patients with isolated cases of pancreatic cancer, according to study results.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to pegylated recombinant human hyaluronidase for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, according to a press release.

Results from a phase 3 trial presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology 2014 Congress in Madrid showed overall survival of more than 3.5 years in patients with advanced and progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with everolimus, according to a press release.

The FDA granted fast track designation today to Halozyme Therapeutics for its PEGPH20 program in treating patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a company press release.

Anthera Pharmaceuticals has acquired Sollpura from Eli Lilly and plans to license it to newly formed subsidiary Alkira Therapeutics for future development, according to a press release.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a vaccine that “reprograms” pancreatic tumor cells to mount an immune response against the tumor, according to a university press release.

The presence of certain types of bacteria in the mouth could potentially be an indicator of pancreatic cancer in its early stages, according to study results presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.