A collaboration of researchers and clinical experts, led by the REALIFE Research Group at the Research Unit Woman and Child, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven in Belgium, have published a review and set of clinical guidelines about GLP-1 and GIP medication use in pregnancy and breastfeeding. A link to the Pubmed index here, and the article shared by […]
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The Israeli Teratology Information Service have published an analysis of their in house data to assess the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes following first-trimester exposure to bilastine, More information is available here. Photo by Mirko Fabian available via Pexels
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Researchers from Terafar – Izmir Katip Celebi University Teratology Information, have published a a systematic review and meta-analysis of pregnancy outcomes following maternal GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure, More information is available here. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels.com
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Researchers from the EUROmediCAT network have published a case-malformed disproportionality analysis to identify medication-anomaly signals using a novel signal detection method. More information is available here. Photo by Aleksandre Lomadze on PEXELS
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Researchers from the University of Hong Kong, China, have published a study investigating the risk of ASD or ADHD following acetaminophen (paracetamol) use in pregnancy using a sibling-controlled design. More information is available here.
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Researchers from the ConcePTION project have published a cross-sectional observational study of primary data collected via primary caregiver questionnaire describing the long term health complaints of individuals exposed and unexposed to VPA in utero. An open access link to the research is provided by the authors. Photo by Ian Taylor (check our Ian’s website for more fantastic photos)
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Researchers from the United States have published a large target trial emulation study including data from eight health systems across eight states, investigating the risk of adverse neonatal and obstetric outcome following RSV vaccination in pregnancy. The study provides largely reassuring safety evidence particularly for obstetric/neonatal outcome, whilst also identifying a possible small increased risk of maternal hypertensive disorders of […]
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Researchers from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited have utilised French national health data to investigate risks of major malformation and other adverse pregnancy outcomes following prenatal modafinil exposure. More information available here. Photo by Anna Shvets from PEXELS.
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Researchers affiliated with the Swiss Teratology Information Service (Lausanne, Switzerland) have published a study examining the prevalence and patterns of use for IBD medications in the national MAMA cohort (health insurance claims data). More information is available here. Photo by MART PRODUCTION on PEXELS.
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Researchers from The University of Melbourne (Australia) have published an analysis of data collected in the Raoul Wallenberg Australian Pregnancy Register of Antiepileptic Drugs. The study investigates whether in utero exposure to specific types of ASM monotherapies is associated with poorer neurocognitive outcomes compared with ASM-unexposed children. More information is available here. Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.
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