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The Biggest Medical Breakthroughs of 2024

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Orlynvah is the first antibiotic of its kind, combining a drug that extends the duration of antibiotics in the body with a compound from a subclass of antibacterials known as penems.

Cobenfy , the first truly novel drug for schizophrenia seen since the 1950s , was approved in September .

A vaccine-like barrier against HIV is already approved to treat HIV.

In September , the FDA approved the first -ever medications designed to treat Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC ) The median life expectancy of sufferers in the U.S. is currently only 13 .

In August , Bayer published the results of two successful Phase III trials testing its experimental drug elinzanetant as a treatment for moderate to severe hot flashes in women over 40 .

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