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Health Canada may add anti-cancer drug to junk food

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Research suggests asparaginase reduces the production of acrylamide, a potentially dangerous compound that is created during the high-temperature frying and baking of starchy foods. --Iiaiiappa (talk) 20:28, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit to Asparaginase Medical Section

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I'm aware of WP:COI and thus would like to raise to the community a portion of this article that I think could be improved. Can you please consider updating the "Medical" section in the article to add the below text under the third paragraph (chronological order)?

  • What I think should be changed:

“On July 24, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to pegaspargase for the first-line treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) as a component of a multiagent chemotherapy regimen. Pegaspargase was previously approved in February 1994 for the treatment of patients with ALL who were hypersensitive to native forms of L-asparaginase. 1,2

On December 20, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved calaspargase pegol-mknl, an asparagine specific enzyme, as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in pediatric and young adult patients age 1 month to 21 years. This new product provides for a longer interval between doses compared to other available pegaspargase products. Calaspargase pegol-mknl has received FDA orphan drug designation.3,4”

  • Why it should be changed: A later approval of a medication using asparaginase is included in this section, and I believe it is important for the public to be aware of the others.
  • References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

[1] [2] [3] [4]


Micaela at Ruder Finn (talk) 17:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed your edit request, and honestly, I do not see any reason why we shouldn't add your text. Your edit request is APPROVED, as long as you stick to the text requestedd of course :). Craffael.09 (talk) 22:02, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Done mi1yT·C 10:31, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Endemic and ongoing quality-control issues

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Hi! We should probably include a controversies-style section detailing the maelstrom of issues with asparaginase that have cropped up over the last few years-- particularly as it's been causing harm to patients, failing to work properly, etc.

It's apparently notable enough to receive a shoutout in Nature's daily briefing (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02200-9) which is about as prestigious as journal reporting gets.

Here's a detailed report: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-01-25/the-drug-was-meant-to-save-childrens-lives-instead-theyre-dying Atomic putty? Rien! 14:58, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]