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Etrasimod

Etrasimod (Velsipity) is an oral, once-daily selective S1P1,4,5 receptor modulator by Pfizer/Arena, FDA-approved October 2023 for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, proven in the phase 3 ELEVATE UC trials.

Etrolizumab

Etrolizumab (rhuMAb beta7, PRO145223) is a Roche humanized anti-beta7 monoclonal antibody targeting alpha4beta7 and alphaEbeta7 integrins for IBD; its phase 3 program failed key endpoints and it was not approved.

ETSACPDSFP trial

ETSACPDSFP (NCT07387536) is a recruiting Phase 4, single-arm Mexican trial testing Improscar Stick 50, silicone with SPF 50, on scar quality after upper blepharoplasty using Vancouver and POSAS scales over 3 months.

Etuvetidigene autotemcel

Etuvetidigene autotemcel (Waskyra, etu-cel) is an autologous lentiviral HSPC gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, approved by FDA December 9, 2025 and EMA January 9, 2026, marketed by Fondazione Telethon.

EU-TRAIN study

EU-TRAIN (EUropean TRAnsplantation and INnovation) was a Horizon 2020 consortium, 2018-2024, €6.6 million, INSERM-coordinated, that built a European kidney transplant cohort, tested non-invasive rejection biomarkers, and developed the EU-TRACER risk stratification system and dd-cfDNA-guided Impact trial.

EUCLID trial

EUCLID (Examining Use of Ticagrelor in PAD, NCT01732822) was an AstraZeneca-funded randomized trial in 13,885 patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease comparing ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily with clopidogrel 75 mg daily; ticagrelor was not superior (10.8% vs 10.6%, HR 1.02).

Eudragit

Eudragit is a brand name for polymethacrylate copolymers used as pharmaceutical excipients, best known for film coatings that control where and when a drug is released in the body.

Euell Gibbons

Euell Gibbons (1911–1975), American naturalist and author of Stalking the Wild Asparagus (1962), who revived foraging interest and starred in Grape-Nuts commercials, including the line about eating a pine tree.

Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow (Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, 1867–1925), Prussian-born Victorian strongman and father of modern bodybuilding; staged the 1901 Great Competition, ran the Sandow Institute, magazine, and equipment empire, and inspired the Mr. Olympia Sandow trophy.

Eugene A. Hildreth

Eugene A. Hildreth, known as "Pat", was an American internist and emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania who chaired the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Eugenic Abortion

Eugenic abortion, also called selective abortion, is abortion performed because of a prenatal finding that the fetus has or is at risk of a disability or genetic condition.

Eukaryotic Cobalamin Transport

Eukaryotic cobalamin transport: how vitamin B12 is absorbed via IF-cubam, carried by transcobalamin, taken up through CD320, exported from lysosomes by LMBD1-ABCD4, and processed by MMACHC/MMADHC; defects cause cblF, cblJ, and CD320 disorders.

Eumycetoma

Eumycetoma, also called Madura foot or maduromycosis, is the fungal form of mycetoma, a chronic subcutaneous infection forming grains, mainly caused by Madurella mycetomatis, endemic in the mycetoma belt, treated with itraconazole, terbinafine, and surgery.

Eunice Rivers Laurie

Eunice Rivers Laurie (Eunice Verdell Rivers, 1899–1986) was the African American public health nurse who served as liaison for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study for its entire 1932–1972 span, recruiting and retaining participants and later becoming the focus of historical debate.

Eupenta

Eupenta (Eupenta Inj., 유펜타) is LG Chem's fully liquid pentavalent DTwP-HepB-Hib infant vaccine, WHO prequalified 10 February 2016 and supplied under a $100 million UNICEF contract for 2023-2027.

Euphoria (disambiguation)

Euphoria (εὐφορία): intense feeling of well-being; also a psychiatric sign of exaggerated elation in mania, a drug-effect term, and the HBO drama starring Zendaya as Rue Bennett; from Greek euphoros, bearing well.

Euro_IDH_AML study

Euro_IDH_AML (NCT04369287) is an observational study by Istituto Clinico Humanitas on the prevalence, co-mutations, clonal evolution, and clinical outcomes of IDH1/2 mutations in acute myeloid leukemia, with estimated enrollment of 654.

Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientific is a Luxembourg-registered international group of laboratory testing companies founded in Nantes, France, in 1987, now running more than 950 laboratories in 59 countries.

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) is a professional association for cardiothoracic surgeons and perfusionists, founded in 1986 by Francis Fontan and headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom.

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), formerly the European Association of Echocardiography, an ESC branch founded 2003 in Vienna; unites echocardiography, CMR, nuclear cardiology, and cardiac CT; runs certification, accreditation, congress, and guidelines.

European Association of Urology

European Association of Urology (EAU), founded 1972-1973, Amsterdam constituent assembly; European urology society with 23,000+ members, annual congress since 1974, and annually updated EAU Guidelines covering all urology fields.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), EU agency in Stockholm operational since May 2005 after the SARS outbreak; runs TESSy and EWRS surveillance, rapid risk assessments, and since the 2022 mandate EU reference laboratories and the EU Health Task Force.

European Health Insurance Card

The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), issued free by national health insurers, lets holders obtain medically necessary state healthcare in the EU, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

European Heart Journal

European Heart Journal (EHJ), flagship peer-reviewed cardiology journal of the European Society of Cardiology, launched 1980, published by Oxford University Press; 2025 impact factor 43.5, ranked 2/237 in Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems; publishes ESC Guidelines.

European journal of cancer : official journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)

European Journal of Cancer (EJC), ISSN 0959-8049, Elsevier oncology journal since 1990, official journal of EORTC and EUSOMA; continues the 1965 Pergamon title and EJCC; 18 issues yearly, Impact Factor 10.002 (2021).

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology is a peer-reviewed medical journal, the official publication of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, published by Oxford University Press.

European Medicines Agency

European Medicines Agency (EMA), EU decentralised agency in Amsterdam (formerly London, 1995-2019) that scientifically evaluates medicines; CHMP/CVMP recommend, European Commission authorises within 67 days, valid EU-wide and in EEA.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), EU decentralised agency in Lisbon, 1993–2024, providing comparable drug data; replaced 2 July 2024 by the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) under Regulation (EU) 2023/1322.

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is a prospective cohort study of over half a million Europeans examining diet and cancer risk.

European Respiratory Society

European Respiratory Society (ERS), international nonprofit respiratory medicine society founded 1990 in London; 35,000+ members in 160+ countries; runs the ERS International Congress, ERS guidelines program, and the European Respiratory Journal.