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Fourth patient linked to mold outbreak at Pittsburgh hospital dies

UPMC on Sunday confirmed the death of Che DuVall, 70, and extended its sympathies to his family. DuVall, who had a lung transplant, is the fourth transplant patient at the hospital system who contracted infection and died. “We again want to reassure our patients that we have taken every possible precaution to make our hospitals as safe as is humanly possible and have followed all recommendations made by federal and state regulators,” UPMC said in a statement.

PSivida Corp says experimental eye drug meets study goal

(Reuters) – Drugmaker pSivida Corp said its experimental eye drug prevented inflammation in the back of patients’ eyes in a late-stage study. The drugmaker said only 18.4 percent of the patients given the treatment Medidur had the condition, posterior uveitis, return, compared with 78.6 percent patients who were given placebo. The company’s shares were up 32.4 percent at $4.90 in premarket trading on Tuesday. (Reporting by Vidya L Nathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)