Bio Pharma Dive

MARCH 12, 2024

Physicians are preparing for tough conversations with patients on Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Relyvrio, while holding out hope it still may help some with the disease.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 3, 2022

Michel Vounatsos, Biogen's CEO since 2017, will be replaced as the company "substantially" eliminates the commercial workforce around Aduhelm, which has generated paltry sales in the face of resistance from insurers and doctors.

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Healey center is at the front of ALS research and care, earning acclaim from patients, doctors and scientists. Still, the complexities of the disease and of drug development have brought hard-felt losses.

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Relyvrio, a drug developed by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, is in high demand in ALS clinics across the U.S. Though some patients are already getting it, insurance coverage and out-of-pocket costs remain a source of anxiety.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MARCH 15, 2024

The company expects initial uptake of Rezdiffra, which costs $47,400 per year, to be slow as doctors and insurers establish the protocols needed to find patients eligible for treatment.

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The availability of three vastly different, cutting-edge medicines for the rare disease has put patients, families and doctors in an unfamiliar position.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 3, 2021

Nearly two months since Aduhelm became available, many physicians have yet to use the first treatment approved in the U.S. to slow Alzheimer's disease.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JUNE 5, 2022

A quarter century after Roche's Herceptin became an option for HER2-positive breast cancer, positive study results for Enhertu could push doctors to consider a new classification of "HER2 low" disease.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 5, 2022

Enhertu is the first targeted treatment cleared for breast cancers that are ‘HER2 low,’ a new classification that could change how doctors treat the disease.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Drugs like Ozempic are very effective at helping most people who take them lose weight. Semaglutide (sold as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro) are the most well known in the class of drugs that mimic hormones to reduce feelings of hunger. But does weight come back when you stop using […]

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 6, 2021

SUMMARY: The media headlines promise weight loss for diabetes patients, but Norvo’s new drug is in the same class as other drugs and carries many warnings. Can diabetes patients really stay adherent to a drug for 63 weeks in which 85% of patients report GI side effects and will insurance cover the cost?

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 17, 2022

And the Covid-19 pandemic only underscored that obesity puts people at greater risk for infectious disease but are new weight loss drugs the answer? Unpaid celebrity endorsements include venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who says the drug completely changed his relationship with food, and Elon Musk, who has cited it on Twitter.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Another TED talk on the evils of prescription drug marketing was filled with misinformation as usual. Today consumers don’t run to their doctor after seeing a DTC ad, they do their research, and in some cases, the ads actually help them identify potential health problems. What about marketing to doctors?

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 8, 2023

Treatment with Wegovy led to a 20% reduction in the relative risk of cardiovascular complications or death, a finding that could further shift how doctors treat obesity.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Aduhelm sales totaled just $1 million in the fourth quarter as Biogen struggles to win over doctors and insurers. The company said it would reduce expenses by more than currently planned if Medicare limits coverage.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool that is able to predict COVID-19 symptoms and suggest which FDA-approved drugs might be used to treat patients. The post AI tool may help doctors select best drugs for COVID patients appeared first on.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

The passage of the Inflation Control bill is an excellent first step in limiting high drug costs, but our healthcare system is still built for profit at the expense of patients. First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. The result:? The result:?

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 21, 2021

SUMMARY: DTC marketing is not the reason why prescription drugs cost so much. Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. They research the drug online and ask their physician about it if they decide it’s a treatment option. Still, the gatekeeper continues to be their doctor.

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World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

Accelerated Approval allows for early access to drugs and biologics based on initial evidence of safety and effectiveness, while confirmatory studies required to verify clinical benefits are ongoing. The program was codified into law under the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012. Do patients care? Of course not.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Positive results from a late-stage clinical trial of the drug, called lecanemab, were a surprising success for a field used to setbacks. But doctors and researchers point out that the reported benefit appears relatively modest.

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World of DTC Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

SUMMARY: Physicians are tired and overwhelmed with medical information on new drugs. A client launched an Oncology drug based on extensive research with physicians, but the results were not that good during a post-launch evaluation. 4our: There are too many messages associated with new drugs. It’s a huge challenge.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 28, 2021

When visiting a doctor, it’s pretty common to see a doctor going from room to room with laptops. More and more, I am hearing that pharma is NOT part of the digital conversation while talking to other doctors and going to independent health resource sites. It’s no secret that HCPs are using digital more and more.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Weeks after the first Humira copycat launched in the U.S., a survey by Cardinal Health suggests insurer mandates will drive biosimilar adoption.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 27, 2021

Yet the media has led with “diabetes drug leads to major weight loss” Will doctors inform patients? The drug carries a potential risk for a type of thyroid tumor and has a boxed warning. This drug can be effective if patients follow the directions for weight loss.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 29, 2022

The pharmaceutical industry often relies on enzymes to perform a process known as biocatalysis, which facilitates the cost-effective and sustainable production of small molecule drugs at scale. The post Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 1, 2021

SUMMARY: The FDA is coming under intense pressure to approve Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, but Aaron S. ” For Biogen, the stakes are high as approval is likely to earn tens of millions, of to billions, in profits but is hope a reason to approve a drug over science? .” Biogen needs a new drug revenue badly.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

Although the drug is legal in Michigan, doctors in the state are hesitant to authorize their patients to use cannabis, while struggling to manage other influences on their patients' health care decisions, says a University of Michigan researcher.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 10, 2021

On the other hand, we did make a thought elder, who worked on clinical trials of a cancer drug, to take questions from other physicians about those clinical trials. Finally, after the storm of the pandemic, many doctors re suddenly overwhelmed with patients. When using the Internet to reach doctors, numbers don’t matter.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Doctors have long asserted that prior authorization — the need to get approval from the patient’s insurer before proceeding with treatment — causes delays that can hurt patient care. Prior authorizations also exact a toll on doctors, who say the paperwork has gotten out of hand. Then there is prior authorization.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 1, 2021

SUMMARY: Online health seeker numbers are still very high, indicating that people are doing their research first before asking for a prescription drug. Online ads for prescription drugs are unique. Nobody will see an online ad for a prescription drug and ask their doctor about it without doing some research first.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 4, 2023

The Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness at Johns Hopkins University has led a study into prescription drug use of multiple concurrent central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 29, 2023

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has granted conditional approval for two domestically developed oral drugs to treat Covid-19. Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and Shanghai Junshi Biosciences’ subsidiary have submitted the applications for the two drugs Xiannuoxin (SIM0417) and VV116, respectively.

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Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Over the past several years, drug shortages have vexed doctors and patients on both sides of the Atlantic, prompting lawmakers and government agencies to take action in both Europe and the U.S. Tuesday, the European Medicines Agency laid out a list of more than 300 critical generic drugs that could fall prey to future shortages.

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NY Times

DECEMBER 25, 2020

The patient, who has a severe shellfish allergy, recovered quickly with treatment. Until now, reports of severe reactions had been linked to the Pfizer vaccine.

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 31, 2023

doctors can now choose Amjevita instead, the first of several close copies of the popular rheumatoid arthritis drug expected this year. But industry-watchers warn consumer savings may be limited. Image credit: JB Reed/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2020

IN SUMMARY : When patients return to doctor’s offices will HCP’s have time to go online with every drug company that requests an online detail? Back to HCP’s…digitization can’t replace the relationships that pharma reps and MLS people build with doctors. As for patients?

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The CDC is asking doctors to ration supply of Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s new RSV drug Beyfortus, as demand has outstripped supply.

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