September, 2020

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Accelerated Authorizations Using Surrogate Endpoints: Takeaways from DIA 2020

Camargo

Sponsors and regulators use surrogate endpoints to predict the long-term benefits of drug products that. The post Accelerated Authorizations Using Surrogate Endpoints: Takeaways from DIA 2020 appeared first on Camargo.

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How Are Biopharma Companies Evaluating Partnerships in the Rare Disease Space?

Camargo

Panel Summary from the World Orphan Drug Congress 2020. Last month, executives from leading international biopharma companies came together at the World Orphan Drug Congress 2020 to discuss how they are evaluating new opportunities in the rare disease space. The panel discussion was moderated by Camargo CEO Dan Duffy, and panelists included: Joana Granado, External Innovation Director, Actelion; Weiyong Sun, Senior Director, Specialty Medicine Search, Evaluation and Global Business Development,

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Prescription Digital Therapeutics: When Software Is the Active Ingredient

Camargo

With smartphones now ubiquitous, interest has increased in digital health solutions such as telemedicine platforms. The post Prescription Digital Therapeutics: When Software Is the Active Ingredient appeared first on Camargo.

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After a rare win, a biotech details long-awaited results for its ALS drug

Bio Pharma Dive

Data published Wednesday describe what one study investigator deems a milestone in the fight against ALS, a deadly and progressive neurological disorder.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Oncology DTC: Opportunities

World of DTC Marketing

IN SUMMARY: According to a Takeda Oncology report “for people diagnosed with multiple myeloma, there can be an abundance of information, which can lead to confusion around the next steps in their diagnosis and treatment plan. Particularly, there appears to be a disconnect between what they understand and what they want to know about the treatment journey that lies ahead.

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Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal archives now available to companies for Text and Data Mining

Pharma Mirror

The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched its new Text and Data Mining (TDM) solution, making its full collection of research journals available to companies for AI and machine learning applications. With the volume of published research available growing hourly, access to the RSC’s collection in machine-readable format offers companies the opportunity to extract, pinpoint.

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Switching to DrugPatentWatch

Drug Patent Watch

Don’t wait until the end of the year to start looking for alternatives to your existing business intelligence providers. DrugPatentWatch can help you replace or supplement your current solutions with:…. The post Switching to DrugPatentWatch appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Vaxart's oral COVID-19 tablet vaccine to enter clinical trials

BioPharma Reporter

Vaxart will start a Phase 1 clinical trial for its oral COVID-19 vaccine candidate, having received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance.

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How biotech and pharma companies pay their CEOs, and their workers

Bio Pharma Dive

The median CEO of 231 drug companies analyzed by BioPharma Dive earned 50% more last year than in 2017, a leap that far outpaced the more modest pay gains among employees.

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Our healthcare has failed us

World of DTC Marketing

IN SUMMARY: American healthcare is failing. Not only has the FDA become a political pawn but almost half the population is now obese. While there are lots of reasons for this the silence of healthcare providers is a huge reason. The adult obesity rate passed 40 percent nationally for the first time according to the 2017–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a 26 percent jump from 2007–2008.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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The Themes of The World Pharmacists Day 2010-2020

Pharma Mirror

Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who have enough knowledge about the effective uses of medications. World Pharmacist Day is celebrated on 25th September every year since 2010 on the day FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) started their journey. FIP encourages pharmacists to celebrate this day to promote and support the role of the pharmacist in the whole.

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First UK patient given GSK’s experimental arthritis drug in COVID-19 trial

Pharma Times

Drug is being investigated in up to 800 hospitalised patients nationwide

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Giving the forgotten generation of cancer patients a voice

pharmaphorum

Young people with cancer need a “seat at the table”, but instead they are often side-lined and voiceless. That’s according to advocate Megan-Claire Chase, who has been blogging about her experiences since she was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer in her early 30s. Her mission, she tells pharmaphorum, is to humanise the cancer experience.

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Bradykinin Hypothesis of COVID-19 Offers Hope for Already-Approved Drugs

BioSpace

A group of researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab used the Summit supercomputer, the second-fastest in the world, to analyze data on more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples related to COVID-19.

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The New Age of Decentralized Clinical Trials

White paper that delves into the complex topic of Decentralized Clinical Trials and how to master them within the confines of FDA Regulations

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Pfizer pushes deeper into China with stake in cancer biotech

Bio Pharma Dive

The $200 million investment in CStone Pharmaceuticals puts Pfizer in charge of selling a cancer immunotherapy in the world's second largest drug market.

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AbbVie doesn’t care about employees

World of DTC Marketing

THE BASICS: A “critical part” of pharmaceutical company AbbVie ‘s success is “face-to-face” interaction, CEO Richard Gonzalez explained in an Aug. 27 email outlining its process for bringing thousands of U.S.-based employees back to work. This is beyond irresponsible. According to CNBC “AbbVie workers say they worry that the company is putting profits ahead of safety and the health of its U.S. employees and their families at risk.

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Medical Device Innovation Summit: India is poised to be a manufacturing hub for medical equipments and devices

Pharma Mirror

The first digital session of Medical Device Innovation Summit concludes on a positive note with industry leaders addressing burning topics to promote innovation in the medical equipment industry. From challenges like lack of regulatory systems to its new found potential of manufacturing indigenous products on a large scale, the summit successfully addressed discussions on new.

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UK launch for Novo's new diabetes pill

Pharma Times

Rybelsus is the world’s first and only oral GLP-1 receptor agonist

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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FDA launches Digital Health Center of Excellence

pharmaphorum

The FDA has launched its Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE), as the agency continues with its commitment to advancing use of technology such as mobile health devices, software and wearables to create medical products. Housed within the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the DHCoE is part of a wider strategy to encourage development of digital health products and therapeutics.

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iBio’s FastPharming® Platform Produces Decoy Therapeutic to Bind to SARS-CoV-2

BioSpace

Recently licensed from Planet Biotechnology, the candidate is a recombinant protein made from human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) fused to a human immunoglobulin G Fc fragment.

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Pfizer says coronavirus vaccine study still on track for October readout

Bio Pharma Dive

Importantly, the study committee hasn't had reason to pause vaccinations in the trial, something AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford recently reported in tests of their vaccine.

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Launching a new drug: How much to spend on DTC?

World of DTC Marketing

HERE”S THE DEAL: Determining how much to spend for the launch of a new drug is a challenge we all face and you have to be ready to shift funds from channels that are failing to provide the lift in brand awareness to channels that hit the bullseye on your objectives. The biggest request we get from clients is guiding them through the process of allocating total DTC spend along with channel allocation.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.

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Italy and India the only pharma economies to improve score in 2020 according to the CPhI Pharma Index

Pharma Mirror

Ahead of the CPhI Festival of Pharma (5-16 October, 2020) – global pharma’s largest ever virtual gathering – the CPhI Pharma Index shows only Italy and India have improved their score in 2020, with the majority of industry executives looking for new supply chain partners. The Index – an aggregated confidence score across the five. The post Italy and India the only pharma economies to improve score in 2020 according to the CPhI Pharma Index appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.

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Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells: Australian study

BioPharma Reporter

Venom from honeybees has been found to rapidly destroy triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells â with minimal effect on healthy cells, according to a study published this month.

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Could a COVID-19 breath test help UK out of lockdown?

pharmaphorum

A potential COVID-19 breath test has been unveiled in the UK, as the country desperately searches for alternatives to crippling lockdown measures to prevent the disease from spreading. The breath test has been developed by Integumen in collaboration with Modern Water, Avacta and Aptamer Group, which had been working on test that identifies the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in waste water.

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Could Bee Venom Be the Key to Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?

BioSpace

A study published in the journal npj Precision Oncology on Sept. 1 featured data that suggested honeybee venom can potentially destroy triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells.

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2022 Research: The Rapid Rise of Ocean Freight Visibility

A research study conducted by The Journal of Commerce and FourKites surveyed hundreds of international shippers, exploring how their usage of global supply chain visibility technology has evolved since the onset of global disruptions caused by COVID-19. For international shippers, ocean freight visibility has evolved from optional to essential and satisfaction with visibility varies greatly depending on how it is obtained and delivered.

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Biogen's all-important Alzheimer's drug enters the review gauntlet

Bio Pharma Dive

On Nov. 6, aducanumab will go before a panel of experts who will review it and make recommendations to the FDA. Meanwhile, the drug has also caught the attention of a powerful cost watchdog group.

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Online ads: Creative vs. media

World of DTC Marketing

TO THE POINT: When it comes to online advertising the creative is more important than the money you’re spending on media. DTC marketers need to create a “hook point” to lead to action. Consumers today are bombarded with so much information you have to grab their attention quick. In fact, you realistically only have 3-seconds or less.

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Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists

NY Times

Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine.

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Immunotherapies could target aggressive pancreatic cancer, research indicates

Pharma Times

Scientists have discovered that hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer hijacks a key immune system response

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An Innovative & Creative Problem Solver Approach to Selling in the Medical Device Space

Speaker: Steve Goldstein, Sales Leader

Are you currently in sales, or involved in a business that depends on strong sales results? What about the extremely competitive world of medical device sales? What are some of the top challenges your customers face and how do you approach understanding what’s most important to them? Join Steve Goldstein, Sales Success Coach, Motivational Speaker and Medical Device Sales Leader from Gold Selling LLC., to discover critical strategies and approaches you can take to engage your customers, achieve g