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Nestle gives up on peanut allergy treatment after sluggish sales

Bio Pharma Dive

The FDA-approved therapy, called Palforzia, was little used, leading Nestle to abandon a business it had secured in a $2.6 billion deal three years ago.

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Nestlé divests peanut allergy treatment Palforzia to Stallergenes Greer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Nestlé has sold its peanut allergy drug Palforzia to Swiss biopharma Stallergenes Greer harma, concluding a year-long strategic review.

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Neuroplast spinal cord injury study milestone

Pharma Times

The trial analyses the impact of its ‘Neuro-Cells’ among patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries - News - PharmaTimes

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September 5, 2023: NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Announces Grand Rounds Series on Design and Analysis of Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is launching a special Grand Rounds series to share advances in the design and analysis of pragmatic clinical trials. Join us on the first Friday of each month, October through January, to hear the latest best practices and explore emerging questions with experts from the program’s Biostatistics and Study Design Core.

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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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Beam begins US testing of first-of-its-kind ‘base editing’ cancer drug

Bio Pharma Dive

The announcement marks progress for Beam after trial delays, and is the first time in the U.S. that a patient has received a base editing treatment.

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Eloxx moves ahead with plans with gene therapy for rare kidney disorder

Pharmaceutical Technology

Eloxx has submitted an IND for a pivotal trial to study its Alport syndrome therapy ELX-02 following a positive Phase II data readout.

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Novo, Lilly set to dominate $71B GLP-1 drug market by 2032: J.P. Morgan

Fierce Pharma

Demand is so strong for Novo Nordisk’s obesity drugs that the only limitation on sales—in the short term—seems to be the company’s ability to produce them. | Promising heart data for Novo Nordisk's Wegovy are a "paradigm shift," according to J.P. Morgan, which has doubled its market projection for GLP-1 diabetes and obesity treatments to $71 billion for 2032.

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Biogen, continuing executive revamp, finds a new research head

Bio Pharma Dive

Jane Grogan, an industry veteran who worked at Genentech for over 15 years, will take over the role starting Oct. 2. She’ll fill a seat that's lacked a permanent replacement since the departure of Al Sandrock.

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Veracyte and Gustave Roussy announce partnership for cancer therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Veracyte has announced a partnership with Gustave Roussy to support biopharmaceutical companies in expediting the development

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Ariceum doses first patient with satoreotide

Pharma Times

The treatment targets extensive stage small cell lung cancer and aims to boost therapeutic impact - News - PharmaTimes

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

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Patent cliffs, divestitures and maturing biotechs all point to more pharma M&A: analysts

Fierce Pharma

Biopharma M&A is on an uptick compared to the post-pandemic doldrums of the last two years. | Biopharma M&A is on an uptick compared to the post-pandemic doldrums of the last two years. Analysts anticipate that the trend will continue in 2023 and into 2024 as companies attempt to beef up their portfolios.

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Otsuka taps Shape in deal to design eye gene therapies

Bio Pharma Dive

Shape uses machine learning and high throughput screening to identify new AAV capsids in ways the company’s CEO compares to the generative AI tools Midjourney and DALLE-2.

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UK rejoins EU’s Horizon Europe science programme

Pharmaceutical Technology

The country returns to the EU’s research programme after a Brexit-related absence and questions surrounding its re-entry prospects.

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AMO Pharma reveals data from myotonic dystrophy study

Pharma Times

Clinically significant results have emerged from trial evaluating the company’s AMO-02 candidate - News - PharmaTimes

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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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J&J's patient assistance program suffers data breach, IBM says

Fierce Pharma

IBM disclosed "unauthorized access" to J&J’s Janssen CarePath patient assistance program, which helped over 1 million U.S. patients last year.

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AstraZeneca, seeking new drug targets, taps a genomics biotech and its AI technology

Bio Pharma Dive

Worth up to $840 million, the collaboration will give Alexion access to Verge Genomics’ platform, which uses human tissue data to find drug targets for diseases that degrade the nerve system.

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MHRA grants approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s adapted vaccine for Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK MHRA has granted approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s adapted Covid-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) targeting the Omicron XBB 1.5 subvariant.

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EsoCap finalises recruitment for eosinophilic esophagitis study

Pharma Times

Candidate ESO-101 will treat participating patients across five European countries - News - PharmaTimes

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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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Repurposing the anthelmintic drug Niclosamide

Pharma Mirror

Niclosamide is an anthelmintic medication that has been used for decades to treat various types of parasitic infections in humans and animals. Niclosamide works by disrupting the energy metabolism of the parasitic worms, specifically by interfering with their ability to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is essential for their survival. This disruption ultimately leads to the death of the parasites.

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In advocates’ push for superbug funding, ‘$6 billion is nothing’

Bio Pharma Dive

The PASTEUR Act could be heading for another legislative blow, but advocates say they see a future for the mechanism to fund research into antimicrobial resistance.

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AstraZeneca mulls risk strategy for Ultomiris following FDA response letter

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has requested that AstraZeneca make modifications to the Ultomiris REMS programme to approve a label expansion.

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Bristol Myers Squibb’s Camzyos gets NICE recommendation

Pharma Times

Therapy is used among adult patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - News - PharmaTimes

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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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Patient-Centric Marketing in the Life Science Industry: Putting the Focus on Patient Needs

Pharma Mirror

by Nataliya Andreychuk, Co-founder and CEO of Viseven Many pharma brands still shy away from marketing directly to patients, depending on conversion through healthcare providers (HCPs). And it is not hard to see why. Compliance with complex laws and regulations, like Direct-to-Consumer Advertising (DTCA) Rules or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), can be quite daunting.

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Kriya, flush with funding, buys a gene therapy for NASH

Bio Pharma Dive

Fresh off a Series C fundraise, Kriya has acquired the privately held Tramotane Therapeutics and its preclinical candidate for the widely prevalent liver disease.

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New 2023 guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies

Pharmaceutical Technology

A new set of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines was shared at the 2023 ESC conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Vitestro begins blood-drawing device study

Pharma Times

Technology combines AI-based, ultrasound-guided 3D reconstruction with robotic needle insertion - News - PharmaTimes

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Five takeaways from the CAR-TCR cell therapy conference

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Five takeaways from the CAR-TCR cell therapy conference Mike.

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J&J sends blood pressure drug back to Idorsia

Bio Pharma Dive

The decision is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Actelion spinout and ends a lucrative partnership that began in 2017.

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iNtRON wins US Army contract to develop bacteriophages for E.coli infections

Pharmaceutical Technology

iNtRON's contract is part of the US Army’s DEVCOM strategy to develop drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant UTIs.

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Marketing authorisation for AbbVie’s Aquipta

Pharma Times

The therapy has been developed for the treatment of migraine among adults - News - PharmaTimes

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The New Age of Decentralized Clinical Trials

This new white paper defines and details the impact of Decentralized Clinical Trials on the Pharmaceutical industry and how the impact can be measured along with steps companies can take to ensure adoption.