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Vertex gets positive trial results for non-opioid painkiller in boost to pipeline

Bio Pharma Dive

After several attempts at designing a drug for acute pain, Vertex has a candidate it's ready to take into late-stage testing following two successful Phase 2 studies.

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The need for mental healthcare is great

World of DTC Marketing

Mental illnesses are common in the United States. Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (52.9 million in 2020). Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe. Suicidal ideation continues to increase among adults in the U.S. 4.58% of adults report having serious thoughts of suicide, an increase of 664,000 people from last year’s dataset.

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Doctors and nurses produce roadmap to future-proof healthcare

Pharma Times

Report uses input from healthcare professionals to highlight training and support needs, while also warning about departures

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Benefits of Adopting Multichannel Marketing in Pharma

Pharma Mirror

It all started in March 2020 and it is now Jan 2022. We still can’t declare the COVID pandemic as “finished”. How has the pandemic impacted the field marketing activity of Pharma companies? What should the industry do to prepare for what will definitely be a new world, post-COVID? There were many analysts who, even before the pandemic, were saying that the role of Medical Representatives will reduce.

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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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5 FDA decisions to watch in the second quarter

Bio Pharma Dive

While a market downturn has weighed on the biotech industry, FDA approvals for drugs from Bristol Myers Squibb, Bluebird bio and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals could help the sector regain its footing.

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Now alcohol is a direct cause of cancer

World of DTC Marketing

Oxford researchers say they have confirmed that alcohol is a direct cause of cancer, emphasizing how their findings reinforce the need to lower levels of alcohol consumption in the population for cancer prevention. The question is will the healthcare community do anything about these findings? Worldwide, alcohol is responsible for an estimated 3 million deaths each year, with over 400,000 from cancer.

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Pipelinepharma marketplace records quadruple growth over a single year

Pharma Mirror

The leading European pharmaceutical marketplace now hosts more than 85 000 CTD dossiers for finished dosage formulation products. Compared to 19 600 products at the start of 2021, the product offering has increased fourfold over a single year. As a response to increasing demand, Pipelinepharma will introduce biosimilar drugs into a separate category.

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Roche's closely watched immunotherapy fails key study in tough-to-treat lung cancer

Bio Pharma Dive

A drug regimen including Roche's top prospect tiragolumab didn't outperform standard treatment in its first large trial, a setback for therapies aimed at a protein called TIGIT.

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Biden proposes subsidizing drug middlemen for insulin

World of DTC Marketing

The House is preparing to vote on a $35 monthly insulin cap later, but there is stern opposition to the plan, which could cost billions over ten years. Essentially taxpayers would be subsidizing drug company profits for the price of a product that should have come down a long time ago. Under the bill proposed, Medicare beneficiaries and those insured through private plans would pay no more than $35 for a 30-day insulin prescription, or the lesser of $35 or 25% of the plan’s negotiated pric

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Santen launches new educational eyecare site for patients in UK

Pharma Times

Digital health boost as new website focuses on dry eye disease, which currently affects one in four people across the UK

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

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Symbiosis announces successful completion of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) project, which will enhance the manufacturing supply chain for ATMPs within the UK

Pharma Mirror

Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services Ltd (Symbiosis), a fast-growing contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) specialising in sterile global manufacture of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biopharmaceuticals including Advanced Therapeutical Medicinal Products (ATMPs), has announced the completion of a £1.3 million collaborative UKRI-funded project as part of the medicines manufacturing challenge.

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Orchard turns to layoffs in cutting gene therapy research

Bio Pharma Dive

The biotech company plans to reduce its workforce by 30%, or by about 65 employees, in the latest example of a gene therapy developer restructuring.

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Type 2 diabetes is a national health emergency

World of DTC Marketing

Healthy eating is your recipe for managing diabetes. More than 37 million Americans have diabetes (about 1 in 10), and approximately 90-95% have type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes most often develops in people over age 45, but more and more children, teens, and young adults are also developing it. A study has found that people with type 2 diabetes were at higher risk of developing 57 health conditions than non-diabetics.

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Positive results for Cerevance’s Parkinson’s drug

Pharma Times

In phase 2 trials, the drug reduced ‘OFF time’ which refers to periods of the day when Parkinson’s symptoms recur despite medication

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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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New liquid filling machine for sterile ophthalmic products – Oftalmica by Romaco Macofar

Pharma Mirror

Karlsruhe/Germany, Romaco Macofar’s Oftalmica was specially developed for aseptic filling of sterile eye drops, nasal sprays and injectables. Meeting all GMP requirements for safe processing of highly viscous, oily and foaming liquids, the machine additionally offers fast format changes and short cleaning times. The Oftalmica is Romaco Macofar’s latest technology for aseptic filling of sterile eye drops.

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Pfizer inflammatory disease drug hits goal in second study

Bio Pharma Dive

The drugmaker said etrasimod, an experimental medicine acquired via its Arena buyout, improved remission rates in the second of two studies meant to support its approval in ulcerative colitis.

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Overuse of asthma inhalers linked to severe attacks; study

pharmaphorum

Data from a massive real-world study of asthma patients has suggested that overuse of inhalers is widespread and leading to an elevated risk of severe exacerbations. The results from the SABINA registry programme in more than a million people with the respiratory disease show that 40% of patients were over-using short-acting beta agonist (SABA) inhalers, which are used on demand to open up the airways.

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Google Cloud and Babylon Health collaborate to improve patient care

Pharma Times

Collaboration between Babylon Health and tech giant seeks to speed up historically slow patient access to data

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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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eTheRNA Manufacturing Announces New LNP Formulation Development and Production Service

Pharma Mirror

NIEL, BELGIUM, eTheRNA Manufacturing, a specialist RNA process developer and manufacturing member of the Belgian eTheRNA group, is introducing a new Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) formulation development and production service to support the discovery and early pre-clinical development of RNA-based therapeutics and vaccines. This new LNP service uses eTheRNA’s proprietary lipid libraries and proprietary formulations to facilitate targeted delivery and tailored biodistribution solutions.

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Yet another gene therapy developer turns to layoffs

Bio Pharma Dive

Taysha Gene Therapies is narrowing its research efforts and cutting around 35% of its workforce, the latest in a series of layoffs announced by makers of genetic medicines.

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Jazz Pharma Announces $100 Million “Green” Manufacturing Plant for Cannabis-Based Medicines

XTalks

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has broken ground on a new $100 million manufacturing plant for cannabis-based medicines in the UK. The facility will be constructed in Kent Science Park (KSP) in Sittingbourne, an industrial town in Kent, England. According to a press release from Jazz Pharma, the plant has a planned opening date in 2024 and will welcome 100 new employees.

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Parsortix system identifies key drug targets in cancer metastasis

Pharma Times

Study demonstrates ability of the Parsortix system to isolate circulating tumour cells, targeting the metastatic spread of cancer

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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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Majority of Patients Treated with Lebrikizumab Achieved Skin Clearance in Pivotal Phase 3 Atopic Dermatitis Studies

Pharma Mirror

BARCELONA, Spain, More than 50 percent of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) experienced at least 75 percent reduction in disease severity (EASI-75*) at 16 weeks when receiving lebrikizumab monotherapy in the ADvocate program, Almirall S.A. (BME: ALM) announced today at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting. Lebrikizumab, an investigational IL-13 inhibitor, also led to clinically meaningful improvements in itch and other important patient-reported outcomes

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Biogen shelves ALS drug after early-stage trial failure

Bio Pharma Dive

The study setback raises questions over how well a type of genetic medicine can work in adults with central nervous system disorders like ALS.

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Irish wearables firm Kinesis bought by Linus Health

pharmaphorum

University College Dublin spinout Kinesis Health Technologies, which has developed a range of wearable sensors to assess the physical capabilities of patients, has been bought by US company Linus Health for an undisclosed sum. The merger brings together Kinesis’ gait analysis tools with Linus’ digital brain health monitoring technologies, designed to spot diseases like Alzheimer’s before over symptoms develop.

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Sanofi and IGM Biosciences team up to develop antibody agonists

Pharma Times

Collaboration will involve the development of new class IgM antibodies with a view to gaining market approval

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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How to Prepare for BA.2, the Omicron Subvariant

NY Times

Taking these seven steps now can lower your risk and minimize the disruption to your family’s life.

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How to accelerate reliable and novel answers with expert-curated biomedical and clinical data

Bio Pharma Dive

Accelerate your path to novel, reliable answers with expert-curated biomedical and clinical data.

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 preventative drug secures EU approval

BioPharma Reporter

AstraZeneca's Evusheld has been approved in the EU for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults and teens 12 years and older weighing at least 40 kg.

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NICE recommends flash devices to type 1 diabetes patients

Pharma Times

New technology could reduce finger pricking by 50% while also providing patients with continuous data about blood sugar levels

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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.