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Novo takes big step toward ending Ozempic, Wegovy shortages

Bio Pharma Dive

All doses of the two drugs are now listed as available in the U.S., per an FDA database, although the company cautioned patients may still experience "variability" filling their prescriptions.

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EC approves AstraZeneca’s Fasenra for EGPA treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The EC has approved AstraZeneca's Fasenra as an add-on therapy for adults with relapsing or refractory EGPA.

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Will the tide turn for the wave of pharma layoffs?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical management expert Kenneth Getz shares insights on broader trends in the pharma sector influencing the recent wave of layoffs.

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The Growing Trend of Patient-Led Clinical Research in Rare Disease

Worldwide Clinical Trials

By: Juliane Mills, Senior Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease The rise of patient-led clinical research, particularly in rare disease, represents a significant shift in the clinical trial landscape. Increasingly, patients and patient-led organizations are playing a pivotal role in shaping drug development, underscoring the importance of collaboration between patient organizations, CROs, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

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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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Harnessing AI to future-proof biopharma

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Discover how leveraging AI can help biopharma companies future-proof their operations and strategies. Learn about innovative AI strategies that can drive success in the biopharma industry.

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Novo, with new results, to seek approval for obesity drug in MASH

Bio Pharma Dive

The Phase 3 findings position semaglutide to become the first drug of its kind for the liver disease. But they also confirm GLP-1s aren't a "silver bullet" for MASH, one analyst argued.

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October 30, 2024: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, the CHI-RON Study of Adults With Congenital Heart Defects

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Dr. Thomas Carton and Dr. Anitha John In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Thomas Carton of the Louisiana Public Health Institute and Anitha John of George Washington University and the Children’s National Hospital will present “Congenital Heart Initiative: Redefining Outcomes and Navigation to Adult Centered Care (CHI-RON) Study.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern.

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Novo Nordisk's semaglutide delivers in phase 3 MASH study, teeing up filings

Fierce Pharma

With a positive readout for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) now in the bag, Novo Nordisk is gearing up to pursue yet another indication for its star GLP-1 medicine semagluti | Novo Nordisk on Friday revealed that its star GLP-1 semaglutide met the mark in a late-stage MASH study. The positive results build on the thesis that GLP-1s could become a foundational piece in the treatment paradigm for the fatty liver disease, according to analysts at William Blair.

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Biogen refreshes its C-suite; Novartis writes down MorphoSys assets

Bio Pharma Dive

Daniel Quirk, an immunology and neuroscience executive at Bristol Myers Squibb, will be Biogen’s next chief medical officer, while Robin Kramer will replace retiring CFO Michael McDonnell.

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Biogen and Neomorph enter molecular glue degrader deal

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biogen and Neomorph have partnered to discover and develop molecular glue degraders for treating Alzheimer’s and other rare conditions.

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

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Community Pharmacies in Crisis: Navigating the Challenges and Closures

Pharmaceutical Commerce

With today's pharmacy landscape shaken by unprecedented and wider disruption to healthcare support and delivery, community and independent entities strive to remain an integral cog in the mix.

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Grand Rounds October 25, 2024: How Hybrid Working From Home Works Out (Nicholas Bloom, PhD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

                        Speaker Nicholas Bloom, PhD Professor of Economics Stanford University Slides Keywords Remote Work; Hybrid Work; Job Performance; Attrition Key Points Dr. Bloom conducted a randomized controlled trial at the Trip.com headquarters in Shanghai to test the efficacy of a hybrid WFH model. 1,612 employees in the IT and Airfare divisions were randomized to come into the office either five days/week (the control arm) or three days/week, with the option to

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A new biotech, built around protein design, springs from David Baker’s lab

Bio Pharma Dive

Archon Biosciences, co-founded by the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, emerged from stealth Wednesday with $20 million in seed capital.

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FDA approves Iterum’s ORLYNVAH NDA for uUTI treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has approved Iterum Therapeutics' NDA for ORLYNVAH to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs).

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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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Novartis, Apellis drop dueling datasets as they race for approval in rare form of kidney disease

Fierce Pharma

Novartis and Apellis Pharmaceuticals have rolled out detailed data on iptacopan and pegcetacoplan, respectively, as they race for the prize in a type of rare kidney disease. | Novartis and Apellis dropped new data on their respective meds, iptacopan and pegcetacoplan, in the rare kidney disease C3 glomerulopathy. While Apellis' drug seems to have an efficacy edge based on a cross-trial comparison, Novartis may have gotten the jump by filing for approvals ahead of its competitor.

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October 28, 2024: New Living Textbook Contribution Explains Differences Between Medicare Data Sources

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Research-identifiable Medicare data can come from traditional fee-for-service Medicare claims or from Medicare Advantage claims. A new contribution to the Living Textbook of Pragmatic Clinical Trials published this month, Use of Medicare Data in PCTs , describes the important differences between these data. At the healthcare system level, differences in incentives for documenting diagnoses can affect the reliability and relevance of data used for pragmatic clinical trials.

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Evommune raises $115M to accelerate immune drug tests

Bio Pharma Dive

The biotech expects three Phase 2 readouts in urticaria and eczema over the next two years, and will keep its “options open” regarding an IPO, its CEO said.

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GSK to acquire Chimagen’s CMG1A46 for autoimmune disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has entered an agreement to acquire Chimagen Biosciences’ CMG1A46 for $300m upfront.

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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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'It was a good lesson': FDA reconsiders CAR-T boxed warning on secondary cancers, Peter Marks says

Fierce Pharma

An FDA announcement last year of an investigation into the risk of patients developing secondary cancers following the treatment of CAR-T cell therapies sent shock waves across the industry. | An FDA investigation last year into the risk of patients developing secondary cancers following the treatment of CAR-T cell therapies sent shock waves across the industry.

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NICE trumpets new standard for health AI evaluations

pharmaphorum

With artificial intelligence technologies for healthcare on the rise, UK health technology assessment (HTA) agency NICE has published an economic evaluation standard that it says will help inform coverage and reimbursement decisions.

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GSK vaccine sales sink on lower demand for RSV, shingles shots

Bio Pharma Dive

The British pharma’s experience during the third quarter mirrored that of rival Pfizer, which also reported lower sales of its competing RSV shot.

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EU Critical Medicines Act: closer to ending overreliance on Asian manufacturers

Pharmaceutical Technology

China's virtual monopoly on the supply of many APIs could be dangerous for the security of medicine supply to Western countries.

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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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As new drugs deliver, Bristol Myers CEO looks to 'further improve productivity and efficiency'

Fierce Pharma

Bristol Myers’ $1.5 billion restructuring initiative that runs through 2025 may not be the end of the company’s ongoing efficiency push. | Bristol Myers' $1.5 billion restructuring initiative that runs through 2025 may not be the end of the company's ongoing efficiency push. The drugmaker is "exploring opportunities to further improve productivity and efficiency," CEO Chris Boerner said Thursday.

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Lilly touts new Kisunla regimen that reduces side effects

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Eli Lilly says a new starting dose regimen for its Alzheimer's disease therapy Kisunla reduces the risk of side effects that have stood in the way of approvals and reimbursement decisions for drugs in its class.Simply shifting one vial of the anti-amyloid antibody from the first infusion to the third infusion of the titration phase of dosing – the period used to achieve therapeutic levels in the body – is enough to lower the incidence of a potentially serious side effect known as ARIA-E, accordi

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AbbVie to acquire a J&J-backed brain drugmaker for $1.4B

Bio Pharma Dive

Buying Aliada Therapeutics would hand AbbVie a clinical-stage Alzheimer’s medicine and a drugmaking technology that may be useful for a variety of brain diseases.

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US court upholds Avadel’s narcolepsy drug approval amid exclusivity battle 

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US District Court upholds the FDA’s approval of Avadel’s Lumryz, dismissing Jazz’s challenge over market exclusivity for its own drug.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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FDA removes Novo's Wegovy from shortage list, marking end of semaglutide supply rout in US

Fierce Pharma

Less than a month after the FDA removed Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide from its shortage list, the agency has done the same for Novo Nordisk’s rival GLP-1 semaglutide, potentially signaling the end of a d | The FDA this week revised its shortage list to note that the.25 mg starter dose of Novo’s semaglutide-based obesity med Wegovy is now available in the U.S.

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Novartis gets FDA okay for frontline use of Scemblix in CML

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Novartis says FDA approval for frontline use of its leukaemia drug Scemblix will boost the number of eligible patients four-fold, as it hunts blockbuster sales

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Roche weighs whether speedy approval path is open for latest Alzheimer’s drug

Bio Pharma Dive

In an investor presentation, executives hinted at the possibility of seeking an accelerated approval of trontinemab if it can significantly lower levels of amyloid in a Phase 3 trial.

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Transforming pharmaceutical R&D: the impact of digital technologies on drug discovery and development

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Pharmaceutical Automation and Digitalisation Congress (AUTOMA+) 2024 is a strategic platform for discussion and collaboration among decision makers, researchers and technologists who understand and follow this tendency.

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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.