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How are prescription drug prices determined?

Drug Patent Watch

In the world of healthcare, few topics spark as much debate and confusion as prescription drug pricing. Have you ever wondered why that little pill in your medicine cabinet costs so much? Let’s dive into the intricate world of pharmaceutical economics and uncover the factors that determine the price tags on our prescriptions.

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The top biopharma conferences in 2025

Bio Pharma Dive

Medical meetings often feature important clinical trial results, making them barometers of biotech and pharma companies' research progress. Here’s a list of conferences to watch in 2025.

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Not A Placebo: Study Finds Meditation Offers Genuine Pain Relief

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

(Engin Akyurt/Pixabay) If you’re in a lot of pain, being told to take deep breaths and accept the sensations in your body might not feel particularly comforting.

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Exscientia outline robot and AI use in drug discovery workflow

Pharmaceutical Technology

Exscientia detailed how its robotics lab in Oxfordshire, UK is increasing productivity and efficiency in developing new molecules at ELRIG 2024.

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

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5 FDA decisions to watch in the fourth quarter

Bio Pharma Dive

Over the next three months, the agency could approve a rival to a fast-selling Pfizer heart drug, a much-debated lung cancer medicine and an addition to Vertex's dominant cystic fibrosis business.

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October 3, 2024: JAMA Commentary Highlights Gap Between Research Results and Implementation Decisions

Rethinking Clinical Trials

In a JAMA Viewpoint published online this week, leaders from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory discuss the discordance between the results of pragmatic clinical trials and the implementation of those results in healthcare settings, even in settings that championed the work. Coauthors Richard Platt, Hayden Bosworth, and Gregory Simon posit that, to provide evidence that healthcare systems leaders will actually use, changes are necessary: Trials need to be faster (2 to 3 years) Trials should

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Neffy nasal spray: a game changer for asthma patients and epinephrine delivery?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The first needle-free epinephrine nasal spray, Neffy by ARS Pharmaceuticals, represents a significant breakthrough in emergency treatment for type I allergic reactions.

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An Alzheimer’s drugmaker is accused of data manipulation. Should its trials be stopped?

Bio Pharma Dive

An experimental Alzheimer’s therapy from Cassava Sciences is still being tested in two Phase 3 studies, even as the company has come under regulatory scrutiny.

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October 2, 2024: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, a Novel Health System–Public Health Partnership

Rethinking Clinical Trials

In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Tyler Winkelman of Hennepin Healthcare and the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, and David Johnson of Hennepin County, will present “Health Trends Across Communities – A Novel Health System-Public Health Data Partnership.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern.

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Psychologist Explains How to Stop Using Food as a Coping Mechanism

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

(Aja Koska/E+/Getty Images) Have you ever noticed changes in your eating habits when you are sad, bored or anxious? Many people report eating either more, or less, as a way of helping them to cope when they experience difficult emotions.

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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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Social media algorithms are driving the GLP-1 drugs boom

Pharmaceutical Technology

GLP-1 RAs are being recommended on social media, raising questions about who can see the content and what the effects might be.

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Kailera Therapeutics emerges from stealth with $400M for obesity drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

The company’s official launch comes five months after major investors such as Atlas Venture and Bain Capital filed a Shanghai stock exchange filing for a biotech named “Hercules CM NewCo.

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October 1, 2024: NIH CARE for Health Issues Awards to Inaugural Research Network Hubs

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The NIH Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health , or CARE for Health , program announced 3 inaugural hubs for its primary care–focused clinical research network. These awards are part of a pilot project to test the feasibility of a research network that expands research opportunities to primary care settings. NIH envisions this approach will accelerate research advances for adoption into everyday healthcare to improve health outcomes and health equity for everyone.

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Long COVID Fatigue Shows Up as Distinct Changes in Brain Scans

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

(Roxana Wegner/Getty Images) Fatigue is one of the most frequent and debilitating symptoms of long COVID, and yet it is also one of the hardest to measure objectively. A new study suggests the extreme mental and physical fatigue experienced by many long COVID patients is, in fact, observable in the central nervous system.

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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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LoQus23 secures $43m to advance Huntington’s Disease therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The funds will support the development of LoQus23’s lead candidate, its MutSβ inhibitor, as it enters clinical development.

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Roche turns to a startup in search for new breast cancer drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

The Swiss pharma is paying Regor Therapeutics $850 million to buy a pair of prospects it sees as potential successors to blockbuster medicines from Pfizer and Eli Lilly.

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September 30, 2024: New Guide From NIH Collaboratory Promotes Health Equity in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s Health Equity Core released a new Health Equity in Pragmatic Clinical Trials guide designed to help research teams define health equity and provide examples of how to promote it in clinical research. “Understanding what we mean by health equity is a fundamental step for integrating a health equity lens into research,” said Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, cochair of the Health Equity Core and an associate professor and assistant dean in the Duke Un

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Will Water Save You From a Hangover? Science Says Probably Not.

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

(Bambu Productions/DigitalVision/Getty Images) Of all the advice on preventing hangovers, drinking water to prevent dehydration seems like the most sensible. A new study has found no evidence to support claims that drinking a generous amount of water after a night of boozing alleviates the pain the next day.

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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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Social media algorithms are driving the the GLP-1 drugs boom

Pharmaceutical Technology

GLP-1 RAs are being recommended on social media, raising questions about who can see the content and what the effects might be.

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FDA makes end of Zepbound, Mounjaro shortage official

Bio Pharma Dive

Removal of Lilly’s in-demand drugs from the FDA’s shortage list ramps up pressure on the companies selling compounded versions.

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Why Nitrile Exam Gloves Are the Preferred Choice for Medical Professionals

Pharma Mirror

In healthcare, safety is always the top priority—whether it's protecting patients or the staff who care for them. Personal protective equipment (PPE) plays a vital role in ensuring this safety, and one item that stands out is nitrile exam gloves. The post Why Nitrile Exam Gloves Are the Preferred Choice for Medical Professionals appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.

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Your Smartphone Could Soon Measure Your Blood Pressure With Just a Touch

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

(akaratwimages/Canva) High blood pressure (or hypertension) increases the risk of health problems such as heart or kidney failure, but goes undiagnosed in millions of people.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Fresenius Kabi wins FDA approval for Stelara biosimilar Otulfi

Pharmaceutical Technology

Otulfi is the fourth Stelara biosimilar approved in the US but will not launch until early 2025.

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How Roche plans to fill a projected $8B sales gap

Bio Pharma Dive

Biosimilar competition to aging blockbusters will erode a large chunk of the pharma giant’s top line over the next few years.

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Big Pharma's layoff wave in New Jersey rolls on with hundreds of J&J cuts, 57 at Bayer

Fierce Pharma

Johnson & Johnson is laying off 231 employees in New Jersey and Bayer is cutting 57 positions in the state, according to separate Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)

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Jan Aushadhi Kendras report 6.7 per cent growth in sales in August

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) under the flagship scheme of the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), has reported a growth of 6.

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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.

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BioCryst secures $69m contract from US to supply RAPIVAB for influenza

Pharmaceutical Technology

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has received a contract valued at up to $69m from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the procurement of RAPIVAB to treat influenza.

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Sanofi’s rare disease drug finds yet another home

Bio Pharma Dive

Having already been on a winding journey, Enjaymo, which Sanofi acquired through a 2018 buyout of Bioverativ, is now headed to Recordati as part of a deal announced Friday.

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US' top IV fluid maker Baxter voices uncertainty about recovery timeline at NC facility hit by Helene

Fierce Pharma

After announcing the closure of its biggest manufacturing site Sunday due to flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, Baxter International—the U.S.’ top supplier of hospital IV fluids—is laying out det | While progress is already being made after Hurricane Helene, which resulted in water “permeating” Baxter’s large IV fluid production plant in North Carolina, the company cautioned that it does not yet have a timeline for when operations will be back online.

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Researchers see new generation therapeutics to propel precision medicine

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Researchers see a greater need for new generation therapeutics to propel precision medicine. The development of innovative therapeutic approaches in healthcare encompass a variety of fields, including gene therapy, personalized medicine, immunotherapy, and advanced biologics.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.