Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 26, 2020
An initial look at the vaccine's effects on the elderly shows those in their 70s had similar responses to those under 55, Moderna told a government panel.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 26, 2020
IN SUMMARY : When patients return to doctor’s offices will HCP’s have time to go online with every drug company that requests an online detail? Will patients be happy with telehealth once they feel it’s safe to return to physicians’ offices? After I read the Medscape report on the move to digitization I decided to reach out to some industry contacts to hear what they had to say.
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NY Times
AUGUST 24, 2020
Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.
BioSpace
AUGUST 27, 2020
EcoHealth had already developed a partnership with a WIV laboratory in Wuhan, China, under a five-year NIH grant. It was expected to run through 2024 but was canceled in April.
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Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 27, 2020
Canada was set to help CanSino produce its experimental shot as part of a deal to run what would've been the country's first coronavirus vaccine study.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 23, 2020
COVID-19 has disrupted traditional healthcare person-to-person communication and accelerated digital options, such as telehealth and remote patient-clinician contacts, digital therapeutics that deliver remote patient monitoring, and interventions through the use of software. But is this really the future? Medscape conducted some research in May to find out.
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BioSpace
AUGUST 27, 2020
According to data from Phase I clinical trials, a new breast cancer drug developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago can potentially stop disease progression without toxicity.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 26, 2020
A rival shot from Pfizer and BioNTech needs to be stored at colder temperatures and doesn't last as long in a refrigerator, which may limit its use.
Pharma Mirror
AUGUST 28, 2020
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Pharma Times
AUGUST 26, 2020
In a pivotal Phase II/III study, twice as many patients receiving the drug achieved the primary endpoint of ASAS 40 response at week 14 versus placebo
BioSpace
AUGUST 24, 2020
“I have been criticized for remarks I made Sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma,” Hahn tweeted. “The criticism is entirely justified. What I should have said better is that the data show a relative risk reduction not an absolute risk reduction.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 26, 2020
Founders of Dutch biotech Dezima have created NewAmsterdam Pharma and bought back the cholesterol drug they sold to Amgen in 2015.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 24, 2020
Could collecting, understanding, and disseminating patient-reported outcomes during trials be the key to advancing oncology treatments and improving cancer outcomes? . With our understanding of cancer accelerating at an unprecedented rate, and personalised medicines on the cusp of becoming mainstream, regulatory bodies need new ways to assess products. .
NY Times
AUGUST 28, 2020
The agency’s chief spokeswoman, Emily Miller, was removed from her position just 11 days into the job. And the contract was terminated of a consultant who had advised the F.D.A. chief to correct misleading claims about plasma’s benefits.
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BioSpace
AUGUST 27, 2020
One day after Abbott secured Emergency Use Authorization for its $5 coronavirus test, the White House awarded the company a $750 million contract to deliver 150 million Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Point of Care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 28, 2020
A draft report from the drug pricing watchdog concluded that, under the right conditions, Roctavian may be cost-effective at a price of $2.5 million.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 23, 2020
Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-GB. X-NONE. X-NONE. A smartphone-based app that uses facial analysis technology to spot chronic pain in people with dementia, called PainChek, is being rolled out in the UK by its Australian developer. The artificial intelligence-powered tool can help care workers and clinicians to identify and manage pain in patients with conditions like Alzheimer’s disease that can make it difficult for them to communicate.
Pharma Times
AUGUST 27, 2020
NICE says the combination's cost-effectiveness estimate is higher than what is considered acceptable for NHS use
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BioSpace
AUGUST 27, 2020
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for August 28, 2020.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 27, 2020
The approval for the FoundationOne Liquid CDx follows the agency's nod earlier this month for Guardant Health's next-generation sequencing diagnostic.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 27, 2020
Despite the UK’s world class research output and the many start-ups successfully spinning out from its academic institutions, in recent years UK biotech companies have struggled to access the capital they need to scale up and make their mark on the industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a radical transformation, with investors now eager to fund companies involved in the fight against the virus.
Pharma Times
AUGUST 27, 2020
It is hoped that the vaccine will generate protection not only against SARS-CoV-2, but also against new strains of coronavirus that may arise in the future
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.
BioSpace
AUGUST 24, 2020
The genetic sequences of the two samples were markedly different, which strengthened the theory that the patient had been infected a second time.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 25, 2020
Sarepta's first two medicines were both cleared in controversial fashion. Will its third attempt go more smoothly?
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 26, 2020
Health insurer Humana has filed a lawsuit against telemedicine company QuivvyTech that it says resulted in fraudulent prescriptions worth millions of dollars being written for duped customers. According to the complaint, QuivvyTech hired telemarketers to cold-call Humana members, whose details were obtained using “illegal means,” and encouraged them to talk about common ailments, claiming to be calling from Humana.
XTalks
AUGUST 28, 2020
To help address the continued need for personal protective equipment (PPE) in the current COVID-19 pandemic, a group of entrepreneurs and PPE specialists have developed a modular full-face mask called Blanc; it is being marketed by their new company that goes by the same name. Xtalks spoke to one of the co-founders of Blanc, Philipp Egorov, to learn more about the mask.
BioSpace
AUGUST 26, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Italy-based Cassiopea SpA’s acne treatment Winlevi (clascoterone cream 1%).
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 26, 2020
Catalent, which is already helping the British pharma make its vaccine, will now add key services from a Maryland gene therapy plant.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 27, 2020
Moderna has said that its coronavirus vaccine stimulated an immune response in older people in phase 1 trials, suggesting that the jab is effective in the age groups most susceptible to COVID-19. An analysis of the latest data from a phase 1 trial showed that in 20 older adults given the vaccine – ten between the ages of 56 and 70 and ten aged 71 and older – the vaccine produced neutralising antibodies and T-cells in comparable levels to those aged 18 to 55-years-old.
XTalks
AUGUST 26, 2020
Macrophages are white blood cells that specialize in the detection, phagocytosis and destruction of bacteria and other harmful organisms. They can also present antigens to T cells and initiate inflammation by releasing cytokines, which activate other cells. In other words, when fighting bacteria, the macrophages are programmed to be pro-inflammatory.
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