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With Eli Lilly data, another drug emerges to stop breast cancers from returning

Bio Pharma Dive

The highly anticipated results could signal a change in how some patients with the most common form of breast cancer are treated — and drive up the costs of care.

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The Themes of The World Pharmacists Day 2010-2020

Pharma Mirror

Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who have enough knowledge about the effective uses of medications. World Pharmacist Day is celebrated on 25th September every year since 2010 on the day FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) started their journey. FIP encourages pharmacists to celebrate this day to promote and support the role of the pharmacist in the whole.

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Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo shows benefit in oesophageal cancers

Pharma Times

Data presented at 2020 ESMO virtual congress

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Switching to DrugPatentWatch

Drug Patent Watch

Don’t wait until the end of the year to start looking for alternatives to your existing business intelligence providers. DrugPatentWatch can help you replace or supplement your current solutions with:…. The post Switching to DrugPatentWatch appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Merck matches Roche in search for next cancer immunotherapy

Bio Pharma Dive

The maker of Keytruda unveiled data for three experimental cancer drugs, including results for an anti-TIGIT therapy that compare favorably to those for a similar medicine being developed by Roche.

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Could a COVID-19 breath test help UK out of lockdown?

pharmaphorum

A potential COVID-19 breath test has been unveiled in the UK, as the country desperately searches for alternatives to crippling lockdown measures to prevent the disease from spreading. The breath test has been developed by Integumen in collaboration with Modern Water, Avacta and Aptamer Group, which had been working on test that identifies the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in waste water.

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Ageism within pharma

World of DTC Marketing

WHAT”S HAPPENING? As more and more pharma companies merge and the industry consolidates good jobs are going to shrink, Unfortunately, what I’m hearing and seeing is that the industry is passing on older candidates with experience in favor of younger candidates who may be perceived as more technology literate. Kathy was someone who impressed me from the first time I met her.

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FDA sets back Novartis plans to expand use of SMA gene therapy

Bio Pharma Dive

The agency has asked Novartis to run a new study of the Zolgensma formulation that Novartis aims to bring to older patients with spinal muscular atrophy.

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Innovate UK funding for new precision cancer treatment technology

pharmaphorum

Sixfold Bioscience and Medicines Discovery Catapult awarded Innovate UK grant to pursue ground-breaking project. Sixfold Bioscience in partnership with Medicines Discovery Catapult, has been given the green light, through the award of an Innovate UK Smart Grant to test a pioneering system designed to deliver drugs directly to cancerous cells, without impacting the healthy cells around it.

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Vertex, CRISPR Therapeutics’ sickle cell gene therapy wins PRIME designation

Pharma Times

European Medicines Agency grants designation based on phase I/II data

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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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Sanofi & GSK sign deal to supply EU with 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

BioPharma Reporter

Sanofi and GSK will provide the EU with up to 300 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with the agreement suppporting scale-up of manufacturing capabilities in several European countries.

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Regeneron forges ahead in lung cancer, but will need more to unseat Merck

Bio Pharma Dive

The biotech's immunotherapy Libtayo looks headed for approval in lung cancer, but surpassing the bar set by Merck's Keytruda remains a challenge.

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Vertical pharma: How sector convergence can erase digital health siloes

pharmaphorum

Life science companies must evolve and find new ways of working that erase the lines between industries and sub-sectors if they are to adapt to the digitalised world. That’s according to the team at Sweden’s Sahlgrenska Science Park, who are getting ready to host a virtual event looking at how the specialisation of digital expertise is driving a trend of sector convergence that pharma is only just cottoning on to.

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How Are Biopharma Companies Evaluating Partnerships in the Rare Disease Space?

Camargo

Panel Summary from the World Orphan Drug Congress 2020. Last month, executives from leading international biopharma companies came together at the World Orphan Drug Congress 2020 to discuss how they are evaluating new opportunities in the rare disease space. The panel discussion was moderated by Camargo CEO Dan Duffy, and panelists included: Joana Granado, External Innovation Director, Actelion; Weiyong Sun, Senior Director, Specialty Medicine Search, Evaluation and Global Business Development,

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

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AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Releases Trial Blueprints

NY Times

Experts are concerned that the company has not been more forthcoming about two participants who became seriously ill after getting its experimental vaccine.

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AC Immune drug fails in blow to another Alzheimer's hypothesis

Bio Pharma Dive

Negative results for the experimental drug semorinemab dents a theory that Alzheimer's disease may be caused by tangles of the protein tau in the brain.

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Amazon bolsters Alexa’s health credentials with Sharecare deal

pharmaphorum

Amazon’s Alexa device can already field health and medical questions, but the library of responses has now been bulked up thanks to a partnership with digital health company Sharecare. The new deal adds more than 80,000 questions and answers to the repertoire of the Alexa virtual assistant, which provides information, entertainment and advice to users on voice command via devices such as Amazon’s Echo smart speakers.

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Owlstone Medical’s breath biopsy test improves detection of liver disease

Pharma Times

Study detected Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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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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Governments have a public health duty to expand vaccination coverage through pharmacies, FIP says

Pharma Mirror

The Hague — Governments and other stakeholders must take urgent action to ensure equity in access to disease prevention measures, which includes greater investment in vaccines and vaccination services by community pharmacists. So said the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in a call to action made today at the start of a new FIP Digital Programme to.

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Blueprint's bet on itself pays off with rare disease drug data

Bio Pharma Dive

Study data show Blueprint's first approved cancer drug, Ayvakit, could also work to treat a rare disease, a result that sent the company's shares higher.

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MindMed aims for Nasdaq listing after Compass’ magic mushroom-fuelled IPO

pharmaphorum

Compass Pathways and its potential magic mushroom depression drug went public last week – and now psychedelic therapy firm Mind Medicine is aiming to follow suit by up-listing its shares on the Nasdaq. UK-based Compass has a patented synthetic version of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, and raised around $127.5 million with its IPO on Friday and shares are still significantly above their launch price of $17.

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University of Edinburgh spinout Cellinta will develop gene therapies for cancer

Pharma Times

Investors include SV Health Investors and Cancer Research UK

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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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Deep learning helps explore the structural and strategic bases of autism?

Scienmag

Credit: KAIST and IEEE Spectrum (Image usage restrictions: News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only.) Psychiatrists typically diagnose autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by observing a person’s behavior and by leaning on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), widely considered […].

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Amgen's KRAS drug can shrink tumors for months, but new data leave room for improvement

Bio Pharma Dive

Study results unveiled Sunday, if replicated later this year, could be strong enough to garner an approval for Amgen's sotorasib, the first KRAS-blocking drug to get this far.

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Cognoa preps FDA filing for digital autism diagnostic

pharmaphorum

An artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developed by Cognoa, has met all its objectives in a pivotal trial and will be filed for approval with the FDA. The ASD diagnostic app is designed to serve as a tool that can be used by paediatricians in primary care to detect autism traits early on and start treatment sooner.

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Keytruda/Lenvima combo shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers

Pharma Times

Data shows a range of responses in different tumours

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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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A Covid-19 Vaccine for Kids May Not Arrive Before Fall 2021

NY Times

While scientists are rushing to develop an immunization for adults, no one has started the process yet for children.

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AstraZeneca turns to Samsung Biologics to help fuel Asia drugs push

Bio Pharma Dive

The British drugmaker struck a manufacturing deal with Samsung to expand its ability to supply drugs to the Asia Pacific region, an area that's been key to its recent growth.

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FDA Plans New, More Stringent Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine EUA

BioSpace

Although the updated guidance has largely remained under wraps, sources who spoke to The Washington Post hinted that the new rules would make it more difficult for an EUA to be granted to a vaccine ahead of Nov. 3, the day of the U.S. elections.

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Oncimmune partners with Genentech to profile samples from rheumatology trials

Pharma Times

UK-headquartered company will characterise autoantibody profiles of clinical trial patients

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time