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Do generics producers have what it takes to tackle complex and specialty drugs?

Pharmaceutical Technology

For example, JAK inhibitors are oral drugs that feature a certain complexity, says Jonathan Watanabe, PhD, professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, Irvine. You need good production, good science and engineering, and you need good lawyers. The only way forward for generics producers. But there are some exceptions.

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Cybersecurity in pharma: Securing the future

Pharmaceutical Technology

Social engineering attacks will rise, in addition to phishing, smishing and deepfake attacks. Pharmacies have also received EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines for not being in compliance,” he adds. Pharmaceutical companies that are publicly traded will need to pay attention,” warns Kim.

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Leading patient adherence pharmaceutical companies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The AI engine predicts and identifies patients who are at risk and optimises interventions for them by channel, messages and timing. They also partner with retail pharmacy chains, pharmacy network aggregators, and consumer behaviour data companies on behalf of pharmaceutical manufacturers to collect data for sourcing patient information.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a gene therapy for a rare blood disorder; pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650 million over opioid crisis

STAT News

It uses an engineered virus to deliver a gene fix into the bone marrow of patients. The therapy, Zynteglo, is just the third gene therapy approved by the FDA, and the first to target a chronic blood disease. Zynteglo will cost $2.8 million per patient, making it one of the most expensive medicines ever sold in the U.S.

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LegitScript Finds 1200 Percent Increase in Problematic Ads for Compounded GLP-1 Meds

XTalks

Compounded GLP-1 medications, created by specialized pharmacies under a special US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowance due to ongoing shortage, have become increasingly popular for weight loss. The report also shows a rapid rise in compounding pharmacies.

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AI drug discovery firm Valence joins Parkinson’s disease push

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Enter the alliance between Valence (formerly InVivo AI), Montreal University and Canada’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), which will use AI to design drug candidates against a new target discovered in the lab of Dr Daniel Levesque of the university’s pharmacy faculty.

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Google and Bing doing Big Pharma’s dirty work? Sign this petition to #StopBigPharma

Pharmacy Checkers

millions of Americans have found refuge in ordering necessary prescription medications online from Canadian or other international pharmacies for roughly a tenth the cost. of those at their local Walgreens, CVS, or other pharmacy. Pharmacies in the US only stock medication made in the USA!!”. pharmacies.