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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last month, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), or beti-cel, was approved as a one-time potentially curative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. Unfortunately, almost half of these young patients who do not receive treatment die within five years of symptom onset.

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Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug: What’s the price tag on hope?

World of DTC Marketing

In one study, people given the drug had declined 22 percent more slowly than those who had received a placebo. The other trial failed to reach its goal, though the company was encouraged by data from a subset of study participants who got more of the drug. Will they follow the science or will they put a price tag on hope?

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Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC)

The Pharma Data

3, each of which is being covered by WHO and mates. WHO is tracking lineages under the‘ marquee’of Omicron, including BA.1 Position of the Label-CO-VAC The Label-CO-VAC salutes, where doable, the development and inauguration of clinical trials on variant-specific seeker vaccines against WHO- designated VOCs, including Omicron.

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Pharma running online ads on vaccine misinformation sites

World of DTC Marketing

Included in the programmatic ad errors is Pfizer, who developed a leading COVID vaccine. NewsGuard found that 67% of the COVID misinformation sites had Google advertising tags and 30% had tags from The Trade Desk. If pharma is going to waste money like this perhaps they could send the money to those who need it.

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STAT+: Cepheid faces fresh criticism over the pricing of its TB diagnostics

STAT News

At issue is a TB test developed by Cepheid, which reached a 10-year deal with the WHO in August 2012 to supply its GeneXpert diagnostic to dozens of low- and middle-income countries. million, which was provided by the WHO and others, the company agreed to supply its test for $9.98 In exchange for $11.1

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AI hiring levels in the pharmaceutical industry rose in May 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

This latest figure was higher than the 39% of companies who were hiring for AI related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 43.6% The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for AI related positions kept relatively steady in May 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 39.3% in April 2022. in May 2022.

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Machine learning hiring levels in the pharmaceutical industry rose in June 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

of companies who were hiring for machine learning related jobs a year ago and an increase compared to the figure of 26.3% The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for machine learning related positions rose in June 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 26.4% This latest figure was higher than the 24.1% in May 2022.

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