Thu.Jan 25, 2024

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‘Smoking Gun’: Study Reveals How Virus May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Epstein-Barr virus, a common virus that infects most people at some point in their lives, has long been suspected as a trigger of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease affecting around 36 people in every 100,000 worldwide.

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Cancer drugmaker ArriVent follows on CG’s heels with $175M IPO

Bio Pharma Dive

The company is developing an oral alternative to J&J’s lung cancer medicine Rybrevant, and adds to a trend of late-stage drugmakers finding investor demand on Wall Street.

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Licensing regime posing challenge to micro and small medical devices industry: SMTA

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Central government’s actions to mandate licensing of all medical devices is posing a challenge to the industry, especially the micro and small enterprises in the sector, says the Surgical Manufacturers and Traders Association (SMTA), the pan India organisation of manufacturers and traders of surgical equipment for healthcare services providers in the country.

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RayzeBio drew other pharma interest before Bristol Myers deal

Bio Pharma Dive

Two “global biopharmaceutical companies” made bids to buy the radiopharma specialist, but lost out to Bristol Myers, which negotiated aggressively to secure a $4.1 billion buyout.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Evaxion Biotech to develop new vaccines for cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech has announced plans to develop customised cancer vaccines by targeting a category of AI-discovered tumour antigens.

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At FDA meeting, experts wrestle with hurdles to developing preterm birth drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

A two-day workshop highlighted the lack of investment and inadequate understanding of what causes early births, making development efforts more challenging.

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BenevolentAI appoints former Bayer R&D chief as CEO

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma veteran will take over the AI-focused biotech after a year that included a restructuring, job cuts and the resignation of its CFO.

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Repare bags $40m from Roche as solid tumour trial begins

Pharmaceutical Technology

The milestone-based payment came from Roche after Repare dosed the first patient with personalised solid-tumour treatment camonsertib.

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How to work with a clinical trial patient recruitment agency

Antidote

Recruiting patients for clinical trials is a common challenge for study sponsors conducting research. For this reason, it is often a wise strategy to work with an agency that specializes in outreach. These agencies excel at helping sponsors achieve their research goals within defined timelines and budgets.

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Kyowa Kirin acquires Orchard Therapeutics for $477.6m

Pharmaceutical Technology

Kyowa Kirin has acquired Orchard Therapeutics, a developer of hematopoietic stem cell gene therapies, for an equity value of $477.6m.

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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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Medidata's Meghan Harrington on SCOPE's importance for those in clincal trials

Outsourcing Pharma

Meghan Harrington recently joined Medidata as vice president of product, clinical trial financial management and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the grants manager and payments products.

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Lava signs collaboration agreement with MSD for prostate cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

MSD will supply Keytruda to be evaluated as a combination treatment with Lava’s LAVA-1207 in an ongoing Phase I/IIa study.

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Trust and treatment: GenAI in life sciences in 2024

pharmaphorum

Discover the role of GenAI in life sciences in 2024. Explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques like GenAI are revolutionising drug development, diagnostics, and research. Learn how industry leaders, including Google, are leveraging GenAI to advance healthcare and enhance patient outcomes.

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FDA denies approval for Theratechnologies’ tesamorelin F8

Pharmaceutical Technology

Theratechnologies has received a CRL from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), denying approval for its F8 formulation of tesamorelin.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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Amid high-profile CAR-T safety probe, FDA’s Peter Marks offers first glimpse at data under review

Fierce Pharma

Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of patients developing secondary T-cell cancers after receiving a CAR-T drug, the FDA has shared more information on the cases it has see | Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of secondary T-cell cancers after treatment with a CAR-T medicine, the FDA has shared more information on the cases that it has seen.

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Synnovation launches with $102m to advance therapy pipeline

Pharmaceutical Technology

Synnovation Therapeutics has launched with a $102m Series A financing to progress the development its pipeline of targeted therapies.

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How manufacturing keeps pace with innovation in cell and gene therapy

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On today’s podcast, host Jonah Comstock is joined by Arturo Araya, EVP of commercialisation at Cellares, a company that is attempting to create a new kind of contract manufacturing organisation for the rapidly crystalizing world of cell and gene therapy.

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What is the UK’s Covid-19 drug armoury like amid rising infection levels?

Pharmaceutical Technology

As a new variant spearheads a Covid-19 infection Winter spike, the range of vaccines and antivirals is very different today to 2020.

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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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Researchers identify gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome

Pharma Times

Around 50% of babies born with the condition are affected by heart defects

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Gilead’s Tecartus escapes harsher classwide boxed warning for CAR-T therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has requested a different safety label for Gilead’s Tecartus compared to other approved CAR-T cell therapies.

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AZ may get government aid for UK vaccines facility; report

pharmaphorum

UK government is reported to be considering financial aid for AstraZeneca to seal a deal to expand a vaccines manufacturing facility in Speke

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Harnessing the untapped potential of medicines access 

Pharmaceutical Technology

We speak with BAP Pharma to learn more about the challenges and possible benefits of medicines access solutions.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Specialized Clinical Supply Experts

When selecting a clinical supply provider, consideration often focuses upon the manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution capabilities available that will, at face-value, be sufficient to meet the needs of the sponsor and their trial. However, there are human-based and knowledge-driven factors that are often overlooked that go beyond these basic physical capabilities and are integral to the development and delivery of high performing clinical supply chains.

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PTC's re-examination bid for DMD drug Translarna falls short in Europe

Fierce Pharma

A decade after Translarna's initial marketing authorization in Europe, it looks like the drug's run in the region is coming to an end. | A decade after Translarna's initial marketing authorization in Europe, it looks like the drug's run in the region is coming to an end.

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Remote Parkinson’s monitoring tech backed by NICE

pharmaphorum

NICE firms up guidance backing NHS use of five digital health wearables for remote monitoring of Parkinson's disease patients

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In downsizing mode, Sage will move headquarters to a smaller space

Fierce Pharma

Two months ago, in presenting quarterly earnings, CEO Barry Greene said Sage Ther | Two months ago, in presenting quarterly earnings, CEO Barry Greene said Sage Therapeutics was on its way to becoming a “leaner and stronger company.” Part of that mission will come to fruition later this year with a move of its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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First patient dosed in trial for Breye's oral drug to treat diabetic retinopathy

Outsourcing Pharma

Patients with diabetic retinopathy as a result of diabetes, could benefit from a small molecule drug.

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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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With record year, Samsung Biologics bucks CDMO industry's troublesome 2023

Fierce Pharma

Last year proved a challenging year for contract manufacturers across the board, but Korea’s Samsung Biologics appears to have bucked the losing trend by charting what it called an “exceptional" pe | Last year proved a challenging year for contract manufacturers across the board, but Korea’s Samsung Biologics appears to have bucked the losing trend by charting what it called an “exceptional" performance.

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Synnovation’s $102m round heads latest biotech financings

pharmaphorum

Our latest crop of biotech financings features rounds for Synnovation Therapeutics and Adicet Bio, Calluna Pharma, Accent Therapeutics, GenEdit and IMU Bio

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Fierce Pharma Asia—Carvykti faces FDA adcomm; AZ drug picks up world-first approval; Samsung Bio's year of growth

Fierce Pharma

The FDA will convene an advisory committee to discuss Johnson & Johnson and Legend's Carvykti filing in earlier multiple myeloma. | The FDA will convene an advisory committee to discuss Johnson & Johnson and Legend's Carvykti filing in earlier multiple myeloma. AstraZeneca has won a world-first approval for its rare blood disorder add-on therapy in Japan.

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Glenmark licenses cancer drug from China’s Alphamab, 3D Med

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Indian pharma Glenmark has licensed rights to subcutaneous PD-L1 inhibitor envafolimab from China’s Alphamab and 3D Medicines

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Accelerating Clinical Supply Through Integrated Drug Development

As the development pipeline for new drugs continues to grow, biopharmaceutical companies are re-evaluating how to best manage and balance resources across an increasing number of development projects and complex clinical trials. There are two approaches that can be used to speed a drug from development to clinic faster: timeline compression and parallel processing, but only one that considers the benefits of integrating clinical supply into the overall drug development process.