Thu.Sep 09, 2021

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Sanofi drug for rare skin disease, acquired in buyout, fails in late-stage trial

Bio Pharma Dive

The French drugmaker bought Principia Biopharma last year for two therapies that block a protein called BTK. The second targets a much bigger disorder, multiple sclerosis.

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Medicare savings won’t make a dent in healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is popular with voters because the media has been focused on the high price of some drugs, but this measure won’t lead to lower healthcare costs. Still, in a JAMA study, the median net income (earnings) expressed as a fraction of revenue was significantly greater for pharmaceutical companies than nonpharmaceutical companies (13.8% vs. 7.7%).

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Jennifer Doudna-founded CRISPR biotech raises new cash to broaden drug development work

Bio Pharma Dive

Formed as a diagnostics developer, Mammoth Biosciences, which Doudna started with two of her former students at the University of California, has accelerated plans to make gene editing medicines as well.

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Sterling Pharma Solutions Establishes Centre of Excellence in Continuous Flow Chemistry

Pharma Mirror

Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation, today announced the completion of the initial phase of investment at its site in Dudley, UK to create the company’s centre of excellence for research into commercial applications of continuous flow chemistry. Announcement of the investment follows the appointment of Professor Ian R.

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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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Lilly joins RNA editing race with ProQR deal

Bio Pharma Dive

An agreement with the Dutch biotech, which could be worth as much as $1.3 billion, expands Lilly's work in genetic medicine research.

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BioMarin Gene Therapy Halted by FDA Over Safety Concerns

XTalks

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s investigational gene therapy BMN 307 for the rare inherited disease phenylketonuria (PKU) over safety concerns found during preclinical testing. The federal regulator suspended BioMarin’s currently ongoing Phase I/II studies of the gene therapy based on interim safety findings from a preclinical study which revealed that mice treated with the therapy at high doses developed tumors on their liver.

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Novavax begins COVID-19, flu combination vaccine trial

Pharma Times

The trial will aim to enrol 640 healthy adults, aged 50- to 70-years-old

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How serotonin curbs cocaine addiction

Scienmag

Contrary to common thinking, cocaine triggers an addiction only in 20% of the consumers. But what happens in their brains when they lose control of their consumption? Thanks to a recent experimental method, neuroscientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have revealed a brain mechanism specific to cocaine, which has the particularity of triggering […].

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Disparities between CEE and EU5 healthcare systems laid bare

pharmaphorum

Increasing public spending on healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) could not only result in healthier populations, it could also improve the region’s economic prosperity. That’s according to a new report commissioned by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Associations (EFPIA), which explores the health investment and outcomes.

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Neuroglee, Mayo Clinic partner on remote care management for Alzheimer’s

Outsourcing Pharma

The digital therapeutics firm's Neuroglee Connect remote care platform and virtual clinic is for patients with mild cognitive impairment, including Alzheimerâs.

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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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Selecta and Cyrus Partner on Therapeutic Proteins for Immune Disorders

BioSpace

Selecta and Cyrus' partnership will pair Selecta’s immune-modulating ImmTOR platform with Cyrus’ ability to redesign protein therapeutics through its de novo computational approach.

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Roche's Genentech inks $3bn+ pact with Adaptimmune to make cell therapies ‘curative and mainstream’

BioPharma Reporter

Adaptimmune Therapeutics, which focuses on solid tumors, has announced a tie-up with Roche's Genentech to develop and commercialize allogeneic cell therapies to treat multiple oncology indications.

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GSK rhinosinusitis drug receives thumbs up from the FDA

Outsourcing Pharma

Nucala, a monoclonal antibody indicated for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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How CVS Health Drives Cardinal Health’s Distribution Financials

Drug Channels

Cardinal Health recently released the annual report for its 2021 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. See the links below. Today, I delve into the financials behind Cardinal’s relationship with its largest customer, CVS Health. In Cardinal’s 2021 fiscal year, CVS purchased more than $42 billion in pharmaceuticals from the wholesaler—about double the figure from 10 years ago.

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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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Previous SARS, Common Cold Infections Found to Heighten Vaccine Response

BioSpace

A recently published study points to a previous SARS infection—plus vaccination—as the key to a robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2.

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Mothers’ diabetes may induce premature aging of neural tissue leading to birth defects

Scienmag

More than 3 million women of birthing age in the U.S. and 60 million in the world have diabetes—a disease that occurs when blood sugar is too high. Even when controlled with insulin, and blood sugar levels are kept mostly in check, maternal diabetes can cause permanent damage to the fetus. About 300,000 to 400,000 […].

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Lucerna is Illuminating the Mysteries of RNA to Solve Disease

BioSpace

The company aims to make RNA molecules visible and druggable – opening the door to study RNA-based diseases.

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Roche inks $3B deal; Owlstone raises $58M; FDA approves OCS heart system; Google, Mayo Clinic build brain-mapping AI algorithm

Delveinsight

Roche’s Genentech taps Adaptimmune for T-Cell Therapy Collaboration for USD 3 Billion. A collaboration valued more than USD 3 billion, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, declared it will collaborate with Adaptimmune for developing and commercializing allogeneic T-cell therapies to treat multiple cancer indications. Under their deal Genentech will work with Adaptimmune to develop “off-the-shelf” allogeneic T-cell therapies for up to five shared cancer targets, and a novel allogeneic personal

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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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Creating Your Non-Negotiable List While Job Searching

BioSpace

Non-negotiables are the factors that you decide must exist or must not exist in order for you to say yes to a position.

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Gov’t consultation to consider mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for health staff

Pharma Times

Consultation will also ask for views on whether flu vaccines should be a requirement for health and care staff

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Be a Part of the Next Vaccine Breakthrough with Pfizer

BioSpace

Philip Dormitzer explained that there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the prophylactic and therapeutic potential of mRNA.

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Sanofi’s oral BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib fails Phase III trial

Pharma Times

Rilzabrutinib missed primary and secondary endpoints as a treatment for pemphigus

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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.

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Continuing to Shuffle the Deck, Acorda Lays off Another 15%

BioSpace

?Acorda Therapeutics is reducing its staff count by 15% effective immediately as it struggles to bring operating costs down and hit expected revenue.

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AZ builds case for fixed-dose albuterol and budesonide combo in asthma

Pharma Times

Positive results revealed from two Phase III trials of potential asthma therapy

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Apellis Pushing Forward in Macular Degeneration Despite Mixed Results

BioSpace

Apellis Pharmaceuticals reported topline results from its Phase III DERBY and OAKS clinical trials for geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

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A better way to build a digital future

Scienmag

We cannot simply assume that unthinkingly applying digital technologies will inevitably bring about a seamless transition to a “better” digital world—a world in which the values of collective action, common knowledge and civic dignity are the norm—rather than ending up in a world of financial or social exploitation through surveillance capitalism, techno-feudalism and diminished humanity. […].

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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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Mammoth Biosciences Achieves Unicorn Status After Securing Over $195 Million

BioSpace

?Mammoth will use the funds to build and broaden its stable of next-generation CRISPR products to detect and cure various diseases.

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New patent for Boehringer Ingelheim drug JARDIANCE

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for JARDIANCE Jardiance is a drug marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim and is included in one NDA. It is available from four suppliers. There are six patents…. The post New patent for Boehringer Ingelheim drug JARDIANCE appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Research Roundup: Young Adults with COVID-19 Have Unaffected Lung Function and More

BioSpace

Every week there are numerous scientific studies published. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones.

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New patent for Genentech Inc drug COTELLIC

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for COTELLIC Cotellic is a drug marketed by Genentech Inc and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are four patents…. The post New patent for Genentech Inc drug COTELLIC appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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The New Clinical Trial Supply Chain: Resilient, Flexible, and Patient-Centric

The global landscape of clinical trials is rapidly changing as studies become more complex. An increasing number of sponsors are seeking enhanced flexibility in their supply chains to address a variety of clinical supply challenges, including patient demand and reducing delays. Demand-led supply and direct-to-patient distribution are next-generation solutions that are helping to meet these growing needs, allowing for more streamlined processes and patient-centric studies.