Tue.Oct 26, 2021

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Vertex aligns with another CRISPR gene editing startup

Bio Pharma Dive

A new alliance with Mammoth Biosciences marks the latest evidence of Vertex's interest in gene editing, which has already been the focus of multiple deals with emerging biotechs.

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It’s time to get back to basics in DTC marketing

World of DTC Marketing

LEAD-IN: “What is the reason to believe?” It seems like a simple question, doesn’t it yet? In today’s micro-segmented audience environment, it’s often hard to come up with one reason that might resonate with everyone in your target audience. I’ve noticed a trend that’s been emerging in the last couple of years.

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Tracking the FDA's meeting on Pfizer's vaccine for kids

Bio Pharma Dive

Outside experts are reviewing Pfizer's application for emergency authorization of its vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds. Follow their discussion with BioPharma Dive reporters live.

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Castle Creek Biosciences Collaborates with Mayo Clinic to Expand Gene Therapy Platform

Pharma Mirror

Castle Creek Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage cell and gene therapy company focused on developing and commercializing disease-modifying therapies for patients suffering from rare diseases for which there is a lack of available treatment options, has formed a new research collaboration with Mayo Clinic. The partnership was forged under the leadership of Castle Creek President and CEO, Mathew Gantz, and direction from Founder and Chairman Jeff Aronin.

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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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FDA advisers support Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for young children

Bio Pharma Dive

The expert panel pressed Pfizer and the FDA on the shot's safety, but ultimately were convinced by the potential for significant benefit in 5- to 11-year-olds.

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Trial For World’s First Potential Breast Cancer Vaccine Begins

BioSpace

The decision to move forward with the trial comes on the heels of the FDA's approval of its IND application, allowing Cleveland Clinic and Anixa Biosciences to proceed.

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Sustained healthcare systems need sustainable pharma business models

pharmaphorum

COVID-19 demonstrated the importance of robust supply chains and the dangers of an over reliance on overseas manufacturing. But can the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe help to redress the balance? Only sustainable, robust supply chains and business models will allow innovation to flourish, secure access to medicines, and minimise the industry’s impact on the environment.

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Novartis to consider sale or separation of Sandoz business

Bio Pharma Dive

The generic drug unit has struggled in recent years, while Novartis has moved to focus more narrowly on higher-margin branded medicines.

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Novartis looking into future of its Sandoz’ generics business

pharmaphorum

Novartis revealed today that it may consider divesting its generic medicines subsidiary Sandoz – amongst other options – which would further narrow its focus to innovative medicines. The company said in its third-quarter results statement that it was weighing options for Sandoz to “maximise shareholder value,” adding that could include retaining the business or a separation – which could involve a spin-off or outright sale.

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With approval plans underway, Lilly's next move is to test its Alzheimer's drug against Biogen's

Bio Pharma Dive

Alongside a new earnings report, Lilly announced plans for a late-stage study to evaluate whether donanemab is better than Aduhelm at clearing amyloid beta plaques.

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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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Is a Vaccine for Alzheimer’s on the Horizon?

BioSpace

Nuravax is developing a vaccine to induce therapeutically potent concentrations of antibodies against pathological proteins associated with both AD and Parkinson's disease.

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Potential COVID-19 treatment to wrap up Phase III trial

Outsourcing Pharma

Appili Therapeutics reports it has enrolled the last patient for its Phase III study of Avigan/Reeqonus (favipiravir), developed in alliance with AiPharma.

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EU starts review of Merck’s oral COVID drug molnupiravir

pharmaphorum

The EMA has started a rolling review of Merck & Co and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ much-anticipated oral antiviral molnupiravir as a treatment for COVID-19 in adults. Molnupiravir is already filed for approval in the US and Canada – where Merck is known as MSD – amid hopes that the drug could be used to protect vulnerable people with mild or moderate COVID-19 from developing severe disease with a drug that can be delivered outside the hospital.

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Interactive tool shows cost-saving potential of biosimilars in each US state

BioPharma Reporter

The Biosimilars Forum, in partnership with the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), recently released a report and interactive tool highlighting the significant costs that biosimilars can save US states.

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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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UK COVID-19 patients able to take GP prescribed medicine at home

Pharma Times

The drug acts by inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in the human system

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Team finds way to enhance stem cell therapy for CNS injuries

BioPharma Reporter

Researchers say a new technique they have developed paves the way for stem cell therapies to treat central nervous system (CNS) injuries and disease.

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Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data

XTalks

After initial rejection from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) last year, the non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in England has now given the green light to the gene silencing treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of the rare metabolic disorder, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). AIP is a type of acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) that can cause severe pain and neurological symptoms, including seizures, due to a buildup of toxic neuroprotei

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How COVID-19 Policy Helps the Cancer Community

Triage Cancer

Nearly two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 policy is helping the cancer community in often unapparent ways. This new legislation is giving relief to people who have lost their jobs, had their hours reduced, lost their insurance, can’t pay their rent, and so much more. But these provisions have also afforded (quite literally) members the cancer community time, financial assistance, resources, and long overdue grace to manage their disease.

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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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The E-A-T of Disease Awareness and Why Brands Need to Get It Right

Intouch Solutions

The dangers of misinformation are often discussed in the context of social media, but this subject is similarly pressing in search. Over the past few years, Google has heightened its scrutiny in a few key verticals, including health, due to the real, human consequences of getting it wrong. Non-branded patient and healthcare provider (HCP) disease awareness (DA) websites present unique challenges when it comes to establishing expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness (E-A-T) in the eyes o

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Better Bagel: The Low-Carb, High-Protein Bagel That’s “Changing the Grain”

XTalks

The beloved breakfast bagel is the latest food to experience a better-for-you makeover. While it looks and tastes like a normal one, the Better Bagel has the same carbohydrate content as two slices of bananas, the same sugar content as a stalk of celery and the same protein content as four eggs. So, how did Better Foods, the California-based startup behind the Better Bagel, become the “Beyond Meat of carbs?”.

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Study reveals a gene crucial to sperm cell production

Scienmag

Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility. Credit: Cincinnati Children’s Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility. In findings published Oct. 26, 2021, in Cell Reports, a team led by co-first authors Anna Heinrich, BS, […].

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What Happens Next as F.D.A., C.D.C. Weigh Covid Shots for Children

NY Times

Once the experts weigh in, the Food and Drug Administration itself makes a decision and then a similar process happens at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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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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New X-ray technology: Dark-field X-ray technology improves diagnosis of pulmonary ailments

Scienmag

For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully used a new X-ray method for respiratory diagnostics with patients. Dark-field X-rays visualize early changes in the alveolar structure caused by the lung disease COPD and require only one fiftieth of the radiation dose typically applied in X-ray computed tomography.

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Potential COVID-19 treatment to kick off Phase III trial

Outsourcing Pharma

Appili Therapeutics reports it has enrolled the last patient for its Phase III study of Avigan/Reeqonus (favipiravir), developed in alliance with AiPharma.

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Tumor reasons why cancers thrive in chromosomal chaos

Scienmag

Writing in EMBO reports, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumor survival and growth. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox , National Cancer Institute Writing in EMBO […].

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NICE does not recommend tucatinib for advanced breast cancer

Pharma Times

Tucatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, works by blocking a specific area of the HER2 gene in cancer cells

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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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Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors can compete with silicon counterparts for solar cells, LEDs

Scienmag

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2021 — Climate change and its consequences are becoming increasingly obvious, and solar cells that convert the sun’s energy into electricity will play a key role in the world’s future energy supply. Credit: Marius Franckevicius WASHINGTON, October 26, 2021 — Climate change and its consequences are becoming increasingly obvious, and solar cells […].

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Ocugen Hopes to Launch Phase III Trial of Covaxin in U.S.

BioSpace

Pennsylvania-based Ocugen has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) to the FDA to run a Phase III trial of India’s BBV152 (Covaxin), a vaccine against COVID-19.

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Quantum collaboration

Scienmag

A new collaboration between UC Santa Barbara researchers and Cisco Systems aims to push the boundaries of quantum technologies. Assistant professors Yufei Ding and Galan Moody have received research awards from the technology giant to work with its new Quantum Research Team, which was formed to pursue the research and development required to turn quantum hardware, software and applications […].

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Immunai Scores $215 Million to Accelerate Mapping of the Immune System

BioSpace

The growth includes the tripling of its headcount to 120 employees and more than 30 partnerships with leading universities and institutions.

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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.