Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 10, 2021
Deals were few and far between last quarter. But the recent history of biopharma M&A suggests they'll return. Keep track of them as as they happen with BioPharma Dive's new database.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 9, 2021
SUMMARY: A survey of more than 4,000 physicians showed that virtually every physician uses social media for personal reasons, while two-thirds use it for professional reasons. 86% of diagnostic device companies, 65% of pharma marketers, and over half of biotechs use social as a critical part of their marketing mix to reach HCPs. Doximity was flagged for having anti-vaccine information.
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Camargo
AUGUST 11, 2021
As regulatory requirements become increasingly harmonized across the globe, the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide are also becoming more streamlined. However, global regulations are not one-size-fits-all, and sponsors aiming to market their products in multiple regions should be aware of the current standards and processes they may encounter during the development process.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 10, 2021
Europe market has proved so hostile to gene therapies when it comes to pricing and reimbursement for gene therapies that bluebird bio has decided to quit the market altogether, according to Andrew Obenshain, president of its severe genetic diseases unit. On the firm’s second-quarter results call, Obenshain said the biotech will start “an orderly wind-down” of its activities in Europe and seek “strategic alternatives” to make its therapies available to patients there
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Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 9, 2021
Positive data for the Swiss pharma's antibody-based drug could be a benchmark for CAR-T therapies, which other developers aim to move into early lymphoma treatment, too.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 13, 2021
SUMMARY: Treating Americans with diabetes now costs more than the U.S. Navy’s annual budget. And the world’s richest nation is losing this battle — even before COVID. 85 percent of people with diabetes are overweight. While not all diabetes cases are linked to weight gain, overeating and eating too much is still the main cause of type 2 diabetes.
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XTalks
AUGUST 13, 2021
British vaccine developer, Sarah Gilbert, has been honored with a Barbie doll. This one-of-a-kind doll looks just like her with long auburn hair, oversized black glasses and wears a pantsuit. Gilbert is a professor at Oxford University who helped lead the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. She now shares the honor of having her own Barbie doll with celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Eleanor Roosevelt and Beyoncé.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 12, 2021
Clinical testing showed a clear benefit to using Keytruda with Merck and Eisai's Lenvima in patients with previously untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 10, 2021
SUMMARY : Falsehoods have been shown to spread faster and farther than accurate information, and research suggests that misinformation can have negative effects in the real world, such as amplifying controversy about vaccines and propagating unproven cancer treatments. Therefore, health misinformation on social media urgently requires greater action from those working in public health research and practice.
BioPharma Reporter
AUGUST 11, 2021
Moderna has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Canada to build a mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the country: which could serve as a model for similar partnerships around the world.
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White paper that delves into the complex topic of Decentralized Clinical Trials and how to master them within the confines of FDA Regulations
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 10, 2021
Oxford University and UK clinical artificial intelligence (AI) company Sensyne Health will partner on a project to find new drug targets for people with hard-to-treat asthma. It’s estimated that almost one in five people with asthma find it difficult to control symptoms using current therapies, while around 4% have particularly severe forms that puts them at risk of life-threatening attacks.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 11, 2021
While the decision was expected after a negative advisory panel last month, it's a significant setback that could trigger cost-cutting at the biotech, which said it will discuss next steps with partner AstraZeneca.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 8, 2021
SUMMARY: Pharma marketing is in a funk. Somewhere over the last decade, the passionate people who believed that helping patients was the first step in excellent marketing have been replaced with people who want to know the ROI of everything. We need to hire people who have a passion for learning, exploring, and implementing great patient-centered marketing.
BioPharma Reporter
AUGUST 10, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech are lining up orders of their COVID-19 vaccine for next year and beyond, predicting total capacity in 2022 to rise to 4 billion doses.
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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.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 10, 2021
BioNTech has suggested that giving booster doses of its current Comirnaty (BNT162b2) COVID-19 vaccine may be a preferable strategy to modifying the Pfizer-partnered shot. The comments came on the German biotech’s second-quarter results call, during which BioNTech raised its forecasts for revenues it will book from sales of the vaccine to €15.9 billion (almost $19 billion), on the back of contracts to deliver 2.2 billion doses this year with more than 1 billion already booked in for 2022.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 9, 2021
Shares in the biotech sunk in value Monday as the company also announced new safety concerns for one of its leading programs.
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 11, 2021
SUMMARY: DTC metrics change by product life cycle and DTC managers usually have to justify their budgets. Never report just raw numbers. You should tell a story on the value of your marketing using metrics that senior managers understand. That which you can’t measure shouldn’t be done? That’s what most DTC marketers believe because management wants concrete results.
BioSpace
AUGUST 12, 2021
The amended EUA is aimed at patients who have undergone solid organ transplants or those diagnosed with conditions that have an “equivalent level of immunocompromised.
Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist
What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 12, 2021
With advertisers preparing to spend up to $15 billion on influencer marketing by 2022, pharmaceutical and biotech companies are increasingly (and carefully) engaging trusted health social influencers to connect more authentically with consumers. As pharma starts to leverage a multitude of high-engagement channels like influencer marketing, online communities and virtual health services, the industry finds itself in a unique position to reimagine traditional direct-to-consumer (DTC) efforts and p
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 10, 2021
While Canada has already secured more COVID-19 vaccine doses than it needs, the factory to be built is geared toward combating future pandemics.
Outsourcing Pharma
AUGUST 10, 2021
The US-based company continues its move away from smoking products with the purchase of drug developer OtiTopic, as part of its Beyond Nicotine initiative.
BioSpace
AUGUST 11, 2021
COVID-19 probably can be eradicated globally, just like polio, according to research just published in BMJ Global Health. That assumes, however, that a high rate of vaccination occurs globally and that there is a quick response to emerging variants.
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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.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 12, 2021
The UK government has started ordering COVID-19 vaccines for a 2022 booster campaign, including a 32 million-dose order for the Pfizer/BioNTech shot, even before third doses for 2021 have been given the go-ahead. A report in The Times claims that the government is paying £22 a dose – up from an earlier price of £18 – for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as part of a £1 billion deal for additional supplies, which is needed because existing stocks will be depleted next year.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 13, 2021
A CDC advisory panel is expected to vote on Friday to recommend the additional dose, after which certain people with weakened immune systems can receive a third shot of Pfizer's or Moderna's vaccine.
XTalks
AUGUST 11, 2021
When we think of functional foods, chocolate may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But with time, innovation, a shift in perspective and creative marketing, Mid-Day Squares is turning the concept of functional foods on its head. The Montreal, Canada-based chocolate company is not only redefining what it means to eat chocolate, but also how to run a successful food business that doesn’t take itself too seriously. .
Outsourcing Pharma
AUGUST 9, 2021
A leader from Longboat by Advarra outlines what it really means for a study to be patient centric, and how to succeed in achieving patient-centric trials.
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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.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 9, 2021
AstraZeneca’s Forxiga has become the first SGLT2 inhibitor to be approved in Europe for use in people with chronic kidney disease, extending its lead over rival drugs in the class. The European Commission has cleared Forxiga (dapagliflozin) for CKD in adults with or without diabetes, and the drug becomes the first new drug treatment for these patients in more than two decades.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 13, 2021
People with weakened immune systems could start receiving an additional shot as early as this weekend. The panel's vote followed the FDA's authorization on Thursday.
BioSpace
AUGUST 11, 2021
Aubrey de Grey has been accused by two women of predatory behavior, an allegation de Grey denies. SENS has placed him on administrative leave pending further investigation.
Outsourcing Pharma
AUGUST 10, 2021
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been given $6m from the US Department of Defense to develop a potential treatment for severe cases of COVID-19.
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