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A decade later, biotech’s CRISPR revolution is still going strong

Bio Pharma Dive

Once the specialty of a few select drugmakers, CRISPR gene editing is now an essential technology for a growing group of biotechs, many led by former students of the field's pioneering scientists.

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Malaria Could Be Eliminated by 2040: New Vaccine Offers Hope

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year.

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The Future of Clinical Trials, Patient Engagement, and Technology

Imperical Blog

Clinical trial recruitment and patient engagement practices have evolved and so has clinical trial technology. What does the future look like? I recently spoke with Matthew Stumm, founder and president of the Boston-based patient recruitment agency Stark / Raving Health. I’ve known Matt for many… The post The Future of Clinical Trials, Patient Engagement, and Technology appeared first on Imperial Clinical Research Services Blog.

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CRF study smashes diversity targets in trials with three times national average

Outsourcing Pharma

Complete clinical trials solution company, Hawthorne Effect, announced today (October 10) announced it had successfully recruited more than 1,000 patients in 48 states plus Hawaii for a study to qualify the prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD).

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the largest patent portfolios?

Drug Patent Watch

A strong patent portfolio is at the core of branded pharmaceutical firms. Accordingly, one way to assess the relative strength of pharmaceutical firms is to compare their patent-counts. This chart… The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the largest patent portfolios? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Biotech Bankruptcies Skyrocket

BioSpace

From Statera Biopharma and Sorrento Therapeutics to Aceragen and Infinity Pharmaceuticals, 2023 has seen a record high 28 bankruptcies in the biotech space so far. Here’s why.

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Why are haemophilia gene therapies so expensive?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biomarin and CSL Behring’s haemophilia gene therapies have boosted innovation in the field, but assessing their cost effectiveness is less than straightforward.

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Want to Cut Heart Disease Risk? Here’s How Many Flights of Stairs to Climb Daily

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Getting up at least 50 steps a day is associated with a more than 20 percent cut in the risk of cardiovascular disease, new research shows – so you may only need to climb five flights of stairs per day to significantly boost your heart health.

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October 12, 2023: GRACE Team Shares Lessons About Monitoring Signals of Suicidality in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

In a new article published this week in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, the GRACE Demonstration Project team recommends that suicidality should be monitored in pragmatic clinical trials that measure depression as an outcome. The work builds on their experience conducting research involving patients with sickle cell disease and on previous work from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s Ethics and Regulatory Core.

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After summer slump, biotech M&A has a good week

Bio Pharma Dive

There have been few bigger-ticket acquisitions recently. But a string of deals announced in early October may affirm the forecasts of analysts who expect M&A to tick up in the coming months.

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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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FDA lifts clinical hold on PepGen’s myotonic dystrophy type 1 candidate

Pharmaceutical Technology

The dose-selection Phase I trials for evaluating PepGen’s peptide-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide have been cleared to begin in the US.

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Long COVID Patients Are Far More Likely to Have Multiple Organ Abnormalities

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

It wasn’t that long ago that some people speculated that long COVID was all in the mind – a psychosomatic illness. Thankfully, that period of speculation is now behind us. We have compelling evidence that long COVID is very real and can affect major organs in people who were previously hospitalised with the disease.

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October 9, 2023: Registration Opens for Pragmatic Trials Workshop at AcademyHealth Dissemination & Implementation Conference

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will offer a full-day workshop at the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Arlington, Virginia. The workshop, “Dissemination & Implementation in Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Raising the Bar for Real-World Research,” will introduce concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of pragmatic clinical trials embedded in healthcare systems, with a particular focus on methods relevant to health

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Bayer opens California plant to make cell therapies

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma plans for the new Berkeley facility to produce clinical, and potentially commercial, supplies of a Parkinson’s disease cell therapy being tested by its subsidiary BlueRock.

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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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How commercial employer plans and coverage matter for orphan drugs

Pharmaceutical Technology

In a two-part column, F. Randy Vogenberg delves into why it is important to address emerging challenges in the employer-based US commercial insurance landscape.

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Doctors Discover Needle Lodged in 80-Year-Old Woman’s Brain

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

An elderly woman in Russia’s Far East was revealed on Wednesday to have lived for 80 years with an inch-long needle in her brain, after doctors made the unexpected discovery during a CT scan.

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October 11, 2023: In This Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Incorporating Social Determinants of Health Into PCORnet

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Keith Marsolo, PhD In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Keith Marsolo of Duke University will present “Incorporating Social Determinants of Health Into PCORnet.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, October 13, 2023, at 1:00 pm eastern. Marsolo is an associate professor of population health sciences at Duke University and a cochair of the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s Electronic Health Records Core Working Group.

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Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic shows kidney benefit in large study

Bio Pharma Dive

The finding from the study of its diabetes drug, which Novo didn’t detail, could help the company in its competition with rival drugmaker Eli Lilly.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

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.

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GSK and Zhifei sign deal for shingles vaccine in China

Pharmaceutical Technology

GSK and Chongqing Zhifei have signed an exclusive agreement for co-promoting the former’s shingles vaccine, Shingrix, in China.

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There’s One Critical Thing We Can Do to Keep Alzheimer’s Symptoms at Bay

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia.

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October 10, 2023: Ethics Consultation Documents Now Available for BEST-ICU, Chat 4 Heart Health, and TAICHIKNEE

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Ethics and regulatory onboarding documentation for the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s newest Demonstration Projects are now available. The documents include meeting minutes and supplementary materials summarizing recent discussions of ethics and regulatory issues associated with the BEST-ICU, Chat 4 Heart Health, and TAICHIKNEE studies. The consultations took place by video conference and included representation from the studies’ principal investigators, members of the NIH Coll

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‘Project NextGen’ picks new mRNA, intranasal COVID vaccines for funding

Bio Pharma Dive

The awards, to biotechs Gritstone, Codagenix and CastleVax, are part of the program’s plan to develop vaccines with broader or longer-lasting benefits.

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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 fast tracks MimiVax’s glioblastoma vaccine SurVaxM

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Phase IIb SurVaxM vaccine study will enrol 265 patients and has an estimated completion date in Q2 2024.

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MDC recommends exemption for Cadila Pharma’s Vitamin D3 injection from price control

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Multi Disciplinary Committee (MDC) of Experts of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has recommended exemption of Cadila Pharmaceuticals’ dietary supplement Vitamin D3 Injection (cholecalciferol aqueous injection 6,00,000 IU/2ml) from the drug price control for certain period as it is covered under the scope of patent granted by the Patent Office.

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Gates Foundation spends $40M to boost mRNA vaccine production in Africa and beyond

Fierce Pharma

Following similar initiatives to bolster mRNA vaccine production and access in Africa, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing new funding to a clutch of drugmakers. | Following similar initiatives to bolster mRNA vaccine production and access in Africa, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing new funding to a clutch of drugmakers.

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GLP-1 drug demand leaves employers in a bind over coverage

Bio Pharma Dive

Employers face a difficult decision over whether to cover the popular weight loss therapies, which cost between $900 and $1,400 for a typical month’s supply at list price.

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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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Amneal partners with mAbxience for denosumab biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

Amneal adds Prolia and Xgeva biosimilars to its oncology portfolio which already has three biosimilars products launched in the US.

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Parliamentary Panel asks govt to use technologies like drone to eradicate TB

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

A Parliamentary Panel that looked into the implementation of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA) has advised the Centre to use latest technologies such as drones, data integration systems and mobile apps to strengthen surveillance in order to test, control and eradicate tuberculosis from the country.

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Novo Ends Semaglutide Kidney Study Early Due to Strong Efficacy Signals

BioSpace

Following the recommendations of an independent Data Monitoring Committee, Novo Nordisk has halted a Phase III kidney outcomes study of semaglutide ahead of schedule due to strong efficacy signals.

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GSK partners with Chinese pharma to expand Shingrix sales

Bio Pharma Dive

The purchase agreement with Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products is part of GSK’s plan to double sales of the shingles vaccine by 2026.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.