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Bluebird preps for split by selling manufacturing plant to well-funded startup

Bio Pharma Dive

The startup manufacturing specialist National Resilience, which raised $800 million when it launched last year, will pay Bluebird $110 million for the North Carolina facility, bringing its North American network up to 10.

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HCPs use of digital

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: 62% of HCPs spend 3 hours per day accessing digtal resources. More HCPs chose to use smartphones to access digital resources as well and usage has increased when accessing a wide variety of professional content. HCPs increasingly turn to trusted colleagues on digital networks for reliable information. Source: Build Relationships and Personalize Your Interactions With HCPs (Wolters Kluwer).

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. When developing a clinical development program for these increasingly popular therapies, it is important that sponsors use modeling and pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis to evaluate parameters that can be measured while dos

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EU backs approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12-17 year-olds

Pharma Times

Study in adolescents met it primary endpoint, successfully bridging immune responses to those observed in an efficacy study in adults

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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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A biotech startup raises $117M to deliver gene therapies in a new way

Bio Pharma Dive

Flagship Pioneering, the biotech incubator that created Moderna, is helping fund Ring Therapeutics, a startup hoping to disrupt gene therapy development through the use of a different viral vector.

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How to choose the right digital agency

World of DTC Marketing

INTRODUCTION: One of the most important factors in your digital initiatives’ success, or failure, is the agency you choose. A lot of agencies are competing for our business. Ensuring you have hired the right one is essential to your brand’s success on both the HCP and consumers’ sides. Many CPG brands are bringing their digital marketing and media buying in-house to reduce costs and ensure that the digital strategies are aligned with key brand insights.

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A Rationally Designed Therapeutic Vaccine for Herpes

BioSpace

The designation was awarded for RVx201, a live-attenuated therapeutic vaccine the company is developing for genital herpes resulting from the herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) virus.

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A pharma merger's impact ripples across West Virginia as Viatris plant closes

Bio Pharma Dive

One of the country's oldest and largest drug manufacturing plants will shut down Saturday, a casualty of the 2019 merger between Mylan and Pfizer's Upjohn unit. The impact will be felt by a West Virginia city for years to come.

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Rapid COVID immune status test launched in UK, Ireland

pharmaphorum

You’ve had your two COVID-19 jabs, but are you actually protected against infection? That’s a question that a fingerprick test launched today in the UK and Ireland could help to answer. The test – originally developed by US manufacturer Chembio Diagnostics – has been introduced into the UK and Irish markets by Guilford-based Luas Diagnostics and tests for the presence of SARS-CoV-2-targeting antibodies in the blood.

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AstraZeneca and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines ‘show similar safety profiles’

BioPharma Reporter

A study of more than a million vaccinated people has found 'similar safety profiles' for the AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines: adding the incidence of rare blood clots was far higher among people with COVID-19 than those who had received either vaccine.

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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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8 Best Cities In The US Offering Biotech Jobs

BioSpace

Biotech jobs are one of the most promising career paths for people who are into life sciences and those who dream of creating change in the world through developing breakthrough medicines and therapeutics.

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Merck rebounds to win a milestone immunotherapy approval in early breast cancer

Bio Pharma Dive

The FDA reversed an earlier decision to make Keytruda the first immunotherapy available for patients with early-stage breast cancer and also gave the drugmaker a full approval in advanced disease.

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Tackling the ‘disease of systemic racism’ in clinical trials

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A lack of racial diversity in clinical trials is a long-standing, well-documented problem that contributes to the stark health inequalities that have been brought into sharp focus by COVID-19. Tackling it, however, has not been easy, thanks in no small part to the reasons being as complex as they are multi-faceted. But, according to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the country’s biopharmaceutical companies are “committed to learning and leading” in a bid to “addr

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BioNTech to develop mRNA malaria vaccine; unveils ambitions for Africa vaccine supply

BioPharma Reporter

BioNTech aims to develop the first mRNA-based malaria vaccine, hoping to reach clinical trials by 2022. Meanwhile, it is also exploring possibilities to set up mRNA manufacturing facilities on the African continent â which could potentially be used for vaccines against a wide range of diseases.

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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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Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine: African Deal, $34 Billion in Sales, and Efficacy Drop

BioSpace

?Pfizer has reported several highlights regarding its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. As the world deal with rising Delta variant cases, Pfizer-BioNTech is still arguing that a third booster shot will be likely.

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FDA rejects a biotech's kidney drug, but some analysts still see a 'sliver of hope'

Bio Pharma Dive

The agency wants Ardelyx to run another trial to show its drug affects clinical outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease. Analysts think this could be accomplished, but would take some time.

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Study shows AZ’s COVID-19 jab did not increase the rate of rare blood clots after second dose

Pharma Times

Rate of rare blood clots with low platelets after the second dose is comparable to background rates observed in unvaccinated populations

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How tech-driven hubs in specialty pharmacy can improve the patient experience

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The use of specialty drugs in the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years driven primarily by an increase in chronic condition diagnosis and the number of new medications on the market. Krishnanjan Alaparthi explores how tech-driven hub services can help manage the complexities of specialty pharma. It’s estimated specialty medications account for 75% of the approximately 7,000 prescription drugs currently in development, and by 2022, more than 60% of the 600 drugs expected to gain FDA approval will

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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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Sherlock Biosciences’ CEO: “It’s Better to Be Disruptive Than to Follow the Crowd”

BioSpace

Bryan Dechairo, newly appointed president and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences, learned early in his career to fill gaps and seize opportunities. “When you see a gap, jump in and solve those problems, and you’ll be at the forefront of science rather than following others,” he told BioSpace.

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Bristol Myers withdraws Opdivo in liver cancer as fallout from FDA meeting continues

Bio Pharma Dive

With the decision by Bristol Myers, each of the two accelerated cancer drug approvals an FDA advisory panel voted to overturn in April have now been voluntary withdrawals.

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Lay’s Flavor Swap: New Potato Chip Flavors Aren’t New Flavors At All

XTalks

For its newest Lay’s potato chip flavors, Frito-Lay looked to its other products for inspiration rather than elsewhere for innovation in its Flavor Swap line. Aptly dubbing it “a chip in a chip that was already a chip,” Best Products began circulating images of a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos-flavored Lay’s chips a few months back. Now, the inception-worthy chip has become a reality, with two other “new” flavors launching by its side.

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Aptar makes digital health play, agreeing deal to buy Voluntis

pharmaphorum

Drug delivery specialist Aptar Group has agreed a deal to take a near two-thirds share in Voluntis, a French developer of digital therapeutics (DTx), with a view to taking full control of the company later this year. Illinois-headquartered Apar – which makes inhalers, syringe components, eye drop bottles and other delivery systems for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and other sectors – is paying €8.70 per share in the initial deal, which will give it a 64.6% stake in the company.

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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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Keytruda Rebounds in TNBC and Wins Approval for High-Risk, Early-Stage Patients

BioSpace

Merck's Keytruda won FDA approval for the treatment of patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. The approval marked the 30th for Keytruda.

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In a first, FDA approves an 'interchangeable' biosimilar for diabetes

Bio Pharma Dive

An injectable insulin from Viatris has become the first-ever biosimilar product that can be directly substituted for a marketed biologic, a long-awaited decision that could put pricing pressure on other diabetes drugs.

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Crisis Communications and FDA

Eye on FDA

In the face of a crisis situation, it is a given that the clarity and thoroughness of the communications response is key to resolving the issue and mitigating any reputational damage. Perhaps no other decision by the Food and Drug Administration has garnered as much controversy, as the recent one to authorize the accelerated approval a new treatment for Alzheimer’s.

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FDA clears Medtronic AI algorithms for cardiac monitoring

pharmaphorum

Two artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms designed to diagnose people with heart rhythm abnormalities have been approved by the FDA for use with Medtronic’s LINQ II cardiac monitor. The AccuRhythm algorithms can be used to improve the accuracy of detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) – an irregular or rapid rhythm in the upper chambers of the heart – and asystole, a long pause between heartbeats.

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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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Annovis Bio’s AD/PD Therapy Reduces Cytotoxic Cascade in Phase IIa Trials

BioSpace

Annovis Bio’s therapy for Alzheimer’s disease is fast-acting and has the potential for Alzheimer’s patients to significantly improve cognition and motor function, according to data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2021 (AAIC®), held July 26th through 30th.

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Pfizer's fast progress shines spotlight on an emerging vaccine race

Bio Pharma Dive

The big drugmaker surprised analysts and investors this week by projecting Phase 3 results next year, which could put the company on pace with a rival shot from GlaxoSmithKline.

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Four-drug combo therapy shows benefit for newly-diagnosed myeloma patients

Pharma Times

Combo therapy includes carflizomib administered alongside lenalidomide, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide

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BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine drive now includes malaria, TB shots

pharmaphorum

Flushed with the success of its COVID-19 vaccine, BioNTech has pressed the accelerator on the development of shots for other infectious diseases, and now plans to take malaria and tuberculosis candidates into the clinic next year. Human testing of the malaria shot should get underway by the end of 2022, according to the German biotech, which says it is working with the World Health Organization (WHO), European Commission and other organisations on the malaria project.

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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.