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Drugmakers flock to Vineti's fix for a cell, gene therapy problem

Bio Pharma Dive

A group of drug companies, including Novartis, Takeda and Roche's Genentech, have agreed to collaborate with Vineti to usher in new identification standards for complex medicines.

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The right balance in DTC: Tv versus digital ads

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Television remains the most important medium for healthcare advertising , accounting for 54.7% of all spend in 2018, far higher than television’s 30.8% share of the advertising market as a whole. However, recent trends indicate that healthcare marketers are shifting more dollars to digital ads. The shift to digital advertising doesn’t make sense when pharma product websites don’t meet consumers’ needs.

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Gamification for patient care, medical education, and virtual engagement

pharmaphorum

“Gamification” – adding game-like elements into non-game or real-world settings – has become a popular concept in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and event industries, especially as virtual engagement becomes more common during COVID-19. However, it is proving more than a mere buzzword. With diverse applications and approaches, it is quickly becoming a promising tool for patient adherence, chronic disease management, preventive medicine, rehabilitation, and paediatric care, as well as for medica

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U.S. Health Officials Question AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Results

NY Times

According to federal officials, an independent panel of medical experts said the promising results announced by the company on Monday may have relied on “outdated information.”.

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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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Roche stops giving Huntington's disease drug in closely watched study

Bio Pharma Dive

A disappointing recommendation from outside data reviewers raises doubts about the DNA-targeting drug's benefits and puts pressure on Roche's partner, Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

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Can ROI ever be used with patient-centric?

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: The goal of business is to maximize profits for shareholder returns but when a company that serves the public good pays CEOs millions of dollars in compensation while having among the highest profit margins within ANY industry I would argue that something is dreadfully wrong. The U.S. pharmaceutical firms behind the approved coronavirus vaccines — Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer — have quietly touted plans to raise prices on coronavirus vaccines in the near future and to capi

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Life-sciences pros believe in potential of AI, blockchain: survey

Outsourcing Pharma

A survey by the Pistoia Alliance indicates most professionals believe the tech can accelerate R&D, but companies are stymied by a skills gap and data bias.

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Bristol Myers gets late-stage win in test of new type of immunotherapy

Bio Pharma Dive

When given together with Opdivo, Bristol Myers' new drug kept skin cancers from progressing, a rare clinical victory for a combination of immunotherapies that puts the pharma a step ahead of several rivals.

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The pharmaceutical’s industry biggest challenge

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: If you start to lose key people, you won’t be able to keep the business you do have, and things will go from bad to worse. Companies who see their good employees as “replaceable” are wrong. Good employees are not replaceable. Pharma cannot afford to let good people leave without so much as an exit interview to try and retain them. A colleague recently decided to leave her organization to join another pharma company.

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Novartis’ radioligand therapy meets phase 3 prostate cancer trial target

pharmaphorum

Novartis’ radioligand therapy Lu-PSMA-617 has met its target in prostate cancer, as its $2.1 billion acquisition of specialist pharma Endocyte looks to have been justified. . The big Swiss pharma added this drug to its pipeline after it swooped for Endocyte and so far it looks like a good piece of business, with potential blockbuster sales predicted for the drug if it makes it to market.

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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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Moncef Slaoui Fired as Galvani Chairman Following Sexual Harassment Allegations

BioSpace

Moncef Slaoui was fired as chairman of the board of directors of Galvani Bioelectronics following the "substantiation" of allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct.

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Pfizer and Lilly's pain drug hits setback in negative committee vote

Bio Pharma Dive

In a Thursday meeting, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration concluded the companies didn't have a strong enough plan to mitigate the risks associated with tanezumab.

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‘A critical and very exciting milestone’: Approval of domestically manufactured COVID-19 vaccine boosts Australia’s vaccination campaign

BioPharma Reporter

Australiaâs Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved manufacture of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by CSL â Seqirus: reducing the country's dependence on limited supply from abroad and allowing a wider vaccination campaign to begin.

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Boris Johnson slammed for saying “greed” is behind UK vaccine success

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Boris Johnson’s sense of humour seems to have got him into trouble again, at the most delicate of times. The Prime Minister reportedly told Conservative backbench MPs on a Zoom call that “capitalism” and “greed” was behind the success of the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, before backtracking after realising he had made a blunder and telling attendees to forget the comments.

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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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The 4 Biggest Cancer Biotech Acquisitions of 2021 So Far

XTalks

As a growing number of pharmaceutical companies set their sights on stepping into the burgeoning oncology space, major moves continue to be made with key cancer biotech acquisitions. And as big pharma works on developing and growing their oncology portfolios, the rising trend of such mergers and acquisitions won’t be slowing down any time soon. In the past few weeks alone, the industry saw four major cancer biotech acquisitions: Agilent Technologies’ takeover of precision oncology liquid biopsy

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AstraZeneca, under fire, tries to repair image with new vaccine data

Bio Pharma Dive

Updated results show the vaccine is only slightly less effective than AstraZeneca originally reported. But an unusual break with a study committee may damage perception of the shot.

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New COVID-19 Findings: Oral Transmission and the UK Variant’s Reproduction Rate

BioSpace

What has been learned about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in only about 15 months, is truly a historical scientific achievement. And new information continues to come in.

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The Brexit deal; shot in the arm or kick in the teeth for the pharma sector?

pharmaphorum

The UK Government and EU Commission trumpeted their Brexit trade deal, struck at the end of December, as ‘comprehensive’, the ‘biggest yet’ But a closer inspection of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) renders these statements largely illusory for the pharma sector. While pharma companies grapple with the effects of Brexit, there are undoubtedly a number of ways that the TCA benefits the sector, while leaving significant issues unanswered.

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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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EU amends COVID-19 vaccine export rules: ‘This will ensure that the EU is able to vaccinate 70% of adults by the end of summer’

BioPharma Reporter

The EU Commission has adapted its export authorization mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines, shoring up its ability to prevent shipments going to countries with advanced immunization rates and good access to vaccines.

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Moncef Slaoui, who led US Warp Speed effort, accused of sexual harassment

Bio Pharma Dive

Slaoui was fired as board chair of Galvani Bioelectronics following an investigation by the company's majority shareholder GlaxoSmithKline, which said the claims were substantiated.

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5 Tips for Clear Communications While Working from Home

BioSpace

No matter what, employees have to get ahold of their bosses in order to have questions answered and get things done, and the managers need to stay in touch with their employees in order to track updates and find out where they are on certain projects.

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Cancer services should be rebuilt after COVID disruption, experts say

pharmaphorum

There is a pressing need for a joined-up cancer strategy to reverse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the UK’s pharma industry. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ( ABPI) report said that the UK must be more ambitious with its cancer strategy if it is to compete with the leading nations across Europe.

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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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GSK flags new data suggesting a stark decline in routine adult vaccinations in the US

BioPharma Reporter

The pharma company and the CDC are recommending that adults continue routine vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce future vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) outbreaks and overall strain on the healthcare system.

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Roche immunotherapy notches a win in early lung cancer, pressuring Merck

Bio Pharma Dive

New results could make Tecentriq the first immunotherapy available in the post-surgery setting, adding pressure on Merck & Co.'s Keytruda to succeed as well.

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Researchers discover why cold induces tooth pain and hypersensitivity — and how to stop it

Scienmag

Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth’s dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in teeth; but scientists have also found a way to block the pathway to cold-sensitive teeth Credit: Copyright Katharina Zimmermann, MD, PhD BOSTON — Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function […].

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AI drug discovery player 1910 Genetics debuts with $26m war chest

pharmaphorum

There’s a new kid on the block among companies using artificial intelligence in drug discovery, after 1910 Genetics launched today with $26 million in financing. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup claims it is the only biotech launched so far that will use AI to design both small-molecule drugs and protein therapeutics, coupled with automated biological testing to speed up drug development and reduce costs.

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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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CureVac on track to apply for COVID-19 vaccine market authorization in Q2 2021

BioPharma Reporter

CureVac is expanding its late-stage clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate; while confirming it is on schedule to apply for formal market authorization in the EU in Q2 2021.

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US stops rollout of Lilly's first COVID-19 antibody over variant concerns

Bio Pharma Dive

Treatments from Lilly and Regeneron that combine two different antibodies should be used instead, according to health officials.

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New CABI research confirms presence of highly invasive apple snail in Kenya

Scienmag

New research published today by scientists at CABI and the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) confirms that the apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) has been discovered in Kenya for the first time. Credit: Credit CABI New research published today by scientists at CABI and the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) confirms that the apple […].

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The hidden danger of isolated congenital asplenia

pharmaphorum

TEAM 4 Travis is an advocacy group with one objective – to ensure it doesn’t take an autopsy to diagnose isolated congenital asplenia. As part of our Patient Insights series, founder Allison Bones tells us why she is determined to stop history repeating itself. When Travis Bones died just days after his fourth birthday, his family had no idea he had a rare birth defect that had left him without a spleen – and extremely vulnerable to infection.

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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.