2023

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The Power of Personalization Amid the Changing CRO Landscape

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Amidst a shifting clinical landscape characterized by increasingly complex trial designs and growing patient subpopulations, many contract research organizations (CROs) have adopted a “one-stop-shop” strategic approach. As a result, various CROs have undergone significant consolidations and acquisitions of specialized capabilities to address the escalating complexity in clinical trials.

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‘No tolerance for failure’: An oral history of the first CRISPR medicine

Bio Pharma Dive

A new sickle cell disease therapy developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals is now approved in the U.S. and U.K. This is the story of how it came to be.

Medicine 356
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As ALS research booms, one treatment center finds itself in the spotlight

Bio Pharma Dive

The Healey center is at the front of ALS research and care, earning acclaim from patients, doctors and scientists. Still, the complexities of the disease and of drug development have brought hard-felt losses.

Research 356
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December 5, 2023: Applications Open for HDRN Canada Pragmatic Trials Training Program

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Health Data Research Network (HDRN) Canada is now accepting applications for its Pragmatic Trials Training Program. This 2-year, virtual, pan-Canadian program will provide training to advanced learners across 3 streams: (1) future trial leaders (faculty-level trainees), (2) postdoctoral fellows, and (3) highly qualified personnel employed in the public and private sectors.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Hospitals pledge to protect patient privacy. Almost all their websites leak visitor data like a sieve

STAT News

Every hospital in America promises to protect the privacy of its patients and the details of their medical care. And almost every one of them uses sophisticated data tools to track and share the personal information of visitors as soon as they start clicking on their websites. A new study found that 99% of U.S. hospitals employed online data trackers in 2021 that transmitted visitors’ information to a broad network of outside parties, including major technology companies, data brokers, an

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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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CRISPR therapy for sickle cell approved by FDA in gene editing milestone

Bio Pharma Dive

In addition to clearing Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics’ Casgevy, the FDA also granted an early OK to Bluebird bio’s sickle cell treatment Lyfgenia.

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WHO grants emergency use listing to SK bioscience’s SKYCovione

Pharmaceutical Technology

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an emergency use listing (EUL) to SK bioscience’s Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovione. SKYCovione is a self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine and the 12th Covid-19 vaccine to receive a EUL from the regulator. Developed using pharmaceutical company GSK’s pandemic adjuvant, the vaccine targets the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

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Mexican pharmacies are selling pills to U.S.travelers laced with deadly fentanyl

NPR Health - Shots

Researchers say Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists and medical travelers are selling medications that look safe but are laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamines.

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Hyloris wins painkiller approval amidst amplified anti-opioid efforts

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA approved Hyloris’s non-opioid painkiller as the agency increases efforts to mitigate an opioid crisis.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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A new generation of biotech leaders is emerging. Can they change how drug startups are built?

Bio Pharma Dive

Through social media, virtual meetings and mentorship programs, a growing group of entrepreneurs is looking for new ways to build drug companies.

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Large study of J&J’s HIV vaccine stopped after shot found ineffective

Bio Pharma Dive

The result from the nearly 4,000-person trial is the latest setback in a long-running effort to develop a safe and effective shot for HIV infections.

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Texas AG sues Pfiz­er and Tris Phar­ma for adul­ter­at­ed ADHD drug

Pharmaceutical Technology

Texas AG has sued Pfizer and Tris Pharma for providing adulterated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug, Quillivant XR, to children.

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The future of pain medication: are cannabinoids the solution to the opioid epidemic?

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 9 May, National Fentanyl Awareness Day was observed in recognition of the US opioid crisis. Accordingly, the development of non-opioid painkillers is experiencing a surge in activity and despite numerous novel targets receiving high levels of attention, cannabinoids have emerged as strong favourites to replace opioid-related medications. The North American opioid epidemic highlights limitations in opioid use, such as the potential for drug abuse and overdose.

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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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BrainStorm files ALS drug application over FDA protest

Bio Pharma Dive

The medicine, a personalized stem cell treatment, will be reviewed by an FDA advisory committee sometime in the future, the company said.

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Biotech startup Structure pulls off rare IPO, raising $161M

Bio Pharma Dive

The company’s lead drug could be an oral alternative to marketed diabetes and obesity drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.

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5 FDA decisions to watch in the first quarter

Bio Pharma Dive

An Alzheimer’s drug from Eli Lilly, BioMarin’s hemophilia gene therapy and a new type of breast cancer treatment are among the top decisions on the agency’s docket through the end of March.

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J&J antibody drug combination shows promise in multiple myeloma

Bio Pharma Dive

A pair of dual-acting antibodies displayed early potential to become a new type of drug regimen for the blood cancer, but led to a high rate of side effects as well.

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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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GPCR-targeting drugs: A renewed focus on a ubiquitous group of proteins

Bio Pharma Dive

As many as a third of FDA-approved drugs target GPCRs in some fashion, with uses ranging from treating cancer to pain. But biotech startups say there is still room to develop more.

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FDA approves new ALS medicine in precedent-setting decision

Bio Pharma Dive

Biogen’s drug failed the key study meant to show it can slow the nerve-destroying disease, but the drug’s effect on a protein of interest led the FDA to conditionally clear it for market.

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J&J-backed startup launches with $100M to build better brain drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

Rapport Therapeutics aims to find new so-called receptor-associated proteins that could serve as targets for neurological disease medicines. Its most advanced drug is already in early-stage human testing.

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FDA approves first RSV vaccine, clearing GSK’s Arexvy for older adults

Bio Pharma Dive

The decision represents the first fruits of a scientific breakthrough a decade ago that gave drugmakers, among them GSK, Pfizer and Moderna, a blueprint for an effective shot against the virus.

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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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Cancer vaccine from BioNTech, Roche shows potential in small study

Bio Pharma Dive

The companies’ personalized shot generated tumor-specific T cells that researchers hope could help prevent pancreatic cancer from returning after surgery.

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Pfizer to cut costs, lay off staff on waning demand for COVID products

Bio Pharma Dive

Sales of Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid and shot Comirnaty have been slower than it anticipated, while a shift to the commercial market for the antiviral has been delayed.

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BioNTech’s RNA vaccine sparks potential in pancreatic cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Results published in Nature for a personalised pancreatic cancer vaccine that uses neoantigens from patients’ tumours have lent further support to early positive signals. The vaccine, developed by BioNTech, led to half of the patients with pancreatic cancer in the Phase I trial remaining cancer-free 18 months later. In the study, 16 patients were treated with a vaccine called autogene cevumeran that contained a maximum of 20 neoantigens, alongside Roche’s anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy Tecentriq (atez

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FDA to convene advisers on review of RSV vaccines from GSK, Pfizer

Bio Pharma Dive

The agency is currently assessing applications filed by the two companies for what they hope will become the first vaccines against the virus in older adults.

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2022 Research: The Rapid Rise of Ocean Freight Visibility

A research study conducted by The Journal of Commerce and FourKites surveyed hundreds of international shippers, exploring how their usage of global supply chain visibility technology has evolved since the onset of global disruptions caused by COVID-19. For international shippers, ocean freight visibility has evolved from optional to essential and satisfaction with visibility varies greatly depending on how it is obtained and delivered.

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Pfizer begins plan to challenge Shingrix with an mRNA vaccine

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma and partner BioNTech have kicked off the first human trial of a messenger RNA shot for shingles, believing there’s room to clear the high bar set by GSK’s rival vaccine.

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5 FDA decisions to watch in the second quarter

Bio Pharma Dive

By the end of June, the agency could clear a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and two vaccines for RSV, as well as issue a precedent-setting decision on a closely watched ALS drug.

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Teva puts rival to Prometheus, Pfizer drugs at center of turnaround plans

Bio Pharma Dive

At an investor day, executives highlighted an experimental inflammatory disease drug targeting the protein TL1A as important to their long-term growth prospects.

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Three VCs launch Dimension, a new firm with plans to fuel biotech’s ‘digitization’

Bio Pharma Dive

The veteran investors see the marriage of tech and life sciences as the “largest opportunity in venture today,” said co-founder and former Lux Capital general partner Adam Goulburn.

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An Innovative & Creative Problem Solver Approach to Selling in the Medical Device Space

Speaker: Steve Goldstein, Sales Leader

Are you currently in sales, or involved in a business that depends on strong sales results? What about the extremely competitive world of medical device sales? What are some of the top challenges your customers face and how do you approach understanding what’s most important to them? Join Steve Goldstein, Sales Success Coach, Motivational Speaker and Medical Device Sales Leader from Gold Selling LLC., to discover critical strategies and approaches you can take to engage your customers, achieve g