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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

Between 2019 and 2021, Alphabet’s venture-capital arms, Google Ventures, and Gradient Ventures, and its private-equity unit, CapitalG, made about 100 deals, a quarter of Alphabet’s combined total, in life sciences and health care. Then there is the cost of generic drugs.

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Dormant drug status can trigger generic access to an alternate Canadian Reference Product

Pharma in Brief

The Notice advises that if an innovative drug is categorized as “Dormant” in Health Canada’s Drug Product Database, then a generic manufacturer can compare its drug against an alternate CRP, which could include another generic drug, when filing an Abbreviated New Drug Submission ( ANDS ).

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Drug discovery hotspots: India’s Genome Valley

Drug Discovery World

Could India become an important centre of drug discovery innovation? Diana Spencer explores the evolution of the Hyderabad life sciences hub. It is emerging markets like India that analysts expect to spearhead the global growth of the pharmaceutical sector 1.

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ACI To Host Multiple Events Featuring HP&M Speakers – Discounts Available to FDA Law Blog Readers

FDA Law Blog

Charles assists clients across a range of FDA-related regulatory matters by providing timely strategic advice on new drug and biologic development and helping them tackle complex regulatory issues.

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The Mesh of the Generics and the Potential of Emerging Therapies in the Smoking Cessation Market

Delveinsight

According to the CDC, in 2018, tobacco companies spent over USD 9 Billion in just promoting and marketing their cigars and cigarettes in the US. This means that the companies generating revenue out of their tobacco products are affluent enough to collectively spend USD 1 million every hour on advertising their products.

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Ontario proposes removing barrier to listing “well-established drugs” on its public formulary

Pharma in Brief

The definition of “new drug” in the Food and Drug Regulations is multipart, but generally relates to a drug product — including its substances, combinations, and uses — that has not been sold “for sufficient time and in sufficient quantity to establish in Canada” its safety and effectiveness.

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Expanding ketamine’s horizons to treat rare neurological disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

Fox Foundation gave Sanacora a $2 million grant to study the drug’s use for depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The Canadian company Awakn Life Sciences is focused on the drug’s use as an treatment of conditions like alcohol use disorder and and behavioral conditions such as addiction.

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