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The Medical Metaverse Digest for June 30

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CVS aims to be first pharmacy in the metaverse (Pymnts.com) – CVS has filed a patent to sell goods and provide healthcare services in the virtual world. If major pharmacies like CVS are planning for the metaverse, pharma manufacturers should be fast followers! Would it feel strange to get a prescription for VR?

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Tampa General Hospital is First in Florida To Offer Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to COVID-19 Patients

The Pharma Data

” The monoclonal antibody is a man-made protein that acts like a human antibody in the immune system. It works to block the “spike protein” in the virus before it can enter human cells and cause illness. USF HEALTH USF Health’s mission is to envision and implement the future of health.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

XTalks

What About Small Proteins and Antibodies Reaching Extracellular CNS Targets? Ancillary services are also needed, such as a pharmacy to store, prepare and deliver the IP and labs such as a CSF lab to prepare samples.”. All facilities (such as lab, pharmacy, MRI, etc.) The main investigator core team is depicted in the middle.

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Top 10 Medical Device Companies in 2023 by Revenue Statistics and Trends

XTalks

Siemens Healthineers further demonstrated its commitment to innovation at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, showcasing its revamped Acuson ultrasound portfolio. BD completed the acquisition of Parata Systems , an innovative provider of pharmacy automation solutions, on July 18, 2022.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

Carolyn R Bertozzi, PhD – Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Bertozzi is the Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, the Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology at Stanford University.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

The company’s candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, is a synthetic messenger RNA that encodes the stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The University of Oxford/AstraZeneca partnership, in turn, is testing a viral-vectored coronavirus vaccine that again expresses the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus.