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STAT+: Cepheid faces fresh criticism over the pricing of its TB diagnostics

STAT News

A controversy has broken out over a diagnostic for tuberculosis that, until recently, had been subsidized by the World Health Organization — the latest flare-up over access to a medical product in mostly poor countries. per cartridge, a reduction from the previous price tag of $16.86. In exchange for $11.1

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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK). The challenge of providing adequate access to the peripheral EU markets is quite evident. Europe’s forgotten territories.

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Smart pharmaceutical and healthcare labels: Lets trace medicines from its origin

Roots Analysis

It is worth noting that smart labels contain a transponder code which can be read by sophisticated devices, including radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and near-field communication (NFC) chips. While most smartphones can read NFC chips, RFID tags can only be read by specialized receivers.

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Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag. Access to oncology medicines varies across countries, and their cost against safety/efficacy is generally perceived as being low, such as in the US. million, according to GlobalData’s Price Intelligence (POLI), making it the most expensive drug in the world.

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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. ” Zolgensma is one of the most expensive therapies available, with a price tag of around $2.1 Pause in UK access.

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Grand Rounds Ethics and Regulatory Series November 11, 2022: Data Sharing and Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Law & Ethics Amidst a Changing Policy Landscape (Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH; Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBioethics)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Additionally, in August 2022, the latest federal data-sharing memorandum, Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research Memorandum (2022 OSTP Memo), was released requiring articles resulting from federal funding be made “freely available and publicly accessible” without embargo or delay.

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Grand Rounds May 5, 2023: All of Us Research Program: Improving Health Through Diverse Technology, Huge Cohorts, and Precision Medicine (Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Participants have access to their information, data will be access broadly for research purposes, and security and privacy will be of highest importance. The Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based central resource with a passport access model. New researchers get $300 of free credits which will handle a lot of EHR access.

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