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STAT+: Drugmaker raises the price of an old chemo medicine tenfold amid persistent shortages

STAT News

Amid sporadic shortages of a drug that is essential in preparing patients for lifesaving, cancer-fighting treatments, one manufacturer has returned to the market — but is selling its medicine for 10 to 20 times the prices offered by the only other companies with available supplies.

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Cartherics grants licence for CTH-004 to Shunxi

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the deal terms, Shunxi will have licence to develop, manufacture, and commercialise CTH-004 to treat several solid tumours including ovarian cancer in Greater China, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, and Macao. In animal models of ovarian cancer, it demonstrated promising results.

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Healthcare doesn’t give a damn about patients

World of DTC Marketing

A new analysis released Wednesday by Patients for Affordable Drugs estimates that pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. Patients for Affordable Drugs found that between June 24 and July 5, pharmaceutical companies increased prices for 133 products. have raised drug prices 1,186 times so far this year. But they’re not alone.

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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Immuno-oncology (IO) agents have transformed the cancer therapeutics landscape, driving long-term remissions in a subset of patients who historically had limited options. All currently approved CAR-Ts are autologous, with the patient’s T-cells being genetically engineered to target antigens expressed by the cancerous cells.

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. According to JAMA , “in a cross-sectional study, between May 1, 2016, and May 31, 2021, there were 207 cancer drug approvals in oncology and malignant hematology. ” The U.S.

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FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag

pharmaphorum

The FDA thinks an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developed by AbbVie could set new standards in treatment for certain patients with lung cancer, awarding the drug breakthrough status. The post FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag appeared first on.

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Grand Rounds February 9, 2024: Pragmatic Recruitment of Underrepresented Groups – Experience From the Diuretic Comparison Project (Cynthia Hau, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

It had a pragmatic recruitment model with an embedded design, multicenter study without local study investigators and management teams, and broad recruitment that included patients from all 50 states and Puerto Rico. At the time, more than 95% of VA patients received hydrochlorothiazide for thiazide-type diuretic.