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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. have raised drug prices 1,186 times so far this year. Patients for Affordable Drugs found that between June 24 and July 5, pharmaceutical companies increased prices for 133 products.

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First gene therapy for haemophilia B gets go ahead in Europe

Drug Discovery World

World’s most expensive drug. million, making it the world’s most expensive drug. . Concerns about the high price tag have been raised in an article in Nature, particularly whether it will be affordable for low to middle-income countries. . A one-time treatment with etranacogene dezaparvovec costs US$3.5

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Grand Rounds July 7, 2023: Implementing Virtual Strategies Across an Integrated Healthcare System: The IMPLEMENT-HF Study (Ankeet S. Bhatt, MD, MBA, ScM)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

In modeling exercises, optimal implementation of these therapies, such as an ARNI, a beta blocker, an MRA, and an SGLT2 inhibitor, compared to conventional therapy (an ACEi or ARB plus a beta blocker) is estimated to afford more than 6 years of survival in a typical 55-year-old patient.

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FDA Trims Broad Label for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Amidst Harsh Criticism

XTalks

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) was met with a lot of backlash, prompting the health agency to narrow its recommendation of the drug for mild forms of the disease. All of this for a drug that has shown questionable clinical benefits, critics say.

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Roche’s Early Alzheimer’s Blood Test Gets FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

XTalks

Roche has received Breakthrough Device designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Elecsys pTau217 early Alzheimer’s blood test. To help advise on new Alzheimer’s drug submissions, the FDA issued draft guidance on developing drugs for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease last month.

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Orphan drugs’ financial success raises questions

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R&D into orphan drugs is growing alongside the number of approved treatments, providing treatments for rare diseases that previously did not have any. Evaluate Pharma’s recent Orphan Drug Report subtitled its overview of the market ‘Niche no longer.’ It is estimated that between 3.5

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Oslo Medicines Initiative asks how to balance innovation incentivisation with security of access

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Balancing the incentivisation of innovation against affordable access to revolutionary new medicines is an age-old conundrum in the biopharmaceutical industry. By 2026, she said, more than half of all public spend on medicines in Europe will be on cancer drugs for just 2% to 3% of the patient base.