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Grand Rounds January 12, 2024: Design and Implementation of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Covid-19 Resources (Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCIDP)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Criteria included essential workers (25% increased odds of drug allocation), patients with an area of deprivation index score 80-100 (25% increased odds), end-of-life prognosis, defined as greater than 50% chance of death within one year from underlying conditions (50% decreased odds). Many patients did not answer the phone.

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You can’t afford to get cancer

World of DTC Marketing

OPENING: American cancer patients spent more than $21 billion on their care in 2019. As cancer survival rates rise, so do the price tags of life-saving treatments. But only a quarter of those experiments was able to be reproduced , the team reports in two papers published December 7 in Life.

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What is modular content and why do pharma marketers need it NOW?

pharmaphorum

Robb DeFilippis, managing director, life sciences, for end-to-end global creative production and sourcing partner Tag in the Americas agrees. He’s dedicated the last 10 years of his career to servicing the Life Sciences sector and continues to serve this industry. appeared first on.

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AAIC 2021: Six Ways the Approval of Aducanumab Will Change Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials

XTalks

While it is a milestone, it is not the end of a journey. Trials must be designed to address the current standard of care,” said Dr. Grill. “We We conclude that this takes years to establish, and it is unlikely that a newly approved therapy will immediately become standard of care and make placebo-controlled trials unethical.”.

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Pharma By The Numbers: A Retrospective Look at the Industry and 20 Years of Xtalks History

XTalks

In October 2022, Xtalks celebrated two decades of bringing diverse stakeholders in the life science industry together through first holding physical events, then soon after, hosting exclusively online events. However, Alcon has since separated from Novartis in 2019 and is now operating as a standalone eye care company.

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PentagonFit Fitness Tracker

The Pharma Data

Whatever you do, if you care about your health and freedom, don’t miss out on this opportunity to discover what might be the best weight loss and longevity solution in world history. At the end of the day, this data is sent to various computers which give you a detailed report to look at. Your new friend for life.

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Leveraging flow cytometry in drug discovery 

Drug Discovery World

The main principle involves a well-defined light source such as that produced by lasers that excites fluorescent tags bound to the cells or particles present in a sample. Careful selection of antibody-fluorophore combination will also minimise spectral overlap and spillover. Volume 23 – Issue 4, Fall 2022. References: . Robinson, JP.

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