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Scientists and medics turn to TikTok to reassure public on vaccine safety

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Tik Tok is unlikely to spring to mind as a source of reliable information about complex issues, but scientists are using it to fly the flag for COVID-19 vaccines and other health topics. When we talk about vaccines as health professionals, people who are vehemently anti-vaccine can take it out of context for their agenda.

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What can pharma marketing learn from other regulated industries?

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The financial world, like the pharmaceutical industry, must operate within a tightly-defined regulatory environment, and in doing so has proved adept at connecting with its customers. Joanna Carlish, managing director, financial services, Tag Americas. Joanna began her career at Tag as an Account Manager with Banco Santander in London.

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

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“Access to medicines remains one of the most challenging policy areas in every country we work with through the pan-European region,” said Natasha Muscat, Director of Country Health Policies and Systems at World Health Organization (WHO) Europe. WHO is OMI? And that’s exactly what the OMI is setting out to do. About the author.

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Predicting pandemics with unconventional digital tools

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The world is awash with data, and while retailers and TV subscription services have perfected the art of collection and curation, public health has been trailing behind. Prof Brownstein, who is also chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, said: “COVID-19 has put a real focus on the inadequacies of public health.

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FDA slammed over Aduhelm OK as Biogen takes heat for $56k price tag

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Phase 4 studies typically require less onerous protocols than phase 3 – for example they can use real-world evidence. The post FDA slammed over Aduhelm OK as Biogen takes heat for $56k price tag appeared first on. ICER points to brain swelling and potential bleeding seen in approximately 30% of patients treated with aducanumab. .”

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A history of Pfizer

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Here we take a look at the colourful history of one of the biggest drugmakers in the world. In 1919 their scientists pioneered mould fermentation production of citric acid from molasses, freeing their citric acid business from European citrus fruit supplies, which had been disrupted by the First World War.

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bluebird unveils $2.8m price for gene therapy Zynteglo on FDA approval

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million price tag attached to the therapy when it was first made available in Europe, and is also well above the proposed $2.1 million level that cost-effectiveness organisation ICER said would be acceptable in a July report. bluebird has opted to launch it at a cost of $2.8 million, which compares to the $1.7