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STAT+: A ‘renaissance in neuroscience’ could deliver a fresh crop of psychiatric medicines

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“The mindset of Big Pharma in those days was one pill for millions and millions of people,” said John LaMattina, who led Pfizer’s research division from 1999 to 2007. “Everyone was looking for the next Lipitor, and when that fizzled out, there was an exodus out of psychotherapeutic areas.”

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Drug development and working with specialised Rare Disease networks

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During the course of the webinar, Keefer explained how specialty sites, with deep knowledge on one or certain groups of Rare Diseases, are crucial for further progress in drug development to progress the number of treatments available to Rare Disease patients and to provide support to those individuals.

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Sensyne launches fundraising, agrees patient data deal with Phesi

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Oxford-based Sensyne uses patient data to improve drug development, disease understanding and clinical trial design, as well as to discover new drug targets, and also develops digital health software applications powered by AI such as GDm-Health for diabetes and CVm-Health for COVID-19. It already has access to around 6.1

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Achieving scale up success under economic uncertainty

European Pharmaceutical Review

In 2001 and 2007, through 2009, the economy was hit hard. There was a significant slowdown in drug development, clinical trials, and new drugs coming to market. EMA prepares for winter antibiotic shortages That slowdown resulted in 211 drug shortages in 2010—the highest number recorded in a single year at the time.

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Digitalising HPLC methods: the path to interoperability

European Pharmaceutical Review

Consistent methods must be employed across organisations to facilitate regulatory approvals, but this is a process that can hinder drug development. Digital technologies will be the driving force behind Lab of the Future, enabling greater pre-competitive collaboration and accelerated drug development pipelines.

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Digital investment promises to accelerate the use of wearable sensor data in clinical trials

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Dudley Tabakin, CEO of VivoSense, describes how this financing is set to accelerate the development of novel digital biomarkers and improve digital clinical outcome assessments. VivoSense software is developed specifically for analysis of data from wearable sensors”, explains Tabakin. “The

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Interview: Dr Alan S Louie – US Food and Drug Administration Delays

Pharmaceutical Technology

NB: Recent figures show the pharmaceutical industry spent $168m lobbying congress in 2007, how successful were the industry’s efforts and what are the main administration issues concerning the industry at present? ASL: The FDA’s purview is quite a bit broader than just drug development.