STAT
MAY 29, 2024
Menstruation is a critical indicator of health. Whether and when someone with a uterus gets their period — for the first time, and throughout their life — can reflect not only their reproductive health, but their risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, miscarriage, and premature death. That also makes menstruation a useful measure of population health.
PharmaVoice
MAY 29, 2024
A partnership between the cell therapy delivery specialist Portal Biotechnologies and precision robotics maker Multiply Labs could bring the manufacturing bottleneck under control, the CEOs said.
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STAT
MAY 29, 2024
STAT teamed up with Word In Black, a network of 10 Black news publishers, to report over the past year on the impact of new weight loss drugs on Black America. Jonathan Gustave was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last August after decades of struggling with his weight. To help lower his blood sugar levels, his doctor prescribed Ozempic, the diabetes drug that has become wildly popular for its weight loss effects.
PharmaVoice
MAY 29, 2024
As Novo Nordisk aims to secure its manufacturing foothold for GLP-1s, regulators are digging for clues of anti-competitive behavior.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
STAT teamed up with Word In Black, a network of 10 Black news publishers, to report over the past year on the impact of new weight loss drugs on Black America. When was the last time you thought about your weight?
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STAT
MAY 29, 2024
Health insurers are telling shareholders that they are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence and are hiring talent to implement the technology across their organizations. They say their artificial intelligence models can increase efficiency and “cut costs,” but they refused to discuss what models they’re using, how those models were developed, or exactly what they’re using them for.
Pharma Times
MAY 29, 2024
Affecting more than 7 million people in the UK, cardiovascular diseases are conditions that affect the heart or circulation
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
WASHINGTON — Clinical trials that the National Institutes of Health funds often enroll fewer Black patients and other underrepresented racial groups than they plan to, according to a study of 30 NIH-funded trials sampled by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Policymakers want to get researchers to enroll a racially representative sample of patients in clinical trials that test whether products work and are safe.
pharmaphorum
MAY 29, 2024
More consolidation in the digital health sector as Akili agrees a $34m takeover by Virtual Therapeutics, returning to private hands.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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STAT
MAY 29, 2024
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. I hope everyone had a restful Memorial Day weekend. I myself was engaged in what my editor calls one of the greatest joys in life — packing up all my belongings, moving two miles, and then unpacking all of my belongings.
pharmaphorum
MAY 29, 2024
In a new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, Rahul Kakkar, CEO of gene editing company Tome, speaks with web editor Nicole Raleigh about programmable genomic integration (PGI) technology.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
A month after announcing it was seeking strategic alternatives , Akili Interactive, maker of a video game designed to treat ADHD, said it will go private in a merger with Virtual Therapeutics. The deal is expected to net Akili’s shareholders $34 million. Akili made headlines in 2020 when it received Food and Drug Administration clearance for EndeavorRx, a video game designed to treat pediatric ADHD.
pharmaphorum
MAY 29, 2024
MSD has confirmed a $3 billion takeover deal for ophthalmology biotech EyeBio and its drug candidate for diabetic macular oedema (DME) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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STAT
MAY 29, 2024
A group representing clinical labs across the country sued the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday over the agency’s plan to actively regulate lab-developed tests. The suit, filed in a Texas federal court by the American Clinical Laboratory Association and PCR lab HealthTrackRx, claims the FDA does not have the authority to scrutinize lab-developed tests.
The Pharmacist
MAY 29, 2024
Legislation should be changed within the next three months to allow community pharmacists to amend prescriptions in the case of shortages, a parliamentary committee has recommended. ‘Medicine shortages cannot be ignored and left to become the norm,’ a Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) report, published today, stated. And it warned of a ‘serious risk […] The post Allow pharmacists to amend prescriptions 'within three months', urge MPs appeared first on The Pharmacist.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
Researchers may have a new way to watch the brain pulse, thanks to an ultrasound probe and a tiny window in the skull. This acoustically transparent hole allowed a team in California to capture, using functional ultrasound imaging, an extraordinary view of human brain activity of very normal hobbies, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine.
pharmaphorum
MAY 29, 2024
AstraZeneca has reported the first clinical data with its oral PCSK9 inhibitor AZD0780, which it hopes could offer an alternative to current injectable drugs used to lower cholesterol.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
If there were ever to be an empty bed in the stress unit my psychiatrist dad manages, I’m certain he would admit himself. He runs the only private psychiatric practice in the rural Michigan town of Owosso and is the sole psychiatrist contracted at the local hospital. With approximately 1 in every 10 of the town’s 15,000 residents being a patient in his practice, he shoulders the responsibility for many more patients than most psychiatrists do.
pharmaphorum
MAY 29, 2024
MSD is reported to be on the brink of agreeing a $1.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
If an effective treatment is available for one common disease in men, and that same treatment is available for a different common disease in women, a logical expectation would be that the treatments are equally accessible to men and women. That is not the current reality. The treatment I am talking about is focused ultrasound. It has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, including prostate cancer, fibroids, liver tumors, essential tremor and Parkinsonȁ
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 29, 2024
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STAT
MAY 29, 2024
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that a new type of experimental medicine reduced levels of a disease-causing immune molecule by up to 37% in an early-stage study of human volunteers — a result that the company called “positive” as a proof of concept but that also fell short of investor expectations. The drug, called BHV-1300, belongs to a new class of antibody medicines that shuttle harmful proteins to the liver so they can be removed from the body.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 29, 2024
A partnership between cell therapy delivery specialist Portal Biotechnologies and precision robotics maker Multiply Labs could address manufacturing hurdles, the CEOs said.
STAT
MAY 29, 2024
LONDON — Merck is buying ophthalmology-focused startup EyeBio in a deal worth up to $3 billion, according to media reports, as the pharma company looks to diversify its pipeline. Under the deal, Merck will pay $1.3 billion upfront, with another $1.7 billion if certain milestones are met. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news Tuesday night, and EyeBio’s CEO and board chair outlined in the deal in an interview with the Financial Times published Wednesday.
The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry
MAY 29, 2024
Letter urges US company Gilead Sciences to ‘shape history’ by providing fair access Former world leaders, celebrities and a Nobel prize-winning scientist who helped discover HIV have written to a leading pharmaceutical company to urge it to make a “gamechanger” HIV medicine available to people living outside wealthy countries. The US company Gilead Sciences has been urged to “shape history” by avoiding a repeat of the “horror and shame” of the early years of the Aids pandemic, when 12 million li
Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay
Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.
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