Wed.Mar 06, 2024

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Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts

STAT

On Sunday, public health officials in two Michigan counties warned their residents that they may have been exposed to measles. In Wayne County , an adult who had contracted the virus abroad had been in health-related settings in Dearborn on two days last week — two urgent care clinics, a CVS pharmacy, and a hospital emergency department. Health officials in neighboring Washtenaw County issued a similar alert about a different case — also an adult, also infected abroad —

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Big hopes for schizophrenia treatment rely on a deep pipeline of new approaches

PharmaVoice

Innovation in schizophrenia has been slow, and patients are often left with few options — but pharmas contribute to a robust lineup of candidates that could improve care.

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Microplastics found in blood vessels linked to greater risk of heart problems, study finds

STAT

Micro and nanoplastics, tiny pieces of plastic scattered throughout the environment, have been increasingly found to be able to enter the body, raising questions about where they end up and how they affect people’s health. In a new study, researchers say they have for the first time detected these plastic pieces inside fatty plaques that accumulate in blood vessels and linked them to an increased rate of heart problems.

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Could pharma’s legal attack on the IRA succeed in killing price negotiations?

PharmaVoice

An all-out blitz across U.S. courts is bolstering pharma’s goal to overturn Medicare drug price negotiations.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union

STAT

WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program and will preview the plan in his State of the Union address, the White House announced Wednesday. While the current program will eventually allow Medicare to negotiate the prices of up to 20 drugs per year, Biden will propose increasing that number to 50, and bringing more drugs into the negotiation process sooner.

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Automation of literature search and review

pharmaphorum

Looking to automate your literature search and review process in pharmacovigilance? Learn how AI can streamline the detection and analysis of Adverse Events (AE) effectively.

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UK Chancellor trumpets £650m AstraZeneca investment

pharmaphorum

A £650 million investment package by AstraZeneca in the UK has been held up by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as a “vote of confidence” in the country’s life sciences sector. AZ is preparing to invest £450 million at its manufacturing site in Speke, Liverpool, to boost research, development and manufacturing of vaccines, including the construction of a new plant that will be powered by renewable energy, according to a government statement.

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STAT+: Oracle Health chair says Cerner isn’t competing with Epic

STAT

Cerner may have ceded U.S. business to reigning electronic health records market leader Epic Systems, but new owner Oracle plans to close the gap with cloud services from supply chain management to claims processing, a top Oracle Health executive tells STAT.  Epic and Cerner have long been in a head-to-head race for medical software contracts. The playing field changed in 2022 when Cerner merged with cloud titan Oracle , coinciding with a loss in its large health system customers in the U.S

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12 Questions with Jorge Reis-Filho

pharmaphorum

Get to know Jorge Reis-Filho, Vice President of Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca, through this exclusive interview featuring 12 insightful questions. Gain insights into his role, career journey, and the latest advancements in cancer biomarker development.

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Startup Alumis raises $259 million as it prepares for psoriasis trial

STAT

San Francisco startup Alumis Inc. has raised $259 million in a bid to best big pharma’s work in plaque psoriasis. Alumis announced its Series C round Wednesday and plans to move its lead drug into Phase 3 trials. Venture firm Foresite Capital, which incubated Alumis, co-led the financing with Samsara BioCapital and venBio Partners.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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New radiopharmaceutical laboratory opens in Germany

European Pharmaceutical Review

Ariceum Therapeutics has opened its new laboratory facilities at its Berlin headquarters. This allows in-house R&D for its next generation radiopharmaceutical pipeline candidates and support in the transfer of advancing products into the clinic. There is over ~200m² of laboratory space (cold biology/chemistry lab; radioactive lab) at the new site.

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Opinion: Charging patients to message their doctors mostly benefits major hospital systems

STAT

Thinking about messaging your physician about a weird rash? You may want to hold off on it. Some hospital systems have started charging patients for digital messages to their doctors via the electronic medical record, either a flat rate (like a copay) or on sliding scale depending on the time or complexity of the physician’s response. Sometimes it’s billed through an insurer, sometimes as a direct cost to the patient.

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How Long Will the Current Slowdown in Biotech Investment Last?

Pharmaceutical Commerce

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Emma Banks, CEO of ramarketing, discusses how the balance between onshoring and outsourcing will evolve, how long will the current slowdown in biotech investment likely last, and what factors might influence its duration.

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STAT+: With Meta’s backing, Headspace launches into VR

STAT

Headspace, which has built a growing digital health business around mindfulness, is joining forces with Meta to launch a meditation app for Quest, the social media giant’s virtual reality headset. Called Headspace XR, the newly launched VR app — developed with funding from Meta — guides users through meditation and other activities, like a Tai Chi-inspired movement game, meant to encourage mental wellbeing.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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Oncology dominates CRISPR landscape: GlobalData

Express Pharma

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Vertex ’s exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy) in late 2023. Subsequently, it became the inaugural CRISPR-based drug for the hematological indications beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD). Despite this approval, the CRISPR landscape is dominated by oncology, which accounts for 30 per cent of all active CRISPR drugs.

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STAT+: Senate panel advances bill to ban some Chinese biotechs, with Sen. Paul taking up industry’s cause

STAT

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel Wednesday passed a bill aimed at preventing certain Chinese companies from doing business in the United States. The sole no vote was by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who worries that Congress is using anger toward China as a cover for advancing parochial interests. Many in Congress are worried the Chinese government and military are using the rising dominance of national companies to gather Americans’ genetic information, which could be used for reasons that r

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Women in Science: How curiosity and determination inspired Hayley Crowe's journey from bench to c-suite

Outsourcing Pharma

Hayley Crowe is executive vice president and general manager of Ecolabâs Global Life Sciences sector, comprised of Ecolabâs Purolite and pharma / personal care businesses. We sat down with Hayley to discuss how grief inspired her determination to make a difference and how she is helping female colleagues address their imposter syndrome and 'mental attack'.

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Bayer’s not breaking up. At least not yet

STAT

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, everyone. Damian here with news of another biotech megaround, the potential next big thing from Novo Nordisk, and an anti-aging dispute involving dogs.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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The growing uses of medicinal cannabis

Pharmaceutical Technology

Demand for medicinal cannabis is increasing globally to treat a range of illnesses and conditions.

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NICE no follows Scottish aye for rare disease drug Xenpozyme

pharmaphorum

NICE has turned down Sanofi’s Xenpozyme as a treatment for the rare disease acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), creating a situation where access to the drug in the UK will depend on a patient’s address.

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Sandoz granted novel biosimilars approval

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first and only FDA-approved denosumab biosimilars, to treat all indications of the reference medicines. This means that Sandoz ’s Wyost ® (denosumab-bbdz) and Jubbonti ® (denosumab-bbdz) are interchangeable for all indications of reference medicines Xgeva ® (denosumab) and Prolia ® (denosumab).

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Sandoz gets first FDA OK for denosumab biosimilars

pharmaphorum

Sandoz has claimed the first FDA approvals for biosimilars of Amgen’s blockbuster bone disease therapy denosumab, but has not said when it plans to launch them onto the US market.

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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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Researchers aim to ensure future AI healthcare monitoring systems are free of gender bias

Pharma Times

The project will train a newly developed AI system on data collected from participating men and women

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Expert Speak | Dr Brijesh Kapil, Global Consumer Healthcare Expert

Express Pharma

In this episode of the Express Pharma – Nutrify Today Boardroom series, Dr Brijesh Kapil, draws on his 30-plus years of experience, including assignments as Director Marketing & Sales at Procter & Gamble Health; and head of Ranbaxy’s Global Consumer Healthcare business to talk about how companies can position themselves in the global responsible nutraceutical industry.

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GELATIN-Free Medicines: Which Drugs Contain GELATIN?

Drug Patent Watch

GELATIN-Free Medicines, 2024 is part of DrugPatentWatch’s deep library of business intelligence on biopharmaceutical drugs. Buy Gelatin-Free Medicines on Amazon This guide is designed to provide information for healthcare providers to… The post GELATIN-Free Medicines: Which Drugs Contain GELATIN? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Researchers use collected stem cells to grow cell models to advance prenatal medicine

Pharma Times

CDH affects one in 5,000 babies born in the UK, impacting the foetus’ development of vital organs

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Two new purpose-built facilities built for Almac Group in Northern Ireland to meet growing demand

Outsourcing Pharma

Almac Group, a global leader in CDMOs, announced today (March 6) that it has unveiled two new purpose-built facilities at its headquarters in Northern Ireland.

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Bayer CEO pulls back from breakup of ‘badly broken’ group

pharmaphorum

Bayer CEO says company is “badly broken” by patent losses, litigation, debt levels, and bureaucracy, limiting its options for a break-up of the group.

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ClinOne's enhanced self-service platform empowers users like never before

Outsourcing Pharma

ClinOne, a leading provider of clinical trial technology, has unveiled what it calls a major enhancement to its platform, offering customers far more control and flexibility.

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J&J seeks EU approval for new Darzalex multiple myeloma indication

Pharmaceutical Technology

J&J submitted a new application to the EMA for the approval of its Darzalex combination therapy for multiple myeloma.

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Regenxbio data suggest ‘niche’ in Duchenne gene therapy

BioPharma Dive

Study results showed early signs of promise in Duchenne patients who are currently ineligible to receive Sarepta’s Elevidys, triggering a stock surge.

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