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JUNE 26, 2024

Three months since an outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle was declared, the country is failing to take the necessary steps to get in front of the virus and possibly contain its spread among cows, according to interviews with more than a dozen experts and current and former government officials. The country still does not have a sufficient testing infrastructure in place, nor a full understanding of how the virus is moving within herds and to new herds, experts say.

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PharmaVoice

JUNE 26, 2024

The decades-long story of how a first-in-class blood cancer treatment went from bench to bedside.

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JUNE 26, 2024

WASHINGTON — As weight loss medications have exploded in popularity, a bill to allow Medicare to cover the drugs has languished virtually unchanged in Congress for a decade. Until now.

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PharmaVoice

JUNE 26, 2024

Weight loss market leaders are warning patients and healthcare providers about the risks associated with knockoff versions of their popular obesity meds — and taking legal action.

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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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JUNE 26, 2024

The nation’s longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities will not improve unless Congress steps in to provide affordable health insurance for all and federal agencies start enforcing existing laws against discrimination and improve collection of racial and ethnic data, said the authors of a new report released Wednesday. Called “ Ending Unequal Treatment ,” it was issued by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine some two decades after the groundbre

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The Pharmacist

JUNE 26, 2024

EXCLUSIVE Pharmacy closures in deprived areas are not only impacting physical access to a local pharmacy. They may also be exacerbating health inequalities for those who are less likely to access online services. The Pharmacist’s exclusive mapping of pharmacy closures suggested that the most deprived areas in England have lost nearly five times as many […] The post Analysis: Pharmacy closures risk exacerbating digital divides appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

JUNE 26, 2024

Obesity drugs like Wegovy are proving useful in many other diseases. Polycystic ovary syndrome, a chronic condition that can cause infertility, may be one.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Industry veterans Alexis Borisy and Zach Weinberg had plenty of reasons to celebrate their new venture’s first success story. In November 2023, a small biotech called Forward Therapeutics became the first company to graduate from their startup accelerator, Curie.Bio. The accelerator had opened its doors less than a year prior, and this first launch was sign their program worked: Forward had come out the other side with enough promising data — and three drug candidates — to r

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BioPharma Dive

JUNE 26, 2024

The findings provide early proof that multiple doses of a gene editing medicine can be safely administered with additive effects, overcoming a key constraint of the complex therapies.

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JUNE 26, 2024

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed states and anti-lockdown advocates who said the government violated their First Amendment rights by asking social media giants to remove or limit coronavirus misinformation. The 6-3 decision frees federal officials to talk with social media companies about combating misinformation.The majority found that the states and advocates didn’t have standing to bring the case, because they didn’t show that the government’s actions harmed them o

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Welltopia Pharmacy

JUNE 26, 2024

Zenith supplement is a new and effective weight loss solution for people suffering from overweight problems. Weight loss is a significant health challenge that affects millions of people worldwide. The prevalence of obesity and overweight conditions has surged, leading to various health complications such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and joint problems.

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STAT

JUNE 26, 2024

Nature retracted a high-profile paper that served as part of the scientific groundwork for Micronoma, a San Diego-based startup, on Wednesday. “Some of the findings of the article are affected and the corresponding conclusions are no longer supported,” Nature said in the retraction. The retraction comes after a team of researchers published work on the preprint site bioRxiv critiquing the Nature paper last August, describing what they called “fatal errors” in the pape

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 26, 2024

Fresh from reporting encouraging results with its obesity drug candidate petrelintide, Zealand Pharma has raised an impressive $1 billion from a new share offering.The Danish biotech started the fundraising process earlier this week with an expectation of raising $900 million but easily overshot that target, evidence once again of huge investor interest in companies developing a new generation of obesity drugs.

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JUNE 26, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration has drafted guidance aimed at getting drug companies and medical device makers to enroll more people of color and women in the clinical trials that test whether products work. The guidance is long-awaited. It’s the first step in carrying out a law that Congress passed in 2022, and it’s six months late. Congress sought to fix the chronic lack of diversity in clinical research by requiring that companies give the FDA their plans for enrolling patients

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 26, 2024

AstraZeneca has received Japanese approval for Tagrisso plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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STAT

JUNE 26, 2024

Makers of RSV vaccines for older adults saw their plans to try to expand usage hit a significant hurdle on Wednesday, when an expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines recommended changes that will likely see fewer older adults qualify for insurance coverage for these products. In a related move, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices opted not to make a recommendation yet on use of GSK’s Arexvy vaccine in adults 50 to 59, saying th

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Med Ed 101

JUNE 26, 2024

I’ve encountered a significant proportion of patients who are on chronic benzodiazepines. Drug interactions, adverse effects, and other risks to my geriatric patient population are significant when using this class of medication. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another real issue and one of the reasons why we try to limit their use to short-term only.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially since the middle of the week is upon us. After all, we have made it this far, so we are determined to hang on for another couple of days. And why not? The alternatives — at least those we can identify — are not so appetizing. And what better way to make the time fly than to keep busy.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 26, 2024

Novo Nordisk has announced one of its largest manufacturing investments; $4.1 billion will support the construction of a second fill and finish facility for aseptic manufacturing in Clayton, North Carolina, US. The increased capacity will add 1.4 million ft 2 of production space, double the combined square footage of all three of the company’s existing facilities in North Carolina.

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STAT

JUNE 26, 2024

When Congress passed the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) in December 2022, it was hailed as a landmark step toward codifying diversity and inclusion in clinical trials. Under FDORA, sponsors of Phase 3 and other pivotal trials are required to submit a diversity action plan to the Food and Drug Administration along with their study protocol.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Take part in the pharmaphorum reader survey 2024 and share your views on the latest trends and developments in the pharmaceutical industry. Your input helps us tailor our publication to meet your needs.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Flagship Pioneering launched Cellarity in December 2019. The startup says it’s using artificial intelligence and other computational technologies “to move away from reductionist drug discovery, and unravel the complexities of disease biology to produce ‘game-changing’ medicines out of reach previously.” Why does the company view traditional drug discovery as “reductionist”?

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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.

Express Pharma

JUNE 26, 2024

The success of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines highlighted the major advantages of utilising mRNA technology in vaccine development. Consequently, the FDA has awarded a rising number of review designations to mRNA vaccines in recent years. In 2023, a record nine designations were awarded to mRNA vaccines for eight conditions, displaying the FDA’s commitment to encouraging the development of these products across a broader range of indications, says GlobalData.

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STAT

JUNE 26, 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. It’s Wednesday, which means it’a also “The Bear” season 3 premiere day. For my Boston readers, know that Ayo Edebiri has been thinking deeply  about the tragedy of  the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.

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Pharmafile

JUNE 26, 2024

Abcuro has announced that it has completed the enrolment for its registrational phase 2/3 MUSCLE clinical trial, which aims to assess ulviprubart (ABC008) for the treatment of inclusion body myositis (IBM). The post Abcuro completes enrolment for phase 2/3 IBM treatment trial appeared first on Pharmafile.

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Pharmaceutical Business Review

JUNE 26, 2024

The funding round was spearheaded by Asabys Partners and saw contributions from Eli Lilly and Charcot-Marie-Tooth Research Foundation in the US. Existing investors, including AdBio Partners, PMV, V-Bio Ventures, VIB and Gemma Frisius Fund also participated. AGT100216 is a small molecule HDAC6i with a distinct mechanism-of-action, showing promise for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 26, 2024

By Lisa M. Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA recently released a new eSTAR template for device pre-submissions and 513(g) Requests for Information, referred to as PreSTAR. A pre-submission provides the submitter an opportunity to obtain FDA feedback prior to a planned medical device premarket submission.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 26, 2024

In this issue: UK’s new Netflix-style funding model for antibiotics, the Swiss biotech ecosystem recuperates from financial instability of 2023, how patient advocacy can lead to more successful clinical trials, and more.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 26, 2024

AI in drug discovery start-up EvolutionaryScale raises $142m in seed financing for its LLM-powered platform for designing protein structures.

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BioPharma Dive

JUNE 26, 2024

The failure of a Phase 3 trial led the Wegovy maker to take an accounting charge that will hit its operating profit growth this year.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 26, 2024

Three of the four UK nations have agreed a long-term deal with Vertex Pharma for reimbursement of its cystic fibrosis therapies, ensuring permanent access to the drugs for eligible patients.The new agreement with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland marks the end of a long-standing and sometimes bitter dispute over the high cost of Vertex's CFTR modulator drugs.

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