STAT
MAY 7, 2024
A young boy died in a trial for Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the company told patient advocates Tuesday. The boy was enrolled in Daylight, a trial studying the treatment in boys aged 2 or 3. The boy had received the therapy early last year, Pfizer told the advocates in a note posted online by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy.
PharmaVoice
MAY 7, 2024
The director of the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine believes the industry is “turning a corner.
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STAT
MAY 7, 2024
At the end of February 1960, my healthy, precocious sister Marcie was halfway through the fourth grade when she contracted measles from a classmate who lived down the street. Their cases were among the nearly 500,000 that year , before the measles vaccination program began in the U.S. in 1963. For every 1,000 people who get measles, one develops measles encephalitis , which can cause permanent brain damage.
Pharma Times
MAY 7, 2024
The chronic brain disease that causes seizures currently affects around 600,000 people living in the UK
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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 7, 2024
Jeremy Farrar, now the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, was working in Vietnam 20 years ago when the H5N1 virus started to spread across Asia — at that point in poultry. He recalls there was a reluctance among farmers to cull their chickens because they weren’t being compensated for them. Movement of infected birds to evade culling only served to disseminate the virus, which in the years since has spread to all continents except Australia.
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STAT
MAY 7, 2024
The presence of H5N1 avian influenza virus, better known as bird flu, among dairy cows in Texas — the second largest producer of dairy cattle — was first confirmed in late March. By then, H5N1 had likely been circulating among dairy cows for months. Six weeks later, the nine states responsible for more than one-quarter of U.S. dairy production, which accounts for 3.5% of the U.S.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 7, 2024
Pfizer said the patient, a young boy who was treated earlier last year, had died suddenly. The company is working with trial researchers to investigate further.
STAT
MAY 7, 2024
When patients are dealing with a sexually transmitted infection, they don’t always get advice on whether they should come into the clinic in a timely fashion. So patient interface company Healthvana created a conversational AI chatbot to quickly answer some of their questions. It had two options: standard AI persona or a drag queen. As it turned out, the rainbow-colored drag queen helped engage more patients.
pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2024
The life sciences sector in Ireland is booming thanks to nurturing talent and fostering innovation. Companies like Eli Lilly and Regeneron have major operations driving excellence.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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STAT
MAY 7, 2024
A new bill set to be considered on Wednesday by the House Ways & Means Committee would extend for two years telehealth flexibilities for Medicare enrollees that were adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, and look to reform drug industry middlemen to pay for it. At the end of the official public health emergency, Congress extended flexibilities that changed where and what kinds of care people could receive over telehealth, but those rules are set to expire at the end of the year.
pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2024
Understanding complex scientific studies is often a challenge for patients as well as healthcare professionals, but one that may become easier thanks to artificial intelligence.
STAT
MAY 7, 2024
In the second-largest fine ever levied on a pharmaceutical company, Endo Health Solutions was ordered to pay nearly $1.1 billion in criminal penalties and another $450 million in criminal forfeiture for illegally marketing its Opana ER prescription opioid. The company, which last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, admitted that, from April 2012 through May 2013, some of its sales representatives marketed its medicine, also known as oxymorphone, to doctors by touting the drug as abuse deterre
pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2024
Pfizer has paused dosing in a study of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy after a sudden patient death in another trial
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STAT
MAY 7, 2024
Dear Readers, We are enormously proud that STAT reporters Casey Ross and Bob Herman have been named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in the investigative reporting category “for exposing how UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, used an unregulated algorithm to override clinicians’ judgments and deny care, highlighting the dangers of AI use in medicine.
The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry
MAY 7, 2024
Pharmaceutical company says newer shots led to decline in demand for AstraZeneca vaccine, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied AstraZeneca has begun the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” that target new variants of the virus. The announcement follows the pharmaceutical company in March voluntarily withdrawing its European Union marketing authorisation , which is the approval to market a medicine in member states.
STAT
MAY 7, 2024
Drug development is essentially a long, expensive bet: 90% of drugs fail during clinical trials, goes one of the life science industry’s most oft-quoted statistics. But new ways of identifying and testing therapies, a more precise understanding of disease, and a renewed sense of urgency to address longstanding public health issues could change that dynamic, life science leaders argued this week.
pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2024
GSK commits to further support of BioVersys’ TB drug Phil.
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 7, 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, incredibly exciting news from the STAT newsroom — two of our reporters, Casey Ross and Bob Herman (or as we call them, Bob Ross ), were named Pulitzer finalists in investigative reporting!
Express Pharma
MAY 7, 2024
The product is used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Gland Pharma has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Edaravone Injection, 30 mg/100 mL (0.3 mg/mL) and 60 mg/100 mL (0.6 mg/mL), Single-Dose Bags. The Product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD), Radicava Injection, 30 mg/100 mL (0.3 mg/mL) and 60 mg/100 mL (0.6 mg/mL) of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation.
STAT
MAY 7, 2024
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. It took decades for scientists to come up with treatments that could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Now patients and physicians face a new challenge: actually getting the medicines to people who might benefit from them. Join us for a conversation with a practicing neurologist, neuroscientist and geriatrician about overcoming current hurdles involved in diagnosing, treating, and monitoring pa
Express Pharma
MAY 7, 2024
The US has once again pulled up India for ‘inadequate IP enforcement’ India is one of seven countries to remain on the Priority Watch List of the annual “Special 301 Report” recently released by the US Trade Representative (USTR). The other six countries on the Priority Watch List are Argentina, Chile, China, Indonesia, Russia, and Venezuela.
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pharmaphorum
MAY 7, 2024
Two-year data from a phase 1/2 trial of eyeDNA Therapeutics' gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa sets up pivotal trials, says the new biotech.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 7, 2024
The latest news for pharma industry insiders.
Drug Channels
MAY 7, 2024
It's time for Drug Channels ’ annual update of vertical integration among insurers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, and providers within U.S. drug channels. Below you’ll find our latest illustration of the major vertical business relationships among the largest companies along with some of the notable activity since our previous update. These organizations continue to exert greater control over patient access, sites of care/dispensing, and pricing, although some have started to unwind their vert
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 7, 2024
The acquisition, the parties say, will benefit pharma and biotech in the clinical and commercial stages.
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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