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JULY 15, 2024

Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on the H5N1 flu outbreak in dairy cows that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings. To read future updates, you can also subscribe to STAT’s Morning Rounds newsletter. There are more human cases of H5N1 bird flu infection, and another state has joined the list of those with infected dairy cow herds.

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PharmaVoice

JULY 15, 2024

In vivo CAR-T cell technology has the potential to solve some major issues in the field and could enter the clinic this year.

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JULY 15, 2024

WASHINGTON – Top Food and Drug Administration officials met multiple times earlier this year to discuss the regulation of ultra-processed foods, according to internal agency calendars obtained by STAT. Two FDA officials, Haider Warraich and Robin McKinnon, met multiple times in February to discuss regulating these edible industrial creations, such as sodas, prepackaged cookies, and most breakfast cereals.

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PharmaVoice

JULY 15, 2024

Mid-stage data from the company’s lead candidate in Parkinson’s is expected later this year and could tee up an IPO.

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

WASHINGTON — There’s been a long lull in fighting between primary care and specialty doctors over how much they get paid by Medicare, but that truce might not last if Congress overhauls the system that determines physician payment. This year, Congress began considering changes to the Medicare physician pay system for the first time since creating the current version in 2015.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 15, 2024

Updated results show the biotech's RAS inhibitor shrank pancreatic tumors in 20% to 25% of study participants, but with high rates of side effects like rash and nausea.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 15, 2024

Cases of whooping cough are still on the rise with the highest figures recorded so far this year in May, the UK Health Security Agency has warned. Nine babies have now died in the current outbreak, one in December and eight up until May this year, UKHSA officials said while urging everyone who was eligible […] The post Renewed call for whooping cough vaccine uptake as cases rise again appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

One of the makers of Casgevy — the world’s first CRISPR-based medicine —  filed a lawsuit Monday intended to clear the way for the company to pay for fertility preservation services and treatment for people receiving the therapy, which can interfere with reproduction.  In the lawsuit, Vertex Pharmaceuticals challenged an oral opinion issued by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General that its fertility support program would violate federal anti

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Express Pharma

JULY 15, 2024

Aditya Sharma, Head of Process Solutions, India Region, Merck Life Science: “We anticipate significant reforms and initiatives for the Life Science and healthcare sector in the upcoming Union Budget. The government’s initiative to implement a draft strategy aimed at promoting innovation, R&D, and industry-led innovation growth in India’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industries is a welcome move.

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

Lexeo Therapeutics said Monday that a gene therapy designed to prevent fatal cardiac complications of a genetic disorder called Friedrich’s ataxia reduced signs of heart disease in a handful of patients. The data are very early and less-than-clear-cut. But given a top Food and Drug Administration official’s recent efforts to advance gene therapies under accelerated approval — most notably, with the decision to expand approval for Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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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.

Express Pharma

JULY 15, 2024

The diagnosed prevalent cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) across the seven major markets (*7MM) are projected to increase at an annual growth rate (AGR) of 0.90 per cent from 21.08 million in 2023 to 22.97 million in 2033, forecasts GlobalData. GlobalData’s latest report, “Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology Forecast to 2033,” reveals that in 2033, the US is predicted to have the highest number of diagnosed prevalent cases of CKD in the 7MM at 5.83 million followed by Japan at 5.64 million,

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

Medicare’s new guidelines cover how it will conduct the drug price negotiations authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. Unfortunately, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is interpreting the law in a way that will discourage companies from finding new uses — sometimes lifesaving new uses — for existing drugs. It will also deter companies from doing research on existing medicines to create improved versions that are more effective and have fewer side effects.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 15, 2024

When she was a teenager, Dr Jasmina Jankicevic wanted to research and promote better ways for children and adults to stay healthy, or regain health and well-being.

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money in medicine. Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday.  Just you, a beach chair, and Medicare regs Medicare dropped its own summer reading list last week — a tidy 3,200 pages of regulations that govern how  doctors , surgery centers, and  hospital outpatient departments will get paid next year.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 15, 2024

Framework governing early-stage clinical trials in the UK is stifling research and needs to be simplified, says BJCP paper

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STAT

JULY 15, 2024

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Morning! Today, we look at some promising, but early, gene therapy data from Lexeo Therapeutics, examine Medicare’s new price negotiation rules and their impact on innovation, and more.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 15, 2024

Contractors interested in running a Covid-19 vaccination site away from their pharmacy should check NHS England (NHSE) websites ‘regularly’ as more opportunities are commissioned, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has advised. NHSE has already invited community pharmacy and GP sites to sign up to provide vaccinations at their registered premises. But where commissioners have identified a […] The post New process for contractors looking to provide off-site Covid vaccines appeared first on Th

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Pharma Times

JULY 15, 2024

Affecting parts of the body involving breathing, RTIs impact one in five people in England

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 15, 2024

AstraZeneca has obtained Health Canada’s Notice of Compliance (NOC) for Tagrisso (osimertinib) to treat NSCLC.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 15, 2024

Germany inches closer to confidential pricing for patented medicines, with passage of Medical Research Act

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

JULY 15, 2024

A study explores the cost-effectiveness of combining methotrexate with various drugs as a way to combat failed methotrexate monotherapy.

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Pharma Times

JULY 15, 2024

Almost 50% of adults living with type 1 diabetes experience high levels of diabetes distress

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pharmaphorum

JULY 15, 2024

Two investment funds have decided to contest Taisho Pharma’s recently announced management buyout plan in court

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Drug Patent Watch

JULY 15, 2024

The Strategic Advantage of Complex Drug Delivery Systems In the highly competitive pharmaceutical landscape, adopting complex drug delivery systems can […] Source

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The Pharmacist

JULY 15, 2024

Three in five people invited for an NHS Health Check the past year did not take up the offer, an analysis of NHS data shows. In 2023/24, 3.6 million people were invited to attend an NHS Health Check – the highest ever level. But of these 2.1 million did not take up the offer, the […] The post Number of NHS Health Checks increases but more people decline appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Express Pharma

JULY 15, 2024

Novo Nordisk’s popular diabetes treatment Ozempic could be tied to a lower risk of cognitive problems, according to an observational study published by researchers at Oxford University. The study, published in the Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal, explored more than 100 million medical records of the United States (U.S.) patients to see if Ozempic increased the risk of several neurological and psychiatric conditions in the first year of use compared with three common antidiabetic d

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pharmaphorum

JULY 15, 2024

An experimental gene therapy developed by Lexeo Therapeutics has shown early promise in treating one of the most serious complications of rare neurodegenerative disorder Friedreich's ataxia (FA).In a phase 1/2 SUNRISE-FA trial, the LX2006 therapy showed a reduction in cardiomyopathy – the most common cause of death in FA – in an initial group of patients with enlarged hearts at the start of the trial.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 15, 2024

The company claims the results support exploring the possibility of an accelerated approval, citing flexibility by FDA officials in reviewing rare disease gene therapies.

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World Pharma News

JULY 15, 2024

Proteins have evolved to excel at everything from contracting muscles to digesting food to recognizing viruses. To engineer better proteins, including antibodies, scientists often iteratively mutate the amino acids - the units that are arranged in a sequence to make up proteins - in different positions until the resulting protein has an improved function, like eliciting a stronger immune response or capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere more efficiently.

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PharmaTech

JULY 15, 2024

PRAC is recommending that patients who use glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) consider the risk of delayed gastric emptying before undergoing surgery with general anesthesia or deep sedation.

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Express Pharma

JULY 15, 2024

Sublingual apomorphine (SL-APO) is a dopamine agonist (DA) marketed by Bial under the brand name Kynmobi in several countries for the on-demand treatment of levodopa wear-off (OFF-episodes) that are not sufficiently controlled by levodopa “add-on” (adjunct) therapies. At the tenth Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) 2024, Dr Diego Santos García presented a post-hoc analysis of the Phase III, open-label study on SL-APO showing that it was better tolerated by patients on regular DA

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 15, 2024

A survey by Elsevier has shown that researchers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors consider artificial intelligence (AI) to be positive, with respondents stating that the future impact of the technology will be “transformative or significant.” The data showed that over 38 percent of those who engaged in the survey have used it professionally.

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