STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

This year’s National Residency Match, the day when medical graduates learn which health system they will do their residency programs for the next step of their clinical training, may have been a bellwether for U.S. health care — and the results are worrisome. Although this year’s Match featured more applicants than ever, a lower proportion of medical school grads chose one key specialty than ever before: pediatrics.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 2, 2024

Even as new drugs like Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi make a splash in Alzheimer’s, VCs like the Dementia Discovery Fund have invested in the next wave of therapies.

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STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

An AI algorithm to detect heart failure, embedded in a digital stethoscope, earned clearance from the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. The goal is to help primary care doctors more easily identify the often-hidden condition. The stethoscope is the result of a collaboration between Mayo Clinic researchers, who built the algorithm, and the startup Eko Health, which built the hardware.

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Pharma Times

APRIL 2, 2024

The genetic condition affects one in 279 people in England and significantly increases cancer risk

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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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STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — Health care costs are getting so high that prices are literally running off of the page. Medicare on a couple of occasions recently has had to deal with billing forms that don’t provide adequate space for prices. CMS last month said it was adding two digits to the Medicare claims processing system for hospital and doctor office charges, called the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System, so that it can now accommodate prices just a penny shy of $100 million.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

Discover the importance of addressing menopause in the workplace and the benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) through this insightful and informative article on breaking the stigma.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

APRIL 2, 2024

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Joerg Tritschler, a partner in Simon-Kucher’s life sciences division, explores the two major strategies big pharma companies are employing amid current macro challenges and efforts to offset looming patent losses to blockbuster brands.

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STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

A drug being developed by a Roivant subsidiary for a range of autoimmune conditions succeeded in a mid-stage trial in an eye disease that can ultimately lead to blindness, Roivant said Tuesday. Roivant, which has been flush with cash since selling a drug candidate to Roche last year for $7.1 billion, also announced Tuesday it was launching a $1.5-billion stock buyback initiative.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

Explore the innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in securing the pharmaceutical supply chain for resilience and safety. Learn how cutting-edge technology is shaping the future of pharmaceutical logistics.

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STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

Here is STAT’s biotech scoreboard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the second quarter and middle of the year: Obesity catalysts, first. Danish drugmaker Zealand Pharma — yes, there’s another Danish drug maker in obesity — is developing a long-acting amylin analog called petrelintide. The experimental medicine has garnered attention for its potential to show incretin-like weight loss with muscle preservation, and a tolerable side-effect profile.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 2, 2024

By Sara W. Koblitz — Every year, federal agencies submit a budget request to Congress to fund various agency initiatives, and every year FDA includes a list of legislative proposals that it would like to see come out of Congress. This year is no different , and in fact some of the requests on this year’s list are repeat offenders from last year’s. And though FDA may not have gotten everything that it wanted last year, reviewing and reflecting on these lists of legislative proposals provides im

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

Stalking horse bidder Merz Therapeutics could get rights to Acorda’s three marketed drugs if its $185 million proposal holds.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

In a new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast recorded live on site at WIRED Health in London in March, web editor Nicole Raleigh spoke with Elise de Reus, co-founder of Cradle, the generative AI platform that helps scientists to design and program proteins.

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Pharma Times

APRIL 2, 2024

Two out of three people with the neurodegenerative condition experienced delirium in hospital

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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.

pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

Ipsen has expanded its oncology pipeline by licensing rights to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for solid tumours from Sutro Biopharma, its first drug in the category. The deal, which has a top-end value of $900 million including $90 million in near-term payments, focuses on STRO-003, a preclinical-stage ADC targeting receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1).

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European Pharmaceutical Review

APRIL 2, 2024

Revised versions of two widely used European Pharmacopoeia (EP) monographs now allow the use of recombinant factor C (rFC) for testing of pharmaceutical waters. The revised monographs – Water for injections (0169) and Purified water (0008) – mean that users can select the rFC test described in Ph. Eur. 2.6.32 directly when testing pharmaceutical waters.

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Express Pharma

APRIL 2, 2024

GS Krishnan, President of Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) has been re-elected for another two-year term from April 2024 – 2026. Krishnan, with three decades of experience in the bio industrial sector, currently – Director, external stakeholder relations at Danish biotech company, Novonesis and Independent Consultant/Advisor to various biotech companies, assumed ABLE president’s role in April 2021.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

APRIL 2, 2024

Animal welfare is a crucial consideration in the adoption of alternative methods like recombinant Factor C (rFC) and recombinant Cascade Reagents (rCR) for bacterial endotoxin testing (BET). These methods aim to impede animal suffering by reducing dependence on horseshoe crab blood. At Roche, we see it as our ethical and environmental responsibility to support the use of alternative methods that prioritise animal welfare while ensuring the safety of our patients and the quality of our products.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

Acorda Therapeutics has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to keep operating while it tries to arrange the sale of its main assets to a US subsidiary of Germany’s Merz. The announcement made last night US time sparked a run on Acorda's shares, down almost 62% at the time of writing. The news emerged shortly after Acorda cancelled its fourth-quarter results conference call, which was scheduled to take place yesterday.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

APRIL 2, 2024

Wolfgang Wienand has been chosen to succeed Albert Baehny as the CEO of Lonza. Wienand will join the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) in the summer of 2024. He has been CEO of the Swiss CDMO Siegfried Holding AG since 2019. Baehny has held his Chief Executive Officer ad interim role since October 2023 and will support Wienand through the transition period.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 2, 2024

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo file for approval of datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) for second indication in breast cancer.

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Express Pharma

APRIL 2, 2024

Bharat Biotech and Bilthoven Biologicals B.V., (BBio), a wholly owned subsidiary of Serum Institute of India, based in Netherlands, announced a collaboration to further strengthen the production and supply security of Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV). A requisite agreement has been signed between BBIL and BBio wherein BBIL will procure drug substances for the production of oral polio vaccines to be supplied within India and globally.

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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.

PharmaTech

APRIL 2, 2024

With an ever-growing market driving technological advances, there is always work to be done in drug manufacturing.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 2, 2024

Bora Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. yesterday (April 1) finalized the acquisition of Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., a leading generics manufacturer based in Minnesota, U.S., from its previous owners, Sawai Group Holdings and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

Lab test abnormalities in one study participant led the company to halt enrollment and prioritize a different version of its gene editing therapy for heart disease.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 2, 2024

OSP was lucky enough to talk to David Menzies (pictured), executive director, technology solutions at ICON to find out how he thinks the pharma industry needs to overcome the real-world data challenges.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

An acquisition of Modulus Therapeutics is the latest move by Ginkgo to accumulate technologies that can help other companies develop cellular medicines.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

APRIL 2, 2024

Why manufacturers should leverage technology to address low adherence rates.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 2, 2024

In an important announcement today (April 2), HUTCHMED and Innovent jointly revealed the acceptance of their New Drug Application (NDA) in China for the combination of Fruquintinib with Sintilimab.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

A Pfizer drug licensed to a Roivant subsidiary surpassed expectations in a type of uveitis, while a stock purchase plan will see Roivant buy out shares owned by Sumitomo Pharma.

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PharmaTech

APRIL 2, 2024

Carl Allenspach, director of business operations, manufacturing, science, and technology organization at Bristol Myers Squibb discusses the interactive and collaborative important of INTERPHEX.

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