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Experimental vaccines and therapeutics to combat the deadly Marburg virus will begin arriving this weekend in Rwanda, where they will be used in clinical trials expected to begin soon, a U.S. government official confirmed on Friday. There are currently no licensed vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat Marburg, a cousin of the Ebola family of viruses that transmits and causes illness in the same way as Ebola.
Sam Altman, co-founder of OpenAI and co-creator of ChatGPT, keeps saying artificial intelligence will help cure cancer. Altman’s going further these days, envisioning a future where an AI essentially replaces the principal investigator. In a discussion last month that was widely circulated this week on social media, Altman recounted chatting with a cancer researcher about a time when an AI would issue experimental plans and tasks to human scientists to complete.
An experimental Alzheimer’s therapy from Cassava Sciences is still being tested in two Phase 3 studies, even as the company has come under regulatory scrutiny.
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Next year’s Medicare Advantage market will be two things at once: remarkably stable broadly, but rife with changes under the surface. Health insurance companies will still offer older adults a lot of plan choices with low, or completely free, premiums. That’s why the federal government expects enrollment in the $500 billion Medicare Advantage program to grow once again in 2025 — a stark contrast from insurers’ cries that modest payment reforms would damage them and se
Around one million people now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a study in The Lancet has suggested. This is a ‘substantial’ increase over the past three years, and one that ‘coincided with the introduction of new disposable e-cigarettes to the UK market’, the authors added. The research surveyed 153,073 participants across England and found the […] The post One million people vape despite never smoking regularly appeared first on The Pharmacist.
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Around one million people now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a study in The Lancet has suggested. This is a ‘substantial’ increase over the past three years, and one that ‘coincided with the introduction of new disposable e-cigarettes to the UK market’, the authors added. The research surveyed 153,073 participants across England and found the […] The post One million people vape despite never smoking regularly appeared first on The Pharmacist.
You’ve probably heard of Damar Hamlin, who as starting safety for the Buffalo Bills has helped lead his team to a 3-1 record to start the National Football League season. Damar survived a cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game in January 2023, with more than 60,000 people watching in person and another 23 million tuned in.
The government will 'continue to discuss' issues raised around its proposed hub-to-patient model of hub and spoke dispensing with the community pharmacy negotiator, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has said. And it suggested briefing new ministers before changes could be implemented 'could take some time'. Hubs could 'disrupt' community pharmacy market without controls In a statement […] The post Government 'discussing' hub-to-patient model with CPE appeared first on The Pharmaci
Exact Sciences won Food and Drug Administration approval on Friday for an improved version of a stool-based screening test for colon cancer that should result in fewer cancer-free patients receiving unnecessary follow-up colonoscopies. The FDA approved the test, Cologuard Plus, for adults 45 and up with an average risk of cancer based on results from a large clinical trial, dubbed Blue-C, which recruited more than 20,000 participants.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Opdivo to treat adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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The Indian pharma industry, long hailed as a global powerhouse, finds itself at a crossroads. Once a beacon of growth and profitability, the sector is now grappling with a complex web of challenges that are eroding margins and inflating overheads. Pressure on margins: A reality check for India Pharma In recent years, Indian pharmaceutical companies have seen a substantial decline in profitability, dropping by approximately 20-30 per cent over the past six to eight years, aside from a brief surg
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A pleasant Friday morning to you! Adam Feuerstein, here, reporting from the Pharmalittle campus, temporarily relocated to Cambridge, Mass., as your regular New Jersey host Ed takes the day off. Like the one-and-only Mr. Pharmalot, I enjoy my daily headlines with a hot cup of joe. Have a great weekend. Italian pharma company Recordati said it will buy from Sanofi the global rights to an approved drug to treat cold agglutinin disease , a rare autoimmune disorder, for $825 million, Reuters re
Indoco Remedies has announced that it has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 10 mg (OTC). The product is a generic equivalent of the Reference Listed Drug, Zyrtec Allergy Tablets, 10 mg, produced by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
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Messe Muenchen India successfully wrapped up the largest edition of Analytica Anacon India, India Lab Expo, and Pharma Pro&Pack Expo at HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, held from September 26th to 28th, 2024. The triad event emerged as a key platform for the laboratory, analytical, and pharmaceutical industries, attracting international and home-grown manufacturers, suppliers, pharma companies, research labs, consultants, industry experts, and government officials.
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This story first appeared in The Readout newsletter. Sign up for The Readout and receive STAT’s award-winning biotech news delivered straight to your inbox. Hello, hello. Today we talk about whether the AI overlords will commandeer cancer research (on top of everything else in this world), WuXi is looking to sell some of its operations, ostensibly because of the BIOSECURE Act, and more.
AstraZeneca's supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Calquence (acalabrutinib) has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the US for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants Priority Review to applications for medicines that, if approved, would offer significant improvements over available options by demonstrating safety or efficacy improvements, preventing serious conditions or enhancing patie
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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.
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Pharmaceutical Technology Europe chats with Klaus Ullherr, senior product manager at Syntegon, about challenges facing companies when trying to comply with Annex 1 and how automated systems can help.
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