PharmaVoice
AUGUST 10, 2022
Miruna Sasu is on a mission to use real world data to help wipe out cancer. She believes this audacious goal is within reach, and as president and CEO of COTA, she is inspiring her team to create a “path to care” for oncology patients.
STAT
AUGUST 31, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized new Covid booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer that more closely match the strains of the coronavirus that are currently circulating in the U.S. Pfizer’s booster, made with partner BioNTech, is being authorized for people as young as 12 years old. The Moderna booster is being authorized for people ages 18 and up.
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pharmaphorum
AUGUST 12, 2022
Half a million people in the UK with conditions like blood cancer that prevents them being protected from COVID-19 vaccines are facing another winter shielding, because the government has shelved plans to offer treatment with AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy Evusheld. That’s the position of multiple patient organisations, clinicians and medical groups, who have criticised the Department of Health’s decision to defer procurement of Evusheld supplies until cost-effectiveness agency
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 25, 2022
Following numerous recalls, the industry is striving to investigate the causes, sources and ways to mitigate carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities. In a recent paper, published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics , researchers identified nitrocellulose blister packaging as a potential source of N -nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N -nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) impurities.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 12, 2022
In June this year, it was announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted UK-based OxfordVR a breakthrough device designation for its gameChangeVR treatment to deliver immersive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to people suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. The FDA’s breakthrough device programme is for medical devices or device-led combination products that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of diseases.
Pharma Times
AUGUST 22, 2022
Researchers at Tel Aviv University used a portable brain activity-measuring device to detect cognitive decline in older people
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The Thyroid Pharmacist
AUGUST 12, 2022
Did you know that most cases of thyroid disease are autoimmune in nature? (1). Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition that happens to affect the thyroid gland. This means that our immune system recognizes the thyroid gland as a foreign invader and begins to attack it, eventually leading to the destruction of our thyroid tissue. When this destruction goes on long enough, the person will lose their ability to produce thyroid hormone.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 8, 2022
A study of a mobile health app used to support patients hospitalised with heart failure has concluded that it provided a modest improvement in quality-of-life scores, as well as better clinical outcomes. The finding comes from the large-scale CONNECT-HF cluster study, which looked at various patient engagement and education interventions to see if they could help patients with heart failure do better after discharge from hospital.
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 26, 2022
Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) say a new variation of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system enables especially long DNA sequences to be introduced to precise locations in the genomes of cells with remarkably high efficiency without the need for viral vectors. “One of our goals for many years has been to put lengthy DNA instructions into a targeted site in the genome in a way that doesn’t depend on viral vectors,” commented Alex Marson, MD
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 23, 2022
Gilead Sciences has obtained the European Commission (EC) marketing authorisation for Sunlenca (lenacapavir) injection and tablets to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The twice-yearly treatment is indicated to be administered along with other antiretroviral(s) in adult patients with multi-drug resistant HIV infection who otherwise cannot have a suppressive anti-viral regimen.
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PharmExec
AUGUST 10, 2022
Curative-type therapies offer great hope in further transforming treatments for cancer and other diseases, but addressing the economics of these products—and ultimately the cost-benefit equation—is daunting. What is being done to smooth the path for pricing and reimbursement?
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 18, 2022
Now that Medicare will be able to negotiate drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act, the industry can expect to see some changes. Here are some tips on how to navigate the changing tide.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
AUGUST 11, 2022
Pharmaceutical distribution today is anything but monolithic. While companies in this space are grappling with issues ranging from inflation and supply chain disruption to workforce scarcity and DSCSA implementation, there’s still plenty of room for smaller players to stake out part of the terrain to call their own.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 23, 2022
With COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics developed in rapid time, Ben Hargreaves investigates why this has not been the case with the creation of a treatment for Long COVID. The condition is more common than might be thought and presents a significant burden to patients, and yet the pipeline of potential therapies remains relatively sparse. When the pandemic first struck, the gravity of the situation did not take long to set in.
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.
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 17, 2022
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for Pluvicto ® (lutetium [ 177 Lu] vipivotide tetraxetan), for the treatment of adult patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have been treated with androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibition and taxane-based chemotherapy or who are not medically suitable for taxanes.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 17, 2022
On August 8, Pfizer and Valneva announced the initiation of a Phase III study with their Lyme disease vaccine , bringing the prospect of an injection to prevent the condition disease one step closer to reality. VLA15 is the only vaccine for Lyme disease in clinical development, according to GlobalData, the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology.
PharmExec
AUGUST 10, 2022
Marie-France Tschudin, president, innovative medicines international, and chief commercial officer at Novartis, taps into life lessons to help bring therapies to people in novel ways.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 23, 2022
PsychoGenics is leveraging AI-driven drug discovery platforms to advance mental health treatments for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and treatment-resistant depression.
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.
Pharma Times
AUGUST 26, 2022
The tool uses a series of connected algorithms that can assess if someone has PD from their nocturnal breathing
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 26, 2022
A clinical trial has found that a digital care programme for people with musculoskeletal pain developed by Sword Health can improve their productivity at work, even if they also have mental health issues. Sword Health’s virtual musculoskeletal programme care programme pairs patients with a physical therapist they can talk with via telehealth, guiding them through exercises to address pain and other symptoms and also provides cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) modules to help them develop
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 1, 2022
Dubbed Disability Diversity in Clinical Trials (DDiCT), the initiative aims to provide recommendations on how to improve access, engagement, speed of enrolment and participation of people with disabilities in clinical trials. The goal is to “ensure all patient groups are reflective of the real-world population and aligned with the epidemiology of the disease studies,” a statement said.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 5, 2022
The development of therapeutics for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) continues to be challenged by the complex nature of these diseases. Also referred to as prion diseases, TSEs are rare and fatal neurodegenerative conditions. As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent.
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The Honest Apothecary
AUGUST 19, 2022
It is my conviction that managers really do make all the difference in the world. Great managers get great results and build great teams. Bad managers don’t. But it is also my conviction that managers generally mirror the leadership culture created by those they report to. There is, if you will, a “trickle down” effect in the style and priorities of your management.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 16, 2022
Nasal vaccines under development by Codagenix, Xanadu Bio and others have the potential to finally help reduce virus transmission and breakthrough infections.
Pharma Times
AUGUST 22, 2022
Epidiolex may ease symptoms associated with Doose syndrome, a rarer type of childhood-onset epilepsy
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 3, 2022
We all know that real-world data (RWD) from electronic health records (EHR) could boost clinical trial efficiency and improve patient outcomes – so what’s holding us back? It’s been more than two decades since the ground-breaking potential of using electronic health records (EHR) to inform clinical research was first mooted. Since then, progress has been slow, but the industry now has everything it needs to close the feedback loop between science, evidence, and care, said speakers at a recent Co
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 30, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the pharmaceutical industry of several key lessons. It has highlighted the value of cutting-edge technologies, such as messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, and reinforced the industry’s understanding of the power of collaboration, including with contract partners such as contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMOs).
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 10, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast-Track designation to Relmada Therapeutics’ REL-1017 as a single agent to treat major depressive disorder (MDD). A new chemical entity and NMDA receptor (NMDAR) channel blocker, REL-1017 acts on hyperactive channels while preserving physiological glutamatergic neurotransmission. Presently, the therapy is being analysed in late-stage studies.
Outsourcing Pharma
AUGUST 16, 2022
The AI and QC specialists have joined to use AI and QC in order to discover biological pathways relevant to the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 29, 2022
A collaboration between Stanford University researchers and Komodo Health aims to advance knowledge of lingering COVID symptoms, health disparities and intervention strategies.
PhRMA
AUGUST 29, 2022
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