STAT

MAY 31, 2024

More than three years ago, the National Institutes of Health launched a $1 billion-plus initiative to find the root causes and potential treatments for long Covid , the chronic disease that has quickly changed the lives of millions of Americans. But a lack of visible progress from the initiative, called RECOVER, has drawn months of criticism from patient advocates, researchers, and lawmakers, including at a Senate hearing last week on the NIH’s budget.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 20, 2024

The “Nobel Prize-worthy invention” could be worth hundreds of billions commercially — and have a deep impact on drug R&D.

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MAY 4, 2024

Lost documents prevented victims from finding out the truth, official inquiry told Disastrous failures that caused the contaminated blood scandal were denied by ministers for decades after officials destroyed, lost and blocked access to key documents, memos submitted to the official inquiry reveal. Several batches of files involving the work of a blood safety advisory committee were shredded as the government faced the threat of legal action, documents show.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 16, 2024

The biotech, tentatively named Hercules CM Newco, has rights to three incretin drugs discovered by Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, two of which are in clinical testing.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 30, 2024

COVID-19 vaccination rates have fallen precipitously in Europe and should be ramped up this autumn so they are at least in line with influenza vaccine uptake.

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Outsourcing Pharma

MAY 30, 2024

In an intriguing interview with Cybinâs CEO, Doug Drysdale, OSP senior editor, Liza Laws found out how second-generation psychedelics could be the biggest breakthrough in psychiatry in 40 years.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 6, 2024

With many chemo and ADHD drugs stuck in stubborn shortages, several agencies are looking for new solutions to boost supplies.

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Pharma Times

MAY 23, 2024

High-grade gliomas are rare, malignant tumours which account for up to 12% of all childhood brain tumours

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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.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 13, 2024

Takeda has made a strong play for a stake in the Alzheimer’s disease market, paying $100 million upfront for an option on AC Immune’s amyloid-targeting immunotherapy. The option fee could be followed by another up to $2.1 billion in potential milestones if Takeda takes global rights to the programme, currently headed by ACI-24.060 which is in a phase 1b/2 trial with new data due in the next few weeks.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 30, 2024

NHS spending on community pharmacy and ophthalmic services has been reduced by 19.9% since 2016/17, when real-terms funding is adjusted for need, according to new analysis from the Nuffield Trust. But in the same time period, GP primary care services saw a 10.3% increase in real-terms needs-adjusted NHS funding, while funding for acute care in […] The post Pharmacy funding falls amid increases for GP practices and hospitals, says think tank appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

MAY 29, 2024

Menstruation is a critical indicator of health. Whether and when someone with a uterus gets their period — for the first time, and throughout their life — can reflect not only their reproductive health, but their risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, miscarriage, and premature death. That also makes menstruation a useful measure of population health.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 1, 2024

AstraZeneca has maintained that while the vaccine may, in “very rare” cases, cause TTS, the casual mechanism for this effect remains unknown.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 8, 2024

New data from a Phase IIa trial in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis has demonstrated that a novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) could facilitate dosing every 12 weeks for induction therapy. This is due to a 31-day half-life at anticipated therapeutic dose levels, Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals confirmed. Humanised anti-OX40 IgG1 mAb IMG-007 works via a silenced antibody -dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) function, Inmagene explained.

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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.

BioPharma Dive

MAY 13, 2024

Goldman Sachs and Eli Lilly are among those backing the startup, which claims its prospect could be more potent than the myelofibrosis therapies that have come to market in recent years.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 27, 2024

The overall survival (OS) data has come in from the TROPION-Lung01 study of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in lung cancer – and the result likely isn’t what they were hoping for.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 21, 2024

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians transitioning to new roles in primary care are to be supported with a structured induction programme developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), it has said. The commitment came as part of the Welsh Government’s Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care for 2024/25-2029/30, published last week. The plan also committed […] The post GP pharmacists in Wales to get structured induction programme appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

MAY 27, 2024

Here are some things A. was told when she arrived at the hospital one night in June 2023. That she couldn’t have the pain medicine she usually got for a sickle cell crisis because she was six weeks pregnant, but she could have Tylenol. That if she just took her blood thinner everything would be fine. That she needed to leave, and if she still felt bad by the time she’d wheelchaired out into the parking lot, she could turn around and check herself back into the emergency room.

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 20, 2024

Nearly 30,000 people, including children in clinical trials, were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

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PharmD Live

MAY 30, 2024

Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of at least five medications, can be essential for individuals with multiple chronic conditions. When medications are prescribed with clear therapeutic objectives, optimized to minimize adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and the patient adheres to the regimen, polypharmacy can be appropriate and beneficial. However, it often becomes excessive and hazardous when medications are unnecessary, fail to meet therapeutic goals, pose a high risk of ADRs, or when the patie

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 8, 2024

Intellectual property is the foundation of the drug industry’s business model. This database will track key patent expiry dates for 30 top-selling medicines.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 30, 2024

Discover how genomics is transforming cancer research through the study of DNA, RNA, and ctDNA. Learn about the latest breakthroughs in the field in this insightful short read.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 9, 2024

Eight in 10 pharmacy team members report that medicine shortages are putting patients’ health at risk, according to a survey by Community Pharmacy England (CPE). The Pressures Survey, completed by more than 900 pharmacy owners and over 2,000 pharmacy team members, found that medicine supply issues were affecting the majority of pharmacy teams (72%) ‘multiple […] The post Patients 'put at risk' as pharmacies face medicine shortages 'multiple times a day' appeared first o

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STAT

MAY 27, 2024

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, 25 heads of government issued an extraordinary call for a new international treaty for preventing, preparing for, and responding to pandemics. For two years, World Health Organization member states have been negotiating an international agreement scheduled for adoption at the World Health Assembly this month. Yet, late Friday in Geneva, negotiations ground to a halt.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 2, 2024

From Merck & Co to Sanofi, Pharmaceutical Technology lists the leading pharmaceutical companies spending the most on R&D in 2023.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 23, 2024

Clinical trials are using AI to handle large and complex volumes of data to develop oncology, cardiovascular, and neurologic compounds and to integrate molecular and imaging data.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 3, 2024

Newly disclosed Phase 3 results presented Friday match findings the biotech disclosed last year, while offering a more comprehensive look at how its drug stacks up to rival therapies.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 20, 2024

Unlocking biotech insights: discover the latest advancements in biotech with our top picks for podcasts. Stay informed and up-to-date with industry trends and news by listening to some of the best biotech podcasts featuring expert analysis, discussions of ethical issues, and interviews with industry leaders.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 14, 2024

A local campaign to reduce prescriptions as part of a drive for sustainability has seen up to a 16% drop in requests for prescriptions. In February, Dorset integrated care board (ICB) launched the campaign to ‘only order what you need’ to address patients’ beliefs that they had to reorder all their medicines every time they got […] The post Prescription requests down by 16% due to ICB sustainability campaign appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

MAY 24, 2024

A new study published Friday provides more evidence of the potential danger of drinking unpasteurized, or raw, milk containing H5N1 avian flu viruses. The work , published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that mice that were fed milk from H5N1-infected cows became very ill.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 8, 2024

AstraZeneca has begun the global withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria, citing a surplus of updated vaccines.

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