Pharma Times

JULY 27, 2021

Study in adolescents met it primary endpoint, successfully bridging immune responses to those observed in an efficacy study in adults

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pharmaphorum

JULY 23, 2021

Could virtual reality tools be effective in helping patients ‘unlearn’ their chronic pain? p harmaphorum speaks to Professor Christopher Eccleston from the University of Bath’s Centre of Pain Research to find out how digital therapeutics are shaping the future of pain management. A digital software developed by Finnish drugmaker Orion is aiming to address chronic pain conditions using virtual reality (VR) devices that provide an immersive gamified therapeutic treatment program.

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JULY 14, 2021

The company said it had determined that daily exposure to five Neutrogena and Aveeno sprays would not cause adverse health effects, but recalled the products out of an abundance of caution.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 14, 2021

The two companies will work together to come up with solutions that use machine learning and artificial intelligence to help accelerate innovation in R&D.

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Communication

Eye on FDA

JULY 29, 2021

In the face of a crisis situation, it is a given that the clarity and thoroughness of the communications response is key to resolving the issue and mitigating any reputational damage. Perhaps no other decision by the Food and Drug Administration has garnered as much controversy, as the recent one to authorize the accelerated approval a new treatment for Alzheimer’s.

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Drug Patent Watch

JULY 25, 2021

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most ointment dosed drugs. For a different perspective, see the most popular dosage types. The companies with the most ointment dosed drugs…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most ointment dosed drugs? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 8, 2021

Buoyed by the success of its COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna has started a phase 1/2 trials of its mRNA-based shot for seasonal influenza, targeting four different flu strains. . The first patents have now been enrolled into the study of the shot – codenamed mRNA-1010 – which is designed to generate antibodies against influenza A H1N1, H3N2 and influenza B Yamagata and Victoria – all of which are recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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NY Times

JULY 5, 2021

The World Bank said the financial crisis could rank among the world’s three worst since the mid-1800s. The currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value and unemployment has skyrocketed.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 8, 2021

The immunotherapy firm is conducting a Phase III trial centered on an innovative approach to treating recurrent glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

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Eye on FDA

JULY 19, 2021

It has been a regular feature of the blog to give a read on what FDA has been talking about, at least through the form of press releases. It is not always an easy task because the nature of FDA’s practice in this respect has evolved over time. But here is what we see looking at the first 6 months 2021, and comparing it to mid-years past. You may recall from the last posting on this topic at the beginning of the year, during 2020, FDA had a lot to say – a real lot, and that isn’

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Drug Patent Watch

JULY 22, 2021

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for LENVIMA Lenvima is a drug marketed by Eisai Inc and is included in one NDA. There are five patents protecting this drug and one Paragraph…. The post New patent for Eisai Inc drug LENVIMA appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Pharma Times

JULY 13, 2021

Researchers discover presence of 'autoantibodies' in people with persistent COVID-19 symptoms

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pharmaphorum

JULY 14, 2021

Scientists in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-powered ‘clock’ that can estimate a person’s chance of developing an illness or dying based on the pattern of cytokines in their blood. The “inflammatory age” or iAge clock – described in the journal Nature Aging – uses a snapshot of the level of chronic inflammation in the body to predict the chances of developing cardiovascular or neurodegenerative diseases and to give an estimate of lifespan.

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NY Times

JULY 12, 2021

Federal regulators concluded that the risk of developing the syndrome was low, and that the benefits of the vaccine still strongly outweigh it.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 12, 2021

Antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein were found in 99% of volunteers after the second dose of ReiTheraâs COVID-19 vaccine candidate, according to Phase 2 preliminary data.

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Eye on FDA

JULY 14, 2021

Upfront Author’s Note: This is the first posting in a while as I have been working to migrate the subscription service to a new provider. As such, some subscribers were lost in the process. Anyone who signed up for a subscription prior to 2019, would need to sign up again. Apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience. Years ago, a single regulatory action letter issued by FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) would not have merited a blog posting in and o

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Drug Patent Watch

JULY 9, 2021

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most patents in Poland. Patents must be filed in each country (or, in some cases regional patent office) where patent protection is…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in Poland? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Pharma Times

JULY 7, 2021

Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim have revealed positive results from a Phase III study of Jardiance in HFpEF patients

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Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

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pharmaphorum

JULY 6, 2021

The UK’s biotechnology sector is going through a purple patch, attracting almost £1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) in financing in the three months to end-May – which is a record for the industry. The new figures – from the BioIndustry Association and Clarivate – were dominated by more than £1 billion in venture capital funding for UK biotech and life sciences companies, headlined by DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore’s £195 million raise in May that was just shy of the £205 million re

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NY Times

JULY 1, 2021

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe and effective. Full approval from the F.D.A. will help stop the spread of Covid-19.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 19, 2021

A recent study indicates patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs prior to COVID hospitalization are far less likely to die as a result of the virus.

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Pharma in Brief

JULY 29, 2021

CADTH has convened a pan-Canadian Advisory Panel on a Framework for a Prescription Drug List (the Panel ). The Panel will provide recommendations on developing a potential pan-Canadian prescription drug list (or formulary). Stakeholder consultations are scheduled to take place in the fall and winter of 2021, leading to a final public report setting out the Panel’s non-binding recommendations in April 2022.

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Drug Patent Watch

JULY 7, 2021

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for XHANCE Xhance is a drug marketed by Optinose Us Inc and is included in one NDA. There are thirteen patents protecting this drug. XHANCE drug…. The post New patent for Optinose Us drug XHANCE appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Pharma Times

JULY 12, 2021

Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease in at-risk groups is approximately 60% after one dose of either the AZ or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines

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pharmaphorum

JULY 26, 2021

You’ve had your two COVID-19 jabs, but are you actually protected against infection? That’s a question that a fingerprick test launched today in the UK and Ireland could help to answer. The test – originally developed by US manufacturer Chembio Diagnostics – has been introduced into the UK and Irish markets by Guilford-based Luas Diagnostics and tests for the presence of SARS-CoV-2-targeting antibodies in the blood.

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NY Times

JULY 20, 2021

Many who received the shot may need to consider boosters, the authors said. But federal health officials do not recommend second doses.

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Pharmacy Management

Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 27, 2021

A recent check-in with several biopharma and CRO companies, conducted by Life Science Strategy Group, indicates adjustment to pandemic-related challenges.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 26, 2021

The most complete database of protein structures ever assembled, developed with the help of Google’s artificial intelligence unit DeepMind, has been made freely available to researchers around the world. DeepMind partnered with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) to come up with the AlphaFold database, which predicts the three-dimensional structures of the human proteome – nearly all (98.5%) of the 20,000 or so proteins expressed by the human genome.

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Pharma Times

JULY 6, 2021

Vaccine will be evaluated in 13 HIV-negative adults aged 18-65 years old

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Pharma Times

JULY 12, 2021

NICE concluded the cost-effectiveness estimates for Libmeldy are unlikely to be within the range that it would consider an effective use of NHS resources

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pharmaphorum

JULY 13, 2021

Faced with a looming mental health crisis, the UK government has been urged to invest in the digitisation of service provision across the NHS in England in a new report from think tank Future Care Capital. The study’s author – FCC’s head of policy and research Dr Peter Bloomfield, argues that there has been a lack of support for mental health services for many years in the UK, and the pathways for accessing them are “convoluted, waiting lists are extensive, and outcomes are po

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