Sat.Nov 05, 2022 - Fri.Nov 11, 2022

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U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments

STAT

The country is heading into its third Covid winter without crucial tools we’ve relied on at previous points in the pandemic, both as governments roll back their responses and as the virus outruns some of our most important medicine-cabinet defenses. Free at-home tests are no longer showing up at people’s doorsteps. States are reporting outbreak data less frequently, and globally, testing and surveillance programs have been curtailed.

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The legacy of Glen de Vries: Our last interview with the pioneering entrepreneur

PharmaVoice

Recorded just weeks before his passing, our sit-down interview with the legendary medical sciences entrepreneur showcased his passion for pushing the industry toward its next frontier.

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AstraZeneca’s Farxiga data shows widespread undiagnosed chronic kidney disease

Pharma Times

INSIDE-CKD study involves patients from across France, Germany, Italy, the US and Japan

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A Culture of Quality: The Catalyst to Accelerate Innovation

PharmExec

Why enabling a shared culture of quality across an organization is key to maintaining pharma’s recent pace of innovation wins—while inspiring new levels of confidence.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia

STAT

SAN DIEGO — Rayyan Gorashi is keeping her options open. After all, she’s still a second-year bioengineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, and there are so many careers to explore. Patent law has been high up on her list ever since a class she took in college. There’s also regulatory affairs. Oh, and science publishing sounds interesting, too.

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Novo Nordisk’s quantum bet on ‘world changing’ computing

PharmaVoice

Behind the pharma giant’s plans to build the first quantum computer by 2034 to accelerate drug development.

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First human trials of lab-grown red blood cells start in UK

pharmaphorum

Blood cells grown in a laboratory have been given to people for the first time in a clinical trial being carried out by researchers in the UK, in the hope that plentiful supplies of rare blood groups can be manufactured to order. A team from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge, NHS trusts and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have started giving small quantities of the lab-grown red blood cells – a couple of teaspoons full – to two healthy volunteers to see if they are safe.

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Opinion: Violence against health care workers is on the rise. They deserve protection

STAT

There is no place for violence in civil society. Yet stabbings, shootings, threats and other violent attacks have become frighteningly common, including in America’s hospitals and other health care settings. As leaders of national associations representing hospitals and emergency physicians, we know the intimidation and violence endured by medical professionals every day.

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After numerous setbacks, here’s where the Huntington’s pipeline stands

PharmaVoice

A look at emerging treatments and where there’s hope for patients.

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Rivus presents results from trial evaluating controlled metabolic accelerator

Pharma Times

HU6 data demonstrates significant selective weight loss across all body compartments

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Cyagen and Neurophth partner to develop gene therapy vectors

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cyagen and Neurophth Therapeutics have entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop next-generation AAV gene therapy vectors for specific kinds of genetic ophthalmic ailments. According to the deal, Cyagen will leverage its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven high-throughput platform for discovering new AAV vectors with enhanced tissue targeting expertise, tissue specificity and productivity. .

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California bans flavored tobacco products, including vapes

STAT

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Californians overwhelmingly voted to ban all flavored tobacco products in the state. The move makes California by far the largest state to ban such products, which are already illegal in a smattering of smaller states, including Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

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3 ways pharma can weather a recession

PharmaVoice

If “winter is coming” in the form of a recession, pharmas can take advantage of an inherent resiliency by crushing these three fundamentals.

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Positive results for Ipsen’s metastatic pancreatic cancer treatment

Pharma Times

Onivyde regimen demonstrated statistically significant improvement in overall survival

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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Digital Biomarkers Could Reshape CNS Diagnosis, Treatment

PharmExec

AI drives new signal-detection efforts in Alzheimer’s and ALS.

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STAT+: Jeff Jonas leaves Sage Therapeutics to launch biotech incubator

STAT

Longtime Sage Therapeutics executive Jeff Jonas is leaving the biotech company to launch a biotech incubator with global investment giant CBC Group. Sage announced this week that Jonas would leave the company to join a private equity firm. He has been part of the C-suite at Sage Therapeutics since 2013. He helped the company go public, build a pipeline of new antidepressants and other psychiatric medications, and sign a $1.5 billion deal with Biogen.

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This plant-based gel stops bleeding in seconds — and might have potential in drug delivery

PharmaVoice

29-year-old biotech founder Joe Landolina is hoping to capitalize on major possibilities in the human health market through his startup Cresolin and just inked a research partnership with Walter Reed.

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Bristol Myers Squibb opens 125-acre biologics campus in Dublin

Pharma Times

Facility also includes a cell culture suite, quality control laboratories and technology labs

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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.

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First needle-free COVID-19 vaccine patch

European Pharmaceutical Review

Vaxxas, a biotechnology company has announced the start of its Phase I clinical trial of a needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, delivered via a high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP), giving potential coverage of all major SARS-CoV-2 variants. The COVID-19 vaccine patch is based on HD-MAP delivery of HexaPro, a second-generation version of the spike protein used in all major US-approved COVID-19 vaccines.

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STAT+: For its first two medicines, EQRx abandons its bold strategy to lower drug prices

STAT

Changing the way cancer drugs are priced in the U.S. is apparently even harder than it sounds. EQRx, a company founded to upend the costly U.S. system for pricing new drugs, said Thursday it would abandon that goal for the two products that are closest to the market.

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Woman of the Week: 82VS’s Trier Bryant

PharmaVoice

Welcome to the Woman of the Week podcast, a weekly discussion that illuminates the unique stories of women leaders who are catalyzing change throughout the life sciences industry. You can check out all our podcast episodes here. Not every leader makes it their mission to go where the fire.

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SMC expands guidance for Lokelma to emergency care settings

Pharma Times

New access to treatment involves adult patients with hyperkalaemia across Scotland

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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First patients given lab-grown blood cell transfusion

European Pharmaceutical Review

Lab-grown blood cells have been transfused into a second patient in the world’s first-of-a-kind clinical trial , opening up future treatments for blood disorders such as sickle cell if found safe and effective. Stem cells from blood donors were separated and grown to produce modified red blood cells at NHS Blood and Transplant ( NHSBT ) Advanced Therapies Unit in Bristol.

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In a first, a fatal enzyme deficiency is treated in the womb

STAT

To protect this child from the same genetic disease that killed two older siblings, treating her as soon as she was born might only work so well, the doctors knew. So they dialed back the therapeutic clock, delivering the medication to her as a fetus. Now 16 months old, Ayla appears totally healthy. She still requires weekly doses of the medication, an enzyme that she can’t produce on her own, but she has no symptoms of the condition she inherited, the most serious form of the rare Pompe

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Chasing that ‘Time magazine cover potential’

PharmaVoice

Rami Elghandour was already retired. Then CAR-T specialist Arcellx lured him back into the industry to try to change the world.

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EnteroBiotix announces partnership with Imperial College London

Pharma Times

Collaboration includes a phase 2 clinical trial using microbiome therapeutics funded by the MRC

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Heart failure: clinical trials update 2022

European Pharmaceutical Review

The American Heart Association (AHA)’s Scientific Sessions 2022 is a global exchange of the latest advancements in research and clinical practice of cardiovascular science. The recent meeting, which took place from 5-7 November, saw updates on clinical trials for treatment of acute heart failure (AHF), hypertension and other cardiac conditions. AHF is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality for heart failure patients.

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Opinion: Trying to quit my job as an ER doctor gave me reasons to stay

STAT

The morning was crisp and still dark as I sat in my car in the hospital lot, summoning the will to open the door and leave for my shift in the emergency department. Like many frontline providers in early 2021, I felt pancaked by the two pandemic surges — emotionally and morally. Not getting out of the car wasn’t an option. Responsibility to others demanded I get moving.

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While CAR-T wait times remain ‘heartbreaking,’ researchers push for innovations that could help

PharmaVoice

Facing an unprecedented manufacturing bottleneck, a new coalition is aiming to create the next generation of CAR-T therapies.

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MHRA extends Cosentyx licence for paediatric arthritis

Pharma Times

Data demonstrates that secukinumab shows a significantly longer time to flare versus placebo

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Expanding the WTO intellectual property waiver will hurt American jobs

PhRMA

The June decision by WTO members to waive commitments to protect intellectual property (IP) for COVID-19 vaccines under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement was a political and ineffective measure that does not address the true barriers to vaccine equity. Now, some are pushing to extend this harmful waiver to COVID-19 treatments, even though production exceeds demand for treatments, including for the most effective antivirals and monoclonal antibodies.

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