Sat.Dec 31, 2022 - Fri.Jan 06, 2023

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Opinion: NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism

STAT

A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living with a disability — the largest minority group in the U.S. and around the world — research will never be fully representative and science will not reach its full potential. Although 27% of U.S. adults live with a disability, only 10% of science, engineering, and health doctorate holders, and less than 2% of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health, report having a di

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Forks in the road lead one medical expert to a ‘game changing’ liver treatment

PharmaVoice

Durect’s chief medical officer altered his retirement plans to take a leading role at the company, which is developing a treatment for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis.

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Google and DeepMind share work on medical chatbot Med-PaLM

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Google and DeepMind have developed an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot tool called Med-PaLM designed to generate “safe and helpful answers” to questions posed by healthcare professionals and patients. The tool is an example of a large language model or LLM, which are designed to understand queries and generate text responses in plain language, drawing from large and complex datasets – in this case, medical research.

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Cell therapies might revolutionise treatment for multiple sclerosis patients

Pharmaceutical Technology

While the treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are growing each year with the approval of new agents, all of the currently marketed treatments only slow the disease’s progression and sometimes carry risks of severe side effects, such as liver failure or the development of viral infections. However, new mechanisms of action (MoAs) are in constant development, with some of the more innovative ones utilizing cell-based therapies.

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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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STAT+: Fate Therapeutics plans mass layoffs, after early end to cell therapy deal with Janssen

STAT

SAN DIEGO — Fate Therapeutics, a biotech upstart with big ambitions to use cell-based therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer, is now planning to cut back on both jobs and experimental drugs after an early end to a deal with Janssen. The setback, announced Thursday, will cut the company’s size to 220 workers by the end of the first quarter of this year.

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Lilly, Biogen, Eisai brace for Alzheimer’s boom or bust in 2023

PharmaVoice

As controversies abound and new drugs rise on the regulatory horizon, this year will be big for Alzheimer’s.

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Technology as a New Evolution in Fighting Disease

PharmaTech

Advancing the use of AI to understand the whole of a disease can reveal drug development insights that lead to drug discovery breakthroughs.

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STAT+: The health tech tracker for 2023’s first quarter: 12 industry events to watch

STAT

Continuing economic uncertainty and the threat of a recession are casting a pall over health tech in 2023 — a dramatic shift for an industry that enjoyed abundant funding in the pandemic’s early stages. Last quarter’s string of layoffs at companies like Ro, Noom and ThirtyMadison portend tight budgets and conservative contracts this year, with employers unsure about which digital offerings actually drive down health care costs for workers.

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Nonprofits are bridging R&D’s valley of death

PharmaVoice

How charitable firms such as Advancium are helping to right the market wrongs of drug development.

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6 research and development life sciences predictions for 2023

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From enabling patient choice during clinical trials to strengthening vital partnerships across the quality ecosystem, connected data will become the lifeblood that enables life sciences teams to collaborate efficiently and effectively in 2023. Veeva’s industry experts share their predictions about how breaking down silos across clinical, regulatory, safety, and quality teams will benefit patients.

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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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FDA grants priority review of glofitamab for lymphoma

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for glofitamab, Roche’s CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody. The decision for the FDA priority review of glofitamab is for adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. If approved, the cancer immunotherapy would be the first fixed-duration, off-the-shelf CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody available for individuals with an aggressive

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Covid’s winter surge is poised to exceed summer peak

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The number of people in the United States hospitalized with Covid-19 is about to surpass the figure reached during this summer’s spike, federal data show , as a confluence of factors — from the continued evolution of the coronavirus to holiday gatherings — drives transmission. Notably, the number of people hospitalized with Covid — roughly 40,000 — is still far below the winter waves of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 (the wave driven by the original Omicron variant) a

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A new mission in menopause — extending the lives of women

PharmaVoice

Why Evernow CEO Alicia Jackson thinks menopause is the perfect inroad to helping women live longer lives.

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Newron says pivotal treatment-resistant schizophrenia trial is a go

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Encouraged by new data, Newron Pharmaceuticals has said it will start a registration study of would-be blockbuster evenamide in treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) later this year. The Italian biopharma said it had decided to press ahead with the new study after assessing results from 100 patients with TRS in open-label studies who received the glutamate modulator drug as an add-on to their current therapy for more than six months.

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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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Gilead’s $658.5m immunotherapy collaboration

European Pharmaceutical Review

EVOQ Therapeutics Inc has agreed to license its NanoDisc technology for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus to Gilead Sciences, Inc, enabling EVOQ to potentially receive up $658.5 million. The companies will collaborate to advance preclinical development and Gilead will be responsible for clinical development and commercialisation. “Despite key advances over the past two decades, there remains significant unmet need for people living with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases,” stated Dr Flavius

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FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug shown to moderately slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment that moderately slows cognitive decline in people with early-stage disease. The drug, called Leqembi, was developed by Eisai , the Japanese pharmaceutical company that also developed the first symptomatic treatment for Alzheimer’s 25 years ago.

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The 2023 PharmaVoice Crystal Ball: Peering into the future of life sciences

PharmaVoice

A preview of the top trends on the minds of industry and market leaders for the new year.

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Antibody discovered by RQ Bio enters pivotal research phase

Pharma Times

AstraZeneca trial will study activity of AZD5156 which includes monoclonal antibody discovered by RQ Bio

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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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The end-of-life care conundrum

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Research advises against aggressive cancer treatment at the end-of-life stages of the disease. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry is creating a greater number of oncology treatments that could provide breakthroughs for patients where none previously existed. Ben Hargreaves examines why there is no easy answer to the question of when palliative care is the right option for patients.

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STAT+: Medicare would have saved $3.7 billion on Part B drugs if inflationary rebates were around in a recent three-year period

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If rebates had been required for price hikes on most of the nearly 100 medicines covered by Medicare during a recent three-year period, the U.S. government program would have saved $3.7 billion, or 3% of the total spending on so-called Part B medicines, a new analysis found. More specifically, 70 of the 93 top-selling drugs covered by the Medicare Part B program – which are typically pricier medicines that are administered by physicians or in hospitals – between 2018 and 2020 would

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Woman of the Week: Cambrian BioPharma’s Juliette Han

PharmaVoice

The CFO and COO is advancing moonshot efforts to address aging-related diseases for the "healthspan" company and is helping emerging biotechs bring innovations out of academia.

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State of Financing Deals and Go-to-Market Strategy in Biotech: Q&A with Timothy Moore and Jack Mycka, Indegene

PharmExec

A chat with with Indegene's Timothy Moore, Senior Vice President, Emerging Biotech and Key Accounts and Jack Mycka, Vice President, Enterprise Medical Solutions and Emerging Biotech.

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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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Why script-to-dispense conversion will take centre stage in 2023

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With the US economy teetering on a recession, sales and marketing budgets are expected to take a hit among businesses across sectors. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception. When any organisation looks to slash its budget, the old adage about acquiring new customers costing five times as much as retaining existing customers becomes an alluring data point.

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Senior WHO official faults China for undercounting Covid deaths

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China is underreporting deaths from Covid-19, a senior official of the World Health Organization said Wednesday as he urged use of a broader definition that would more fully capture the mortality impact of the country’s first big wave of Covid infection. Mike Ryan, head of the WHO’s health emergencies program, stressed that doctors and nurses should not be discouraged from reporting Covid cases and deaths.

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What’s top of mind for industry execs at JPM?

PharmaVoice

Leaders in the space reveal the topics that are top of mind as the year’s biggest healthcare conference kicks off next week.

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How Can You Prepare for the Internal Medicine Board Exam?

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

The Internal Medicine Board Certification Exam is the final step for doctors looking to specialize in Internal Medicine. This in-depth exam covers a range of different topics, including Hematology, Psychiatry, and Dermatology. Passing the boards is not a guarantee, but with the right plan in place, you will be confident and prepared come test day. What is the Internal Medicine Board Exam?

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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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GSK to pay $40 million to license multiple T cell engagers

European Pharmaceutical Review

GSK will exclusively license up to four bi- and multi-specific T cell engaging (TCE) antibodies developed using technology platforms from WuXi Biologics, a contract research, development, and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO). Licensing T cell engaging antibodies. The CRDMO will receive a $40 million upfront payment from GSK and up to $1.46 billion in additional payments for research, development , regulatory and commercial milestones across the four TCE antibodies.

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Opinion: Health record interoperability needs to include dental health records

STAT

As 2023 begins, health care providers in the United States must make health records more easily available or risk losing Medicare funding under the 21st Century Cures Act. While this is a win for patients, providers, and researchers, the legislation’s failure to include dental care ignores the crucial link between oral health and overall health.

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Opioid Comparison Table – Free PDF

Med Ed 101

Opioids are commonly used in clinical practice. Selection on these agents can often be confusion. We’ve outlined some of the most important pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenomic, and dosage form clinical pearls in the table below. For easier reading, we have also created the Opioid Comparison Table as a free downloadable PDF which you can download at the […].

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Geron finally gets close to a product approval with imetelstat

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More than 30 years after it was first formed, Geron is on the cusp of bringing its first product to market, after imetelstat hit the mark in a phase 3 trial in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The Foster City, California-based biotech said today that its IMerge trial of imetelstat – vying to become the first telomerase inhibitor to reach the market – hit its objectives in patients with lower risk MDS, a rare group of bone marrow cancers.

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Janssen submits marketing application for bispecific antibody

European Pharmaceutical Review

A marketing authorisation application (MAA) has been submitted by The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of talquetamab, a bispecific t-cell engager antibody for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Talquetamab is an investigational, off-the-shelf treatment targeting both GPRC5D, a novel drug target that is on some normal cells but overexpressed on myeloma cells, and CD3 on t-cell