The Pharmacist

MAY 11, 2023

Community pharmacies have had to turn patients away who thought that new pharmacy services announced this week were already available, leaders in the sector have told. On Tuesday, NHS England announced that a nationally funded Pharmacy First service will be launched in England before the end of 2023, subject to consultation. National newspaper headlines heralded […] The post Reports patients trying to access Pharmacy First early appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 8, 2023

The nonprofit generics maker still sees a need for low-cost insulin despite recent moves by major drugmakers to slash the prices of their popular products.

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MAY 10, 2023

In a highly significant move, a panel of independent experts on Wednesday voted unanimously that the Food and Drug Administration should approve the first over-the-counter birth control bill, a recommendation that holds the potential to transform the way contraception is delivered in the United States. After nearly two days of deliberations, the FDA advisory panel weighed a gamut of data and analyses to assess whether the pill — which was first approved as a prescription medicine decades

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 11, 2023

Results published in Nature for a personalised pancreatic cancer vaccine that uses neoantigens from patients’ tumours have lent further support to early positive signals. The vaccine, developed by BioNTech, led to half of the patients with pancreatic cancer in the Phase I trial remaining cancer-free 18 months later. In the study, 16 patients were treated with a vaccine called autogene cevumeran that contained a maximum of 20 neoantigens, alongside Roche’s anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy Tecentriq (atez

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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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BioPharma Dive

MAY 12, 2023

Advisers voted 8-6 in favor of an accelerated approval despite uncertainty around the treatment’s benefit. The agency is set to make a final decision by May 29.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 9, 2023

Cutiss CEO Daniela Marino is funneling her bold personality and expertise in regenerative medicine into a startup developing bioengineered skin grafts.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 9, 2023

NK cell functionality was restored in participants following gold-standard pharmacological obesity GLP-1 analogue treatment, according to a study published in Obesity. This may contribute to the benefits reported with these medications in people with obesity, the data showed. Reducing the risk of cancer in obese individuals Boosting function of NK cells Previous research has found that people with obesity are at higher risk for developing cancer.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 10, 2023

The companies’ personalized shot generated tumor-specific T cells that researchers hope could help prevent pancreatic cancer from returning after surgery.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 11, 2023

Whether you’re looking to build a new site or expand lab space, here are the biggest trends impacting life sciences real estate.

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MAY 8, 2023

“S o, you don’t have it in liquid form?” I asked. The answer, as usual, was no. I hung up the phone and sighed.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 9, 2023

In February, the FDA issued an alert restricting the import of the veterinary sedative xylazine or tranq and the ingredients used to make the drug. This followed in the wake of a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Joint Intelligence Report in October 2022, which stated that xylazine is widely available from Chinese suppliers on the internet. According to a June 2022 study, xylazine has been detected in the illicit drug supply in 36 US States, and the DEA has reported that approximately 30% of the f

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 10, 2023

Sarepta has not provided “unambiguous evidence” its treatment can help patients, agency scientists wrote in documents released ahead of a crucial Friday advisory committee meeting.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 10, 2023

With decades of experience in public health, Boone is leveraging RWE to move the needle within clinical development.

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MAY 8, 2023

Plummeting costs of DNA sequencing technologies are injecting urgency into the longstanding debate over whether to dive deeper into the genomes of more infants — even apparently healthy ones. Experts are divided about how helpful DNA sequencing data really are. The tests often identify mutations that raise someone’s risk of developing a condition, but don’t necessarily cause the disease.

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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.

European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 12, 2023

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi ® ) has agreed to acquire CTI BioPharma for $1.7 billion, with the intention to advance an oral kinase inhibitor treatment for the rare disease myelofibrosis. Innovative therapies for rare diseases The acquisition will help to drive the growth of CTI’s lead product, kinase inhibitor VONJO ® (pacritinib) “in treating myeloproliferative disease,” stated Dr Adam Craig, President, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Medical Officer of CTI BioPharma

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 10, 2023

While some see the new donanemab results as adding to a “watershed moment” in Alzheimer’s research, others say they reinforce the limitations of so-called anti-amyloid therapies.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 9, 2023

Antibody-drug conjugates got a major boost with the megamerger of Pfizer and Seagen, and experts believe they will continue to be an important catalyst in biopharma.

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MAY 8, 2023

EQRx, a company that aimed to lower drug prices by introducing inexpensive me-too medicines, said Tuesday that it has abandoned that plan and is laying off nearly 60% of its workforce. The company’s original business plan was to create new medicines in the same categories as high-priced cancer and specialty drugs and to sell them at lower prices through a “global buyers club” that included insurers and hospitals.

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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.

Pulses

MAY 9, 2023

By: Esther L. Albuquerque, Pharm D Candidate and W. Renee’ Acosta, R.Ph., M.S. The Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) has been a mainstay of the pharmacy school admissions process since 1974. The exam was designed to measure a prospective student’s academic preparedness for the rigors of the professional pharmacy curriculum. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 being a barrier to pharmacy school application numbers, the PCAT was one of the first requirements that moved to optional status.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 7, 2023

Patient advocates and doctors are anticipating an approval this month of a treatment they believe to be a breakthrough for a deadly disease. But it’s not clear how well the therapy really works, putting the FDA in a difficult position.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 8, 2023

Although approvals are off to a slow start in oncology, the agency has been living in the fast lane for neurological disorders and more.

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STAT

MAY 11, 2023

In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration announced a pandemic enforcement policy allowing mental health app developers to release certain treatment products without seeking authorization from the agency. With the end of the official public health emergency, companies that did so will now need to submit the products for FDA clearance and have them pass an early stage of review by early November — or remove the products from the market.

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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 10, 2023

In this episode, I’ll discuss a randomized controlled trial about delayed sequence intubation. Episode 816: Delayed Sequence Intubation With Ketamine RCT Results Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher In a typical rapid sequence intubation, there is a period of time referred to as “pre-oxygenation” where the patient needs to breath 100% oxygen for 3 minutes in order to extend the safe apnea time and maximize the chance of successful intubation without hypoxic injury.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 9, 2023

The buyout of privately held XinThera continues a string of recent acquisitions of smaller biotechs by Gilead and hands it a group of drug prospects that could begin clinical testing later this year.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 10, 2023

After ushering a blockbuster to market, the chief development officer is channeling her experience into the rare disease space.

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MAY 12, 2023

Brain cancer patients are left with few options when tumor cells spread, as most potent chemotherapies are unable to cross the blood-brain barrier. But a study published last week in the Lancet offers some hope: an ultrasound device implanted in 17 patients’ skulls successfully increased the concentration of drugs in their brains.  It’s the first, in-human trial of the novel device, which is manufactured by French device maker Carthera.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 10, 2023

Gilead Sciences has emerged victorious in a legal battle with the US government over patents surrounding the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs Descovy and Truvada following a federal jury’s verdict on May 9. A jury in the Delaware District Court gave a favourable verdict to the Foster City, California-headquartered company, concluding that Gilead did not infringe any of the US government’s patents.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 8, 2023

Launched in 2020 with a "radical" vision, EQRx ran into roadblocks that stymied its efforts to develop new medicines and undercut competitors on price.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 11, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a discussion paper to complement and inform future guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in drug development. The paper is intended to initiate communication with stakeholders, including industry and academia, to foster mutual learning and discussion. The questions in Section B aim to initiate a discussion with stakeholders and solicit feedback on three key areas in the context of AI/ML in drug development.

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STAT

MAY 8, 2023

Ever since fentanyl came to dominate the U.S. illicit drug supply, doctors and patients have found buprenorphine, a key addiction-treatment medication, increasingly difficult to use. All too often, fentanyl’s potency has meant that patients transitioning to buprenorphine , a far weaker drug, experience excruciating symptoms known as “precipitated withdrawal.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 9, 2023

Ginkgo Bioworks and Boehringer Ingelheim have collaborated to develop breakthrough therapies for hard-to-treat diseases. The companies will use the natural product discovery capabilities of Ginkgo Bioworks to expedite the discovery and development of new therapeutic molecules to address diseases with high unmet patient needs. They will also use the metagenomic sequence database of Ginkgo Bioworks which comprises more than three terabases of sequence data and over two billion protein sequences fr

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