PharmaVoice
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Phenylephrine’s future is up in the air with an FDA committee saying it’s not effective and a class action lawsuit alleging false advertising. What comes next could have big repercussions.
STAT
OCTOBER 20, 2023
When she stopped getting her period in March 2022, Daryn Schwartz wasn’t especially concerned. At 42, she had recently come off birth control, and figured her cycles were still adjusting. When it hadn’t come back by the summer, she sought gynecological care, but was told to wait it out. So she did, with no changes. She was having other symptoms, too — fatigue, chronic pain, and difficulty focusing.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XPHOZAH ® (tenapanor), the first and only phosphate absorption inhibitor. Ardelyx’s first-in-class oral treatment is indicated to reduce serum phosphorus in adults with chronic kidney disease ( CKD ) on dialysis as add-on therapy in patients who have an inadequate response to phosphate binders or who are intolerant to phosphate binder therapy.
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The research aims to make MRIs more available to men and improve treatment decisions - News - PharmaTimes
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
PharmaVoice
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The actor of “Heroes” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” fame is starring in another role as a patient advocate for people with epilepsy.
STAT
OCTOBER 20, 2023
A doctor, a patient advocate, and the most powerful figure in the methadone treatment industry presented competing visions for the future of American addiction medicine this week — a conversation that touched on stigma, patients’ rights, and a stark divide in health provider attitudes toward patients with addiction. The debate centered on a single question: whether U.S. doctors should be able to prescribe methadone, a medication used to treat addiction to drugs like fentanyl and he
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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars
OCTOBER 16, 2023
By Gail H. Javitt & Steven J. Gonzalez — The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published a series of articles as part of its special report “What’s Ahead for Artificial Intelligence.” Three of these articles focus on medical applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and explore FDA’s role in regulating such products. The first article—“Is the Eye the Window to Alzheimer’s?
PharmaVoice
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Billionaire investors and a new crop of longevity biotechs are betting big money on a lifespan-altering tipping point.
STAT
OCTOBER 16, 2023
If you’ve been following the mystery of long Covid since it emerged in 2020, you’ll recall interferons and serotonin have been clues from the start as combatants in the body’s prolonged battles against the virus. Theories about why symptoms persist long after the acute infection has cleared often point to two suspects: viral reservoirs where SARS-CoV-2 lingers and inflammation sparked by the infection that doesn’t subside.
The Pharmacist
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Pre-filled pens falsely labelled as Ozempic have been identified in the UK supply chain, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed. The pens were identified before reaching UK patients, and all affected pens have now been recalled and accounted for, the MHRA said. The products were imported from legitimate suppliers in Austria […] The post MHRA finds fake Ozempic pens in UK supply chain appeared first on The Pharmacist.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
OCTOBER 20, 2023
A paper by Tim Sandle, Head of Microbiology, Risk Management and Sterility Assurance at Bio Products Laboratory Ltd has underlined the importance of proper cleanroom disinfection practices by elucidating on the robust survival mechanism of the bacterium Micrococcus luteus (M. luteus). As “one of the most abundant organisms on the outer layer of human skin” M. luteus is a common contaminant recovered from cleanrooms, according to Sandle.
PharmaVoice
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Biopharma leaders pounding away at rare diseases so patients with few other options can have healthier lives.
STAT
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Hospitals are frustrated with a nationwide nursing shortage that’s only gotten worse since the pandemic. In 2022, the American Hospital Association quoted an estimate that half a million nurses would leave the field by the end of that year, bringing the total shortage to 1.1 million. At the same time, National Nurses United insists there isn’t a nurse shortage at all.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 17, 2023
In this latest instalment of the pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh speaks with life sciences advisor Randall Hein, CEO of Heinsight LLC, and health sciences marketing expert Krystle Buntemeyer, CEO of SCORR Marketing, about the trends and changes for health sciences marketing over the past few years.
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.
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The two projects will investigate the potential causes of Parkinson’s disease - News - PharmaTimes
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The FDA approved Hyloris’s non-opioid painkiller as the agency increases efforts to mitigate an opioid crisis.
STAT
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, announced on Wednesday plans to invest $250 million over 10 years to establish a new “biohub” in New York City focused on building a new class of cellular machines that can surveil the body and snuff out disease. The new initiative, publicly revealed at the 2023 STAT Summit and previewed exclusively to STAT, is the latest program from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, or CZI, a company the coup
BioPharma Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The base editing specialist will prioritize medicines for sickle cell and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, while trimming its plans for other programs in cancer and hepatitis B.
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.
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Young People and Substance Use Disorder October is Youth Substance Use Prevention Month , highlighting prevention and treatment efforts to keep adolescents drug free. Although drug use has always been a concern for teens, there are specific challenges that today’s youth face. Thankfully, since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a National Institutes of Health survey has shown that illicit use of drugs in teens has decreased, with 11% of eighth graders, 21.5% of 10th graders, and 32.6% of 1
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2023
In October 2023, Novo Nordisk announced that its trial studying Ozempic (semaglutide) in diabetic CKD patients, will come to a halt almost a year prior to its planned completion.
STAT
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan sit atop a fortune that is currently valued at $113 billion, and they’ve promised to give almost all of it away. Their philanthropic funding group, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is committed to investing in an array of fields, including science, education, housing insecurity, and expanding access to startup capital to entrepreneurs of color.
European Pharmaceutical Review
OCTOBER 18, 2023
TZIELD (teplizumab-mzwv) has demonstrated TZIELD’s potential to slow disease progression in newly diagnosed children and adolescents with Stage 3 type 1 diabetes. Data from the Phase III PROTECT clinical trial , presented at the 2023 Annual ISPAD Conference, showed that superior beta cell preservation was observed compared to placebo. As the primary endpoint, 94.9 percent of participants in the TZIELD group maintained peak C-peptide levels ≥0.2 pmol/mL.
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BioPharma Dive
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A panel of FDA advisers last month found BrainStorm’s data unconvincing. The company now says a Phase 3b study will be needed for its NurOwn cell therapy to have a shot at an approval.
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 20, 2023
The new technology was safely trialled on 20 healthy volunteers for the first time ever - News - PharmaTimes
STAT
OCTOBER 19, 2023
When Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29, his clearest symptom was a small one — his pinky finger was twitching. But even by that stage, 70% to 80% of a patient’s dopamine-producing cells are already gone, Fox said. “What happens in that time, that shadowy place?” Fox said, referring to the period before his pinky finger first started twitching.
European Pharmaceutical Review
OCTOBER 20, 2023
According to sustainability results from CPHI’s Annual Survey 2023, sustainability goals and metrics are now being implemented across the pharma supply chain , with the rate of adoption accelerating quickly. Most contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) are expected to use them within the next two years. This is a significant shift from last year’s survey when the expectation was that changes would take up to five years, the data showed.
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BioPharma Dive
OCTOBER 18, 2023
CEO Emil Kakkis says the company's findings are too exciting to ignore, but the “high-risk, high-return” venture needs to be pursued outside the organization.
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 18, 2023
UK researchers can apply to receive a share of £3m to set up transdisciplinary networks - News - PharmaTimes
STAT
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen was still getting used to all the empty benches in her lab when she ran into a tall man with black wide-framed glasses in the hallway: Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, the new head of research at the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, and her new boss. He was just one of many changes she had found upon returning from maternity leave earlier that week — along with the departures of nearly every colleague with whom she had spent the last three years struggling to create a potential
European Pharmaceutical Review
OCTOBER 19, 2023
According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), pre-filled pens falsely labelled as the type 2 diabetes medicine Ozempic ( semaglutide , 1mg, solution for injection) have been identified at wholesalers in the EU and the UK. The pens, with labels in German, originated from wholesalers in Austria and Germany. There are differences in the appearance between the falsified pen and the original pen.
PharmaState Academy
OCTOBER 20, 2023
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