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Three biggest threats to healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

Obesity costs our health care system $147 billion per year, yet there is a movement underway to tell HCPs not to weigh patients during routine visits. Launch prices of new cancer drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). adults aged 20 and older are either overweight or obese. billion in 1970.

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Using RWE in rare disease drug development: effective innovations with historical controls

European Pharmaceutical Review

Rare disease drug development poses unique challenges that can be overcome by using real-world evidence (RWE). Small populations, paediatric patients, and the desire from patients and their caregivers to receive active therapy can make the conduct of randomised trials with placebo control untenable.

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UroMems Announces First-Ever Smart Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implant in a Female Patient

Legacy MEDSearch

UroMems , a global company developing innovative, mechatronics technology to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI), announced today that it has successfully completed the first-ever implant of the UroActive smart, automated artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) in a female patient. Food and Drug Administration).

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Strengthening and transforming the pharmaceutical supply chain

European Pharmaceutical Review

A recent report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows that while the number of new drug shortages has fallen significantly from a high of 250 in 2011 to 49 in 2022, there was an increase in new drug shortages year-on-year. Globalisation and supply chain complexity are a factor.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Targeting toxic species of Abeta, such as multimers (with aducanumab and lecanemab) or pyroglutamate Abeta3-42 (with donanemab), induced significant removal of Abeta plaque load in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to the delay in cognitive decline. Treatment with the mAbs delayed cognitive decline by 2.6 months for lecanemab and 5.5