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NICE backs use of Boehringer’s Ofev in IPF from diagnosis

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Thousands more UK patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) will now be eligible for treatment with Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev, following new guidance from health technology assessment agency NICE. The NHS should make Ofev available within 90 days of the announcement by NICE, which means in mid-March 2023.

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Developing new treatment regimens for HIV

European Pharmaceutical Review

In fact, a study published in 2023 in The Lancet HIV revealed that women and men with HIV at age 40 had an average of 39 and 37 years of life left, respectively – only a few years less than that of the general population – if they started antiretroviral therapy (ART) after 2015. 3 But that paradigm is rapidly changing. Internet] 2023.

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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

FDA highlighted that over three quarters of new patents in the Orange Book between 2005 and 2015 were assigned to existing drugs. 10 There is a fear that such practices discourage innovative approaches, impacting on patient welfare. Finally, product hopping is another tactic for hindering generic entry into the market. 2020-02-24.

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Navigating the unique CMC challenges of oral anaerobic live biotherapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

Firstly, the pharmacological response to LBPs does not follow traditional pharmacokinetic principles. 2015; 69(1):381–403 5. Despite the recent focus, LBPs of defined compositions are yet to be approved for commercialisation for any target indication. Leveraging Quorum Sensing to Manipulate Microbial Dynamics. 2021; 19:100306 4.

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Market outlook to 2032: future trends across the seven major markets

European Pharmaceutical Review

The company predicted this will be “driven by an increase in the patient share of dual orexin receptor antagonists (DORAs)”. Comparatively, in 2015, GlobalData’s research expected that sales of therapies for Gaucher disease will reach $1.16 percent from $3.2 billion in 2022 to $4.1 billion in 2032. percent between 2022 and 2032.

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Nine for 2023, part two: healthcare’s hard problem, the prognosis for diagnosis, and key new pharmacotherapy platforms

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Across swathes of primary care, pharmacological innovation has stalled; the last new antihypertensive class was introduced in 2007 and new antibiotics have trickled in at a dangerously slow pace. More approvals, in larger patient population conditions will elevate the ongoing discussion of how to pay for these therapies.

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Female sexual interest drug reaches tipping point with Phase III plans

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The company is aiming to enrol the first patient in the ALETTA Phase III trial in Q1 or Q2 of 2023, says Dr. Jan van der Mooren, Freya’s chief medical officer (CMO). Moreover, despite the buzz generated when Addyi was launched in 2015, only one other drug has since been marketed. But these treatments have their own limits.