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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. They relied so much on a new drug that they tried to market a product with bad science behind it. The pharma industry is a giant behemoth that needs new drugs to survive and grow.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.

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HeartBeam Announces Acquisition of LIVMOR Assets

Legacy MEDSearch

The acquisition extends HeartBeam’s reach in remote monitoring and detection with full ownership of an existing cutting-edge FDA-cleared product. Founded in 2016, LIVMOR developed the Halo+ Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Detection System, the world’s first FDA-cleared prescription wearable for continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring.

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Three biggest threats to healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

Launch prices of new cancer drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. Health spending totaled $74.1