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Tackling the complex development landscape of pain medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

The current medications (opioid and non-opioid) often force the patients to make an unfortunate choice between efficacy and debilitating side effects, leading to a cycling through multiple different therapies and suboptimal treatment response. The present unmet needs within chronic pain are not met with opioid therapies. Pain and Therapy.

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The future of medical cannabis development in Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

This could lead to significant research waste. This will lead to a higher proportion of these medicines becoming licensed, benefitting a larger number of patients. He leads the pre-clinical and clinical medical cannabis research programmes in Europe and is responsible for the cannabis clinic rollout across the continent.

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NICE to update endometriosis guidelines to improve diagnosis and surgical management

Pharmaceutical Technology

This delay in diagnosis ultimately leads to disease progression and associated complications, such as chronic pelvic pain and infertility, which greatly affects the patients’ quality of life. As a result, women wait eight years on average for a diagnosis after initial symptom onset, a figure that has not changed in a decade.

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Aqilion and Merck partner to develop TAK1 protein inhibitors

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Merck will be responsible for leading the preclinical pharmacology and biology trials. Earlier this month, Merck reported $13.83bn worldwide sales , representing a 2% increase in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022 from $13.52bn in the previous year’s quarter.

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Angion stock falls after agreeing Elicio Therapeutics merger

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Angion Biomedica ended 2022 in the midst of a strategic review after its lead drug for kidney diseases flamed out, and it has now charted a path forward – a reverse merger with clinical-stage biotech Elicio Therapeutics.

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Handling HPAPIs safely – what does it take?

European Pharmaceutical Review

1 These substances “are pharmacologically and biologically active at low doses,” Dr Kishore Hotha, Global Head of Analytical Research & Development at Veranova, explained. ” Highly potent APIs are pharmacologically and biologically active compounds at low doses. internet] GlobeNewswire. Research and Markets. cited 2023Feb].

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A new dawn of the genomic age: five areas set to be transformed in 2023

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2022 was a banner year for genomics. A 2022 study from the Royal College of Physicians and British Pharmacological Society demonstrated the potential of pharmacogenomics, with scientists identifying the genetic cause behind an individual’s drug response for over forty medicines.