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FDA appears receptive to surrogate endpoint supporting accelerated approval of multiple myeloma drugs

Fierce Pharma

New data have come forward pointing to a link between achieving undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) and improved treatment outcomes in multiple myeloma. | New data have come forward pointing to a link between achieving undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) and improved treatment outcomes in multiple myeloma. The FDA appears receptive to the idea of using the measurement to support accelerated approvals of new drugs, even though the agency has a few questions.

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Why So Many Nurses Are Fleeing Healthcare — And How Hospitals Can Address The Problem

MedCity News

Nurse managers being too busy to train and support their team members is one of the biggest reasons nurses are exiting the healthcare industry, according to a new report. The post Why So Many Nurses Are Fleeing Healthcare — And How Hospitals Can Address The Problem appeared first on MedCity News.

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FDA lambasts Kilitch for unsanitary manufacturing conditions and issues warning letter to Natco, too

Fierce Pharma

It usually goes without saying that your pharmaceutical production workers need to be gowned and gloved while handling drug materials inside clean rooms. | In a four-observation warning letter issued this week, the U.S. FDA chided Kilitch Healthcare India for “poor practices” tied to written procedures around microbial contamination, shoddy lab records, behaviors that could have caused contamination and quality control lapses.

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Report: Payers Aren’t Providing an Adequate Digital Experience

MedCity News

About 32% of health insurance sites and apps “don’t meet the foundational level of functionality and intuitive organization of information,” according to a new J.D. Power report. The post Report: Payers Aren’t Providing an Adequate Digital Experience appeared first on MedCity News.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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Novartis halts recruitment of Kisqali trials as it adjusts production methods

Fierce Pharma

In response to recent FDA guidelines which limit the nitrosamine content of drugs, Novartis has paused the enrollment of early breast cancer (eBC) patients in clinical trials of its blockbuster Kis | In response to recent FDA guidelines which limit the nitrosamine content of drugs, Novartis has paused the enrollment of early breast cancer (eBC) patients in clinical trials of its blockbuster Kisqali (ribociclib) as it makes adjustments to its manufacturing processes for the drug.

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Vertex Pharma Bolsters Immunology Profile With $4.9B Alpine Immune Sciences Acquisition

MedCity News

Vertex Pharmaceuticals gains a Phase 3-ready Alpine Immune Sciences drug with potential applications in a wide range of immunological disorders. The lead indication for the Alpine drug, povetacicept, is the chronic kidney disease IgA nephropathy. The post Vertex Pharma Bolsters Immunology Profile With $4.9B Alpine Immune Sciences Acquisition appeared first on MedCity News.

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Behavioral Health, Interoperability and eConsent: Meeting the Demands of CMS Final Rule Compliance

MedCity News

In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability. The post Behavioral Health, Interoperability and eConsent: Meeting the Demands of CMS Final Rule Compliance appeared first on MedCity News.

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Leading AstraZeneca investor defends CEO pay ahead of shareholder vote: FT

Fierce Pharma

Leading AstraZeneca investor defends CEO pay ahead of shareholder vote: FT zbecker Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:49

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Three Key Challenges for Healthcare CISOs

MedCity News

There are several steps that CISOs and cybersecurity professionals can take to get ahead of looming digital threats in the healthcare space. The post Three Key Challenges for Healthcare CISOs appeared first on MedCity News.

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UK calls time-out on post-Brexit rules opposed by industry

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The UK has agreed to delay border checks on products used in life sciences R&D and manufacturing, says industry group BIA.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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How Efficient Logistics Can Change the Lives of Rare Disease Patients

Pharmaceutical Commerce

If manufacturers cannot ensure safe, cost-effective delivery of treatments for rare diseases, access will remain a challenges for many patients living with these conditions.

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The Licensing Vector: A Fair Approach to Content Use in LLMs

Copyright Clearance Center

A spate of recent lawsuits is shining light on how some generative AI (GenAI) companies are using copyrighted materials, without permission, as a core part of their products. Among the most recent examples is the New York Times Company’s’ lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleges a variety of copyright-related claims.

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Psychiatry drugs finally have pharma’s attention. Can they keep it?

PharmaVoice

Recent biotech company acquisitions have put emerging schizophrenia treatments in focus. But many development hurdles still stand in the way of new medicines for the brain.

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Essential adds neuroblastoma drug with Renaissance buy

pharmaphorum

Essential Pharma has bought Renaissance Pharma, adding its first developmental drug candidate, a therapy for rare cancer neuroblastoma.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Specialized Clinical Supply Experts

When selecting a clinical supply provider, consideration often focuses upon the manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution capabilities available that will, at face-value, be sufficient to meet the needs of the sponsor and their trial. However, there are human-based and knowledge-driven factors that are often overlooked that go beyond these basic physical capabilities and are integral to the development and delivery of high performing clinical supply chains.

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What’s old is new: The revival of a one-time radiotherapy cancer treatment

PharmaVoice

TAE Life Sciences is bringing radiation-based cancer therapy to clinical trials globally in the coming years.

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Vertex wagers $4.9bn on Alpine kidney disease therapy

pharmaphorum

In another departure from its focus on genetic medicines, Vertex Pharma has agreed a $4.9 billion purchase of Alpine Immune Sciences, adding a mid-stage drug candidate for kidney disease IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The $65-per-share deal is due to close within the next three months, said Vertex, which plans to fund the acquisition with cash in hand. It is the largest acquisition in the biopharma sector so far in 2024.

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Unique testing regimen could prevent nuclease contamination

European Pharmaceutical Review

A novel routine nuclease testing regimen developed to ensure resilience against nuclease contamination can be utilised as part a laboratory’s quality management system (QMS), a paper reports. The regimen may be applied as a quality indicator fulfilling certain ISO quality control criteria, and offers “documented, systematic feedback”. Cleavable, fluorescent DNA and RNA substrates were used to detect, monitor and control for nuclease contamination in the laboratory, according to the authors.

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e-therapeutics is latest UK biotech to seek AIM de-listing

pharmaphorum

e-therapeutics is the latest UK biotech to say it plans to delist from the AIM, citing a lack of interest from institutional investors.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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6 Women’s Health Startups You Should Get to Know

MedCity News

These health tech companies focused on the consumer and self-insured employer market will take part in the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect contest May 21-22 in Chicago. Register today! The post 6 Women’s Health Startups You Should Get to Know appeared first on MedCity News.

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Bio-Rad and Alleghany Health Network partner for patients with solid tumour cancer

PharmaTimes

Solid tumour cancers account for 90% of adult human cancers and 50% of childhood malignancies

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Roche gets EU okay for first HER2-low test kit

pharmaphorum

Roche gets EU approval for its HER2-low companion diagnostic, used to identify breast cancer patients eligible for treatment with Enhertu.

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Bayer and Google Cloud to develop AI solutions for radiologists

Pharmaceutical Technology

Bayer has partnered with Google Cloud to develop AI-powered solutions for radiologists, creating scalable and compliant imaging software.

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Accelerating Clinical Supply Through Integrated Drug Development

As the development pipeline for new drugs continues to grow, biopharmaceutical companies are re-evaluating how to best manage and balance resources across an increasing number of development projects and complex clinical trials. There are two approaches that can be used to speed a drug from development to clinic faster: timeline compression and parallel processing, but only one that considers the benefits of integrating clinical supply into the overall drug development process.

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Study reveals shorter scans for prostate cancer could improve diagnosis

PharmaTimes

The most common form of cancer in men is responsible for 12,000 deaths every year in the UK

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Pharma Pulse 4/10/24: 7% of Patients with Cancer Participate in Research, Technologies Being Used to Enhance Trial Enrollment and Diversity & more

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The latest news for pharma industry insiders.

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Elevating Video Introductions With AI Sales Training 

Quantified

Modern video is a powerful medium in today’s work environments. It’s a technology that’s transforming the way companies generate leads, connect with prospective clients, and build enthusiasm for their products and services. But whether your sales reps are participating in virtual meetings, uploading pre-recorded content to social media, connecting through video voicemail, or posting personalized invitations to conferences, webinars, or product launches, they have less than 10 seconds to make a g

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Catalent's Holistic Approach To High Potency API Operations

PharmaTech

Catalent’s approach to containment mitigates cross-contamination risk and regulatory issues, ultimately safeguarding patients. Download this article written by Karolina Narczykiewicz, an EHS expert at Catalent Pharma.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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How provider organizations can use data analytics to increase physician engagement

Clarify Health

Physician engagement is a crucial factor in the success and growth of healthcare organizations. Engaged physicians are not only more likely to deliver high-quality care to patients, but also play a pivotal role in driving operational efficiency and innovation. Using data analytics to support and educate physicians can streamline processes, provide meaningful feedback, and show the impact of engagement on patient health and satisfaction.

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Developing & Manufacturing Drugs with HPAPIs

PharmaTech

Developing and manufacturing complex novel oral solid dose products of highly potent compounds requires specialized expertise. The level of containment necessary for a potent drug product is not just limited to potent or non-potent classification. The degree of potency and specific risks will determine the level of containment needed to ensure operator safety and prevent cross contamination at the development and manufacturing facility.

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Aerie Pharmaceuticals gets grant for ocular disorder treatment using amino isoquinolinyl amide compounds

Pharmaceutical Technology

Discover how Aerie Pharmaceuticals' patented compounds target kinases and proteins to treat eye diseases, inflammation, and more. Explore the groundbreaking method for treating ocular disorders with Formula (I) compound.

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Strategies for Successful Manufacturing of Highly Potent Oral Solids

PharmaTech

Oral drug products that contain highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) continue to be a driving force in the global pharmaceutical market. In this Q&A article, industry experts discuss some of the challenges in HPAPI drug product manufacturing and the key issues sponsors should consider when partnering with a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).

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The New Clinical Trial Supply Chain: Resilient, Flexible, and Patient-Centric

The global landscape of clinical trials is rapidly changing as studies become more complex. An increasing number of sponsors are seeking enhanced flexibility in their supply chains to address a variety of clinical supply challenges, including patient demand and reducing delays. Demand-led supply and direct-to-patient distribution are next-generation solutions that are helping to meet these growing needs, allowing for more streamlined processes and patient-centric studies.