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Intercept restructures as Ocaliva's NASH hopes dashed again with FDA rejection

Fierce Pharma

Even after second application attempt, Intercept’s Ocaliva wasn’t the fatty liver disease breakthrough that the company had hoped it would be. | Even after second application attempt, Intercept’s Ocaliva wasn’t the fatty liver disease breakthrough that the company had hoped it would be. Intercept is now swinging into restructuring mode, and the NASH baton passes on to Madrigal Pharma.

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

MedCity News

Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys is now the first FDA-approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Elevidys is an engineered version of a gene intended to restore function lost to the mutation at the root of the inherited muscle disease.

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Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly face scrutiny from EU's drug regulator over GLP-1 safety

Fierce Pharma

The EMA is scrutinizing GLP-1s, raising a safety signal about the risk that drugs from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and other companies could cause cancer.

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PwC: Healthcare Deals Remained Strong in 2023 Despite Headwinds

MedCity News

In the 12 months leading up to May 15, health services deal volumes decreased just 4% from the year prior, a new report from PwC found. There was a 15% decrease in deal values.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Pfizer, GSK RSV shots get tepid recommendations from CDC advisory panel

Fierce Pharma

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that adults 60 and older—in consultation with their doctors—receive vacc | The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that adults 60 and older—in consultation with their doctors—receive vaccines to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus.

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10 years proud: Pharma’s top companies for LGBTQ+ inclusivity

PharmaVoice

These six Big Pharma companies have ranked among the best places to work for LGTBQ+ equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for over 10 years. Here’s why.

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Amazon Execs: There Are Always Lessons Learned When Trying New Things

MedCity News

Amazon has launched and shuttered several healthcare solutions over the years, including Amazon Halo, Amazon Care and Haven. But there have been several lessons learned from these previous solutions, Amazon execs told MedCity News last week at the AHIP 2023 conference in Portland.

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UPDATED: After delays, Sarepta's DMD gene therapy Elevidys finally crosses FDA finish line at $3.2M

Fierce Pharma

After several delays and a narrow advisory committee vote, Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy has finally won an accelerated approval. | After the FDA said it needed "modest additional time" to review the therapy, the agency has ultimately approved the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy under the accelerated approval pathway.

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What a ‘War’ on Cancer Means for the Quality of Treatment Breast Cancer Patients Receive

MedCity News

We need more research and consideration of other approaches to cancer treatment and development of new therapies that better account for the quality of life of cancer patients.

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Fierce Pharma Asia—AstraZeneca China spinoff report; Takeda's Vyvanse shortage; Enzene's New Jersey plant

Fierce Pharma

AstraZeneca has reportedly drafted a contingency plan to spin out its China business amid increasing geopolitical risks. | AstraZeneca has reportedly worked out a contingency plan to spin out its China business amid increasing geopolitical risks. The British pharma is still forming collaborations in the country, the latest being an R&D pact focused on hypercholesterolemia.

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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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DexCare Rakes In $75M to Optimize Health Systems’ Digital Care Management

MedCity News

Providence spinout DexCare recently closed a $75 million Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $146 million. The startup gives health systems a platform that helps them coordinate and manage digital care services so they can better address the modern healthcare consumer’s demands for convenience and immediacy.

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Aldeyra's eye cancer hopes dashed as FDA issues rejection citing lack of clinical data

Fierce Pharma

It's safe to say that a lack of clinical trials in a drug application raises red flags for the FDA. | Aldeyra's bid for an approval in primary vitreoretinal lymphoma wasn't supported by clinical trial data as the company doesn't think a study in the rare and fatal disease is feasible, CEO Todd Brady, M.D., Ph.D., said in a statement.

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New approach for small molecule nanosimilar analysis reported

European Pharmaceutical Review

A study published in Pharmaceutics has illustrated the superior sensitivity of mechanistic compartmental analysis for nanomedicines. The paper described how both techniques were applied to two small molecule, nanomaterial-based formulations for intravenous injection: albumin-stabilised rifabutin nanoparticles and rifabutin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles.

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Generics to Novartis' leukemia drug Tasigna to reach poor countries under 4 MPP licenses

Fierce Pharma

More than a year ago, eight pharma giants partnered to | A partnership among pharma giants to provide cancer medicines to some poorer nations just took a major step toward fruition. The United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool signed up four generic drugmakers to produce copycats of Novartis’ myeloid leukemia blockbuster Tasigna.

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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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AMR certification: recognising responsibly in antibiotic manufacture

European Pharmaceutical Review

On 6 June 2023, the British Standards Institute (BSI) launched its Minimized Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) certification for antibiotic manufacturing. According to the information sharing platform AMR Insights , AMR is considered one of the biggest global threats to health and food safety. Combatting AMR calls for international cooperation based on the One Health Approach. 1 Adopting both the Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard and certification will help to “mitigate the risk of the deve

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Eli Lilly and Boehringer gain FDA approval for type 2 diabetes tablets

Pharmaceutical Technology

Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim have received approval from the US FDA for Jardiance to treat type 2 diabetes in children

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Alchemab Therapeutics reveals Alzheimer’s candidate

PharmaTimes

ATLX-1088 is regarded as a possible first-in-class human antibody targeting CD33 – a cell surface protein - News - PharmaTimes

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SFDA approves Amarin’s VASCEPA to reduce CV risk in Saudi Arabia

Pharmaceutical Technology

The SFDA of the KSA has granted approval to Amarin’s VASCEPA (icosapent ethyl) capsules for reducing cardiovascular risk.

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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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Strengthening Security: The Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication in Healthcare [Sponsored]

MedCity News

Organizations across most industries, especially the technology sector, have adopted Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to fortify their security measures.

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CDC backs GSK and Pfizer vaccines to bring RSV protection one step closer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The recommendation comes after GSK published data showing its vaccine’s protection lasts over two RSV seasons.

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Poolbeg progress oral vaccine programme

PharmaTimes

Poolbeg’s platform will possess the capability to generate vaccines for a wide range of diseases - News - PharmaTimes

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Protected: Horizon Therapeutics’ Experiences with Executing Multiple Highly Innovative Campaigns Simultaneously to Challenge Disease State Misperceptions, Create Urgency and Change Treatment Behaviors

Pharma Marketing Network

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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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Pharmaceutical product positioning

eMediWrite

The process of giving a pharmaceutical product a unique identity on the market is called pharmaceutical product positioning. It entails recognising the special qualities and advantages of your product and conveying them to the intended market in a way that sets it apart from rival goods. Your pharmaceutical firm can gain a competitive edge, boost sales, and develop brand loyalty by using effective product positioning.

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Leveraging Data for Informed Decision Making

Pharmaceutical Commerce

In this latest Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A, Ayelet Israeli, PhD, explains the potential—as well as limitations—of these offerings and pragmatic guardrails for deployment in organizations.

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Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies (BHHC), Workers Compensation Division Partners with Clarify Health to Enhance Care for Injured Workers through Data-Driven Approach

Clarify Health

San Francisco, Calif.,–(Business Wire)— Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies (BHHC), Workers Compensation, a leader in workers’ compensation insurance, and Clarify Health , a leading healthcare analytics, and value-based payments platform company, are pleased to announce a new partnership to improve quality of care and outcomes for injured workers.

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Listening is the Key to Good Leadership

PharmExec

HBA mentor of the year and director of U.S. public affairs for AbbVie, Jag Dosanjh, divulges in this Pharm Exec Podcast his approach to leadership and how: “If you listen well, you can learn well.

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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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MedTechVets Spring 2023 Networking Conference

MedTechVets

JUNE 21st – On May 23rd, MedTechVets held its Spring Networking Conference to mark the end of a successful Spring MTV Academy. This conference, we were honored to be joined by our two Keynote Speakers, Derek Herrera and Ann Holder. We also had 36 attendees from our Veteran Graduates, Mentors, Alumni, and representatives from 9 different companies.

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Mind the gap: Using advanced analytics to find and fill the holes in real world data

Clarivate

In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, each man describes what the elephant must look like based on their limited experience of touching different parts of the animal. This ancient tale of the Indian subcontinent, which dates to at least 500 BCE, illustrates the limitations of individual experience and suggests that by combining different perspectives and understanding the limitations of our own perceptions, we gain a more comprehensive understanding of the world around us.

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Calliditas files sNDA to US FDA for TARPEYO to treat primary IgAN

Pharmaceutical Technology

Calliditas Therapeutics has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for complete approval of TARPEYO (budesonide). The TARPEYO delayed-release capsule is a corticosteroid indicated for reducing proteinuria to treat primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) in adult patients at risk of quick disease progression, generally having a urine protein-to-creatinine ratio greater than or equal to 1.5g/g.

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Andelyn Biosciences Opens New CGT Manufacturing Headquarters

PharmaTech

The new headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio, more than triples Andelyn Biosciences’ footprint to meet growing demand for CGT services.

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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.