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Novo Nordisk's unstoppable semaglutide clears kidney disease trial early on positive efficacy

Fierce Pharma

For a study weighing the injectable semaglutide in chronic kidney disease, an early end appears to give Novo Nordisk cause to celebrate. | For a study weighing the injectable semaglutide in chronic kidney disease, an early end appears to give Novo Nordisk cause to celebrate.

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Is Medicare Advantage a Failed Experiment? Experts Debate

MedCity News

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage is increasing, but the program has been drawing scrutiny from the government. Can the program be saved? One expert believes Medicare Advantage is a failed experiment. Another thinks that while the program has its flaws, it shows tremendous potential.

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Pfizer inks another EpiPen antitrust settlement, this one worth $50M

Fierce Pharma

Pfizer has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a class-action, antitrust case which alleged the company teamed up with others to delay the entry of a generic version of the EpiPen allergy relief m | Pfizer has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a class-action, antitrust case which alleged the company teamed up with others to delay the entry of a generic version of the EpiPen allergy relief medicine.

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3 Questions This Healthcare Investor Finds Herself Asking Startups All The Time

MedCity News

At HLTH, General Catalyst Principal Candace Richardson discussed some of the questions she frequently asks startups during investment meetings. Some of these include “Do you stratify your outcomes data by different populations to ensure your model works well for everyone?” and “Is serving Medicaid populations on your roadmap?

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Mallinckrodt wins court go-ahead for 2nd bankruptcy, cutting $1B from opioid payout

Fierce Pharma

Mallinckrodt has essentially walked back its promise to pay $1.7 billion in an opioid settlement thanks to the company's second bankruptcy in just two years. | Mallinckrodt has essentially walked back its promise to pay $1.7 billion in an opioid settlement thanks to the company's second bankruptcy in just two years.

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Why the AMA President Thinks Scope of Practice Expansions Are a ‘Terrible Idea’

MedCity News

To address the growing physician shortage, some people argue that the scope of practice should be expanded for skilled healthcare professionals like nurse practitioners and pharmacists. American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld said this is a “terrible idea.” He argued that throwing other professionals into physicians’ roles will have poor ramifications of patient safety.

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Novo Nordisk’s Star Diabetes & Obesity Drug Shows Promise in Kidney Disease

MedCity News

A study testing Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide in chronic kidney disease is ending early after an interim analysis met efficacy goals. Detailed results are not yet available, but they could support expanding use of the GLP-1 agonist, which is far and away Novo Nordisk’s top-selling product.

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With Vtama's success in relieving itching, Dermavant eyes FDA filing in atopic dermatitis

Fierce Pharma

In the race to develop nonsteroidal topical treatments for autoimmune skin conditions, Dermavant is charging toward the finish line—again. | Dermavant has presented evidence that Vtama provides immediate and long-term relief from the severe itch condition pruritus, the most prevalent symptom of atopic dermatitis. The trial results bolster Dermavant's effort to win a label expansion for the drug.

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Roche multiple sclerosis subcutaneous injection: late-breaking data

European Pharmaceutical Review

Late-breaking data from Roche’s Phase III OCARINA II study have revealed that OCREVUS® (ocrelizumab) subcutaneous injection was comparable to IV infusion in providing near-complete suppression of MRI brain lesion activity over 24 weeks, for relapsing or primary progressive multiple sclerosis (RMS or PPMS) patients. OCREVUS is a humanised monoclonal antibody designed to target CD20-positive B cells, which are thought to be a key contributor to myelin and axonal (nerve cell) damage, noted Roche.

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Biogen lays off staffers at newly acquired Reata, with 113 set to lose positions

Fierce Pharma

That didn't take long. | Just two weeks after Biogen completed its buyout of Reata Pharmaceuticals, the combined company is trimming its staff. Reata staffers who worked in roles that are already covered at Biogen are losing their jobs.

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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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FDA Creates Advisory Committee on Digital Health Technologies

PharmaTech

The new Digital Health Advisory Committee will advise the agency on issues related to technologies such as AI, virtual reality, and machine learning.

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Executive Interviews at Digital Pharma East 2023

Fierce Pharma

Fierce Pharma sits down with digital marketing leaders to discuss this year's most innovative topics at Digital Pharma East. Learn more by watching the videos below. | Fierce Pharma sits down with digital marketing leaders to discuss this year's most innovative topics at Digital Pharma East.

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Mercer Exec: Employers Are Extremely Concerned About Cost

MedCity News

Cancer and pharmacy services are driving up costs for employers. One Mercer exec recently laid out several recommendations for employers to manage these costs.

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FDA puts NJ drug ingredients maker Spectrum through the wringer in scathing Form 483

Fierce Pharma

With observations ranging from dirty packing rooms to incomplete lab control records, Spectrum Laboratory Products’ new FDA manufacturing write-up reads like a guide on what not to do when producin | With observations ranging from dirty packing rooms to incomplete lab control records, Spectrum Laboratory Products’ new FDA manufacturing write-up reads like a guide on what not to do when producing drug ingredients.

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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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Payer Insights Program Highlights How Payers and Tech Partners Are Thinking About AI, Health Equity, and the Consumer Experience [Sponsored]

MedCity News

HLTH 2023 introduced a new program focused on technology trends for and perspectives from payers in a series of conversations around AI, health equity and healthcare innovation.

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Widespread use of Pfizer's maternal RSV shot would reduce costs and prevent infant hospitalizations: study

Fierce Pharma

After a recent FDA approval and CDC recommendation, Pfizer's Abyrsvo is the first maternal vaccine to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). | The vaccine, if used widely, could generate savings of up to $800 million and cut infant hospitalizations in half, according to a Pfizer study set to be presented at IDWeek 2023.

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Why are haemophilia gene therapies so expensive?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biomarin and CSL Behring’s haemophilia gene therapies have boosted innovation in the field, but assessing their cost effectiveness is less than straightforward.

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A culture of encouraging brave ideas to pursue ambitious patient outcomes

Fierce Pharma

At Astellas, we are striving to be the industry’s cutting-edge, VALUE-driven life science innovator. | A culture of encouraging brave ideas to pursue ambitious patient outcomes.

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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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Roche to Develop Two Novel RNA-targeted Programs from Ionis for CNS Diseases

PharmaTech

Roche will gain exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Ionis’ investigational RNA-based therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease.

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Soft Implant Uses AI to Deliver Drugs Despite Fibrous Encapsulation

Medgadget

Scientists at the University of Galway in Ireland and MIT have collaborated to create a soft robotic implant that can work to fight fibrotic encapsulation and deliver drugs despite the presence of fibrous scar tissue. The device, which the researchers have termed the FibroSensing Dynamic Soft Reservoir (FSDSR), is designed to reside in the body for extended periods and deliver drugs.

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To close the pediatric innovation gap, this biotech has to think differently

PharmaVoice

Day One Biopharmaceuticals is bucking the cancer drug development trend by working with children and adults simultaneously.

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Lollipop Puts the Fun in Saliva Collection

Medgadget

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a technique to make saliva collection for diagnostic purposes a little less disgusting and a little more fun and pleasant. Saliva collection often acts as a less invasive alternative than throat swabs in the detection of a variety of pathogens, such as that causing streptococcal soar throat (strep throat).

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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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Kyowa Kirin to acquire Orchard Therapeutics in deal worth $477m

PharmaTimes

The deal gives Kyowa access to a therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy - News - PharmaTimes

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New acquisition to accelerate microbiome therapeutics manufacture

European Pharmaceutical Review

As part of newly acquired assets from live biotherapeutics products (LBP) manufacturer Federation Bio, Kanvas Biosciences now has two active microbiome-based clinical programmes. “This acquisition allows us to manufacture and clinically investigate complex microbial consortia much faster than previously envisioned. Rather than devote years to building a manufacturing process from the ground up, we are thrilled to be able to positively impact patients’ lives much faster [by acquiring several key

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Cybersecurity in pharma: Q&A with GlobalData thematic analyst

Pharmaceutical Technology

GlobalData analyst Wafaa Hasan discusses key topics around cybersecurity for the pharmaceutical industry.

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SMC recommends Bayer’s cancer treatments for NHS Scotland use

PharmaTimes

Eligible patients in Scotland will now have access to Nubeqa and Stivarga - News - PharmaTimes

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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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Novo Nordisk to close kidney outcomes trial for Ozempic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ozempic is approved in the US, Canada, EU, Japan, and Australia as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.

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FDA Clears IND for Kyverna Therapeutics’ Scleroderma Treatment

PharmExec

KYV-101 designed as a CD19 CAR T-cell therapy.

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Faron’s Clever-1 drug shows promise in blood cancers

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Faron’s Clever-1 drug shows promise in blood cancers Phil.

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Highlighting CAR-T as an Important Modality (PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference 2023)

PharmaTech

Bassem Gayed, PhD, Senior Technical Director of CAR-T Process Engineering, Manufacturing Science & Technology at Bristol Myers Squibb, discusses the importance of CAR-T as a modality.

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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.