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Troubled Clovis telegraphs bankruptcy amid FDA hardball on key cancer drug, difficulty in fundraising

Fierce Pharma

Troubled Clovis telegraphs bankruptcy amid FDA hardball on key cancer drug, difficulty in fundraising. aliu. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 11:33.

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Report: Health Insurance Is Influencing Americans’ Job Choices

MedCity News

More than 31% of people with employer-sponsored insurance stuck with a job they disliked for the company’s health insurance, a Forbes Advisor survey found. Another 8% of respondents left a job they liked to seek better coverage.

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FDA signs off on Sobi's Kineret for COVID patients with pneumonia who are on oxygen

Fierce Pharma

FDA signs off on Sobi's Kineret for COVID patients with pneumonia who are on oxygen. kdunleavy. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 16:21.

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Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Despite their potential multi-million-dollar sticker price, if haemophilia treatments by BioMarin and CSL Behring prove durable, they could help patients save money compared to current treatments, experts note. On November 2, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released its updated evidence aimed at measuring the clinical effectiveness and cost of the two haemophilia gene therapies.

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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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Ipsen's $1B Onivyde buy proves its worth in earlier pancreatic cancer

Fierce Pharma

Ipsen's $1B Onivyde buy proves its worth in earlier pancreatic cancer. zbecker. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 11:23.

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UK MHRA approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent Covid-19 booster

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ original strain and the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants. Indicated for usage as a booster in people aged 12 years and older, the modified vaccine is the second bivalent shot of the companies to obtain approval in the region.

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Competitor: We Are an Established Option Vis-a-Vis Cuban’s Pharmacy Startup

MedCity News

A customer of Cost Plus Drugs received an email from the company in October stating that “due to skyrocketing demand,” shipping times have been delayed. Marley Drug, a competitor, said its company has not experienced delays and presented itself as an alternative for Americans.

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GSK's Zejula FDA oncology AdComm cancelled, leaving ovarian cancer nod in Schrodinger’s box

Fierce Pharma

GSK's Zejula FDA oncology AdComm cancelled, leaving ovarian cancer nod in Schrodinger’s box. aliu. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 09:56.

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This plant-based gel stops bleeding in seconds — and might have potential in drug delivery

PharmaVoice

29-year-old biotech founder Joe Landolina is hoping to capitalize on major possibilities in the human health market through his startup Cresolin and just inked a research partnership with Walter Reed.

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Novavax narrows revenue projection as COVID vaccine uptake continues to lag

Fierce Pharma

Novavax narrows revenue projection as COVID vaccine uptake continues to lag. kdunleavy. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 09:48.

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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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Woman of the Week: 82VS’s Trier Bryant

PharmaVoice

Welcome to the Woman of the Week podcast, a weekly discussion that illuminates the unique stories of women leaders who are catalyzing change throughout the life sciences industry. You can check out all our podcast episodes here. Not every leader makes it their mission to go where the fire.

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Plastics reborn: Inside Novo Nordisk's pre-filled pen recycling pilot

Fierce Pharma

Plastics reborn: Inside Novo Nordisk's pre-filled pen recycling pilot. fkansteiner. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 09:42.

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5 Key Factors To Consider When Evaluating NLP APIs

MedCity News

With these APIs, data scientists, developers and analysts can free themselves from frustrating, tedious, and manual efforts to code and clean unstructured data. This is particularly valuable in healthcare where as much as 80% data is locked in unstructured text.

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GSK plans phase 3 for hepatitis B drug bepirovirsen, despite efficacy drop

pharmaphorum

GSK has revealed updated results from its phase 2b trial of its antisense drug for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, which reveal a sharp decline in the proportion of patients with undetectable levels of the virus compared to an earlier readout. In the latest results from the 457-patient B-Clear study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, bepirovirsen at a dose of 300 mg per week over 24 weeks resulted in sustained hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA loss to below the

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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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Why TytoCare’s CEO Thinks Its New ROI-Focused Primary Care Offering Is Different Than the Competition

MedCity News

Telemedicine company TytoCare launched a new offering that promises to give providers and health plans the range of products and services needed to operate successful virtual primary care programs. Gilad said the offering, named Home Smart Clinic, can give customers a clear picture of ROI because of its high utilization and patient engagement rates.

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Oligonucleotide therapy helps to prevent chronic hepatitis B

European Pharmaceutical Review

GSK has announced study results from its Phase IIb trial ( NCT04449029 ) of bepirovirsen for chronic hepatitis B (CHB), indicating that the antisense oligonucleotide therapy could help treat CHB independently or in combination with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues (NAs). Bepirovirsen demonstrated clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA long term, in patients on concurrent NA and those not-on-NA therapy.

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Economist Impact: World Cancer Series – pharmaphorum in attendance, day one (part i)

pharmaphorum

It goes without saying that The Economist’s 8th Annual World Cancer Series congress was well-attended in Brussels this week, the unofficial capital of the European Union. Held at the Marriott Hotel Grand Place, the event’s sponsors included diamond sponsor AstraZeneca, platinum sponsors MSD and Takeda, and gold sponsor Janssen, as well as silver sponsors Guardant and Pfizer, and associate sponsor onko.

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Arrowhead Gets $250M in Royalty Deal for Cardio Drug Heading to Phase 3

MedCity News

Amgen posted positive Phase 2 data for olpasiran, further building the case for the drug’s blockbuster potential in heart disease as it proceeds to a pivotal test. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, which originally developed olpasiran and licensed it to the big pharma company, is cashing in now by selling its royalty rights to the molecule.

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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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Capturing progress in haemophilia care

pharmaphorum

If we look back just 70 years, the prognosis for patients with haemophilia was remarkably different to what it is today. In fact, in the 1950s and 1960s, life expectancy for the disease was around just 30 years.* However, medical innovations over recent decades have significantly improved the length and quality of life for people with the condition, transforming what was once a devastating disease into a condition that can be mostly well-managed.

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Getting off the PBM Merry-go-Round: How Late-stage Offer Tricks Take Employers for a Ride

MedCity News

Requiring that PBMs bid on a per member per month guarantee would reduce the employer’s uncertainty by securing the actual per member per month cost to the employer.

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Exploring the Challenges in the Shift to Open Access: Part 2 – Pricing

Copyright Clearance Center

The post Exploring the Challenges in the Shift to Open Access: Part 2 – Pricing appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Artificial intelligence hiring levels in the pharma industry dropped in October 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for artificial intelligence related positions dropped in October 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 37.4% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was lower than the 38.6% of companies who were hiring for artificial intelligence related jobs a year ago and a decrease compared to the figure of 39.8% in September 2022.

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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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Positive results for Ipsen’s metastatic pancreatic cancer treatment

PharmaTimes

Onivyde regimen demonstrated statistically significant improvement in overall survival

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Clinical Trials and Representation

PharmExec

This segment conveys the importance of decentralizing clinical trials to increase diversity and serve all types of people in the United States, as well as the industry. In addition, it touches on the importance of having diverse investigators to help recruit and communicate with all types of people.

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MHRA extends Cosentyx licence for paediatric arthritis

PharmaTimes

Data demonstrates that secukinumab shows a significantly longer time to flare versus placebo

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FDA panel backs AZ’s PT027 asthma rescue drug, but in adults only

pharmaphorum

AstraZeneca has moved a step closer to bringing a first-in-class drug to market in the US that can be used to reduce severe asthma attacks, after an FDA advisory committee voted in favour of approval. PT027 is based on beta agonist albuterol and corticosteroid budesonide – two well-established therapies – combined into a fixed-dose inhaler that can be used as rescue medication when a patient with asthma is in the throes of an attack.

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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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An Invitation to Define the Lab of the Future

PharmExec

Today’s labs are not sufficient to handle tomorrow’s challenges. What will labs in 2030 or 2040 look like? Mikael Hagstroem, CEO at LabVantage Solutions and expert in harnessing data and analytics, discusses the three phases of digital transformation needed to reimagine business models, achieve better performance, and create long-term sustainable advantage.

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FDA blocks early filing for ADC drug, signalling tougher stance

pharmaphorum

ADC Therapeutics has said it will not seek accelerated approval of its Hodgkin lymphoma drug camidanlumab tesirine (cami) based on phase 2 results, as the FDA will not review it unless a confirmatory trial is already “well underway and fully enrolled.”. The Swiss biotech said that enrolling such a study would take up to two years, and its plan to file for approval of the drug next year is on hold while it is in dialogue with the FDA about a path forward for the programme.

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Defining the 'Lab of the Future'

PharmExec

There are three phases of digital transformation needed to reimagine business models, achieve better performance, and create long-term sustainable advantage. It starts with changing our labs—the technologies, processes, ways of working, and data solutions.

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Neil Rackham Spin Selling Book Review

Contrarian Sales Techniques

In SPIN Selling book, Neil Rackham, a former president of Huthwaite corporation, shares his 12 years of research and 35,000 sales calls to guide you through becoming a successful salesperson. It's an essential reading for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to improve their sales skills. According to Neil, there are four phases to every sale: opening, investigating, demonstrating capability, and need-payoff.

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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.