Wed.Aug 16, 2023

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CSL gets top-line boost thanks to a post-pandemic boom in plasma collections

Fierce Pharma

With plasma collection as its stock-in-trade, the struggles of | With plasma collection as its stock-in-trade, the struggles of CSL during the coronavirus lockdown were understandable. But a surge in post-pandemic collections—and an $11.7B acquisition of Swiss blood specialist Vifor—has rekindled the growth of Australia’s largest biotech. With plasma collections up 31% and to a record level for the company, CSL reported revenue of $13.3 billion for fiscal year 2023.

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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Pfizer’s Multiple Myeloma Treatment

PharmaTech

FDA granted accelerated approval to Elrexfio (elranatamab-bcmm) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy.

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Drug pricing concerns cross party lines to become 'core value' for voters, pollsters say

Fierce Pharma

Concern over the cost of prescription drugs is becoming less of a policy issue and more of a “core value” for voters across party lines. | Concern over the cost of prescription drugs is becoming less of a policy issue and more of a “core value” for voters across party lines, a pollster found. Two pollsters presented results from their recent survey on Tuesday.

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Epic Is Integrating Abridge’s Generative AI Tool Into Its EHR

MedCity News

Epic announced that it will integrate Abridge’s clinical documentation tool into its EHR workflow. The startup’s generative AI tool listens to visits and creates a near-instant summary that adheres to physicians’ prototypical note structure.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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J&J, Legend's myeloma CAR-T Carvykti not slowing down in the face of new bispecific: Legend exec

Fierce Pharma

Johnson & Johnson and Legend Biotech’s Carvykti continues to grow in multiple myeloma despite the introduction of a more convenient option. | Johnson & Johnson and Legend Biotech’s Carvykti continues to grow in multiple myeloma despite the introduction of a more convenient option.

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Celebrating 60 years: Explore the evolution of Derwent World Patents Index

Clarivate

Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI ) turns 60 this year. In this blog, Ed White, Senior Director and Principal Analyst, celebrates how DWPI evolved from a newsletter of patent abstracts into an integral part of the global patent system. With 22 years of experience in the intellectual property industry, Ed White is devoted to helping people capture the right insights from the world’s patent data.

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Nurses’ Mental Health Is Improving, But It’s Still Far From Where It Needs to Be

MedCity News

A recent survey on nurses’ mental health offers some reasons for cautious optimism. The survey showed that nurses’ mental health has continued to improve since its bleakest days during the peak of the pandemic. However, most nurses said they remain unhappy with their employer’s efforts to prioritize their mental wellbeing.

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After Horizon loss, Sanofi missed out in Reata bidding war with Biogen: Bloomberg

Fierce Pharma

The tale of Biogen’s Reata courtship is being laid bare. | Earlier this week, a securities filing showed Biogen beat out another Big Pharma rival in its quest to obtain Texas-based rare disease outfit Reata. That company’s identity has been revealed as Sanofi, Bloomberg reports, citing people close to the matter.

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Amazon’s Automatic Coupons for Diabetes Products While “Incremental” Will Still Be a “Gamechanger,” Experts Say

MedCity News

Amazon Pharmacy announced Tuesday that it is launching automatic coupons for more than 15 insulin and diabetes care brands. The move, while incremental, solves a major pain point for consumers with diabetes, as many struggle to afford insulin products.

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Sandoz to file for approval of aflibercept biosimilar

European Pharmaceutical Review

Sandoz has announced positive results from the MYLIGHT Phase III study for its biosimilar aflibercept, for patients living with wet macular degeneration. The confirmatory efficacy and safety study ( NCT04864834 ) demonstrated therapeutic equivalence between the biosimilar aflibercept and the reference biologic, Eylea®. The study met its primary efficacy endpoint, showing therapeutic equivalence in mean change of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) from baseline to week 8 between the biosimilar a

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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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Hey Jane Expands Virtual Services Beyond Abortion Care into Reproductive, Sexual Health

MedCity News

New York City-based Hey Jane, a virtual abortion provider, announced last week that it is now offering vaginal infections treatment. This includes treatment for urinary tract infections, bacterial vaginosis and herpes. It is also offering birth control and emergency contraception.

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UK approval for Pompe Disease therapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Amicus Therapeutics has received marketing authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for Pombiliti ® (cipaglucosidase alfa) + Opfolda ® (miglustat) for adults living with late-onset Pompe disease. Pombiliti is a long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) used in combination with miglustat (an enzyme stabiiser) for adults with the rare disease.

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Precision Bio Offloads Lead Cell Therapy Program in Pivot to In Vivo Gene Editing

MedCity News

Imugene gains global rights to Precision BioSciences’ most advanced program, an allogeneic cell therapy for advanced cases of blood cancer. Precision will now focus on in vivo gene editing therapies, some of which is partnered with Novartis and Eli Lilly.

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Leprosy potentially endemic in Central Florida

Pharmaceutical Technology

The proportion of cases found in migrants to Florida has decreased significantly since 2002 while cases in US residents has risen.

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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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Chiesi forms tech partnership with Aliada

PharmaTimes

The collaboration will focus on multiple enzyme cargoes modified using Aliada's modular delivery platform - News - PharmaTimes

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FDA will not meet ahead of bluebird bio’s sickle cell disease gene therapy PDUFA date

Pharmaceutical Technology

Bluebird bio eyes hattrick of gene therapy approvals, with a PDUFA date for sickle cell disease therapy lovo-cel set in December.

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NIH and Exothera in partnership to produce COVID-19 vaccine

PharmaTimes

The new vaccine is an alternative to injected versions and no medical training is needed to deliver it - News - PharmaTimes

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Robotics: Transforming cell and gene therapy manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

Several companies are developing robotics to automate cell and gene therapy manufacturing, but some challenges persist.

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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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Gilead and Tentarix Strike Three Cancer And Inflammation Partnership Deals

PharmaTech

Gilead and Tentarix established three multi-year collaborations to discover and develop multi-functional, conditional protein therapeutics for oncology and inflammatory diseases.

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Workforce Trends in Pharma & Psychological Safety

PharmExec

Rebekah Martin, senior VP of reward, inclusion, and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, discusses workforce trends in pharma and fostering an environment for psychological safety in this Pharmaceutical Executive Podcast video.

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AGC Biologics Partners with Asahi Kasei on Clinical Antibody Project

PharmaTech

The agreement also lists that AGC Biologics will leverage the company’s monoclonal antibody development and manufacturing experience to perform process transfer, process optimization, and clinical manufacturing of the Asahi Kasei drug substance.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to AstraZeneca Regarding Breztri Aerosphere Promotional Communication

PharmExec

In its second warning letter issued in 2023, the FDA has sternly cautioned AstraZeneca for misleading claims in the promotional materials of its Breztri Aerosphere inhalation aerosol; this marks the first warning letter AstraZeneca has received this year.

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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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Ceribell Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance and CMS NTAP Reimbursement for New ClarityPro™ Software with Electrographic Status Epilepticus Diagnostic Indication

Legacy MEDSearch

Ceribell, Inc. ® announced that its new software ClarityPro has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the indication of diagnosing Electrographic Status Epilepticus (ESE). The clearance follows prior receipt of Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA. Subsequent to receiving Breakthrough Device Designation and 510(k) clearance from FDA, the U.S.

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Illinois Governor Signs Legislation Targeting PBM Retaliation

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into a law a bill prohibiting PBM retaliation against pharmacists who disclose information during government proceedings.

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Parexel and Partex Enter AI Alliance

PharmaTech

The collaboration between Parexel and Partex is designed to leverage artificial intelligence-powered solutions to accelerate drug discovery and development.

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FDA approves Artiva’s AlloNK and rituximab combo IND to treat SLE

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has approved Artiva's IND application for the combination of AlloNK (AB-101) and rituximab to treat systemic lupus erythematosus

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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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HitGen and Nested Therapeutics Sign Research Service Agreement for DNA-Encoded Library

PharmaTech

HitGen has entered into a research service agreement with Nested Therapeutics for use of HitGen’s DNA-encoded library for drug discovery.

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Precision and Imugene conclude transaction for cancer drug azer-cel

Pharmaceutical Technology

Precision BioSciences and Imugene have concluded a strategic transaction for worldwide rights to the former’s allogeneic CAR T candidate

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Diving into Data Integration with Caroline Phares

PharmaTech

Caroline Phares, global head of Health and Life Sciences at Domino Data Lab, speaks on integrating data processes into pharma operations.

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Gilead and Tentarix partner on cancer and inflammation therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gilead Sciences has entered into partnerships with Tentarix for the development of new therapies for oncology and inflammatory diseases.

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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.