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In stunning reversal, Takeda snags FDA approval for once-snubbed Eohilia after ‘significant grassroots support’

Fierce Pharma

Eohilia, an oral suspension formulation of the corticosteroid budesonide, has surprisingly won over the FDA even after the drug’s developer, Takeda, had at one point abandoned the program following | Takeda's Eohilia has surprisingly won over the FDA even after the company had at one point abandoned the program following an FDA rejection. But the first FDA-approved oral eosinophilic esophagitis therapy comes with a limitation.

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MHRA agrees licence change for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK MHRA has granted approval for a variation in licence of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty XBB.1.5 vaccine targeting Omicron variant.

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PTC's Emflaza to face generics this month after Aurobindo's final FDA nod

Fierce Pharma

After a series of regulatory setbacks in Europe, PTC Therapeutics will soon find itself under a generic attack in the U.S. | After a series of regulatory setbacks in Europe, PTC Therapeutics will soon find itself under a generic attack in the U.S.

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Unlocking the Potential of AI-Driven Biomarkers: A New Era in Personalized Cancer Care

MedCity News

By leveraging AI and machine learning, researchers can analyze complex data sets, identify novel biomarkers, and provide more effective and tailored treatment options for cancer patients.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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After rejection, FDA re-accepts Xspray's application for would-be rival to BMS' Sprycel

Fierce Pharma

With a patent feud settled and its approval application back at the FDA’s desk, Sweden’s Xspray Pharma believes it's on track to launch its first commercial product late this summer. | Following a rejection in 2023, the FDA has accepted the resubmission of Xspray’s application for its leukemia candidate Dasynoc, which is seeking to dethrone Bristol Myers Squibb’s entrenched cancer blockbuster Sprycel (dasatinib).

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FDA Reconsideration Leads to Approval of Takeda Drug for Rare Esophagus Disorder

MedCity News

FDA approval of Takeda Pharmaceutical drug Eohilia introduces a new therapeutic option for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammation of the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulty. It will compete against Dupixent, a Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals drug already approved for this disorder.

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3 Reasons to Attend the Payer Insights Sessions at ViVE 2024 [Sponsored]

MedCity News

The Payer Insights Program at ViVE 2024, in partnership with MedCity News, kicks off day one at the event. This new immersive program will focus on the impact of rising healthcare costs, recent regulatory changes, and innovative payer solutions for optimizing data insights, minimizing costs, and expanding access to care.

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In wake of Reata buyout, Biogen's key launch Skyclarys passes muster in EU

Fierce Pharma

Roughly half a year after Biogen’s $7.3 billion buyout of rare disease specialist Reata Pharmaceuticals, the companies’ blockbuster bid for Reata’s Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) drug Skyclarys is starti | Roughly half a year after Biogen’s $7.3 billion buyout of rare disease specialist Reata Pharmaceuticals, the companies’ blockbuster bid for Reata’s Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) drug Skyclarys is starting to take shape.

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Who Needs To File With OHCA Under California’s New Healthcare Transaction Regulations?

MedCity News

Who do the California Office of Healthcare Affordability’s cost and market impact review regulations apply to? That depends on three questions, according to a recent webinar.

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AbbVie wraps up its $10.1B buyout of ImmunoGen well ahead of schedule

Fierce Pharma

AbbVie has closed its $10.1 billion buyout of antibody-drug conjugate specialist ImmunoGen. | AbbVie has closed its $10.1 billion buyout of antibody-drug conjugate specialist ImmunoGen. And the good news from an industry perspective is that deal took less than three months to complete.

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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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Views of Digital Health from the Oregon Trail

MedCity News

Today, many hope artificial intelligence will be the key that unlocks the value of digitization. Perhaps it will, but the claim that better technology will necessarily improve healthcare is no longer credible. Having lived in both analog and digital worlds, who better than us Oregon Trail doctors to help ensure digital health technologies best serve our workforce, patients, and communities?

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Rare Disease Day 2024: Advocating for Awareness and Support

PM360

This February we celebrate the 16th annual Rare Disease Day , established in 2008, to raise awareness of the more than 7,000 identified rare diseases worldwide. Rare Disease Day is observed annually on the “rarest” day of the year, February 28th or 29th depending on leap years. Created by The European Organization for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) , this globally coordinated event brings together industry stakeholders to advocate for increased access to medical treatment for patients, caregivers, and

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How Access to Capital Benefits Radiology and Radiologists

MedCity News

Private equity is a way to help achieve scale. Groups that use scale to better serve the stakeholders that matter most, including radiologists, hospitals, referring physicians and—most importantly—patients, will be best positioned to not just survive, but thrive.

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Apple devices enrich patent data in arthritis trial

pharmaphorum

Study finds that monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis patients with an Apple Watch and iPhone and AI algorithm improves on standard practices.

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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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Gilead’s $4.3B CymaBay Acquisition Adds Liver Disease Drug Under FDA Review

MedCity News

Acquiring CymaBay Therapeutics gives Gilead Sciences another drug for its liver disease portfolio. CymaBay’s molecule, seladelpar, is under FDA review for treating primary biliary cholangitis, a rare disease affecting the bile ducts of the liver.

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Gilead to buy liver disease specialist CymaBay for $4.3bn

pharmaphorum

Gilead Sciences has beefed up its pipeline with an agreement to buy CymaBay Therapeutics and its seladelpar drug for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) for $4.

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Navigating the Challenges of Pediatric Surgery With Robotic-Assisted Procedures

MedCity News

With the many advantages of robotics, it is time for pediatric patients to garner the same attention and technology development that adult patients have benefitted from for decades.

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FDA fast-tracks GSK’s chronic hep B therapy bepirovirsen

pharmaphorum

GSK’s antisense-based drug for chronic hepatitis B, bepirovirsen, will get a rapid six-month review from the FDA when it is filed for approval

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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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Does Chronic Disease Management in Medicare Advantage Need a ‘Retail’ Makeover?

MedCity News

Adopting consumer strategies from leading retailers can give MA plans an edge in an increasingly competitive market filled with new entities while improving quality, reducing cost, and improving member loyalty.

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CSL’s post-heart attack therapy flunks big phase 3 test

pharmaphorum

Biotech giant CSL has seen almost 5% wiped off the value of its shares after one of its most anticipated pipeline products failed a phase 3 trial in heart attack patients

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Raman and machine learning show promise for online monitoring of bioreactors

European Pharmaceutical Review

Researchers based in France have demonstrated a robust online Raman monitoring model for bioreactors, which combines Raman spectroscopy and machine learning (ML). In the study, the fermentation of alcohol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae ( S. cerevisiae) was used as a benchmark bioprocess. The method was validated across numerous batches and a fed-batch bioreactor.

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Disc wins orphan drug tag for rare blood cancer  

Pharmaceutical Technology

The humanised monoclonal antibody DISC-3405 is under investigation in a Phase I clinical trial, with data expected 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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First UK patients receive experimental mRNA therapy for cancer in global trial

PharmaTimes

The phase 1/2 Mobilize trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of mRNA-4359

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FDA changes its mind and approves Takeda’s Eohilia

pharmaphorum

At its second attempt, Takeda has won FDA approval for Eohilia, the first and only oral therapy in the US for eosinophilic oesophagitis

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Scientists develop micofluidic chip to make cell therapy safer

PharmaTimes

The chip removes cells, which could become tumours, before they are implanted in a patient

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FDA inches closer to defining its regulatory role in AI

PharmaVoice

Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf signals how the FDA will consider AI in drug development and how the agency may use the emerging technology in the future.

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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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Phesi’s AI-driven Trial Accelerator platform contains over 100 million patients

PharmaTimes

The platform delivers digitalised patient data to improve clinical trials and development

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Unlocking Pharma Sales Success: Is NAPSRx's CNPR Certification Your Golden Key?

Contrarian Sales Techniques

NAPSRx stands for the National Association of Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives®, and it's basically a cool club for folks who want to rock the pharmaceutical sales world. They offer this certification called CNPR, short for Certified National Pharmaceutical Representative, which is like a golden ticket if you're new to the scene or looking to step up your game in pharma sales.

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NIHR awards over £20m to eight new global health research projects

PharmaTimes

The projects will focus on healthcare in LMICs in the event of extreme weather

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How Leaders Make Workforce Well-Being Visible

ALULA

In today’s dynamic work environment, leaders who are goo d at prioritiz ing the total well-being of the workforce also help to improve key business metrics associated with job satisfaction, employee retention, customer loyalty , teamwork, safety, accuracy, and—of course—profitability in the long term.

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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.