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Four ways Biogen is tackling digital innovation in neurological disease

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Digital transformation in pharma is not a singular endeavour. It can mean everything from patient-facing disease management apps and wearables to background AI dramatically altering drug discovery or radiological imaging. So, when a life sciences company embarks on a project of digital transformation or innovation, it’s really embarking on multiple projects that span the wide world of pharmaceutical operations.

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Avenda’s Platform for Personalized Prostate Cancer Mapping Earns FDA Clearance

MedCity News

Avenda Health, a startup focused on personalized prostate cancer care, recently received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its cancer mapping platform. The platform uses a patient’s own diagnostic data to define the extent of the disease and create a cancer probability map with optimal treatment margins.

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Recipes for a Healthy Information Diet

Copyright Clearance Center

The post Recipes for a Healthy Information Diet appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Mercer: Employers Expect Health Benefit Costs to Rise 5.4% in 2023

MedCity News

Health benefit costs increased 3.2% in 2022, but employers are expecting costs to jump even higher in 2023, a Mercer report showed. Employers’ top priorities right now are providing benefits that attract and retain employees and boosting mental health support.

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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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#ASH22: Pirtobrutinib emerges as an option for Richter’s Transformation

Pharmaceutical Technology

Richter’s transformation (RT) is a rare blood cancer arising in up to 10% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and presenting as aggressive lymphoma, typically as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Due to the rarity of the disease, no FDA-approved therapy exists specifically for RT, and these patients are treated using regimens derived from the DLBCL treatment paradigm and other small-scale clinical trials.

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J&J Aims to Expand in Multiple Myeloma With First Drug for Novel Target

MedCity News

Johnson & Johnson is seeking FDA approval of a multiple myeloma drug that could become the first one addressing a novel target called GPRC5D. Data from the Phase 1/2 study supporting the biologics license application were presented in New Orleans during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

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Technology-enabled Transportation Puts Health Plans in the Driver’s Seat To Improve Outcomes

MedCity News

When members have access to reliable, technology-first NEMT solutions, they are three times more likely to show up to appointments.

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Expert: Immune Reconstitution With Orca-T Reveals ‘New Realm of Engineered Donor Grafts’ for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

Pharmacy Times

Expert discusses the results of a trial assessing immune reconstitution in adult patients who received Orca-T, consisting of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, regulatory T cells, and conventional T cells.

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Istesso’s Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Candidate Gains Fast Track

Pharma Leaders

The company plans to launch a clinical study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients in 2023.

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Phase 3 Trial Results Show Metabolic Tumor Volume Improves Prognostication Compared With SPD in Second-Line R/R LBCL

Pharmacy Times

Expert discusses clinical outcomes of the phase 3 ZUMA-7 trial assessing axicabtagene ciloleucel versus standard-of-care in second-line large B-cell lymphoma by metabolic tumor volume.

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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 Targets Specific Homeopathic Drug Categories

Pharma Leaders

Injectable and ophthalmic drug products pose a greater risk of harm to users, the agency said.

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Second-Line Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus R-ICE in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Produces High ORR

Pharmacy Times

Expert discusses the safety and efficacy of polatuzumab vedotin combined with rituximab, ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (R-ICE) as second-line treatment in a multicenter phase 2 study.

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Expert: Phase 3 MEDALIST Trial Results Show ‘Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence for Substantial Period of Time’ in LR-MDS

Pharmacy Times

Expert discusses the effect of baseline transfusion burden and luspatercept dose level on response to treatment in patients with LR-MDS from the MEDALIST study.

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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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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Pfizer-BioNTech’s combination vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for Pfizer and BioNTech’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based combination vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and influenza. The vaccine is intended to prevent two respiratory ailments through a single injection. In November, the companies announced plans for a Phase I clinical trial of the combined vaccine candidate in healthy adult subjects.

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