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Moderna takes hefty $1.3B COVID write-off, scales back manufacturing as sales shrink

Fierce Pharma

The days of booming COVID-19 vaccine sales, which sent Moderna into the ranks of pharma's top companies, have | The company is focusing on scaling back its manufacturing efforts to cope with the lack of COVID-19 vaccine demand.

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Deploying a Digital Flywheel to Enable a Hyperpersonal Care Experience [Sponsored]

MedCity News

A webinar on December 5 will spotlight expert panelists from Praia Health and Providence, interviewed by AVIA, to discuss the benefits of adopting a hyperpersonal care model for patients, challenges that health systems face providing this care, and how they can overcome them.

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Eli Lilly 'aggressively planning' manufacturing expansions, CEO says, as Mounjaro soars

Fierce Pharma

Supply problems for Eli Lilly’s diabetes med Mounjaro were no secret. But strong demand continues to push sales of the GLP-1/GIP agonist to new highs ahead of an FDA decision on weight loss. | As strong demand continues to push Mounjaro sales to new highs, Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks said the company is "not done with" manufacturing expansions.

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Making Visual Inspection Accessible with Luo Automation at CPHI Barcelona

PharmaTech

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® speaks with Joren van der Horst from Luo Automation, a Dutch company focused on automated visual inspection solutions, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Sarepta enjoys early sales ramp for DMD gene therapy, maintains confidence in label expansion

Fierce Pharma

The third quarter marked a momentous one for Sarepta Therapeutics, bringing the long-anticipated launch of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy Elevidys. | Even before a potential label expansion, the gene therapy Elevidys has raked in around $69 million since its launch. Earlier this week, the company said that a pivotal trial on the medicine failed to reach its primary endpoint.

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Genentech Veteran Named New BioMarin CEO as Gene Therapy Launch Ramps Up

MedCity News

BioMarin Pharmaceutical CEO Jean-Jacques Bienaimé will retire in December, when he will be succeeded by Genentech CEO Alexander Hardy. The transition comes with BioMarin in the early stages of the commercial launch of Roctavian, the first FDA-approved hemophilia A gene therapy.

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BeMe Health Partners With 2 Health Plans To Support Teen Mental Health

MedCity News

BeMe Health, a digital mental health company for teens, is teaming up with Inland Empire Health Plan and Molina Healthcare of California to bring BeMe’s platform to 10 local educational agencies. The partnership will support more than 72,000 teens.

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Phathom passes acid tests, capturing 2 FDA approvals for Voquezna after impurity setback

Fierce Pharma

In a span of three days, Phathom Pharmaceuticals has scored two green lights from the FDA for its first-in-class heartburn drug Voquezna (vonoprazan). | In a span of three days, Phathom Pharmaceuticals has scored two green lights from the FDA for its first-in-class heartburn drug Voquezna. The first came on Monday when the regulator signed off on Phathom’s reformulation of Voquezna to treat Helicobacter pylori infection.

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Mitigating medicines shortages in Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

While unsolicited and burdensome, medicine shortages are an obstacle faced by the pharmaceutical industry. In 2023, a combination of factors, including increased demand (particularly for critical medicines), economic inflation, as well as international geopolitical unrest, has led to Europe’s supply chain being acutely affected. Consequently, regulators, trade groups and other organisations have worked to prevent and alleviate medicine shortages in the region.

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Regeneron touts launch of high-dose Eylea in battle with Roche's Vabysmo

Fierce Pharma

Roche’s surge in sales for its long-acting macular degeneration drug Vabysmo showed that patients in the market are open to switching to another treatment. | After gaining FDA approval for its high-dose Eylea, Regeneron racked up $43 million in sales in the U.S. over the final six weeks of the third quarter for the new formulation. Regeneron and partner Bayer are battling Roche's Vabysmo in the treatment of multiple eye diseases.

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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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Former Paige.AI CEO Launches Microbiome Profiling Startup

MedCity News

Jona, a New York-based gut microbiome testing startup, emerged from stealth with $5 million in funding. The company’s at-home microbiome profiling kit educates users about how the community of microorganisms residing in their gut impacts their overall health. The platform also offers recommendations concerning diet and lifestyle modifications based on users’ personal health goals.

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As trial miss threatens FDA approval, Travere points to Filspari's benefits in bid to stay in kidney disease

Fierce Pharma

Travere Therapeutics recently reported two pivotal trial flops for Filspari, with one threatening the drug’s accelerated approval in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and the other raising doubts about its ch | Travere Therapeutics recently reported two pivotal trial flops for Filspari, with one threatening the drug’s accelerated approval in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and the other raising doubts about its chances of tapping into another kidney disease.

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Why Physicians in ACOs Are Happier With Their Compensation

MedCity News

Only 21% of primary care physicians feel they are fairly compensated, according to a new report from Pearl Health. However, primary care physicians who participate in an ACO were 56% more likely than non-ACO participants to believe they are paid fairly. ACO participants were also 15% more likely to believe that the way they generate revenue allows them to deliver holistic care.

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Fierce Pharma Asia—Merck KGaA and Hengrui's PARP deal; Novartis and Takeda's employee dispute; toripalimab's FDA nod

Fierce Pharma

Merck KGaA is in-licensing a PARP1 inhibitor from Hengrui. Novartis said an ex-employee who recently jumped to Takeda took sensitive files. | Merck KGaA is in-licensing a PARP1 inhibitor from Hengrui. Novartis said an ex-employee who recently jumped to Takeda took sensitive files. The FDA approved Coherus and Junshi's China-made PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab.

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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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The Impact of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs on Patients, Healthcare Business

PharmExec

The rise in popularity of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, has had a wide-reaching impact across the healthcare industry and beyond.

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Memo Therapeutics raises $27.67m for kidney transplant infection trial

Pharmaceutical Technology

Memo’s fast track-designated candidate is currently in a Phase II trial for BKV infection, with a data readout expected in 2024.

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Why More Healthcare Disciplines Need to Adopt an Assent-Based Approach

MedCity News

Patients deserve agency over their own bodies and care, and clinicians, educators, and caregivers can be those catalysts needed to promote disability rights in healthcare practices across the industry.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab). Wezlana, like Stelara, is approved to treat: Adults and children six years and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy; Patients six years and older with active psoriatic arthritis Adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease Adults with moderately to severely active ulcerat

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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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How Big Pharma keeps the oncology engines hot with a host of strategies

PharmaVoice

From Merck and J&J to AbbVie and Eisai, the oncology field has stayed consistently devoted to churning out important therapies.

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Antibiotics ‘no longer effective’ for childhood infections, finds study

European Pharmaceutical Review

Research led by the University of Sydney has found that many antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) had “less than 50 percent effectiveness” in treating childhood infections such as pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The study, published in Lancet South East Asia , analysed 6,648 bacterial isolates from 11 countries across 86 publications to review antibiotic susceptibility for common bacteria causing childhood infections.

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Generate:Biomedicines to collaborate on oncology cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Generate:Biomedicines has entered a strategic collaboration with Roswell Park to accelerate the development of new oncology therapies

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Predictive Modeling for Formulation Development: Coformers, Cocrystals, Complexes

PharmaTech

Predictive modeling facilitates the identification of coformers, cocrystal components, and complexing agents.

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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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MHRA authorises Pfizer’s Litfulo for alopecia areata

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK MHRA authorises Pfizer’s Litfulo (ritlecitinib), to treat severe alopecia areata in people aged 12 years and above.

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2024 Pharma Choice Awards Voting

PM360

Don’t miss your chance to vote for the winners of the 2024 Pharma Choice Awards. Voting will remain open until Dec.

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UKHSA launches campaign for flu and COVID-19 vaccines

PharmaTimes

The NHS has already delivered over 20 million winter vaccines this year - News - PharmaTimes

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3D Printing Medicines with FABRX at CPHI Barcelona

PharmaTech

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Carlos Rial Calvo from FABRX, a pharmaceutical 3D printing company, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

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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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AI twice as accurate as a biopsy when grading severity of sarcomas

PharmaTimes

The new AI model could potentially be applied to other cancers - News - PharmaTimes

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals’ Heart Failure Treatment Added to Express Scripts Formulary

PharmExec

Inpefa to be added on pharmacy benefit manager’s basic and high-performance formularies for commercially insured patients.

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In a record year for biotech bankruptcy, here are 3 companies that went under

PharmaVoice

A challenging funding environment and lack of partnering deals have contributed to the market's ongoing troubles.

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Novo Nordisk shrugs off supply issues with record sales

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Novo Nordisk shrugs off supply issues with record sales Phil.

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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.