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'The Top Line': How Pfizer became the first in Big Pharma history to break $100B in sales, plus this week's headlines

Fierce Pharma

'The Top Line': How Pfizer became the first in Big Pharma history to break $100B in sales, plus this week's headlines tcarey Thu, 04/20/2023 - 14:46

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What is the Next Chapter for FDA’s Accelerated Approval’s in Oncology?

MedCity News

Over the past 2 years, concerted efforts have been undertaken by policymakers and FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence to mitigate risks and improve the transparency of the accelerated approval program. These actions are crucial to restoring public trust – trust that has suffered considerable erosion.

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Fierce Pharma Asia—Carvykti's massive myeloma win; BeiGene's PD-1 comeback

Fierce Pharma

Fierce Pharma Asia—Carvykti's massive myeloma win; BeiGene's PD-1 comeback aliu Thu, 04/20/2023 - 15:00

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Why Is Health Tech Still Not Personalized?

MedCity News

Health technologies are often built based on the “reference man” and frequently don’t take other demographics into account. It shouldn’t be this way, experts argued on a panel Thursday at the HIMSS 2023 conference.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Blue Water buys enlarged prostate drug Entadfi from Veru for up to $100M

Fierce Pharma

Blue Water buys enlarged prostate drug Entadfi from Veru for up to $100M kdunleavy Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:27

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We Need to Work Across Sectors to Advance Health Equity, Global Health Leaders Say

MedCity News

Health disparities are often a result of other socioeconomic factors like housing and nutrition. Because of this, the healthcare industry needs to work with other sectors to improve health equity, said Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe of the World Health Organization, at the HIMSS 2023 conference.

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Pharmacists Could Play a Big Role in Addressing the PCP Shortage

MedCity News

Integrating pharmacists into primary care teams could be a key way to address the primary care physician shortage, according to a new report. The pandemic made it clear that pharmacists are clinically trained and want to provide care beyond filling prescriptions, the report said.

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What spurred Lilly, Novo and Sanofi to slash insulin prices? Expert gives her take

Fierce Pharma

What spurred Lilly, Novo and Sanofi to slash insulin prices?

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Cancer Biotech Abdera Reveals $142M for Better Antibody-Based Radiation Drugs

MedCity News

Abdera Therapeutics emerged from stealth with technology that improves the way antibodies deliver radiopharmaceuticals for cancer. A lead program with preclinical proof-of-concept data in small cell lung cancer is on track to reach the clinic in 2024.

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Johnson & Johnson talc cases put on hold—again—by US bankruptcy court

Fierce Pharma

Johnson & Johnson talc cases put on hold—again—by US bankruptcy court kdunleavy Thu, 04/20/2023 - 16:18

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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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Hasten Biopharmaceutic raises $315m for pipeline assets development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Chinese firm Hasten Biopharmaceutic has raised $315m for business development of its pipeline assets in a financing round co-led by Singapore-based CBC Group and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment, The funding round was supported by additional institutional investors. Hasten will also use the proceeds from the round to fund future acquisitions.

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Amgen nabs appeals win against Otezla generics, blocking Sandoz and Zydus copycats until 2028

Fierce Pharma

Amgen nabs appeals win against Otezla generics, blocking Sandoz and Zydus copycats until 2028 zbecker Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:19

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Forbion raises $1.47bn for two life sciences-focused funds

Pharmaceutical Technology

European life sciences venture capital firm Forbion has raised €1.35bn ($1.47bn) across its two new funds. The latest fundraising brings the total funds managed by the company to €3bn ($3.28bn). The Forbion Ventures Fund VI and the Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II both exceeded their original target sizes. The Forbion Ventures Fund VI’s final close reached the hard cap of €750m ($821.76m), while the Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II secured €600m ($657.41m).

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How Ecommerce Will Transform the IRT User Experience

Fierce Pharma

How Ecommerce Will Transform the IRT User Experience jpiatt Thu, 04/20/2023 - 12:26

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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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Memora Health Snags $30M for Platform That Digitizes Complex Care

MedCity News

Memora Health recently raised $30 million in funding. The company’s platform automates touch points for complex care patients through text messaging-based programs. Some of Memora’s customers include Mayo Clinic, Penn Medicine, Northwell Health and Boston Medical Center.

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Targovax announces plans to rebrand as Circio

Pharmaceutical Technology

Targovax has unveiled plans to rebrand as Circio , reflecting its strategic shift to focus on expediting the development of its innovative circular RNA (circRNA) platform. Initially reported in 2011, CircRNA is a naturally occurring class of RNA. CircRNA is resistant to the main cellular RNA degradation mechanisms and therefore has a prolonged half-life compared to linear mRNA.

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FDA approves first new B-cell lymphoma treatment in 20 years

European Pharmaceutical Review

It has been nearly 20 years since a new treatment option has become available [for] newly diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma [in the US]” The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Polivy ® (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) in combination with Rituxan ® (rituximab), cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone (R-CHP). “It has been nearly 20 years since a new treatment option has become available to people newly diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,” shared Dr Levi G

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Meet the Investor Judges at MedCity INVEST

MedCity News

Startups feature prominently at MedCity INVEST from Pitch Perfect to Ask the Investor. Check out the investors who will be judging the startups at INVEST May 22-24 in Chicago and register today!

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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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Oral drug reduces treatment-resistant migraine frequency

European Pharmaceutical Review

Participants with episodic migraines who have had no success with other preventive drugs had an average of four fewer days with migraine per month when given oral atogepant. This is according to results from a preliminary study, of which the abstract will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 75th Annual Meeting held between April 22-27 2023.

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A Look at the Cybersecurity War in Healthcare and How Healthcare Organizations Are Responding

MedCity News

Learn how to identify bad actors from instigating cyber attacks and what stakeholders are doing at the regional and national levels to address this crisis.

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10 Questions to Ask When Searching for a Corporate Literature Management Solution

Copyright Clearance Center

The post 10 Questions to Ask When Searching for a Corporate Literature Management Solution appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Overcoming The Fear Of Failure In Sales

Integrity Solutions

How Fear Of Rejection Leads To Failure In Sales Today’s business environment tends to emphasize a culture of more, one that sets a high standard of get it done yesterday. So many people — and the organizations they work for — are expecting excellence: excellence in reaching/exceeding goals; excellence in improving selling and service behaviors/skills; excellence across the board.

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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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Immuneering reveals positive data from tumour treatment trial

PharmaTimes

IMM-1-104 found to be well tolerated with no dose limiting toxicities or serious adverse events

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Pharma 2023: Digital Health Key Takeaways

PharmExec

Industry insights on how pharma is faring in tapping new innovations and approaches in digital health.

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Millions of cancer patients benefit from Elekta’s Flexitron

PharmaTimes

Brachytherapy is a precise type of radiotherapy that can be used to treat several cancers

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The next phase of decentralisation in clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

The face of clinical research is evolving. Rather than bringing patients to sites, study teams are now exploring ways they can bring the trial to patients using a varying combination of direct-to-patient drug shipments, home nursing, video conferencing, and electronic data collection. The result is an improved experience for patients, whose participation no longer rests on long journeys to and from sites.

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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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Our Most Popular Blogs

Healthcare Success

At Healthcare Success, we have been sharing marketing knowledge, tips, and tricks since our agency’s founding in 2006. Here, you’ll find a few of our most timely and popular blogs conveniently organized by marketing topic. Start With Some Classics Whether you’re a new marketer or a seasoned professional, take a deep dive into essential topics that can significantly impact your healthcare business. 15 Healthcare Marketing Strategies to Attract Today’s Healthcare Consumer To help you along your pa

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Maxion scoops £2m UK grant to develop autoimmune disease treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Maxion Therapeutics announced it has been awarded a £2m ($2.5m) grant from Innovate UK as part of a biomedical R&D funding competition. The funds will support Maxion’s KnotBody platform to develop antibodies to treat autoimmune diseases. Antibody-based therapies provide enhanced efficacy and safety whilst reducing the need for frequent administration for autoimmune disease treatment.

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US FDA approves Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma’s new fill line

Pharma Leaders

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services’ high potency vial line to manufacture a commercial product. Currently, the company has six fill finish lines in San Diego, US, that includes a new line which provides various configurations, such as vials, cartridges, and prefilled syringes. Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma stated that the high-speed process is rated to move up to 22,000 syringes an hour through the line, with more than 200 thousand syringes pe

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Lambda and Medidata team up to automate clinical trial data

Pharmaceutical Technology

Medidata, part of Dassault Systèmes, has partnered with Lambda Therapeutics to automate and consolidate data management processes for improved clinical trial efficiency. Through the tie-up, both companies aim to safely provide advanced data for faster insights. Lambda Therapeutics will employ Medidata’s Rave EDC, Rave RTSM, and Rave Imaging cloud-driven clinical solutions to access centralised data to address the entire clinical research process.

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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.