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Novo's obesity superstar Wegovy wins FDA nod to cut cardio risks in key label expansion

Fierce Pharma

Novo Nordisk’s fast-growing weight loss med Wegovy just added a new cardiovascular FDA approval to its label, likely enabling the med's superstar status to reach new levels. | The drug is the first weight loss treatment to win FDA approval to reduce the risk of severe cardiovascular outcomes, giving it an edge over rival Zepbound from Eli Lilly.

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After ALS Drug Fails in Phase 3, Amylyx Weighs Pulling the Product From Market

MedCity News

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals co-CEO Justin Klee previously said the company would withdraw ALS drug Relyvrio from the market if it failed its Phase 3 clinical trial. The biotech has set an eight-week timeline to evaluate its next steps.

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PhRMA seeks to revive Medicare price negotiations lawsuit, blasts Biden's request for IRA expansion

Fierce Pharma

As President Joe Biden doubles down on the price negotiation meas | As President Joe Biden doubles down on the price negotiation measures in the Inflation Reduction Act, prominent industry lobbying group the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America isn’t letting its legal challenge go down without a fight.

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AD/PD 2024: TauRx’s HMTM promising despite lacking primary endpoint data

Pharmaceutical Technology

Participants cannot remain blind to their treatment arm due to the properties of TauRx's drug, which causes urinary discoloration.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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After trial failure, will Amylyx pull ALS drug Relyvrio off the market?

Fierce Pharma

After reporting the failu | After reporting the failure of a confirmatory trial of its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug Relyvrio (AMX0035), Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is uncertain whether it will pull the treatment from the market in the U.S. and in Canada, where it is known as Albrioza.

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How Should Providers Be Approaching the Generative AI Frenzy?

MedCity News

Bill Fera — a principal and head of AI at Deloitte — said that the generative AI frenzy holds incredibly promising opportunities for health systems. He noted that in order for hospitals to succeed in the era of generative AI, they need to establish the right metrics for their pilots early on so they can quickly nix or scale them.

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Digital Therapeutics Find Opportunity in Healthcare Economics Outcomes

MedCity News

Regardless of the path to market they ultimately take, DTx companies must be poised to harness and deploy data and information that can prove their products’ economic value. Without it, the innovative treatments that they produce will continue to struggle to find success.

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Semaglutide could provide novel dual benefit in diabetes and kidney disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

Headline results from Novo Nordisk AS’s kidney outcomes FLOW trial reveal that injectable semaglutide 1.0mg demonstrated a statistically significant and superior reduction in kidney disease progression as well as cardiovascular and kidney death of 24 percent. This was based on treatment policy estimand: treatment effect regardless of treatment adherence, Novo Nordisk confirmed.

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Johnson & Johnson acquires Ambrx Biopharma for $2bn

Pharmaceutical Technology

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has concluded the acquisition of Ambrx Biopharma in a transaction valued at approximately $2bn.

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The role of GAMP 5, data integrity and QbD in pharmaceutical quality assurance

European Pharmaceutical Review

Researchers have described the impact of data integrity, GAMP 5 and quality by design (QbD) principles on pharmaceutical quality assurance (QA) , highlighting the importance of data integrity through various case studies. The authors explained first that “a robust quality assurance framework” is needed to ensure medicinal products are safe and efficient.

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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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BeiGene secures accelerated FDA approval for follicular lymphoma treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA has already granted accelerated approvals to several third-line treatments, with big pharma being prominent in the landscape.

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Novo Nordisk’s oral amycretin tops Wegovy in obesity trial

pharmaphorum

Amongst Novo Nordisk's comprehensive business update to investors, attention latched onto early data for an oral obesity therapy that outperformed the company’s big-selling GLP-1 agonist Wegovy in a clinical trial. The drug, called amycretin and codenamed NN9487, is a dual agonist that targets both GLP-1 and amylin and is being developed in both oral and subcutaneous injection formulations.

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US Government Considers Banning Dealings with WuXi AppTec, Affiliates

Pharmaceutical Commerce

A proposed Senate bill is intended to protect citizens’ private health and genetic information.

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MindMed gets FDA breakthrough tag for LSD in anxiety

pharmaphorum

In another inflection point for the psychedelic medicines category, Mind Medicine (MindMed) has claimed breakthrough status from the FDA for its LSD-based treatment candidate MM120 as a treatment for anxiety.

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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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MIT study reveals non-invasive treatment holds promise for treating ‘chemo brain’

PharmaTimes

The gamma treatment also shows potential for treating patients living with neurological diseases

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NHS App updates ‘will tap into smart device data’

pharmaphorum

The UK government plans to link the NHS App to data generated by smart devices, including step counts and heart rate, according to Health Secretary Victoria Atkins.

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Register for MedCity INVEST Where Startups and Investors Connect

MedCity News

The boutique healthcare conference in Chicago is scheduled for May 21-22 at the Ritz Carlton hotel.

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MHRA approves Marinus Pharmaceuticals’ Ztalmy for CDKL5 deficiency disorder

PharmaTimes

The rare epileptic seizure disorder currently affects around one in 42,000 people in the UK

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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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StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups

MedCity News

Check out news from Band Connect, Fijoya, Team8, and BrainCheck.

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BeiGene breaks new ground for BTK drugs in blood cancers

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BeiGene’s BTK inhibitor Brukinsa has become the first drug in the class to be approved in the US for follicular lymphoma, giving it the broadest label among its rivals

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FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Wegovy to Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Adults with Heart Disease, Obesity

PharmExec

FDA approves Wegovy (semaglutide) to lower the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight, in addition to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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Getting the Full Picture: Institutional unification in the Web of Science

Clarivate

Originally published October 20, 2016. Updated March 8, 2024 In the sprawling and complex world of research, attribution matters. Individual researchers, teams and institutions each deserve credit for their contributions and this credit underpins career advancement, research funding and trust in the scholarly record. However, with over 2.5 million research papers produced each year , keeping track of what happens where and who does it is no easy feat.

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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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How Data Integrity Landscape Will Evolve Over the Five Years

PharmExec

In this Pharmaceutical Executive video interview, Daniel Ayala, Chief Security and Trust Officer, Dotmatics discusses how the data integrity landscape will evolve over the next five years and what extent bench scientists in the lab focused on data integrity.

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The Biggest Impacts on the Future of the Biotech Industry

Pharmaceutical Commerce

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Emma Banks, CEO of ramarketing, talks about what emerging scientific advancements will have the biggest impact on the future direction of the biotechnology industry.

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Approval of Eli Lilly's Alzheimer Drug Donanemab Delayed as FDA Seeks More Information

PharmExec

Because of the unique trial design of the Phase III TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 study, the FDA is seeking additional input regarding the safety and efficacy of donanemab for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer disease.

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Steps that Inspire Inclusion

ALULA

International Women’s Day (IWD) is kicking off with local and global celebrations dedicated to the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year’s theme is “ Inspiring Inclusion ,” and i t gives us an opportunity to recognize how everyone everywhere can take steps to inspire inclusion.

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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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Balancing Act: Tips for Achieving Work/Life Balance in Medical Sales

Rep-Lite

Work/life balance is crucial for medical sales personnel, yet often elusive due to demanding schedules and intense job pressures. Balancing client meetings, product knowledge updates, and administrative tasks with personal life commitments can lead to burnout and strained relationships. It’s vital as it ensures overall well-being, productivity, and job satisfaction.

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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Brukinsa Plus Gazyva for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

PharmExec

BeiGene’s Brukinsa is a small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated as a monotherapy and in combination with other treatments for various B-cell malignancies.

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FDA Approves Semaglutide for New Indication Involving Cardiovascular Disease

Pharmacy Times

Semaglutide (Wegovy; Novo Nordisk) reduces the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight when combined with the standard-of-care.

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Is There a Correlation Between Medical Debt and Health Status?

Pharmaceutical Commerce

With out-of-pocket healthcare costs resulting in financial issues for patients, a cross-sectional study closely examines whether they are linked to more premature deaths.

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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.