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Gilead writes $2.4B off Trodelvy as CEO underscores ‘time of focused execution’

Fierce Pharma

After a negative phase 3 readout, Gilead Sciences is taking a $2.4 billion impairment charge on Trodelvy, which serves as the cornerstone of the company’s solid tumor ambition. | After a negative phase 3 readout, Gilead Sciences is taking a $2.4 billion impairment charge on the antibody-drug conjugate Trodelvy. With a busy year ahead across therapeutic areas, CEO Dan O'Day emphasized a "time of focused execution.

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Owlstone secures $6.5M for breath-based diagnostics for infectious disease

pharmaphorum

Owlstone Medical has secured a $5 million equity investment and initial $1.5 million grant funding, committed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for development of breath-based diagnostic solutions to improve outcomes in the developing world.

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AbbVie's Skyrizi proves a worthy Humira successor with nearly matching sales ahead of potential UC nod

Fierce Pharma

AbbVie’s immunology heirs Skyrizi and Rinvoq are proving booming growth to make up for once-king Humira’s continuous sales slide. | As Humira continues its sales free fall, newer Skyrizi is proving a worthy successor with nearly matching sales ahead of an upcoming FDA decision in ulcerative colitis.

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Johns Hopkins Is Teaming Up With Healthy.io to Improve Diabetic Patients’ Wound Care

MedCity News

Johns Hopkins Hospital teamed up with Healthy.io, a company that offers smartphone-based technology to improve wound care management for diabetic patients. The partners are conducting a 120-person study to measure the impact of the startup’s technology. The post Johns Hopkins Is Teaming Up With Healthy.io to Improve Diabetic Patients’ Wound Care appeared first on MedCity News.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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GSK pulls Pfizer and BioNTech into another vaccine patent lawsuit, this time surrounding the partners' mRNA-based COVID shots

Fierce Pharma

GSK pulls Pfizer and BioNTech into another vaccine patent lawsuit, this time surrounding the partners' mRNA-based COVID shots fkansteiner Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:07

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Moderna banks on OpenAI to accelerate mRNA research 

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In an ambitious move, Moderna has teamed up with OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, to further integrate generative AI (GenAI) across its mRNA drug development and manufacturing operations.

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BMI: A Flawed Measure of Health

MedCity News

It’s time we move beyond BMI and adopt a holistic approach to truly gauge health. The post BMI: A Flawed Measure of Health appeared first on MedCity News.

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ETH develops AI algorithm for drug discovery based on 3D protein surface

pharmaphorum

Chemists at ETH Zurich have developed a new computer process that enables the generation of active pharmaceutical ingredients at speed, based on a protein’s three-dimensional surface.

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Benefits of 3D printing for personalised medicine formulation

European Pharmaceutical Review

A paper has reported the first time that 3D printing has facilitated two active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to be combined in the same formulation. This method enables the number of administrations of the drug evaluated to be minimised, the researchers found. The authors aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and acceptability of chewable 3D printed medicines containing citrulline, isoleucine, and valine alone or in combination.

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Driving Safer Care for All with Connected Healthcare Operations

MedCity News

Addressing preventable harm starts with breaking down the data silos that exist within the healthcare landscape and pulling disparate systems together through connected healthcare operations. The post Driving Safer Care for All with Connected Healthcare Operations appeared first on MedCity News.

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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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European Commission authorises one of first ustekinumab biosimilars in Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

“approval [of Pyzchiva ® (biosimilar ustekinumab)] of is a crucial step towards offering European patients an additional safe and effective treatment option” Pharmaceutical company Sandoz has announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for Pyzchiva ® (biosimilar ustekinumab ). Pyzchiva was developed and registered by Samsung Bioepis to match the reference medicine.

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Pfizer’s First Gene Therapy Approval Sets Up a Showdown With CSL in Hemophilia B

MedCity News

The FDA has approved Beqvez, a Pfizer gene therapy developed for moderate-to-severe hemophilia B. The one-time treatment carries a $3.5 million price tag, the same as a CSL Behring gene therapy already available for treating the inherited bleeding disorder. The post Pfizer’s First Gene Therapy Approval Sets Up a Showdown With CSL in Hemophilia B appeared first on MedCity News.

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AbbVie JAK inhibitor shows potential in novel atopic dermatitis head-to-head trial

European Pharmaceutical Review

AbbVie has revealed positive topline results from the first head-to-head trial in atopic dermatitis assessing RINVOQ ® (upadacitinib) at a starting dose of 15mg daily versus DUPIXENT ® ( dupilumab ) at its labelled dose. The Phase IIIb/IV LEVEL UP study evaluated the efficacy and safety of these drugs in individuals 12 years old and older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

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Neuroscience has entered a new era. Now it’s time for a ‘moonshot’ approach.

PharmaVoice

Dr. Jeremy Levin, CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, explains how scientific advances have converged to create a new era of drug development potential.

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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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Revolutionizing Primary Care: The Role of Pharmacogenomics and AI in Personalized Medicine

MedCity News

This rapidly growing field marries bioinformatics and pharmacology and represents a transformative new era of precision medicine and highly personalized treatments. The post Revolutionizing Primary Care: The Role of Pharmacogenomics and AI in Personalized Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.

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Facilities of the Future: Meeting the Demands of Breakthrough Therapeutics

PharmaTech

As breakthrough therapeutics in the pharma pipeline approach commercialization, pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities must evolve to meet demand.

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Two RNA-binding proteins could contribute to cancer therapy development

PharmaTimes

The paper identifies the roles of LARP4A and LARP4B in sarcoma and carcinoma cancers

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StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups

MedCity News

Check out news from Alpha Sophia, Handl Health, Alaffia Health, and Summer Health The post StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.

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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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Pharma Pulse 4/26/24: Amazon Introduces Custom AI Capabilities, Crafting Culturally Sensitive Messages to Reach Diverse Audience & more

Pharmaceutical Commerce

The latest news for pharma industry insiders.

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Scientists reveal new method that could reduce waste from drug manufacturing

PharmaTimes

The new method could help to prevent severe side effects caused by enantiomer drugs

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s Beqvez for the Treatment of Adults with Moderate to Severe Hemophilia B

PharmExec

Beqvez, a one-time gene therapy, offers hope to patients with moderate to severe hemophilia B who use regular factor IX prophylaxis, suffer severe hemorrhages, or recurrent serious bleeding.

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How AI can improve the virtual experience for healthcare providers and patients

Impetus Digital

This is a guest article and does not necessarily reflect the views and values of Impetus Digital. As we continue to transition towards and rely more heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) as a practical, day-to-day tool, an increasing number of sectors are choosing to implement this futuristic technology. This is no truer than in the healthcare sector.

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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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FDA Approves Label Update for Gilead’s Biktarvy to Include Pregnant Adults With HIV

PharmExec

Approval update comes as a result of findings from Study 5310, which addressed Biktarvy’s pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy during pregnancy and postpartum periods in patients with HIV.

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No One Likes Healthcare Adversting, But They Could.

PM360

Healthcare advertising rarely demonstrates that it knows how to reward customers for their time, or shows what a smart creative idea can do. We need a better approach. Making memorable creative isn’t easy but it is possible in healthcare. There are just certain must haves. The first must have is obviously a talent for creative. Creative talent is the love child of imagination and a sense of humor.

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Going Beyond Visuals to Connect with Diverse Audiences

PharmExec

In this Pharmaceutical Executive video interview, Amanda Powers-Han, Chief Marketing Officer, Greater Than One, discusses what other tactics healthcare marketers can utilize to connect with diverse audiences on a deeper level

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Top 20 biopharma kick off 9.6% market cap surge in Q1 2024 amid Medicare price talks

Pharmaceutical Technology

The top 20 biopharmaceutical companies witnessed a promising first quarter (Q1) this year amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainties, fluctuating interest rates, and evolving Medicare drug price negotiations.

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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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Coya Therapeutics CEO Discusses Company's Treatment Pipeline

PharmExec

In an interview with Pharm Exec Associate Editor Don Tracy, Howard Berman, Chairman, CEO, Coya Therapeutics offers a look at the organization's pipeline.

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Regeneron and Mammoth team up to develop gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with Mammoth Biosciences to develop in vivo clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based gene editing therapies.

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CVS Health Announces New Work Force Development and Community Center in Louisiana

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Multiply Labs and GenScript partner on cell isolation automation

Pharmaceutical Technology

Robotics company Multiply Labs has partnered with global life-sciences service provider GenScript Biotech to automate the cell isolation phase in cell therapy manufacturing.

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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.