Tue.Aug 08, 2023

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Novo Nordisk posts 'best-case scenario' cardio outcomes data for star obesity drug Wegovy

Fierce Pharma

Novo Nordisk has been riding the momentum of weight loss drug Wegovy ever since it stormed onto the market in 2021, creating widespread hype and even some supply shortfalls. | In a large phase 3 trial, Wegovy cut the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% compared with placebo and standard of care, Novo said Tuesday. Specifically, investigators measured Wegovy's 2.4-mg dose for its ability to cut the risk of a cardio death, heart attack or stroke.

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Embracing Programmatic Advertising to Enhance Targeting of HCPs

PharmExec

The precision of programmatic advertising is reshaping the way life sciences brands engage with healthcare professionals, offering enhanced personalization, scale, and optimization in today's digital landscape.

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With sales in free fall, Bayer's new CEO Anderson considers structural change

Fierce Pharma

It took Bayer’s new CEO Bill Anderson about 20 seconds into his first quarterly conference call to go against the grain. | In his first quarterly earnings call since taking over as CEO at Bayer, Bill Anderson faced several questions about the structure of the company. He said to stay tuned until early 2024. The company reported a 14% decline in revenue for the quarter, with all three business sectors seeing a drop in sales.

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Solutions to Optimize Cell Therapy Development and Manufacturing

PharmaTech

Catalent's Martin De Brauwere and Maria Lopez react to cell therapy innovations and highlight strategies to optimize the drug development and manufacturing process with assistance from a CDMO.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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Emergent to lay off 400 staffers, eliminate executive position in pivot away from contract manufacturing

Fierce Pharma

Big changes are brewing at Emergent BioSolutions, as the beleaguered contract manufacturer puts its CDMO business on the back burner in a bid to shore up its core medical countermeasures and Narcan | Emergent is de-emphasizing its focus on its CDMO services business. As part of the move, Emergent will scale back operations at its Bayview facility in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as its plants in Canton, Massachusetts, and Rockville, Maryland.

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Semaglutide demonstrates cardiovascular benefit

European Pharmaceutical Review

Headline results from Novo Nordisk’s “landmark” SELECT trial in cardiovascular outcomes has demonstrated a 20 percent reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) for semaglutide 2.4mg (Wegovy ® ) compared to a placebo. “People living with obesity have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease but to date, there are no approved weight management medications proven to deliver effective weight management while also reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke or cardio

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In the era of blockbuster obesity drugs, a personalized approach could boost outcomes

PharmaVoice

Ozempic and Wegovy have become household names for weight loss. But obesity is complex, and Phenomix Sciences is looking to bring a personalized medicine approach to the field.

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Bluebird touts Zynteglo, Skysona launch progress as FDA decision on sickle cell therapy nears

Fierce Pharma

After closing shop in Europe two years ago, bluebird bio still aims to become an industry-leading gene therapy maker in the U.S. | Bluebird aims to become an industry-leading gene therapy maker. First, it’s hoping new launches will help keep its doors open over the next 12 months.

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HHS Warns Providers About a New Cybercriminal Gang Attacking the Healthcare Sector

MedCity News

HHS issued an alert warning providers about Rhysida, a ransomware gang that recently begun launching attacks on healthcare organizations. The group deploys its ransomware primarily through phishing attacks or the exploitation of legitimate cybersecurity tools.

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Eli Lilly soars on Mounjaro's swift sales growth as potential obesity approval nears

Fierce Pharma

As Eli Lilly's diabetes star Mounjaro skyrockets in growth and races toward a potential obesity indication, the company isn't phased by supply strains or new trial results from Novo Nordisk's estab | Eli Lilly expects supply strains for popular diabetes med Mounjaro to let up next year. And the Indianapolis pharma isn't deterred by new trial results from rival Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, which could boast a cardiovascular edge.

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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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Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Posts Trial Data Supporting the Drug as Way to Lower Heart Risks

MedCity News

Novo Nordisk weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events by 20% in a large clinical trial. The company said the results support expanding the drug’s label, but the looming question is whether the data will persuade payers to cover the pricey chronic therapy.

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EarliPoint Evaluation System for ASD Diagnosis: Interview with Tom Ressemann, CEO of EarliTec Dx

Medgadget

EarliTec Dx , a medtech company based in Georgia, has developed the EarliPoint Evaluation System for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This common neurodevelopmental condition is often overlooked in affected children, leading to a lack of early intervention and care. Part of the issue is a lack of access to specialists who can diagnose the condition. Another issue is the lack of quantitative tools that can assist clinicians in diagnosing ASD, and instead they rely on subjective measurements and ob

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Daybreak Health Snags $13M For School-Based Mental Health Services

MedCity News

Daybreak Health — a startup that partners with school districts to provide children with virtual mental health services — recently closed a $13 million Series B funding round. The company has partnered with more than 60 public school districts since it began providing care in 2019.

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Jacobio Pharma receives breakthrough therapy designation for glecirasib

Pharmaceutical Technology

Jacobio Pharma received breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) for glecirasib to treat pancreatic cancer patients with the KRAS G12C mutation.

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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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Nektar Sues Eli Lilly, Claiming the Big Pharma Breached Contract to Favor Another Drug

MedCity News

“Botched math” in calculating clinical data for an autoimmune disease drug is one of the allegations Nektar Therapeutics makes in a legal complaint against Eli Lilly. The biotech claims its former partner tried to disadvantage the asset in order to advance development of another drug it acquired in a billion dollar deal.

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Artificial intelligence is set to power the future of healthcare provision

Pharmaceutical Technology

An increasing amount of information make artificial intelligence (AI) stand out as a promising solution to improve the provision of healthcare.

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AstraZeneca’s tezepelumab and dapagliflozin accepted for use in Scotland

European Pharmaceutical Review

Two of AstraZeneca’s key medicines have been recommended for use within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). Tom Keith-Roach, President of AstraZeneca UK announced: “We are pleased that the SMC has now accepted Forxiga (dapagliflozin) for use in patients with chronic heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction and Tezspire (tezepelumab) has been accepted for restricted use in severe asthma within NHS Scotland.

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Astellas invests $50m in Poseida’s CAR-T cell therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

As part of the agreement, Astellas will have exclusive negotiation and first refusal for licencing P-MUC1C-ALLO1 in solid tumours.

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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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Bacteriophages to Diagnose and Treat Bladder Infections

Medgadget

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a bacteriophage system to identify and treat bacterial bladder infections. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, but these microorganisms have fallen out of favor as a treatment method for infection since antibiotics came along. Well, antibiotics are looking increasingly shaky as bacteria evolve to resist them, so researchers are returning to bacteriophages as a way to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.

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Will Building LLMs Become the New Revenue Driver for Academic Publishing?

Copyright Clearance Center

The post Will Building LLMs Become the New Revenue Driver for Academic Publishing? appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Scripta Insights Partners with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

MedCity News

Through Scripta Insights’ app, members of its customers can input the medications they’re taking, and the company will provide a savings report that will show different options on how they can save on their prescriptions. Starting in 2024, Cost Plus Drugs may show up as an option in the savings report.

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Semi-Automated Manufacture of E-Skin Sensors

Medgadget

Engineers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have developed a system that allows them to semi automate the production of tactile sensors. Such sensors can provide robotic systems, such as robotic prostheses, with a sense of compression and tension with regard to the objects and surfaces they come in contact with. Most robotic systems have integrated sensors, but this design allows researchers to create sensors for a variety of arbitrary surfaces, and then just wrap them around the

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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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Report: Black, Latino, Asian Americans Are More Likely To Choose MA Plans Over Traditional

MedCity News

About 27% of Medicare Advantage enrollees are Black, Latino or Asian, versus 17% of traditional Medicare enrollees, according to a report conducted by ATI Advisory and commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance.

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Collaboration at the Forefront

Pharmaceutical Commerce

As Pharma Commerce continues to increase its conference exposure, it all could not have been possible without the help of colleagues.

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Two AstraZeneca therapies accepted in Scotland

PharmaTimes

Tezspire is a drug for severe asthma and Forxiga is used to treat chronic heart failure - News - PharmaTimes

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Grow your Healthcare Practice with these 10 Marketing Tips

Referral MD

Photo by Daniele Franchi on Unsplash Good healthcare marketing is essential for the growth of any business, and the healthcare/medical practice is no exception. With around 30 new patients every month required to grow a practice, building a practice offering high-quality services at reasonable prices is essential to achieve this target. While there are several established marketing techniques and referral programs, there are also several other ways healthcare practitioners can use to grow their

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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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Infex candidate nominated for COV-X programme

PharmaTimes

Therapy targets the coronavirus PLPRO enzyme essential for the evasion of host immune response - News - PharmaTimes

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Navigating market access in Sweden

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals is changing in Sweden, with prices lower than average as a result of growing cost containment strategies. Here’s what you need to know.

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12 Best Solar Design Software Tools For 2023

Spotio

Running a solar business without solar design software is becoming increasingly difficult. Once you add this kind of tool to your company’s tech stack, you’ll be able to create more accurate solar designs, lower operational costs, and better comply with regulations. Of course, not every app in this category is created equal. So, the question is, what’s the best solar design software on the market?

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How To Be A Successful Cardiovascular Sales Rep With Alex Matthews

Evolve Your Success

Success in cardiovascular sales isn’t just about numbers; it’s about changing lives, one heartbeat at a time. In this inspiring episode, Samuel Adeyinka sits down with Alex Matthews to dive deep into the world of cardiovascular device sales. Alex shares his remarkable journey, shedding light on the challenges and triumphs of being a sales rep in the fast-paced and impactful cardiovascular space.

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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.