Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Gene editing’s therapeutic application has transitioned from hypothetical to reality, marked by the recent approval of a CRISPR-based therapy for sickle cell and beta thalassemia. | This week on "The Top Line," Max Bayer from Fierce Biotech explores the future of gene editing in an interview with the CEO of Verve Therapeutics.
Salesforce
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
For many people, a sudden tingling in the leg or a feeling of numbness in the arm isn’t too much cause for alarm. The tingling or the numbness goes away after a little while, and they go on with their lives. But for Brooke Eby, an abrupt limp on her way to a conference one day ultimately led to a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 33.
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MedCity News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The preliminary results from three clinical trials administering gene therapy to address deafness from otoferlin mutations mark inspiring and incredible progress in hearing healthcare.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
India’s Tata Institute has developed a tablet combining resveratrol and copper that has the potential to prevent the recurrence of cancer.
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Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met. This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. Organizations with a standard onboarding process boost employee retention by 58% and increase productivity by 50%. Unfortunately, many companies struggle with inefficient processes that lead to high turnover and missed revenue opportunities.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
A dive into this market reveals that the latest numbers yield promising results—a global value of a worldwide $1.6 trillion—but it will continue to be attributed to past, present, and future healthcare spending.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Fast approaching the end of its patent life, Roche and Novartis’ Xolair is going out with a bang, picking up a new approval as the first and only drug therapy for people with food allergies in the US.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
The first CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy has been granted a marketing authorisation by the European Commission (EC). Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CASGEVY ( exagamglogene autotemcel [exa-cel]) is conditionally approved individuals 12 years and over with severe sickle cell disease characterised by recurrent vaso-occlusive crises or transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia.
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Mayo Clinic has entered into a collaboration with TruLite Health — Mayo is helping the Phoenix-based startup develop its software platform designed to address providers’ clinical bias. The health system said it chose to collaborate with TruLite because of the platform’s potential to mitigate health inequities and enhance patient outcomes at the point of care.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The UK MHRA has granted approval for a variation in licence of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty XBB.1.5 vaccine targeting Omicron variant.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Cabenuva (cabotegravir + rilpivirine) showed superior efficacy in maintaining viral load suppression in patients with HIV compared with standard of care daily oral antiretroviral treatment.
Copyright Clearance Center
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
February 22, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, will host the Town Hall event “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training and LLMs” via LinkedIn Live on Thursday, 29 February, 11:00 EST/16:00 GMT. A panel of legal experts including Prof. Daniel Gervais , Vanderbilt University Law School, and Prof.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
People with food allergies finally have a drug that can help prevent severe outcomes—and it’s a drug that’s been on the market for two decades. | People with food allergies finally have a drug that can help prevent severe outcomes—and it’s a drug that’s been on the market for two decades. The FDA has blessed Roche and Novartis’ Xolair as the first medicine to reduce allergic reactions that can occur with accidental exposure to certain foods.
European Pharmaceutical Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Dame June Raine, will step down in the Autumn following five years in the role. Dame June will remain in the position until then to support the new Chief Executive’s transition into the role. Leading the MHRA – a five year journey Professor Graham Cooke, interim chair of the MHRA board, remarked that Dame June’s “leadership of the MHRA over the last five years, particularly during the COVID-19 pand
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
In an interview at the Vive conference in Los Angeles, John Couris said that while he is sympathetic toward Change Healthcare’s current woes, he wants definitive answers soon.
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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.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The potentially disastrous consequences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) were highlighted at the recent World Economic Forum Meeting 2024.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A cohort study investigates the impact of Senate Bill 2994A and answers the question: does the repeal of school-entry nonmedical vaccination exemptions result in a rise in school vaccinations?
PharmaVoice
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Following Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine success, therapeutics head Dr. Kyle Holen discusses scaling mRNA development to bring candidates to the finish line in oncology and more.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Mark your calendars, oncology drug and CAR-T therapy developers. | Mark your calendars, oncology drug and CAR-T therapy developers. The FDA has decided on a date for a highly anticipated advisory committee meeting for Bristol Myers' Abecma and J&J's Carvykti.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The FDA has said it plans to deliver a decision in June on the use of Argenx’ Vyvgart Hytrulo in rare autoimmune disease chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Strengthening health IT infrastructure is a critical and necessary step toward abating the opioid crisis and evaluating the impact of how opioid settlement dollars are allocated across communities.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
AGTC-501 is in Phase II development for retinitis in the SKYLINE trial (NCT03316560) and addresses unmet needs within the retinitis space
European Pharmaceutical Review
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Eligible individuals in England and Wales can access the first licensed treatment for amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended DARZALEX ® (daratumumab) plus VELCADE ® (bortezomib), cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (DVCd) as an option for people newly diagnosed with the systemic form of the disease.
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What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.
PM360
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
This February we celebrate the 16th annual Rare Disease Day , established in 2008, to raise awareness of the more than 7,000 identified rare diseases worldwide. Rare Disease Day is observed annually on the “rarest” day of the year, February 28th or 29th depending on leap years. Created by The European Organization for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) , this globally coordinated event brings together industry stakeholders to advocate for increased access to medical treatment for patients, caregivers, and
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Over-the-counter self-care specialist Perrigo is poised to leave hundreds of workers by the wayside as it embarks on the next leg of its corporate journey. | As part of a cost-cutting and restructuring initiative dubbed "Project Energize," Perrigo expects to trim roughly 6% of its total staff, the company said in a fourth-quarter earnings release Tuesday.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Around 1,000 people with Parkinson’s in England will be able to access treatment with AbbVie’s Produodopa, the first therapy delivered by a 24-hour subcutaneous infusion pump
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The weight loss achieved by Viking Therapeutics’ obesity drug tops results posted by Eli Lilly’s Zepbound in its pivotal test. But Viking still needs to show its results can hold up in a larger Phase 3 clinical trial.
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Are your sellers unsure about using AI in their day-to-day workflows? Or are they eager to try but uncertain where to start? They might be asking: Which tasks are best suited for AI? How will using AI affect my relationship with my customers? With so many tools available, which ones are the most useful to me? To help answer these and other common questions about using AI during the sales cycle, we surveyed B2B sellers who were early adopters to get their insight and advice about how to use gen A
Pharmaceutical Commerce
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Researchers explore the proportion of approved drugs in the Canadian marketplace that utilize manufacturer-sponsored patient support programs, along with the types of medications that are more likely to do so.
European Pharmaceutical Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Amgen has opened a new biomanufacturing plant in Central Ohio, US. It is the company ’s most advanced manufacturing facility to date. The new facility, known as Amgen Ohio, “was designed with the latest innovation and technology to deliver safe, reliable medicines for ‘every patient, every time,'” stated Robert Bradway, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Amgen. “As part of Amgen’s global biomanufacturing network, Amgen Ohio will play an important role in helping us
PharmaVoice
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
A significant growth is predicted for both AI and IoT in healthcare. By 2030, the AI market is expected to reach $187.95 billion USD, while the IoT market is projected to climb even higher to $312.7 billion USD.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Following a slew of cell therapy biotech team-ups, AstraZeneca is taking manufacturing into its own hands. | AstraZeneca is plugging $300 million into a new facility in Rockville, Maryland, to launch its cell therapy platforms in the United States for cancer trials and future commercial supply. In turn, AZ will create more than 150 new jobs.
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