MedCity News
AUGUST 17, 2023
U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) announced that he is looking into high prior authorization denial rates by Medicaid managed care health plans. It follows a report by the Office of Inspector General that found that Medicaid MCOs denied one out of every eight prior authorization requests in 2019.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 18, 2023
It was only last spring that Biogen started a | It was only last spring that Biogen started layoffs that eventually shrank the company’s headcount by nearly 900 people last year. Now, a fresh round of job cuts targeting 1,000 positions has kicked off at the struggling drugmaker. At the same time, Biogen is spending $7.3 billion to buy rare disease specialist Reata Pharmaceuticals.
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PharmaTech
AUGUST 16, 2023
FDA granted accelerated approval to Elrexfio (elranatamab-bcmm) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy.
PharmExec
AUGUST 15, 2023
Bridget Seay of epocrates delves into drug launches in a digital-forward market, exploring how pharmaceutical companies can navigate complex patient journeys, strike a balance between traditional and digital marketing tactics, and ethically engage with healthcare professionals and empowered patients amidst ever-changing regulations.
MedCity News
AUGUST 16, 2023
Epic announced that it will integrate Abridge’s clinical documentation tool into its EHR workflow. The startup’s generative AI tool listens to visits and creates a near-instant summary that adheres to physicians’ prototypical note structure.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 14, 2023
Just four years into the rollout of Pfizer's pricey heart medication Vyndamax, the company is already playing patent defense against a potential copycat. | Along with the Scripps Research Institute, the drug giant claims the proposed copycat would step on a Pfizer patent and two Scripps patents.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 16, 2023
Sandoz has announced positive results from the MYLIGHT Phase III study for its biosimilar aflibercept, for patients living with wet macular degeneration. The confirmatory efficacy and safety study ( NCT04864834 ) demonstrated therapeutic equivalence between the biosimilar aflibercept and the reference biologic, Eylea®. The study met its primary efficacy endpoint, showing therapeutic equivalence in mean change of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) from baseline to week 8 between the biosimilar a
MedCity News
AUGUST 14, 2023
Staffing agencies are convincing hospitals that it is dangerous to hire nurses like me, telling them that us independent nurses are not equipped to provide quality patient care, and that hiring independent nurses could open the door for legal ramifications.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 15, 2023
As the coronavirus surged and subsided, several biopharma companies experienced exaggerated revenue spikes and troughs. | Thanks to sales of their metabolism drugs, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly posted the biopharma industry’s largest revenue gains in the second quarter—by far. Meanwhile, only six of the industry’s top 20 firms experienced revenue decreases, with Pfizer's sales dropping a whopping 54%.
Impetus Digital
AUGUST 14, 2023
This is a guest article and does not necessarily reflect the views and values of Impetus Digital. As the world evolves in the digital age, investigator meetings are no exception. Now, instead of meeting in person, investigators (and their stakeholders) are using tools like Skype and teleconferencing to save time and money. Let’s look at the radical changes that technology has brought about for investigator meetings.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 15, 2023
CPHI, the global pharmaceutical event that spans the entire supply chain from ingredients and finished dosages to machinery, bio, and packaging will return to Fiera Milano (Rho) in 2024. The exhibition, which will take place from 8-10 October 2024, is being hosted in Milan for the second time in three years in recognition of the massive pharmaceutical ingredients and manufacturing industry in the region.
MedCity News
AUGUST 14, 2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is under federal investigation after it turned transgender patients’ medical records over to Tennessee’s attorney general. HHS launched the investigation a couple weeks after two VUMC patients filed a class-action lawsuit against the hospital for releasing their records to the attorney general.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 14, 2023
As layoffs continue to roil the biotech industry, bigger drugmakers and manufacturers such as Bristol Myers Sq | As layoffs continue to roil the biotech industry, bigger drugmakers and manufacturers like Bristol Myers Squibb and Emergent BioSolutions haven’t been immune. Now, Thermo Fisher Scientific is among the latest to plot hundreds of job cuts.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 17, 2023
The pharma giant’s head of immuno-oncology is now charging toward the next step in the cancer fight with long-term survival and precision.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 14, 2023
Eli Lilly and Company has completed acquisition of two biopharmaceutical companies – Versanis Bio and Sigilon Therapeutics – and their lead assets focused on obesity and diabetes. Lilly announced the successful completion of its acquisition of clinical-stage Versanis Bio and its lead asset bimagrumab, an anti-obesity medicine. Under the terms of the deal – first announced in July – Versanis shareholders could receive up to $1.925 billion in cash, inclusive of the upfront payment and subs
MedCity News
AUGUST 13, 2023
About 20% of Medicare beneficiaries are “very worried” about the long-term sustainability of Medicare, 54% are “somewhat worried” and 25% are “not at all worried,” according to an eHealth survey.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 15, 2023
Speculation that Stada Arzneimittel may be looking for a buyout has largely been confirmed after the company’s CEO said as much in a recent German-language news story. | Responding to recent acquisition rumors, Stada Arzneimittel's CEO Peter Goldschmidt told the German Press Agency, “Whether and when STADA might be sold is solely the decision of our owners; Bain Capital and Cinven.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 15, 2023
The biologic was able to halt disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis with the same effectiveness as gold-standard treatment Remicade.
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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.
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 17, 2023
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has chosen contract development, and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Exothera SA to develop the manufacturing process for its intranasal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus to treat COVID-19. As an alternative drug delivery method to traditional injected vaccines, live, replicating, intranasal vaccines have potential for effectively interrupting transmission of COVID-19 by inducing the development of immunity in the respiratory tract.
MedCity News
AUGUST 13, 2023
A new Accenture report laid out considerations that hospitals should keep in mind as they adopt new technology aimed at improving nurse retention. Some of the report’s key recommendations for providers were to build a strong, cloud-based technology infrastructure and to involve nurses early on in the process of adopting a new digital tool.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 17, 2023
Despite all the upheaval in the pharma industry over the last few years, many familiar names will remain at the top of the industry's sales charts toward the end of the decade. | Merck cancer superstar Keytruda is projected to be the world’s top selling drug by a huge margin in 2028, according to a report by Evaluate. On its list of top 10 drugs by sales in 2028, Keytruda is expected to top the $30 billion mark, with no other therapy predicted to reach $20 billion in sales.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 18, 2023
Bruker has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire functional cell biology company PhenomeX for a total equity value of $108m.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 16, 2023
Amicus Therapeutics has received marketing authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for Pombiliti ® (cipaglucosidase alfa) + Opfolda ® (miglustat) for adults living with late-onset Pompe disease. Pombiliti is a long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) used in combination with miglustat (an enzyme stabiiser) for adults with the rare disease.
MedCity News
AUGUST 17, 2023
Fee-for-services payment models in the primary care ecosystem are doing a poor job of keeping Americans healthy and reducing the nation’s massive amount of healthcare spending, two CEOs of primary care companies said during a recent webinar. They argued that stakeholders in the primary care space need to come together to support more value-based care arrangements to reduce costs, advance population health and improve the patient experience.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 17, 2023
As GSK’s ViiV Healthcare looks to widen the reach of its HIV franchise, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working to secure access to the company's long-acting HIV prevention drug, Apretude, | The advocacy organization has been trying to lock down supplies of ViiV's long-acting Apretude for more than a year. Now, it's asking the HIV-focused company to remove recently added clauses in the contract that it says derail transparency.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 14, 2023
HebeCell has forged a strategic collaboration with Logomix for researching and developing gene-edited natural killer cells (NK cells).
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European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 17, 2023
Use of the immune checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy drug ipilimumab plus nivolumab has been shown to be effective as second-line therapy in metastatic melanoma that is resistant to PD-1 inhibitors. In a Phase II clinical trial, the anti-cancer treatment extended progression-free survival (PFS) by 37 percent compared to participants who received ipilimumab alone.
MedCity News
AUGUST 16, 2023
A recent survey on nurses’ mental health offers some reasons for cautious optimism. The survey showed that nurses’ mental health has continued to improve since its bleakest days during the peak of the pandemic. However, most nurses said they remain unhappy with their employer’s efforts to prioritize their mental wellbeing.
Fierce Pharma
AUGUST 17, 2023
Nine states are saying not so fast to a proposed $13.5 million settlement that would get Eli Lilly out of hot water over claims it jacked up the price of its lucrative insulin product Humalog. | In a Tuesday filing in New Jersey Federal Court, lawyers for several states urged U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti to delay the approval of Lilly's proposed $13.5 million settlement unless it’s altered to make sure states can still file their own insulin pricing lawsuits.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 18, 2023
The decision brings the first daily oral migraine prophylactic to Europe, with plans to rollout the treatment as soon as possible.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
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