MedCity News
MARCH 17, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly recently launched an antitrust investigation of UnitedHealth Group, which begs the question of whether the healthcare giant should be broken up. Experts have varying opinions.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 20, 2024
Four months ago, when BioNTech slashed its 2023 revenue projection from 5 billi | When BioNTech reported its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, it was another harsh reminder of the plummeting demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Sales came to 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) for the fourth quarter and 3.8 billion euros ($4.1 billion) for 2023, coming up short of expectations.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 18, 2024
Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals has introduced Hydroxyurea oral suspension, a room temperature-stable drug for treating sickle cell disease.
PM360
MARCH 22, 2024
AI-driven healthcare is making its way into our lives and with it comes positive changes Imagine a world where my AI emails your AI and they join forces to schedule our coffee chat. Next thing you know, we’re discussing campaign strategies over lattes, courtesy of our digital matchmakers. Welcome to the future, where AI in healthcare marketing isn’t just a concept— it’s the new normal.
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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
MedCity News
MARCH 21, 2024
Many people don’t take well to the term “healthcare consumer,” or have expressed that they prefer to be referred to as a patient rather than a consumer. But in the U.S., it’s a plain fact that people have choices when it comes to their healthcare. In this piece, three health system executives give their take on why “patient” and “consumer” are often one in the same — and why hospitals need to be mindful of this.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 22, 2024
Sales are booming for Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 treatments for diabetes and obesity. But that doesn’t mean the Danish company has moved on from its previous generation of blood sugar modulators. | With a positive recommendation from Europe’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), Novo has come a step closer to bringing its revolutionary Awiqli (once weekly basal insulin icodec) to the market.
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Pharmaceutical Commerce
MARCH 19, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Associate Editor Don Tracy, John Hoffman, Principal, Advocate for Success, LLC talks about his 'Health Equity Spotlight' panel and advocacy accomplishments.
MedCity News
MARCH 19, 2024
AstraZeneca’s Fusion Pharmaceuticals acquisition is the latest in a wave of M&A activity that includes recent deals by Eli Lilly and Bristol Myers Squibb. The lead Fusion program is in mid-stage clinical development for treating advanced prostate cancer.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 20, 2024
After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in the U.S., Kyowa Kirin and its subsidiary Orchard Therapeutics have | After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy in the U.S., Kyowa Kirin and its subsidiary Orchard Therapeutics have broken new boundaries in pricing, too.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 18, 2024
FDA advisors have said that two BCMA-targeted CAR-T therapies can be used earlier in the treatment pathway for multiple myeloma, setting up FDA approvals for use in a broader patient population.
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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 Commerce
MARCH 18, 2024
In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Joerg Tritschler, a partner in Simon-Kucher’s life sciences division, discusses the positive signs from rising activity levels in biopharma M&A— and what the momentum may mean for industry dealmaking and partnership efforts in the months ahead.
MedCity News
MARCH 18, 2024
After a healthcare cyberattack, the impacted organization often doesn’t want to divulge a lot of information, Intermountain Health CISO Erik Decker said last week at HIMSS. However, he thinks healthcare organizations should be more transparent with their peers after an attack because “no one system operates independent of everybody else.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 19, 2024
This year marks Novo Nordisk’s 30th anniversary in China, and it could also be the year the company's red-hot weight loss injection Wegovy (semaglutide) wins approval in the populous East Asian nat | 2024 marks Novo Nordisk’s 30th anniversary in China, and it could also be the year the Danish drugmaker’s red-hot weight loss injection Wegovy (semaglutide) wins approval in the populous East Asian nation.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 20, 2024
Vicore gets FDA breakthrough status for Almee, a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) digital health therapy used to support people with pulmonary fibrosis
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Pharmaceutical Commerce
MARCH 22, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Associate Editor Don Tracy, Amy Niles, Chief Mission Officer, The PAN Foundation discusses the overall mission of the organization.
MedCity News
MARCH 17, 2024
This year’s HIMSS conference featured a variety of news announcements — from acquisitions to new product launches to advanced partnerships. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference’s most notable announcements.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 18, 2024
Two months after GSK sold a significant chunk of its stake in Haleon, Pfizer is | Two months after GSK sold a significant chunk of its stake in Haleon, Pfizer is prepared to do the same with a larger selloff, according to the consumer healthcare company. Pfizer is set to reduce its stake in Haleon from 32% to 24% by selling 630 million shares in a public offering.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 22, 2024
Medicare has loosened restrictions on the reimbursement of obesity drugs, thanks to clinical data showing they can improve cardiovascular outcomes, but their price could be up for negotiation.
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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
MARCH 19, 2024
Under a new deal, Novartis has agreed to acquire US-based biopharma company IFM Therapeutics, for a total of up to $835 million. As part of this new agreement, Novartis has exercised its option to acquire all outstanding capital stock of IFM Due, a subsidiary company of IFM. Therefore, under the acquisition, Novartis has full rights to IFM Due’s portfolio of small molecule Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) antagonists, IFM confirmed.
MedCity News
MARCH 18, 2024
Generic drugs are the pharmaceutical products mainly affected by the missile attacks disrupting shipping in the Red Sea. While the extra costs borne by drug companies aren’t causing an immediate spike in product prices, experts say they’ll eventually be factored into prices if the attacks become a long-term problem.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 22, 2024
At a watershed moment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment, privately held Italian drugmaker Italfarmaco has added a new therapeutic option to the armamentarium against the debilitating | At a watershed moment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment, privately held Italian drugmaker Italfarmaco has added a new therapeutic option to the armamentarium against the debilitating muscle-wasting disorder.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 22, 2024
First report from PHTI concludes that digital health technologies for diabetes management deliver minimal clinical benefit and raise healthcare costs
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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.
European Pharmaceutical Review
MARCH 18, 2024
A study has determined that intermittent low-intensity far-UVC light can inhibit mould growth below the threshold limit value of 23 mJ/cm 2. At 222nm, far-UVC light was shown to prevent development of common mould-producing fungi , specifically Penicillium candidum. The on-off duty cycle pattern of the far-UVC light used in the study is “consistent with its use in real-world settings”, the corresponding paper stated.
MedCity News
MARCH 21, 2024
Mirador Therapeutics applies machine learning to human data to discover new immunology and inflammation drugs. The startup’s management includes several from the executive team of Prometheus Biosciences, an immunology biotech bought by Merck last year.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 20, 2024
As two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer have long been rivals in various therapeutic areas. | The company is accusing former employee Andrew Brackbill of downloading thousands of confidential strategy-related files before leaving for rival Pfizer.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 21, 2024
Bionomics plans to meet with the FDA following positive topline data from the Phase IIb ATTUNE trial of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) drug BNC210.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
MARCH 20, 2024
Lonza has agreed to acquire one of the world’s largest biologics manufacturing sites (by volume), for a total of $1.2 billion from Roche. The acquisition of the manufacturing facility will significantly increase Lonza’s capacity of the manufacture of large-scale biologics, to meet demand for commercial mammalian contract manufacturing. At present, the Genentech Vacaville facility in the US has a total bioreactor capacity of around 330,000 litres.
MedCity News
MARCH 20, 2024
The “vast majority” of provider-sponsored health plans are unprofitable, Flare Capital Partners Principal Parth Desai pointed out during a recent interview. He said most of these plans aren’t able to cover the large number of lives required to ensure a viable risk pool and maintain a healthy operating margin.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 20, 2024
After Johnson & Johnson last year changed its mind on its 2017 purchase of ap | Idorsia's Tryvio is the first oral anti-hypertensive therapy that uses a new therapeutic mechanism in nearly 40 years, suggesting the dawn of "a new era of endothelin research," the company said.
PM360
MARCH 22, 2024
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