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Is Apple that naive when it comes to compliance?

World of DTC Marketing

Apple’s Health app gets new capabilities with iOS 16. The Health app adds Medications, allowing users to conveniently build and manage a medications list, create schedules and reminders, and track their medications, vitamins, or supplements. Will it matter? The health app will also tell users about potential interactions between medications, and it’s possible to connect with healthcare providers to see a list of past medications, get future updates, or add items to your schedule.

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Novo Nordisk partners with Microsoft for AI-driven drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novo Nordisk has signed a new strategic partnership with Microsoft to expedite the discovery and development of drugs leveraging big data and artificial intelligence (AI). Under the deal, Microsoft's computational services, Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) will be merged with the drug discovery, development and data science expertise of Novo Nordisk.

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The Manufacturing Edge on Path to Market

PharmExec

FDA backs the benefits of adopting continuous manufacturing, a strategy which has accelerated approval and launch timelines, and its Emerging Technology Program could be a helpful tool.

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The future of AI drug discovery & development in immunology and GPCR research

pharmaphorum

Alphabet subsidiary and precision health company Verily recently announced a breakthrough in its AI drug discovery GPCR research collaboration with Sosei Heptares. A mere six months ago Verily launched the study with Sosei Heptares – a global leader in GPCR structure-based drug design – with an aim to “prioritise protein targets for therapeutic targeting in immune-mediated disease”.

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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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What’s wrong with healthcare and how do we fix it?

MedCity News

The problem with the US healthcare system is one of misaligned incentives. Prescribers are paid to evaluate patients and to administer care. All prescribers want the best outcomes for their patients, but the system does not incentivize choosing the best medications to promote those outcomes. Instead it is incentivized to pay for only the medications prescribed.

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Motion Sensors to Detect Age-Related Disease

Medgadget

Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland have developed a motion tracking system that is intended to assist in detecting age-related disease in elderly people. The system could be installed in someone’s home or in assisted-living facilities, and consists of a series of motion sensors that can monitor for signs of unusual movement. The system can inform caregivers if an emergency arises, such as a fall, which can be detected when someone does not return to their bed at night or is sta

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Novartis to invest $300mn in European biotherapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

Novartis has revealed plans to invest $300 million in next-generation biotherapeutics. The multi-year investment will be implemented across existing Novartis locations in Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria to create a fully integrated, “dedicated scientific environment will bolster its capacity and capabilities for early technical development of biologics”.

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Digital health transformation requires holistic not episodic care

MedCity News

By following the patient at each stage of its disease progression, from diagnosis to disease management, and integrating a variety of technologies, digital health provides deeper insights and help for care management.

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3D Printed Tablets for Controlled Drug Release

Medgadget

Researchers at the University of the Basque Country have developed a technique that allows them to 3D print pharmaceutical tablets using different types of starch. By modifying the types of starch used and the shape of the tablets, the team can fine-tune drug release to be either rapid or slow. This includes full release of the encapsulated drug in as little as ten minutes to as long as six hours, providing significant scope to address a wide variety of therapeutic situations.

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Top biopharmaceutical Covid-19 vaccine companies boosted with over 80% revenue growth

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last year was a positive year for biopharmaceutical companies, particularly those with Covid-19 vaccines. The top 13 players reported more than 10% revenue growth, with BioNTech (3,834.4%), Moderna (2,199.1%), Pfizer (95.2%) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (89.1%) reporting a more than 80% year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth from 2020 to 2021, according to GlobalData’s Pharma Intelligence Centre Companies Database.

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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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CCC Launches OA Agreement Intelligence

Copyright Clearance Center

Sept. 13, 2022 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC , a leading provider of Open Access (OA) workflow solutions, has launched OA Agreement Intelligence , the only agreement modeling solution that enables publishers to prepare, build, and analyze their OA data so that they can create and communicate sustainable and transparent agreements with their partners. The solution combines sophisticated data preprocessing with easy-to-use analysis and export capabilities.

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Medsembly launches digital mentorship platform for students entering the healthcare field

MedCity News

Medsembly, an Atlanta-based startup that connects students who want to get into healthcare with working professionals in their prospective careers, launched an interactive digital mentoring platform. The platform allows students to connect with healthcare professionals who can give them advice on things like how to get into medical school, how to land a residency and what day-to-day activities they can expect in their prospective career.

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Could cancer be diagnosed from the sound of a voice?

pharmaphorum

A $14 million research project is getting underway in the US to see whether cancer and other diseases can be diagnosed by picking up subtle changes in a person’s voice patterns. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project is being run by researchers at the University of South Florida in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, 10 other institutions in the US and Canada, and with the help of French/US artificial intelligence specialist Owkin.

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Red Jacket: Fabio Gratton

PharmaVoice

The serial entrepreneur has relied on his gift for storytelling, creativity and a bit of “magic” as he’s launched one successful niche tech company after another.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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4 Steps to Make Hybrid Work for Your Workplace

PM360

The virtual workplace was a two-year experiment. Now, the next one begins: hybrid work. Partly in the office, partly from home—it seems to be the way forward. So how should organizational leaders support the hybrid work model to make the most of it? To explore this question, we launched a longitudinal study of the U.S. workforce. Our results suggested that when employees felt their leaders actively supported the virtual work environment, they were more engaged and innovative, experienced less bu

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Yuvo Health launches initiative to make value-based care easier for FQHCs

MedCity News

Yuvo Health launched a new initiative to provide FQHCs with administrative and managed contract services to help them adopt value-based care. The New York startup partnered with the Primary Care Development Corporation to co-develop training programs and support resources to ensure FQHCs are positioned for success in these care models.

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Outsourcing your Parenteral Manufacturing - Choosing the optimal CDMO

PharmaTech

You have your drug substance and need a parenteral formulation to administer it. This podcast will focus on the key factors to consider when choosing the ideal parenteral manufacturing CDMO partner.

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Red Jacket: Jim Lang

PharmaVoice

The CEO of Eversana has made his mark on the life sciences by disrupting the status quo for commercialization — and he’s got more industry-shifting changes in the works.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

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.

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Embedding the Patient Point of View in Everything You Do

PM360

The term “patient centricity” has been around for over a decade, and since its first utterance the buzzword has been praised, dissected, criticized, and everything in between. The concept has always been worthwhile, but people within and outside of the industry have wondered whether the industry was truly becoming more patient centric? If its patient-centric strategies were actually working?

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CarePoint sues RWJBarnabas over alleged care monopolization scheme

MedCity News

CarePoint Health, a three-hospital health system in New Jersey, recently filed a lawsuit against RWJBarnabas Health, the largest acute care provider in the state. The complaint alleged that RWJBarnabas conspired with real estate investors, New Jersey’s largest payer and government officials to eliminate competition and monopolize acute care services in the state.

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Potrero Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Accuryn AKI Predict Algorithm

Legacy MEDSearch

Potrero Medical announced that the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation for their AKI Predict machine learning algorithm, for the advanced prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) in cardiac post-surgical intensive care patients. Joe Urban, Potrero CEO stated “We celebrate the breakthrough designation, and we are excited about what this will mean for patients, providers and health systems in the future.” Urban further commented

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Woman of the Week: Agilent Technologies’ Dr. Katharine Knobil

PharmaVoice

As the first chief medical officer of the diagnostic testing company, Dr. Katharine Knobil is focused on moving the science forward beyond precision oncology to liquid biopsy.

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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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ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach

Pharmaceutical Technology

Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy has been investigated as a treatment modality for melanoma for almost 20 years. As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Before TIL infusion, the patient undergoes lymphodepletion, which reduces the proportion of myeloid immune suppressive cells and creates space for the incoming lymphocytes.

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Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

MedCity News

A key part of the ruling by Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas says one way that preventive services are selected for the no-cost coverage is unconstitutional. Another portion of his ruling says a requirement that an HIV prevention drug therapy be covered without any cost to patients violates the religious freedom of an employer who is a plaintiff in the case.

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Succeeding as an Insecure Overachiever

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Professor Laura Empson pulls back the curtain on insecure overachieving professionals and explains how they can come to accept damaging patterns of overwork as inevitable and even desirable.

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Internal Brand Planning Sessions on the Impetus InSite Platform®: A Customer Story

Impetus Digital

In this Customer Story, we share how a nephrology brand team approached Impetus Digital for help with streamlining and optimizing their annual brand planning and strategic discussions. In the early parts of the pandemic, they had attempted to host these meetings themselves over a standard web meeting platform. While they understood the benefits of virtual, they found it difficult to align and reach consensus through their current approach due to a lack of an integrated view of all moving parts a

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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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US FDA grants approval for BMS’ Sotyktu to treat plaque psoriasis

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Bristol Myers Squibb ’s (BMS) Sotyktu (deucravacitinib) to treat adult patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The oral treatment is indicated for such patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. It should not be used along with other immunosuppressants.

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The omnichannel strategy of retail health [Sponsored]

MedCity News

Retail pharmacy chains and Amazon are transforming themselves into omnichannel healthcare providers, developing primary care services and virtual tools through acquisitions, partnerships and investments.

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ESMO: TIL therapy improves on Yervoy in melanoma trial

pharmaphorum

A personalised cell therapy based on tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cells has been shown to be more effective at improving progression-free survival than Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy Yervoy in patients with advanced melanoma. It is the first time that a cell therapy for solid tumours has been tested in a phase 3 trial, and the first time that the approach has been directly compared with standard second-line immunotherapy in melanoma.

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Fueling Your AI & Machine Learning Projects with XML Content – Why Flexible Retrieval Options Are Crucial??

Copyright Clearance Center

The post Fueling Your AI & Machine Learning Projects with XML Content – Why Flexible Retrieval Options Are Crucial?? appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.