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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

World of DTC Marketing

Accelerated Approval allows for early access to drugs and biologics based on initial evidence of safety and effectiveness, while confirmatory studies required to verify clinical benefits are ongoing. Do patients care? The program was codified into law under the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012.

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Encouraging data for Roche multiple sclerosis injection

European Pharmaceutical Review

Roche’s twice-yearly, 10-minute subcutaneous injection of OCREVUS ® (ocrelizumab) has shown significant promise for patients with either with relapsing or primary progressive multiple sclerosis (RMS or PPMS). percent had no relapse) in patients through 48 weeks of the treatment. No new safety signals were identified for OCREVUS SC.

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Parkinson’s infusion treatment demonstrates advantage over oral delivery

European Pharmaceutical Review

A Phase III trial has shown that compared oral drug delivery, administering levodopa through an infusion pump led to nearly two hours of day (1.72) of additional time in which the medicine reduced symptoms in Parkinson’s patients. There were 381 Parkinson’s patients enrolled in the trial. and Joan A.

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4DMT’s CF gene therapy posts early cues for improving patient outcomes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The use of 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ (4DMT) aerosolised gene therapy 4D-710 has improved the quality-of-life and spirometry-measured outcomes in three cystic fibrosis patients , based on early results from a Phase I/II study presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS).

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How clinical outcome assessments can help us understand the patient experience

Clarivate

Clinical outcome assessments can take years to generate but may pay big dividends in patient-focused drug development, centering the patient experience and potentially bolstering a product’s case with regulators and payers. A clinical outcome assessment is a measure that describes or reflects how a patient feels, functions or survives.

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Three-dose vaccine prevents HIV patients getting hepatitis B

European Pharmaceutical Review

Clinical trial results presented at the US IDWeek conference, revealed a three-dose series of the HEPLISAV-B vaccine prevents hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV patients not previously vaccinated against or infected with the virus. At week 28, the study assessed the vaccine’s safety and levels of anti-HBV surface antibodies (HBsAbs).

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BMS strikes $14bn deal for Karuna Therapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

The deal includes Karuna’s lead asset KarXT (xanomeline-trospium), a potential first-in-class treatment for schizophrenia. KarXT targets both the M1 and M4 muscarinic receptors, resulting in a differentiated safety and efficacy profile. This represents a 53 percent premium on Karuna’s closing stock price on 21 December 2023.