MedCity News

JANUARY 30, 2024

With the rise of AI technologies, we could see significant advancements in cancer treatment, making it more efficient and potentially leading to a cure. By catching the disease early, patients have a higher chance of receiving successful treatment, and the cost of treatment can be significantly reduced.

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PM360

JULY 13, 2023

“People adhere to medicines at a scale that should bewilder everyone in healthcare,” exclaims Grace Lomax, Clinical Director of Patient Connect , part of Clarivate. Little wonder 70% of patients with hypertension remain hypertensive and therefore at risk of myocardial infarctions (MIs) and cerebrovascular accidents.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Speciality pharmacies play a crucial role in medication dosing, disease and side effects management, and patient care. The expert services rendered by them help in improving patient outcomes, minimising costs of the healthcare system, improving medicinal adherence and persistency and saving clinicians’ time.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Amgen’s new immunotherapeutic agent Tarlatamab has been shown in a Phase II trial to provide sustained anti-tumour activity in 40 percent of the small cell lung cancer patients. The international DeLLphi-301study was investigated as a new anti-cancer treatment option for patients previously considered to be beyond treatment.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A new drug, part of a class of chemicals called potassium-channel openers, has demonstrated potential in offering relief to patients with focal epilepsy. Comparatively, patients given a placebo had on average 18 percent fewer seizures during the treatment phase of the trial, which lasted eight weeks.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 30, 2023

In its first meeting of 2023, the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended four new medicines for approval, providing positive opinions for two type 2 diabetes drugs. Ultimately, this can lead to a progressive decrease in mobility and other severe impairments.

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Legacy MEDSearch

JUNE 15, 2023

Cala , the bioelectronic medicine leader setting a new standard of care for chronic disease, today announced the commercial launch of its next generation system: the Cala kIQ System, the first and only FDA-cleared wearable device that delivers effective therapy for action hand tremor relief in people with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised Pfizer’s Litfulo (ritlecitinib) for treatment for severe alopecia areata in patients 12 years and older. A hard capsule medicine, Litfulo is recommended to be taken daily as one 50mg oral dose. Results from this pivotal study showed that 13.4

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European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have announced that biosimilar medicines authorised in the European Union (EU) can now be interchanged with their reference medicine or an equivalent biosimilar product. New regulatory guidance could lead to UK biosimilar boom.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 1, 2023

The centre will be established by UK-based technology innovation centre CPI, in collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult, the University of Strathclyde, the University of Liverpool, and Imperial College London. The funding is being provided under the agency’s Transforming Medicines Manufacturing programme.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 31, 2023

Medication is a staple of modern medicine, with almost 50% of adults in the United States taking at least one prescription medication. This lack of trust in such a crucial industry can lead to decreased compliance, poor treatment adherence, and negative health outcomes for patients.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 1, 2021

Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School via the Washington Post , says “the worst thing for people with Alzheimer’s would be to put out a product that doesn’t work.” Knopman, a Mayo Clinic neurologist who treats Alzheimer’s patients and is a member of the FDA advisory committee. Washington Post.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 30, 2023

Intrathecal (IT) (directly into the spinal fluid) and intravenous (IV) nivolumab (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy was found to be safe and improved survival in a subset of melanoma patients with leptomeningeal disease (LMD). Results of the immunotherapy study Across 25 patients, the median overall survival (OS) was 4.9

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pharmaphorum

JULY 14, 2022

In a statement , the health technology assessment (HTA) organisation said that the two drugs were backed after an agreement with the two developers on pricing that will make them an option for around 3,450 NHS patients. NICE estimates that around 2,800 people are eligible for treatment with Piqray plus fulvestrant.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 8, 2023

If the orally-delivered drug is confirmed have similar in safety and efficiency as the injectable forms, researchers stated that a PCSK9 inhibitor in a pill form could lower costs, increase convenience and expand patient access to the treatment. This is a highly effective compound that was well tolerated,” stated Dr Christie M.

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Referral MD

JULY 10, 2023

These intelligent digital assistants are revolutionizing how healthcare providers interact with patients, boosting engagement, streamlining support services, and enhancing patient experiences. Let’s explore the potential of AI chatbots in the sphere and find out how this technology can benefit healthcare providers and patients.

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Medgadget

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Scientists at Brown University have designed an automated liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system that allows clinicians to rapidly and easily process patient samples to determine levels of antidepressant drugs in the body. Too little and the patient may not experience the full benefit of the treatment.

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Medgadget

AUGUST 22, 2023

Often occurring in the fallopian tubes, ectopic pregnancies are non-viable and are the leading cause of maternal death in the first trimester. A drug called methotrexate can be administered to end the pregnancy, but can cause serious side-effects at the concentrations required.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Positively, Brager shared that in clinical trials , the company’s lead clinical candidate has demonstrated ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and to “not cause serious side effects common with traditional immunosuppressive therapies that treat inflammation.”

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Medgadget

MARCH 27, 2023

So far, the approach seems to help kickstart the vessels into doing their job in moving fluid. Lymphatic vessels can become damaged through injury, or in some cases from the side-effects of cancer therapy or surgery. So, why can’t a patient simply take the drug orally or intravenously?

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 25, 2024

Within the EU, patient information leaflets (PILs) are not merely a regulatory requirement but a cornerstone of patient safety. They detail the medication’s intended use, proper administration, potential side effects and precautions. percent as EU average with some Member States as high as 25 percent).

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World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 19, 2021

SUMMARY: Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes. Seventy-five percent of Americans have trouble taking their medicine as directed. Americans are not healthy. Then there is health literacy.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Decisions to remove medicines from market are not taken lightly and are often based upon all evidence available to inform a benefit/risk balance. They also include many of the common “exclusions” in RCTs, such as pregnant women, children, the elderly and patients on multiple medications. As of October 2023, 62.93

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Medgadget

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the UK have trialed Generative Design, a design approach that relies on machine learning and artificial intelligence, to create patient-specific knee implants. Personalized medicine is gradually becoming a reality.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Already, the course of their illness is so much better than with the typical treatment,” stated Dr Mort Cowan, UCSF paediatrics professor and the trial’s lead investigator. Artemis-SCID patients usually respond more poorly to standard bone marrow transplants. Having patients in the trial achieve full T-cell immunity is outstanding.

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Clarivate

AUGUST 17, 2022

In our latest podcast, Ideas to Innovation, we speak with Dr. Grace Lomax, the clinical director at Patient Connect, part of Clarivate. In 2017, the same year the SDGs came into effect, the United Nations found that less than half of the global population was covered by essential health services. Dr. Grace Lomax.

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PM360

MAY 25, 2023

With the assistance of AI tools, pharma marketers can develop personalized sales messages and educational content, improving their engagement with healthcare providers and equipping them to deliver better patient care. With AI-powered chatbots and services, patients can access the information they need more efficiently.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 3, 2023

A pharmacologist by training, Rawlins was the founding chairman of health technology assessment (HTA) agency NICE , leading the organisation from its inception in 1999 until 2013, and hired Sir Andrew Dillon to become the organisation’s founding chief executive.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 14, 2024

For IgA nephropathy (IgAN), key highlights include the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Calliditas Therapeutics’ TARPEYO and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’s recommendation of a conditional marketing authorisation for Filspari (sparsentan).

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 14, 2024

For IgA nephropathy (IgAN), key highlights include the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Calliditas Therapeutics’ TARPEYO and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’s recommendation of a conditional marketing authorisation for Filspari (sparsentan).

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 11, 2022

The system did not only spend money and resources trying to address issues caused by those treatments, but patients also wasted time looking for answers; precious time that could have been spent receiving proper and effective treatment. billion in the United States alone.

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Medgadget

AUGUST 25, 2023

As chronic pain affects a large number of patients, new treatments such as this could be set to make a real difference in many lives. Part of the issue lies in developing safe ways to manipulate genes in the body without causing side-effects, and also identifying the most appropriate genetic targets that are implicated in disease.

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PM360

JUNE 11, 2022

Only 5% of patients ranked pharma companies as the most trusted player in the healthcare space, according to a 2021 survey of 500 patients from Accenture. But 71% also want publicly shared information about how patients’ perspectives were incorporated into the development of products and services. Noël Moossa.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

Clinical trials are divided into phases evaluating drug safety, side effects and effectiveness from increasingly larger pools of candidates and patients. Algorithms can also predict the toxicity of a compound and its potential side effects, allowing researchers to focus their efforts on the most promising candidates.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 5, 2022

Sanofi is making a €300 million investment in Chinese biotech Innovent as part of a collaboration to bring two new cancer therapies as quickly as possible to patients in the world’s second-largest pharma market. It is being tested in a wide range of solid tumours and lymphoma, alone and in combination with other drugs.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2023

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could be available to millions more patients in the UK, if new recommendations from health technology assessment (HTA) organisation NICE are implemented. Current modelling suggests 40 avoided cardiovascular events in patients with risk between 10% and 20%, and 70 for those above the 20% threshold.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

This study has been hailed as a breakthrough as the data show that Leqembi achieved a 27 percent reduction in the progression of Alzheimer’s, provided patients were treated early following the diagnosis of the disease. Some medicines have been authorised to treat the symptoms of the progressive cognitive decline that accompanies the disease.

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