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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. They relied so much on a new drug that they tried to market a product with bad science behind it. The pharma industry is a giant behemoth that needs new drugs to survive and grow.

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Medicare savings won’t make a dent in healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is popular with voters because the media has been focused on the high price of some drugs, but this measure won’t lead to lower healthcare costs. The drug industry is trying to convince voters that government negotiations with drug companies will lead to less innovation.

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Amylyx ALS drug draws criticism over $158,000 price tag

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The third ALS treatment to be given FDA approval, following Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Radicava ($170,000 per year) and generic drug riluzole – Relyvrio is priced at around $12,500 per 28-day prescription. Currently, the ALS drug is priced about five times higher than the top of a value-based range.

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What Tech Trends Do Life Sciences Marketers Need to Know About?

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Another capability made possible by fine-tuning is the enhancement of content tagging. Content tagging has always been a labor-intensive task. Auto-tagging ensures that the right content efficiently reaches the right customers. Fine-tuning models can target domains and generate prompts to tag the content into relevant topics.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.

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You can’t afford to get cancer

World of DTC Marketing

As cancer survival rates rise, so do the price tags of life-saving treatments. Monthly drugs costs may reach $100,000, causing many Americans to struggle with the physical and emotional effects of high out-of-pocket medical costs. Some cancer patients may face out-of-pocket costs of nearly $12,000 a year for one drug.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

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Medication is a staple of modern medicine, with almost 50% of adults in the United States taking at least one prescription medication. When patients do not take their medications according to the prescribed instructions, the drugs will not work as effectively as they did under the controlled conditions of a clinical trial.