STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amid ongoing uncertainty about when abortions are permissible in Texas, the state’s medical board is under growing pressure to issue guidance on what type of emergency qualifies for an exemption from the state’s abortion ban. Two high-profile abortion supporters filed a petition in January requesting the board define what would be grounds for a legal abortion, and their efforts are backed by activists from across the political divide.

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PharmaVoice

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Explosive demand for weight loss drugs has propelled both companies to new heights. Here’s a look at the staggering growth, by the numbers.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Apple Vision Pro, the company’s most important new product in a decade, promises to envelop consumers in an immersive world of interactive content while employing clever technologies to make the device more usable and less alienating than virtual reality headsets that have come before it. Marketing for Vision Pro has focused on the $3,499, 1.3-pound helmet’s potential for watching video, making work calls, viewing family photos, and other casual uses.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

An 18-year-old-female with no known past medical history presented with a lesion on her back that had been present and enlarging for five months. It was not painful unless she touched it, and then only mildly tender. She denied any known cause, wound, prior rash, or other lesions. Her review of systems and past medical history were negative. Additional Images Physical Exam Vitals : Normal Skin : An erythematous lenticular, or biconvex, lesion with distinct borders is noted at the left posterior

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Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.

STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration should move more quickly to ensure pulse oximeters — the ubiquitous devices used to measure blood oxygen — work well in all patients, should better inform clinicians about the devices’ shortcomings in patients with darker skin, and should recall versions that are particularly problematic, patients, researchers, and consumer advocates testified during a public meeting on Friday.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A dive into this market reveals that the latest numbers yield promising results—a global value of a worldwide $1.6 trillion—but it will continue to be attributed to past, present, and future healthcare spending.

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The Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Pharmacy minister Dame Andrea Leadsom has faced criticism from the sector after she claimed that allowing community pharmacists to alter prescriptions and supply alternative medications could ‘exacerbate’ supply issues. Individual pharmacists would be operating ‘without the full oversight of supply issues that the [Department of Health and Social Care] has’, she suggested.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Since the 1920s , lead vests and aprons have served as trusted shields against the harmful effects of X-rays for radiologists, technicians, and patients. But new safety guidelines  from the American Dental Association (ADA) call for discontinuing their use among patients, both because X-ray technology has evolved significantly over the years, and because there are better ways to reduce patients’ exposure to radiation, such as using digital as opposed to conventional X-ray film.

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BioPharma Dive

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The California biotech is the third this year to go public, following stock offerings from CG Oncology and Arrivent Biopharma.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ARCH Venture Partners, one of the top investors in the biotech ecosystem, is raising $3 billion for a new fund. The Chicago-based firm filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week for what would be its 13th namesake fund. Arch estimated it would raise around $3 billion — roughly the same amount it raised during its more recent fundraising in 2022.

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The Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) has issued new dispensary posters, patient cards and guidance for healthcare teams as changes to valproate regulations came into effect this week. The government body has also stressed the ‘vital role’ of pharmacists in ensuring patients are aware of the risks of valproate. As of Wednesday 31 January, […] The post Latest valproate information as new rules come into force appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Aduhelm, a pioneering treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that collapsed under corporate mistakes and regulatory controversy, is now a cautionary tale in pharmaceutical history. This week Biogen said it would no longer sell or study the medicine , which first won approval in 2021, ending an era for one of biotech’s storied companies and leaving the rest of the industry to piece together the lessons of a would-be blockbuster that never took off.

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Express Pharma

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Everybody is talking about the funding winter for startups. Do biotech startups have to worry about a funding winter? If yes, how do they prepare for it? How do they survive it? A funding winter for biotech startups is a concern. It has been there since the inception of biotech startups. However, there has been constant improvement in the funding scenario for these startups.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Myopia, or near-sightedness, is on the rise: Nearly half of the world’s population will be nearsighted by 2050,  according to the World Health Organization. The condition is increasingly common among children in particular, which ophthalmologists attribute to a combination of less time spent outdoors and more time spent with iPads and iPhones.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dopamine neuron senescence is a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chicago pediatric hospital Lurie Children’s has been forced to take its network offline in the face of a “cybersecurity matter” as experts warn of heightened threats against health systems across the country. Late Thursday, Lurie Children’s Hospital, which uses Epic System’s electronic health record software, said it was “actively responding” to the issue and working with experts and law enforcement.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Learn more about Katherine Stueland, the CEO of GeneDx, as she discusses her journey, the future of diagnostics, whilst at JP Morgan 2024.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators released a draft of legislation to resolve controversial disputes in the 340B drug discount program, according to documents obtained by STAT. The drug discount program, which was designed to support providers that serve low-income patients, has been increasingly contentious as it’s grown in recent years.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our round-up of recent biotech financings is headed by a $250 million public offering for late clinical-stage biotech Vera Therapeutics, with an initial public offering (IPO) filed by CAR-T specialist Kyverna and private rounds for Eyconis, COUR Pharmaceuticals, Basking Biosciences, Enterprise Therapeutics, Halia Therapeutics and NeoPhore.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hey there. Today, we talk about how biomanufacturing is getting a huge boost in North Carolina, study a new potential root for autoimmune disease in women, and more.

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Express Pharma

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with ACHEMA, organised an event called, ‘Catalysts of Change: Navigating Industrial Growth and Sustainable Development’. Held at The President in Mumbai on January 30, 2024, this event served as a prelude to the ACHEMA 2024, a forum and platform for the process industries scheduled for June 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve spent a good deal of my career thinking about how we structure and fund research in the biomedical sciences in the U.S. and questioning whether the U.S. model of embedding research in universities is the right one. So to me, the launch of Arena BioWorks is welcome news. As media reports have highlighted, the new effort — a press release says that it was “ inspired by the success of Bell Labs” — promises to let scientists engage in research without first ge

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The PM Society are delighted to be running their fifth Careers Conference that will be taking place on the 21st of February 2024 between 1pm to 6pm at the Royal Society of Medicine. Please share with your colleagues and network, as this is a great opportunity for students to attend and learn more about our industry.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others.  That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them.  Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is our regular feature in which we highlight a different person each week.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Orano Med (a subsidiary of the Orano Group), has begun to build a new manufacturing site for targeted alpha therapies (TAT) for oncology indications. The ATLab (Alpha Therapy Laboratory) Valenciennes in Onnaing, France, will produce lead-212 radioligand therapies. TAT [targeted alpha therapies] is one of the most potent therapeutic payloads against cancer cells” According to Orano Med, TAT is “one of the most potent therapeutic payloads against cancer cells” As such, these trea

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Indian pharma Hikma has agreed a $150 million settlement to resolve lawsuits claiming that it helped fuel to the opioid crisis in the US

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A study has described a multivalent-colloid detection system capable of identifying whole genomes of bacteria without the use of DNA amplification. Data from the paper published in Applied Physical Sciences , showed that the method can detect pathogens at an early stage when the bacterial load is low. Currently, the “gold standard” of pathogen identification is based on the recognition of DNA sequences that are unique for a given pathogen, according to the authors.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Individuals with Jewish ancestry are six times more likely to carry a genetic fault

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The Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Pharmacy minister Dame Andrea Leadsom has committed to ensuring the community pharmacy sector is appropriately resourced in order to ensure the success of Pharmacy First, in a parliamentary debate held this week. But shadow minister Preet Kaur Gill accused the government of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’, highlighting the ‘perfect storm […] The post Andrea Leadsom pledges ‘appropriate resources’ for community pharmacy appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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PharmaTech

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Under a new collaboration, Lonza and Oxford Nanopore aim to commercialize a CGMP-validated test for advanced analysis of mRNA products.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Leading experts in the sector explore the value of third-party logistics providers when it comes to fortifying pharmaceutical supply chains.

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s guest post comes from Divya Iyer, SVP of Go-to-Market Strategy at GoodRx. Divya shares highlights from GoodRx’s new research report: The GoodRx Effect: How GoodRx Improves the Economics of Healthcare. She highlights how GoodRx’s integrated pharma copay cards help to improve medication access, therapy adherence, and overall health outcomes. Click here to download the full report and learn more about partnering with GoodRx to drive patient access for your brand.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The US FDA has granted rare paediatric disease (RPD) designation for Tyra Biosciences’ TYRA-300 for treating achondroplasia.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Biogen is planning to reprioritise its resources allocated to ADUHELM ® (aducanumab-avwa), to advance its Alzheimer’s treatment LEQEMBI ® (lecanemab-irmb) and to develop new treatment modalities. The company stated that it will discontinue the development and commercialisation of ADUHELM 100 mg/mL intravenous injection and will terminate the corresponding Phase III ENVISION clinical study.

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World Pharma News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Cell death is fundamental to life and, thus, healthy aging. In the realm of cellular biology, ferroptosis (a form of programmed cell death) has emerged not only as a focal point of research for its potential in eliminating cancer cells, but also its role in a plethora of other diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, eye diseases such as Retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, as well as ischemia, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, acute

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