STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Twenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked a fever, and started to cough. Six days later, he was hospitalized; six days after that, he died of acute respiratory distress caused by viral pneumonia. Testing showed the toddler, who’d had contact with sick chickens before becoming ill, had been infected with H5N1 bird flu.
PharmaVoice
MAY 9, 2024
The FDA announced a June advisory committee date, potentially introducing a new Alzheimer’s treatment to compete with Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi.
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STAT
MAY 9, 2024
When it comes to federal agencies communicating to the public about H5N1 bird flu, it feels like a classic case of Yogi Berra’s déjà vu all over again. In the wake of pointed criticism about its failure to release new information about the growing H5N1 outbreak in livestock, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S.
PharmaVoice
MAY 9, 2024
The recent SCOTUS case involving mifepristone exposes the risk of drug safety determinations by judicial fiat.
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
MAY 9, 2024
Weeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera vaccine, the World Health Organization moved to prequalify a new cholera vaccine last month. The vaccine is a simplified version of the two existing oral vaccines, both produced by Korean vaccine manufacturer EuBiologics Co. The company will begin making the new vaccine, called Euvichol-S, this year.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
A UK report has said that inflation and geopolitical instability have led to a “dramatic drop” in investment in smaller companies developing new medicines, with a knock-on effect on the entire life sciences industry.
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The Pharmacist
MAY 9, 2024
Eight in 10 pharmacy team members report that medicine shortages are putting patients’ health at risk, according to a survey by Community Pharmacy England (CPE). The Pressures Survey, completed by more than 900 pharmacy owners and over 2,000 pharmacy team members, found that medicine supply issues were affecting the majority of pharmacy teams (72%) ‘multiple […] The post Patients 'put at risk' as pharmacies face medicine shortages 'multiple times a day' appeared first o
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
U.S. legislation that would sever ties with Chinese drugmakers would jeopardize the drug supply for millions of American patients if it’s passed, the biotechnology industry’s main trade group has told Congress. Congress is considering legislation, called the BIOSECURE Act, that would make it difficult for Chinese contract development and manufacturing organizations to do business with biotechnology companies that work with the U.S. federal government.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
A new metric developed by Phesi can predict the burden that clinical trials will impose on patients, allowing amendments that can improve the design, efficiency and cost
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
A host of hurdles are slowing the adoption of the new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, experts involved in the treatment of patients said Wednesday, from complicated logistics to the fact that many people don’t recognize that their memory loss is a disease soon enough. Some patients still grapple with whether they want to be diagnosed, even though a treatment exists, the experts said, speaking during a STAT virtual event.
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pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
How have drug container closure testing methods changed over time? This post explores the history and development of techniques to evaluate container integrity.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
The intersection of the mental health crisis among young Americans and the growing burden of unpaid caregiving is generating an expanding, particularly vulnerable, and unacknowledged population: young people who act as caregivers for siblings with special health care needs, physically or mentally ill parents, ailing grandparents, or other loved ones.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 9, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Cathy O'Brien, VP of Sales, UPS Healthcare discusses her masterclass on delivering agility in supply chains by building a multimodal cold chain network while also reducing risks at LogiPharma Europe 2024.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
What happens when a common virus jumps from birds to cows? And should we be concerned? This week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT senior infectious diseases reporter Helen Branswell walks us through ongoing H5N1 outbreak in the U.S. and issues with monitoring the spread.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs' newly launched AlphaFold 3 extends the power of the AI model to 'all life’s molecules'
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Exact Sciences reported first-quarter revenues this week that beat market expectations, and the cancer detection company’s executives still believe they’re on track to meet expected 2024 revenue. That’s usually good news. Yet Exact shares are down nearly 11% on Thursday, dipping to $53.12 within the first few hours of trading. During after-hours trading on Wednesday, shortly after Exact released its financial updates, shares tumbled as low as $47.24.
Pharma Times
MAY 9, 2024
Anticancer drugs will be responsible for 90% of nearly 612,000 predicted US cancer deaths in 2024
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
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Pharma Times
MAY 9, 2024
The subtype accounts for 20% of all T-cell leukaemias, a rare form of blood cancer which produces too many abnormal T-cells
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
BALTIMORE — Gene and cell therapies have transformed a handful of devastating disorders in the U.S. and Europe, with more treatments on the way. But those technologies have largely failed to reach most of the world. These lags are ubiquitous in the current drug development system, where new therapies are approved in wealthy countries and then slowly leak out to low- and middle-income countries, many years later.
The Pharmacist
MAY 9, 2024
Community pharmacists must be kept better informed about medicine shortages, with greater transparency required from supply chains, the chief executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) has urged. Dr Leyla Hannbeck also said the fact that pharmacists are unable to make minor amendments in the case of medicines shortages ‘has to change’.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a new subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered every Thursday to their inbox. I love the Cytokinetics story. There’s so much at stake with aficamten, not to mention all the ups and downs from previous drug-development efforts and now the speculation about a possible takeover.
Express Pharma
MAY 9, 2024
Blockchain-as-a-service company Qila.io has partnered with global clinical research center Mascot Spincontrol to bring about transparency in clinical research through blockchain. The aim of the collaboration is to ensure that clinical trial data is secure, transparent and tamper-proof so that integrity of research outcomes is maintained. According to its statement, partnership will enhance transparency in clinical research, fortify data security, and instill greater confidence among stakehol
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because countless birds are chirping outside our window, the pace of motor vehicles passing by our window is picking up, and the official mascots are busy foraging for snacks on the official grounds. As for us, we are engaged in the usual ritual of brewing cups of stimulation. Our choice today is orange cream.
European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 9, 2024
Withdrawal of the marketing authorisation for the COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]) Vaxzevria (SRD) by the European Medicines Agency on 7 May, follows a request by AstraZeneca. “Global demand for all COVID vaccines is now much lower and overall supply exceeds demand. This is in marked contrast to the early part of the pandemic when supply was limited and distribution very limited, especially in poorer countries.
Outsourcing Pharma
MAY 9, 2024
A collaborative report released today (May 9) by Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), sheds light on the challenges facing the life sciences sector amidst recent economic turbulence.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 9, 2024
The company is discontinuing an array of early drug programs, including several in oncology, as it prioritizes investment in six late-stage assets.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
Jennifer Goldsack of DiME talks in this podcast about the ROI for digital endpoints for pharma. Data shows digital endpoints drives meaningful engagement with healthcare providers.
The Script
MAY 9, 2024
Summer is right around the corner! Ensure you have your staffing plan in place with help from our team at Rx relief!
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 9, 2024
Anixa Biosciences has expanded its partnership with Cleveland Clinic to develop additional vaccines for cancers.
Outsourcing Pharma
MAY 9, 2024
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. has initiated its phase 1 clinical study, marking a significant stride in the evaluation of NBI-1117567, an investigational small molecule, oral compound developed by Nxera Pharma.
Drug Channels
MAY 9, 2024
Today’s guest post comes from Hannah Baxter, Associate Partner at The Dedham Group; Jen Klarer, Partner, Head of Cell & Gene Therapy at The Dedham Group; and Carolyn Zele, Advisor, Solution Consulting at MMIT. The authors discuss the access barriers facing patients who need biomarker testing. They discuss five ways manufacturers can prevent these barriers from affecting patients.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 9, 2024
The deal with Metaphore Biotechnologies is the third to emerge from a Flagship alliance that’s meant to boost the Danish drugmaker’s pipeline of weight loss medicines.
European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 9, 2024
Regulatory agencies in the US across three sectors: agriculture and environmental, have produced a joint plan to “update, streamline, and clarify” regulations and oversight mechanisms for biotechnology products. The plan, developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), helps to address US President Biden’s related goals, including and improving the “transparency, predictability, coordination, and
BioPharma Dive
MAY 9, 2024
The deal gives the company milestone payments and royalties to a medicine, frexalimab, that Sanofi licensed from biotech ImmuNext and expects to be a future blockbuster.
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