STAT

APRIL 30, 2024

The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks on chickens and other poultry is well documented. But the recent discovery that the virus has jumped into dairy cattle — whose udders seem to be where the virus either infects or migrates to — has dumbfounded scientists and agricultural authorities. Questions for which there are pretty clear answers when it comes to birds are suddenly unsettled science in cows.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 3, 2024

AMR is a growing threat, but with little financial incentive to pick up the torch, government and nonprofit collaborations are keeping the R&D flames burning.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Exclusive: MSF calls for transparency after its bill for a trial of TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharmaceutical companies Doctors have for the first time released details of their spending on a major clinical trial, demonstrating that the true cost of developing a medicine may be far less than the billions of dollars claimed by the pharmaceutical industry.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 8, 2024

Recent biotech company acquisitions have put emerging schizophrenia treatments in focus. But many development hurdles still stand in the way of new medicines for the brain.

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ID Stewardship

APRIL 14, 2024

In this article a comparison of Rebyota versus Vowst is provided, to help learners differentiate these two fecal microbiota therapies. Authored by: Natalie Boyer, Pharm.D. Candidate 2025 Mentored by: Christina G. O’Connor, Pharm.D., PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIV-M Disclaimer : This text and table is intended for use as a study tool to assist people learning pharmacotherapy of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (rCDI).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

Pfizer and its Germany partner BioNTech have urged London’s High Court to invalidate competitor Moderna's patents over technology instrumental in the Covid-19 vaccines development as the latest phase of a global legal fight that started yesterday (23 April), reported Reuters.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 15, 2024

The biotech is developing a ‘gene-agnostic’ approach to expand the patient pool for gene therapies.

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The Pharmacist

APRIL 12, 2024

Most community pharmacies in England now running the Pharmacy First service which enables them to diagnose and treat seven specific conditions. Under the service, pharmacists can prescribe set medications where appropriate, without recourse to a GP. This will hopefully reduce some of the current pressures on general practice. This series of guides assumes that pharmacists […] The post Pharmacy First: Top tips for managing non-bullous impetigo appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 18, 2024

It’s “early innings” in the obesity drug race, said Metsera CEO Clive Meanwell, whose company has acquired a portfolio of medicines it aims to test in combination.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 15, 2024

Psychedelic treatments for conditions like PTSD using substances like MDMA are on the brink of approval, but there are still unanswered questions surrounding their effectiveness and potential risks. Learn more here.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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Pharma Times

APRIL 2, 2024

The genetic condition affects one in 279 people in England and significantly increases cancer risk

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STAT

APRIL 29, 2024

“Going to medical Spanish class really isn’t worth my time. I’d rather use the time to do research,” one of my classmates told me during the first week of my first year of medical school. Such a comment was my introduction to the publish-or-perish environment that is increasingly pervasive amongst medical students. Before then, I had known publish-or-perish as something for those seeking tenure at universities.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 8, 2024

The market is huge, but will companies overcome the triple hurdles of payer hesitance, prescriber reluctance and sluggish consumer demand?

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PharmaTech

APRIL 12, 2024

The agency’s risk assessment committee has concluded that available evidence has not been found that supports a causal association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and self-harming thoughts and actions.

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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.

BioPharma Dive

APRIL 10, 2024

The first medicine approved for PPD, Sage’s Zulresso, never gained traction. The company is in the midst of launching its second, but long-standing challenges could slow uptake.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 18, 2024

In a new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh welcomes Dr Carl Marci, chief psychiatrist and managing director of mental health and neuroscience at OM1 to discuss predictions for AI in mental health in the coming year, as well as what might truly make a difference in the field and lessen the mental health crisis.

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The Pharmacist

APRIL 8, 2024

A rise in measles cases in London has brought the capital in line with the number of cases recorded in the West Midlands – the initial hotspot for the virus. This comes as the rise in cases appears to be plateauing across the country and as a national catch-up campaign has increased vaccination uptake over […] The post Measles cases in London now in line with West Midlands appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

APRIL 25, 2024

Andrew Bowman, a veterinary epidemiologist at Ohio State University, had a hunch. He had been struck by the huge amounts of H5N1 virus he’d seen in milk from cows infected with the bird flu and thought that at least some virus was getting off of farms and going downstream — onto store shelves. He knew the Food and Drug Administration was working on its own national survey of the milk supply.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 1, 2024

Eledon Therapeutics is developing a drug that could facilitate organ transplants from animals to humans as the procedure gains steam.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 18, 2024

Yesterday, Thermo Fisher Scientific opened its first Innovation Lab in Center Valley, Pennsylvania., as a space where partners can come together to collaborate, innovate, and ideate on solutions to the biggest clinical supply chain pain points.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 18, 2024

The start of a so-called rolling review formally begins an FDA evaluation of a closely watched drug that’s important to the biotech’s future, but faces questions about its sales potential.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 26, 2024

Explore the latest advancements and initiatives in kidney disease research, driving change for patients with kidney conditions. Learn more about the current research landscape and potential breakthroughs in treatment from Kidney Research UK.

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PharmaTech

APRIL 11, 2024

The draft guidance provides recommendations for data integrity for clinical and bioanalytical portions of bioavailability and bioequivalence studies submitted with drug applications.

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STAT

APRIL 23, 2024

WASHINGTON — Testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency confirmed Tuesday. But the testing, done by polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, cannot distinguish between live virus or fragments of viruses that could have been killed by the pasteurization process.

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 19, 2024

Where Amylyx ultimately failed in ALS, it could prevail in a rare disease. The doctor leading this research explains why.

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EMCrit Project

APRIL 15, 2024

A razor is a rule of thumb that is helpful, although it isn't always correct. In medicine we're familiar with Occam's razor (the rule of parsimony). The cutoff razor states: if a continuous variable is dichotomized using a cutoff, then values near the cutoff provide little information. A simple illustration of the cutoff razor is […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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BioPharma Dive

APRIL 15, 2024

Treatment appeared to result in functional and cognitive gains in people with the neurological disorder. Three participants experienced lower extremity weakness, however.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2024

After rejecting ImmunityBio’s Anktiva last year, the FDA has now cleared the drug as a treatment for bladder cancer, making it the biotech's first commercial-stage product

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The Pharmacist

APRIL 12, 2024

The number of phone calls to pharmacies more than tripled between February and March 2020, while home deliveries of medication to vulnerable patients more than doubled, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard this week. Speaking on behalf of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) at the inquiry hearing this week, legal representative Deirdre Domingo, said members had […] The post Calls to pharmacies tripled during pandemic, inquiry told appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

APRIL 24, 2024

The unsettling reality of H5N1 bird flu circulating in dairy cow herds in multiple parts of the United States is raising anxiety levels about whether this dangerous virus, which has haunted the sleep of people who worry about influenza pandemics for more than 20 years, could be on a path to acquiring the ability to easily infect people. To be clear, there is no evidence that this is currently the case — the sole confirmed human case reported in Texas three weeks ago was in a farm worker w

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 22, 2024

The fast-acting medication is one of a few new approaches being tested for the crippling condition.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 18, 2024

Outrun Therapeutics announced its launch with $10m seed funding to advance a protein stabilisation pipeline focused on E3 ligase inhibitors.

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