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Cancer clinical trial recruitment drops by 60% during pandemic

Pharma Times

In a new report from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), data from cancer trials alongside assessments from clinicians and patients aims to provide guidance on how to improve services

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Is artificial intelligence the best tool for drug discovery?

Outsourcing Pharma

According to a leader from Cytoreason, AI isnât necessarily the best or only tool suited to discover new and novel therapiesâit might take a human touch.

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Digital health firm Pear goes public, raising $175 million

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Pear Therapeutics has completed its merger with blank cheque company Thimble Point Acquisition Corp, claiming a Nasdaq listing and raising $175 million in gross proceeds for the digital health specialist. Pear will make its debut on the exchange today after combining with Thimble Point – a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – in a deal that sidestepped the conventional initial public offering (IPO) route and has propelled its valuation to around $1.6 billion.

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New patent for Teva Branded drug PROAIR RESPICLICK

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for PROAIR+RESPICLICK Proair Respiclick is a drug marketed by Teva Branded Pharm and is included in one NDA. It is available from two suppliers. There are…. The post New patent for Teva Branded drug PROAIR RESPICLICK appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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.

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CHMP recommend approval for Roche’s COVID-19 therapy

Pharma Times

According to clinical data, Roche’s new COVID-19 treatment Actemra/RoActemra lowered mortality risk in critically ill adult patients.

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On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

NY Times

Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean.

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Deloitte, PhRMA join forces on clinical trial diversity report

Outsourcing Pharma

The organizations have issued an in-depth look on issues impacting inclusivity, why change is needed, and potential solutions for increasing trial diversity.

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WHO says vaccines should be effective against Omicron variant

Pharma Times

A senior official at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Omicron is ‘highly unlikely’ to fully bypass vaccine protections.

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F.D.A. Authorizes AstraZeneca Drug for People With Immune Problems

NY Times

The antibody drug, Evusheld, was found to be strongly effective in preventing Covid in a clinical trial that enrolled mostly those at high risk.

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Consumer health innovation – where passion and science meet

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Heather Barnes, external innovation lead EMEA at Johnson and Johnson Consumer Health, is a scientist who is truly passionate about consumer health. With her background in biochemistry and eye for identifying innovation trends, the future is bright at Johnson & Johnson Innovation. After making her way from early-stage drug development research to her current role, Heather got straight to work on creating sustainable collaborations that made life better for people and their families.

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Employer Pharmacy Benefits 2021: Patient Specialty Costs Rise with Coinsurance and Accumulators

Drug Channels

It’s time for our annual deep dive into employer-sponsored coverage for prescription drugs. For 2021, employers backed away slightly from high-deductible health plans. However, their pharmacy benefit designs increased the use of coinsurance for specialty and fourth-tier drugs. These designs have significantly raised patients’ out-of-pocket obligations and are likely to have reduced adherence.

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GPs in England to defer services to accelerate booster jab delivery

Pharma Times

GP practices can now postpone minor surgery and routine health checks for over-75s and new patients until 31 March 2022 to ensure booster jabs are rapidly and effectively delivered.

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The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations

NY Times

Scientists in a cutting-edge laboratory do part of the work. Local health workers on foot do the rest.

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Omicron may evade Pfizer/BioNTech COVID jab, says study

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Preliminary study results from South Africa have suggested that antibodies stimulated by Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty are less effective against the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. A study by the African Health Research Institute (AHRI) has found that the less of immune protection was “extensive but incomplete,” meaning that some level of immunity was retained against the vaccine.

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Better Data, Better Outcomes: A LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and Q1 Productions Webinar

Drug Channels

Better Data, Better Outcomes: A LexisNexis ® Risk Solutions and Q1 Productions Webinar. December 14, 2021 1:00 pm ET. This webinar is scheduled for a 45 minute presentation followed by 10 to 15 minutes of Q&A. Click here to register for this complimentary webinar. Your business depends on the data collected everyday across healthcare. That data not only drives the validation of the products and services your company offers today, but it also generates opportunities for new products and servi

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NICE publish final guidance recommending Aspaveli in adults with ultra-rare blood disorder

Pharma Times

The drug is additionally undergoing assessment with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for a marketing authorisation in the UK

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New Covid Pills Offer Hope as Omicron Looms

NY Times

Merck and Pfizer will soon debut prescription pills to treat Covid-19. And more drugs are on the way.

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Mind the gap: Are you delivering what HCPs value or what you want them to have?

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Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, life science companies have acted quickly to address the evolving digital needs of healthcare professionals, with mixed success (see graph 1). In the age of information overload, we all know that it is essential to add ‘value’ if we are to cut through the noise. And therein lies an issue. In a recent study by EPG Health, pharma respondents voted ‘providing real value’ the top challenge (of 23) related to digital Health Care Provider (HCP) engagement.

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Roquette plans to open doors of new US innovation center

Outsourcing Pharma

Sited in Pennsylvania, the excipients specialistâs new facility reportedly will work toward advancing drug delivery research and boosting speed to market.

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Next virus could be more lethal than COVID-19, warns Oxford vaccine creator

Pharma Times

With the emergence of the new Omicron variant bringing into question the effectiveness of current vaccines, scientists caution that viruses will continue to evolve.

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Elizabeth Holmes returns to the stand on Tuesday.

NY Times

Prosecutors have shown personal documents like text messages and notes that Ms. Holmes wrote and have emphasized that she was ultimately responsible for the problems at Theranos.

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Seizing opportunities with perfectly pitched messages

pharmaphorum

Personal relationships have been the dominant force in sales for generations but the pandemic has ripped up this conveyer belt of convenience. More than 60% of clinicians are happy to either connect solely via technology or via a hybrid arrangement and there is no going back. The pharmaceutical industry became stuck in a groove of letting doctor-rep relationships obscure the challenge of delivering complex information in perfectly pitched presentations.

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Rita Ribeiro

Pharma Marketing Network

Rita Ribeiro, Product Director, Oncology Marketing, is a marketing leader with 20 years of global and US healthcare experience in pharmaceutical, medical device and services organizations. She has developed and implemented regionalized, integrated strategic plans to increase brand awareness and drive organizational growth across multiple therapeutic areas and service networks.

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UK study shows mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with Moderna elicits better immune response

Pharma Times

Results show support in favour of heterologous dosing which may help to advance vaccination programmes in poorer countries.

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New patent for Teva Branded drug PROAIR DIGIHALER

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for PROAIR+DIGIHALER Proair Digihaler is a drug marketed by Teva Branded Pharm and is included in one NDA. It is available from two suppliers. There are…. The post New patent for Teva Branded drug PROAIR DIGIHALER appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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HypnoVR raises €4.5m for its digital sedative for pain, anxiety

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French digital health startup HypnoVR has completed a first-round financing, raising €4.5 million ($5.1 million) that will be used to roll out its virtual reality-based hypnosis therapies. The company has developed a an individually tailored immersive VR platform that it uses to deliver clinical hypnosis techniques to alleviate chronic pain, anxiety and discomfort during medical procedures like surgery.

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Abu Dhabi to Strengthen its Capabilities as a Life Sciences Hub Through a Pharma Collaboration with Belgium

Pharma Mirror

UAE, Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi has set its sights on Belgium, as a leading global pharmaceutical hub, to establish a global distribution corridor to serve the world in vaccine delivery and future life science needs. The collaboration builds on the capabilities of Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector as a leading life sciences hub and the efforts of the HOPE Consortium in providing vaccine solutions for the world.

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Marketing authorisation acquired for first and only transdermal contraceptive patch in UK

Pharma Times

The Evra hormonal patch can be worn discreetly and according to Gedeon Richter UK Ltd, is over 99% effective at pregnancy prevention

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New patent for Teva Pharm drug ARMONAIR DIGIHALER

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for ARMONAIR+DIGIHALER Armonair Digihaler is a drug marketed by Teva Pharm and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are twenty-three…. The post New patent for Teva Pharm drug ARMONAIR DIGIHALER appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Henlius claims win for PD-1 drug in small cell lung cancer

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China’s Shanghai Henlius Biotech says its experimental PD-1 inhibitor serplulimab has extended survival when added to chemotherapy in a phase 3 trial as first-line therapy for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), setting up regulatory filings. The trial compared serplulimab (formerly HLX10) plus carboplatin and etoposide chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with ES-SCLC , and showed a higher overall survival than chemo alone, according to the company.

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Distributed Control System Facilitates Expansion for New Drugs Produced by Contract Manufacturing Organization

Pharma Mirror

Combatting the pandemic has highlighted the importance of the partnership between biopharma organizations and the contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) that must flexibly handle outsourced production, which can come suddenly and often must quickly be ramped up. For example, to meet the urgent need for COVID-19 related therapies and vaccines early in the pandemic, Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world leader in serving science with annual revenue of approximately $35 billion, had to expand its

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NHS waiting times reach record high of nearly six million

Pharma Times

In October 2021, over 356,000 people in England had been waiting for over six weeks for a key diagnostic test

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New patent for Teva Pharm drug ARMONAIR RESPICLICK

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for ARMONAIR+RESPICLICK Armonair Respiclick is a drug marketed by Teva Pharm and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are thirty-one…. The post New patent for Teva Pharm drug ARMONAIR RESPICLICK appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Intercept’s travails continue as it pulls NASH drug filing in EU

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Already scrambling to refile its obeticholic acid (OCA) drug for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) after the FDA rejected it last year, Intercept Pharma was hoping for more luck in Europe, but has now withdrawn its EU marketing application. Intercept had been hoping to extend the review period in the EU to allow time for results from an ongoing to phase 3 trial to come in, now due in the first quarter of next year, but conceded defeat yesterday.

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Tap Native Unveils the Top 20 Most Popular Health Topics of 2021

Pharma Marketing Network

Direct Integrations with hundreds of leading health websites provides Tap Native access to billions of content pages for analysis. NEW YORK, December 6 th , 2021 (PRNEWSWIRE) – Tap Native, the leading health-focused content discovery platform, today unveiled a list of the top 20 most popular health topics viewed by consumer audiences in 2021. Tap Native analyzed visits to health and medical content pages across dozens of health websites where consumers seek answers to their most important health