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STAT+: The health tech tracker for 2023’s first quarter: 12 industry events to watch

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Continuing economic uncertainty and the threat of a recession are casting a pall over health tech in 2023 — a dramatic shift for an industry that enjoyed abundant funding in the pandemic’s early stages. Last quarter’s string of layoffs at companies like Ro, Noom and ThirtyMadison portend tight budgets and conservative contracts this year, with employers unsure about which digital offerings actually drive down health care costs for workers.

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Forks in the road lead one medical expert to a ‘game changing’ liver treatment

PharmaVoice

Durect’s chief medical officer altered his retirement plans to take a leading role at the company, which is developing a treatment for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis.

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Antibody discovered by RQ Bio enters pivotal research phase

Pharma Times

AstraZeneca trial will study activity of AZD5156 which includes monoclonal antibody discovered by RQ Bio

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Google and DeepMind share work on medical chatbot Med-PaLM

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Google and DeepMind have developed an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot tool called Med-PaLM designed to generate “safe and helpful answers” to questions posed by healthcare professionals and patients. The tool is an example of a large language model or LLM, which are designed to understand queries and generate text responses in plain language, drawing from large and complex datasets – in this case, medical research.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Opinion: NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism

STAT

A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living with a disability — the largest minority group in the U.S. and around the world — research will never be fully representative and science will not reach its full potential. Although 27% of U.S. adults live with a disability, only 10% of science, engineering, and health doctorate holders, and less than 2% of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health, report having a di

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Lilly, Biogen, Eisai brace for Alzheimer’s boom or bust in 2023

PharmaVoice

As controversies abound and new drugs rise on the regulatory horizon, this year will be big for Alzheimer’s.

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Technology as a New Evolution in Fighting Disease

PharmaTech

Advancing the use of AI to understand the whole of a disease can reveal drug development insights that lead to drug discovery breakthroughs.

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STAT+: Fate Therapeutics plans mass layoffs, after early end to cell therapy deal with Janssen

STAT

SAN DIEGO — Fate Therapeutics, a biotech upstart with big ambitions to use cell-based therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer, is now planning to cut back on both jobs and experimental drugs after an early end to a deal with Janssen. The setback, announced Thursday, will cut the company’s size to 220 workers by the end of the first quarter of this year.

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A new mission in menopause — extending the lives of women

PharmaVoice

Why Evernow CEO Alicia Jackson thinks menopause is the perfect inroad to helping women live longer lives.

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SanegeneBio and Orbit join forces to establish targeting peptides

Pharma Times

Agreement covers cell-based studies, with an additional option to further develop screening activities

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Cell therapies might revolutionise treatment for multiple sclerosis patients

Pharmaceutical Technology

While the treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are growing each year with the approval of new agents, all of the currently marketed treatments only slow the disease’s progression and sometimes carry risks of severe side effects, such as liver failure or the development of viral infections. However, new mechanisms of action (MoAs) are in constant development, with some of the more innovative ones utilizing cell-based therapies.

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STAT+: The FDA has approved a new Alzheimer’s drug, but wide access may depend on CMS easing restrictions

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Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to the widely anticipated Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen, a key question is the extent to which payers — private and public — will cover the treatment. Such decisions are based on myriad factors, starting with the average $26,500 price tag. But there are other considerations, including the quality of the clinical trial data, side effect concerns, the patient population for which the medic

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The 2023 PharmaVoice Crystal Ball: Peering into the future of life sciences

PharmaVoice

A preview of the top trends on the minds of industry and market leaders for the new year.

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Mission Therapeutics concludes clinical assessment for lead DUB inhibitor

Pharma Times

Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic endpoints for MTX652 have been successfully met

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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6 research and development life sciences predictions for 2023

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From enabling patient choice during clinical trials to strengthening vital partnerships across the quality ecosystem, connected data will become the lifeblood that enables life sciences teams to collaborate efficiently and effectively in 2023. Veeva’s industry experts share their predictions about how breaking down silos across clinical, regulatory, safety, and quality teams will benefit patients.

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Opinion: Health record interoperability needs to include dental health records

STAT

As 2023 begins, health care providers in the United States must make health records more easily available or risk losing Medicare funding under the 21st Century Cures Act. While this is a win for patients, providers, and researchers, the legislation’s failure to include dental care ignores the crucial link between oral health and overall health.

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What’s top of mind for industry execs at JPM?

PharmaVoice

Leaders in the space reveal the topics that are top of mind as the year’s biggest healthcare conference kicks off next week.

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Transgene receives approval to begin oncolytic virus trial

Pharma Times

Study will evaluate the intravenous administration of company’s multi-armed immunotherapy

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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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Study finds hepatitis C cure saved Medicaid $15 billion

PhRMA

New research published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) underscores the critical role that medicines play in improving health and reducing disease complications and other, often costly, medical care and services. The study finds that since curative direct-acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C were approved in 2013, even after factoring in the cost of treatment, Medicaid has saved an estimated $15 billion in avoided health care costs and nearly 285,000 Medicaid enrollees are

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STAT+: ‘Stuck in a rut’: As debate flares over access to medicines, the future of voluntary licensing is up in the air

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ANNECY, FRANCE — At first blush, the deal was hailed as a breakthrough. Last fall, Novartis agreed to license a best-selling cancer drug so that generic companies could make copies for distribution to 44 low- and middle-income nations, marking the first time a voluntary license was arranged for a cancer medicine. Until then, such deals typically involved drugs for infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C.

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Woman of the Week: Cambrian BioPharma’s Juliette Han

PharmaVoice

The CFO and COO is advancing moonshot efforts to address aging-related diseases for the "healthspan" company and is helping emerging biotechs bring innovations out of academia.

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Orion and Alligator reveal second stage of immuno-oncology research collaboration

Pharma Times

Second study will develop a bispecific antibody with potential applications in solid tumours

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Type 1 Diabetes: A Potential Cure

PharmExec

One company pursues a program for a technology they believe is a potential cure for Type 1 diabetes.

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STAT+: Biogen shakes up R&D chief role, makes Singhal permanent replacement

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More than a year after Al Sandrock was pushed out as Biogen’s R&D chief, the company has set permanent plans to replace him into motion. Biogen announced Thursday that it will be splitting the head of R&D role into two, with Priya Singhal being named as the new head of development. The company has initiated a search for a new research chief, it said in a press release.

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FDA grants priority review of glofitamab for lymphoma

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for glofitamab, Roche’s CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody. The decision for the FDA priority review of glofitamab is for adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. If approved, the cancer immunotherapy would be the first fixed-duration, off-the-shelf CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody available for individuals with an aggressive

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BioNTech forms cancer immunotherapies partnership with UK Government

Pharma Times

Collaboration will focus on providing up to 10,000 patients with personalised mRNA by 2030

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Why script-to-dispense conversion will take centre stage in 2023

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With the US economy teetering on a recession, sales and marketing budgets are expected to take a hit among businesses across sectors. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception. When any organisation looks to slash its budget, the old adage about acquiring new customers costing five times as much as retaining existing customers becomes an alluring data point.

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Opinion: STAT+: Continuous manufacturing can help pharma companies save time, money, and more

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The pharmaceutical industry has been slow to adopt a business practice that is faster, safer, and more efficient than its current way of operating; that the FDA has been encouraging the industry to implement more widely for years; and that has been used effectively in other industries for decades. I’m talking about continuous manufacturing. Continuous manufacturing produces a drug product from start to finish through a nonstop, integrated assembly.

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Gilead’s $658.5m immunotherapy collaboration

European Pharmaceutical Review

EVOQ Therapeutics Inc has agreed to license its NanoDisc technology for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus to Gilead Sciences, Inc, enabling EVOQ to potentially receive up $658.5 million. The companies will collaborate to advance preclinical development and Gilead will be responsible for clinical development and commercialisation. “Despite key advances over the past two decades, there remains significant unmet need for people living with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases,” stated Dr Flavius

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Q&A with Kelly Baker, CFO of Eversana

PharmExec

Baker spoke on topics ranging from pricing, access, the war for talent, and other key areas that are impacting pharma companies.

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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.