STAT
MAY 3, 2024
A new report on the first human bird flu case tied to the outbreak in cows in the United States suggests that the Texas man may be the first detected case of the H5N1 virus transmitting from a mammal to a person. Nearly 900 people in 23 countries have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus since it started spreading from Southeast Asia in late 2003.
PharmaVoice
MAY 1, 2024
The FDA’s newly launched Center for Clinical Trial Innovation potentially opens the door for more efficient and expanded AI use, but leaves pharmas wanting more guidance.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 1, 2024
AstraZeneca has maintained that while the vaccine may, in “very rare” cases, cause TTS, the casual mechanism for this effect remains unknown.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 3, 2024
Newly disclosed Phase 3 results presented Friday match findings the biotech disclosed last year, while offering a more comprehensive look at how its drug stacks up to rival therapies.
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 3, 2024
Vivien Dugan isn’t getting much sleep these days. The director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dugan is leading the team of CDC scientists that is working with partners — in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and state and local health departments — to respond to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle.
PharmaVoice
MAY 2, 2024
Pricey gene therapies promise great benefit to patients but pose a threat to the payer landscape — ICER and a Tufts think tank are offering potential solutions.
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BioPharma Dive
MAY 2, 2024
The funding will help Reunion pay for a mid-stage study testing its most advanced medicine — essentially a synthetic version of the hallucinogenic psilocin — in women with postpartum depression.
STAT
MAY 2, 2024
When male Sumatran orangutans let out a long call, they’re usually trying to grab female attention. But the sounds — a booming blend of roars and grunts — can end up attracting unwanted attention from other males, too. Things can get tense. Which is likely how Rakus, an adult male orangutan frequently seen in Gunung Leuser National Park in South Aceh, Indonesia, acquired a face wound in June 2022.
PharmaVoice
MAY 3, 2024
With its next earnings report looming, pushback from an investor is adding pressure on Novavax to boost performance.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 29, 2024
Get to know Dr Jay Shah, a prominent figure in the field of cardiovascular medicine, as he answers 12 intriguing questions about his role as Chief Medical Officer at Aktiia and his insights into the field.
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The Pharmacist
MAY 3, 2024
Together with our sister publications, The Pharmacist has launched a survey to hear what pharmacists think about the last five years of change in primary care. The State of Primary Care Survey asks how the changes to the NHS — the launch of primary care networks (PCNs) in 2019 and the shift to integrated care systems (ICSs) in 2022 […] The post Have your say on PCN pharmacy and you could win a £200 voucher appeared first on The Pharmacist.
STAT
MAY 3, 2024
Caregivers for older adults and people with disabilities could see a bump in their wages in the coming years, thanks to a forthcoming rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The new rule brings sweeping changes to a bevy of Medicaid programs throughout the country, including fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems. One of the most notable changes applies to the home and community-based services (HCBS) industry.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 2, 2024
Delphia is developing medicines designed to overstress certain cellular pathways to the point tumor cells die, an approach the biotech calls “activation lethality.
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
Discover how digital tools can provide insights to help us. Digital technology could be a game-changer that offers the elusive promise of tackling the root cause, not just the conditions themselves, when it comes to human health.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 28, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools can be used for infection control through facial recognition systems designed to identify proper face mask use within hospitals.
STAT
MAY 2, 2024
Another upload of genetic sequence data from the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has exacerbated the scientific community’s frustration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the agency again failed to include basic information needed to track how the virus is changing as it spreads. Like a large tranche of sequences that the USDA uploaded to a public database on April 21, this week’s data dump did not include information about where and when the sequenced samples wer
BioPharma Dive
MAY 3, 2024
The company said data for its Wegovy competitor was promising enough to move the drug into late-stage testing, triggering a stock jump that added billions to Amgen’s market value.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 30, 2024
For the last few years, Walmart has been promising to disrupt the US healthcare sector with a national network of clinics providing low-cost care and telehealth services. Now, it is reining back on those plans.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 2, 2024
From Merck & Co to Sanofi, Pharmaceutical Technology lists the leading pharmaceutical companies spending the most on R&D in 2023.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus, Food and Drug Administration officials said at a press briefing Wednesday. The results confirmed findings of earlier testing of a more limited number of samples and add weight to the FDA’s conclusion that pasteurized milk products are safe for consumption despite a widespread outbreak of cows infected with H5N1.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 1, 2024
Sales of the shingles vaccine Shingrix and the RSV shot Arexvy helped fuel quarterly revenue totals that surpassed analyst expectations, though the company warned momentum could slow in the months ahead.
pharmaphorum
MAY 3, 2024
Walgreens’ plans to disrupt the clinical trials sector have taken a step forward with a high-profile partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceutical Business Review
MAY 3, 2024
The financing round is co-led by 8VC and DCVC Bio, with contributions from Samsung Life Science Fund, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation, Benjamin Franklin Technology Partners, Modi Ventures, and Gaingels. Latus Bio, emerging from the lab of co-founder professor Beverly Davidson at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is utilising proprietary technologies to develop CNS gene therapy candidates.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
When Maureen Amirault purchased her first electric wheelchair in 2020, she had been living with muscular dystrophy for decades. Braces and a cane helped, but walking became too arduous, so she got a chair through a company called Numotion. The first few months were great. The headrest fell off, but Numotion fixed it in a matter of days.
BioPharma Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
The funds will help the cancer-focused startup Enlaza bring “several development candidates” towards human testing in the next few years, its CEO said.
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
Explore the challenges in weight loss treatments despite the billions spent on clinical trials for weight loss drugs. Discover why capacity remains a critical issue in the industry.
Express Pharma
MAY 2, 2024
Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Zydus Lifesciences announced the successful conclusion of their joint venture (JV) – Bayer Zydus Pharma. The 50:50 joint venture was established on January 28, 2011, for the sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in India. Bayer is now securing full ownership of the entity, as per pre-agreed JV terms. A press statement from Bayer informed, “The JV successfully leveraged the strengths of both companies to better serve the fast-growing Indian market.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Pandemics start slowly — a few cases here, a few there — until suddenly people are sick or dying everywhere. Early detection by monitoring wastewater can help short-circuit that cycle. It’s difficult to tell what is happening right now with highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 (bird flu), which is rapidly spreading among cows and other mammals.
BioPharma Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
Supply continues to be tight, however, and the company anticipates further sales growth to be limited by how quickly it can bring on additional production capacity.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 29, 2024
A partnership between Huma Therapeutics and Merck KGaA to develop digital support tools for cancer patients has borne fruit with the launch of a bladder cancer app in the UK
Med Ed 101
MAY 1, 2024
Depression is one of the top three health disorders in adults ages 18-34 with approximately 21.3% of these adults having depression. This means that many women suffer from depression during their peak childbearing years and will begin medication to treat it. Uncontrolled depression or anxiety may lead to issues in pregnancy. Thus, there is always […] The post SSRIs In Pregnancy appeared first on Med Ed 101.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
NEW YORK — By the time Peter Bauman considered deep brain stimulation, he was desperate. Early onset Parkinson’s disease, diagnosed at age 49, had disabled him, ended his bartending career, and led him to consider suicide. He hoped that the treatment, known as DBS, in which an electrode connected to an external battery is inserted into the brain and emits electrical impulses, would ease his Parkinson’s tremors.
BioPharma Dive
MAY 1, 2024
The move broadens the antitrust regulator’s campaign against allegedly “improper or inaccurate” patent listings by drugmakers to include top-selling medicines for weight loss, diabetes, asthma and COPD.
pharmaphorum
MAY 2, 2024
The updated ICH E6(R3) Good Clinical Practice guidelines are here - discover what's changed and how clinical trials will need to adapt. This in-depth post unravels the key impacts of E6(R3).
The Pharmacist
MAY 2, 2024
A patient alert card warning of potential psychiatric and sexual side effects of finasteride will be introduced into packs the medicine this year, following a review into the drug’s safety. Finasteride is used by men as a 1mg dose under the brand name Propecia to treat hair loss, and as a 5mg dose under the […] The post New patient card to be introduced for finasteride appeared first on The Pharmacist.
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