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Generic Portfolio Management, Partnering with Brands, and Staying Competitive

Drug Patent Watch

This is my talk from the 14th Annual Portfolio Planning and Partnership for Generic Conference. I discuss: Identifying generic entry opportunities at the earliest stages Discovering opportunities that avoid litigation…. The post Generic Portfolio Management, Partnering with Brands, and Staying Competitive appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Fungus-derived cancer killing drug by Oxford University shows promise

Pharma Times

A chemotherapy drug, NUC-7738, which is derived from a Himalayan fungus has been found to have 40 times greater potency in killing cancer cells than its original parent compound.

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Twin Health raises $140m for “digital twin” diabetes reversal app

pharmaphorum

The developer of a toolkit that promises to create a “digital twin” of individuals with chronic metabolic diseases like diabetes to help model the impact of lifestyle changes has secured $140 million in funding to develop the technology. US and India-based Twin Health says the Whole Body Digital Twin platform uses Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and self-reported data within an artificial intelligence-driven software platform to generate a virtual copy of a person’s unique met

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Open Source “Wikipedia” for Drug Discovery

Pharma Mirror

By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Open source drug discovery was proposed in the past in connection with third-world diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, but it is in the context of first-world indications where it is needed most. Despite untold investment by numerous pharmaceutical companies, FDA-approved drugs that target critical brain functions and conditions like anxiety, depression, and sedation continue to present severe and unpredictable side effects, including suicidal ideation.

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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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Three Ways Pharma Advertisers Can Benefit from Attention Metrics

Pharma Marketing Network

By: Marc Guldimann, Co-founder and CEO, Adelaide. Targeting and attribution challenges are universal, but pharmaceutical advertisers encounter several unique hurdles with digital advertising. Given their often niche content, pharma marketers must target smaller, more exclusive audiences to drive results while developing impactful creative. Reaching these audiences is further complicated by HIPAA and FTC regulations — not to mention international laws like GDPR and the gradual deprecation of thir

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MSD: Antiviral COVID-19 pill can halve the risk of hospitalisation and death

Pharma Times

MSD and Ridgeback Therapeutics announced that their investigational anti-viral medicine reduced the risk of hospitalisation and death by approximately 50% in non-hospitalised adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

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CPhI Worldwide: 9-11 November 2021 in Milan, Italy

Pharma Mirror

“In a year when literally hundreds of our exhibitors have contributed to overcoming COVID, the greatest healthcare challenge of recent times, we are delighted to be welcoming back the pharma community. CPhI Worldwide is an essential conduit in helping pharma supply chains work, partners meet, empowering the industry with learning. But this year, more than ever, the event will also be a celebration of everything pharma has achieved.

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Informatics useful in advancing personalized medicine: Washington University

Outsourcing Pharma

A representative from the school explains how tools like artificial intelligence and natural language processing can help elevate personalized medicine.

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AstraZeneca pursues approval for COVID-19 antibody cocktail

Pharma Times

AstraZeneca has submitted an emergency approval to the US drug regulators for its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, which would be the first non-vaccine protection from the virus to be granted approval.

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Transform patient experience with intelligent hyper-personalisation

pharmaphorum

Since 2019, pharmaceutical companies have been speeding to integrate digital channels and processes into their marketing efforts and patient outreach, to prepare for the wave of digitisation in the healthcare industry. As part of these efforts, customer experience (CX) became a key focus area to ensure customer engagement and loyalty. Significant strides have been made by the industry when it comes to embedding forward-thinking practices into its strategic marketing goals with healthcare profess

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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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Conducting Patient Access in an Evolving Market

Drug Channels

Today’s guest post comes from Bill Dupere, Practice Lead and VP of Market Access Solutions and Eric Willis, VP of Operations Hub and Reimbursement Services at TrialCard. Bill and Eric discuss the complexities of digital patient support program technologies and introduce TrialCard’s integrated suite of solutions. To learn more, please contact Trialcard at sales@trialcard.com or visit them in booth #416 at the upcoming Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit from October 26 to 29, 2021.

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Johnson & Johnson to Seek F.D.A. Authorization for Booster Shot

NY Times

The request, expected this week, comes after a study found the company’s vaccine was only 71 percent effective against hospitalization from Covid-19.

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UK’s first ‘asthma bus’ to support NHS respiratory service

Pharma Times

The UK’s first ‘asthma bus’ is set to begin its journey around the country, aiming to offer crucial support to pressured NHS respiratory services, as asthma sufferers have admitted to delaying care during the pandemic to avoid the risk of catching COVID-19.

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Pfizer agrees $630m deal to harness Voyager’s gene therapy tech

pharmaphorum

Voyager Therapeutics has just landed a new gene therapy alliance with Pfizer that could go some way towards easing the pain of losing three other partners in the space of a couple of years. Pfizer is paying Voyager $30 million upfront to get access to its TRACER adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology, which aims to improve the safety of gene therapies – a field that has suffered a string of safety scares in the last few months.

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ONSC dismisses Apotex’s second monopolies action

Pharma in Brief

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has released the second decision in a series of summary judgment motions relating to Apotex’s claims against innovative drug companies under various causes of action pursued above and beyond the section 8 damages regime in the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. In Apotex Inc. v. Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals , 2021 ONSC 6345 , Justice Diamond granted summary judgment in favour of the defendants and dismissed Apotex’s claims rooted in the

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Study: Pfizer Vaccine Protects Against Hospitalization for Six Months

NY Times

The findings, which also document a waning of protection against infection, come as officials debate the necessity and timing of booster shots.

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First subject given COVID-19 vaccine candidate in UK-based Scancell’s COVIDITY trial

Pharma Times

UK-based Scancell Holdings has announced that its first subject has been dosed in its COVIDITY clinical trial in South Africa.

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Evidence, investment, scale: the route to digital health adoption

pharmaphorum

Digital health tools hold huge potential, and the evidence base is growing all the time – so what is holding us back and how does the sector overcome the multiple barriers to widespread adoption? We are living through a digital health revolution, and the pace of change has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 90,000 health-related mobile apps were released onto the market in 2020 alone, according to an IQVIA Institute report , that’s an average of 250-plus every day.

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NEW: The 2021–22 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors

Drug Channels

I am pleased to announce our new 2021–22 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors , available for purchase and immediate download. Click here to download a free report overview (including a summary of industry trends, the Table of Contents, and a List of Exhibits) New Drug Channels Institute Study: Biosimilars Are Delivering Higher Profits for Drug Distributors (press release) We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before October 15, 2021!

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Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11

NY Times

The agency has promised to move quickly on the request and has tentatively scheduled a meeting at the end of the month to consider it.

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Poolbeg Pharma launches AI programme with Eurofins Genomics

Pharma Times

London-based infectious disease pharmaceutical company, Poolbeg Pharma, has announced their deal with testing and support specialist, Eurofins Genomics, according to Proactive Investors.

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GSK’s malaria vaccine gets WHO okay for mass rollout

pharmaphorum

The WHO has given a green light to widespread use of GlaxoSmithKline’s malaria vaccine in Africa, in what could be a major turning point in the fight against the disease. The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine – also known as Mosquirix – will be administered to children living in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high malaria transmission in what WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described as “a historic moment.” Initial clinical trials of the vaccine only

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Making the most of trial data can benefit patients: Parexel

Outsourcing Pharma

An expert from the CRO explains the evolution of data technologies put to use in clinical studies and offers advice on how to best make them work in trials.

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Cáncer sin quimioterapia: una revolución silenciosa

NY Times

Un número cada vez mayor de pacientes con cáncer, especialmente los de mama y pulmón, se libran del temido tratamiento en favor de otras alternativas.

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AiPharma forms alliance with Appili Therapeutics

Pharma Times

Private biopharmaceutical research, development, and commercialisation company, AiPharma, has announced a strategic alliance with biopharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics Inc (Appili), to advance the global development of Avigan®/Reeqonus™ (favipiravir).

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NHSX backs 14 digital health projects after funding round

pharmaphorum

NHSX, the government agency tasked with digitally transforming NHS England, has granted funding to 14 projects in its first digital health award competition. The Digital Health Partnership Award opened for applications in July and is aimed at projects that can help NHS organisations in England support patients with long term conditions focusing on supporting people at home.

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Canada seeks leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in PMPRB excessive-pricing case

Pharma in Brief

The Attorney General of Canada has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in an excessive-pricing case regarding the drug SOLIRIS. As we reported , Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. was successful before the Federal Court of Appeal in an application for judicial review of a 2017 PMPRB decision finding that Alexion had sold SOLIRIS at an excessive price in Canada.

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Fauci: Americans Should Get Vaccinated Even if Merck’s Covid Pill Cuts Deaths

NY Times

President Biden’s Covid adviser also says it is “too soon to tell” if the Delta surge will decline enough to allow safe gatherings around the holidays.

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Largest COVID-19 PCR provider announces expansion of ‘cube’ labs

Pharma Times

The UK’s largest laboratory diagnostics company, Randox, has announced a nationwide expansion of ten new adaptive ‘cube’ laboratories across Great Britain, with facilities that provide a rapid and cost-effective model to expand laboratory provision.

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Moderna unveils $500m plan for African vaccine facility

pharmaphorum

Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. The factory will be able to supply up to 500 million doses of mRNA shots a year, and cover the full spectrum of manufacturing from drug substance production through to full/finish and packaging, according to the company.

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Medical Writing — An Outsourcing Competency

Pharma Mirror

The history of medical writing began with the rise of the modern clinical trial. A medical writer can be your most pivotal ally in a clinical trial. While clinic directors, data managers, and investigators in the pharmaceutical industry are required for clinical trials, medical writers are the glue that holds clinical trials together. The increase in volume of clinical trials has already put a tremendous strain on journal editors and reviewers.

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Pfizer Booster Can Be Given After 6 Months, European Drug Agency Says

NY Times

The E.U.’s main drug regulator also said that extra doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines can be given to those with underlying health conditions as early as 28 days after the second dose.

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Alnylam becomes new partner in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre

Pharma Times

Leading RNA intereference (RNAi) therapeutics company, Alnylam, has been welcomed as the latest partner in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, to transform the manufacturing process of oligonucleotide therapies.

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Novartis’ Amit Nastik on COVID’s supply chain impact: the pharmaphorum podcast

pharmaphorum

Episode 41 of the pharmaphorum podcast heard from Amit Nastik about the impact of COVID-19 on pharma supply chains and how he and his team mitigated disruption to Novartis’ own operations. Amit’s the global head strategy and operations and local markets manufacturing at Novartis Technical Operations and discussed how his company ensured an uninterrupted supply of medicines during COVID’s acute phase.

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Irish research centre announces major partnership with five major BioPharma companies

Pharma Mirror

Limerick, Ireland: Irish SFI-funded research centre SSPC has announced a major collaboration with five of the world’s leading BioPharma companies that aims to reduce waste, maintain standards and minimise costs in pharmaceutical processes. The rising need for early diagnosis of chronic diseases, coupled with growing demand for drugs which work better and have fewer side effects, is largely responsible for the growth of the protein A resin market.

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