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Lung cancer deaths decline but.

World of DTC Marketing

In recent years, early detection and treatment improvements have helped boost the 3-year survival rate for lung cancer from 21% in 2004 to 31% in 2015 through 2017. In recent years, early detection and treatment improvements have helped boost the 3-year survival rate for lung cancer from 21% in 2004 to 31% in 2015 through 2017.

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Specialty pharma’s next big opportunity: it’s time for patient access to adopt an open protocol

pharmaphorum

Along their journey, specialty pharma patients interact with a series of siloed institutions: clinics, specialty pharmacies, copay program vendors, patient assistance programs, nurses, etc. Not unlike the financial industry, these institutions still exchange patient information via fax machines. and the financial wherewithal ?

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New Prescription Migraine Drugs Aren’t Resonating with Patients—Here’s How Pharma Can Boost Uptake

PM360

However, patient uptake hasn’t matched rising market competition. And among patients who have tried preventive medications for migraine, 39% said they no longer took them. These low adoption rates highlight the need for more migraine-drug awareness and suggest that pharma marketers should explore new strategies to boost patient uptake.

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European Commission revokes marketing authorisation for Novartis’ crizanlizumab

European Pharmaceutical Review

Crizanlizumab is a once-a-month, humanised monoclonal antibody infusion, indicated for the prevention of recurrent vaso‑occlusive crises (pain crises) in sickle cell disease patients aged 16 years and above. Adakveo (crizanlizumab) received conditional authorisation by the EC in October 2020.

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As resistant tuberculosis rises, GSK says trial backs novel antibiotic

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The study of GSK3036656 – an inhibitor of the bacterial enzyme leucyl t-RNA synthetase (LeuRS) – showed that 14 days’ treatment with a low once-daily dose showed it was able to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis , with no serious adverse effects.

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Aiming for ‘Magic Bullets’ in Medicine: Are We Shooting Ourselves in the Foot?

Clarivate

3 Patients required many injections over a long time period, and problems also arose from the galenic preparation of arsphenamide, which was insoluble in water.3 The development of antimicrobial resistance to penicillin and the development of complications in patients with diabetes, despite treatment with insulin, proved major limitations. [5]

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Pharma responds to proposed EU pharmaceutical legislation reform

European Pharmaceutical Review

Pinsent Masons Charlotte Weekes, Senior Associate at Pinsent Masons shared with EPR : “The Commission’s ambitious pharma legislation review is the first significant review of the European system since 2004.” “It These amend and replace the existing general pharmaceutical legislation.