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The current pricing of cancer treatments is unsustainable

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needs to take substantial steps to address the high costs of cancer drugs. From 2009 to 2019, the median monthly treatment costs for new drugs at launch reached $11,755 in the U.S… From 2009-10 to 2018-19, the lowest average monthly costs for new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. SUMMARY: The U.S.

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Merck gives taxpayers the middle finger

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to produce, according to a report issued last week by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health and King’s College Hospital in London. Remdesivir was the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19. And while it costs $17.74 Merck charges the U.S.

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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

Employing MALDI-TOF MS for microbial identification in sterile drug manufacturing Fungal contamination in pharmaceutical cleaning facilities Case study examples Mould and yeast have been reported by several previous authors in numerous pharmaceutical cleanrooms , cold rooms, and controlled areas, according to the authors. Ahmed et al.

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

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In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. They relied so much on a new drug that they tried to market a product with bad science behind it. The pharma industry is a giant behemoth that needs new drugs to survive and grow.

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Black participants make up just 3% in cancer clinical trials, says GlobalData

European Pharmaceutical Review

The report, Clinical Trials – The Importance of Diversity in Clinical Trials , examined data from clinical trials initiated between 1 January 2013 and 16 June 2022. Earlier this year the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance to support companies in enrolling more ethnically diverse trial populations.

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Using RWE in rare disease drug development: effective innovations with historical controls

European Pharmaceutical Review

Rare disease drug development poses unique challenges that can be overcome by using real-world evidence (RWE). Another benefit is that fewer patients are required in clinical trials using HCs, thereby reducing time to trial completion and speeding drug approval. Patel et al.

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Targeting tumours with novel radiopharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

One of the aspects of radiopharmaceuticals that is often overlooked is how complicated it is to develop a new agent, in terms of the complexity of drug design to realise a therapeutic candidate and the implementation of the clinical evaluations. This is not an effective strategy.