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Report: Nurse Understaffing Is Becoming More Deadly for Patients

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The percentage of respondents who know of a patient death being caused by nurses being assigned too many patients nearly doubled in the past seven years — from 22% in 2016 to 42% in 2023.

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Why patient-centricity is essential to accelerate rare disease clinical research

European Pharmaceutical Review

3 Significant unmet needs The path to diagnosis of a rare disease is complex, taking on average five to eight years from the onset of symptoms before a patient receives an accurate diagnosis. Even with a diagnosis, patients continue to face barriers to care. Engaging with patients and caregivers is key to addressing these challenges.

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Staying abreast of regulations with NGS?based viral safety for faster, safer and more ethical lot release of our vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

How does that impact the safety of the biologics? Safety is key to the development of any medicine, but the safety considerations linked to bioproduction are more complex because biologics are more sophisticated medicines than small molecules. How are regulatory guidelines adapting to this trend? References.

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

The availability of oral chemotherapy treatments would provide stomach cancer patients with the option of more efficacious drugs with improved tolerability in a more convenient dosage format” The poor clinical outcomes of stomach cancer make it a key target for drug development. New hope for stomach cancer patients.

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First AI-generated small molecule drug enters Phase II trial

European Pharmaceutical Review

The world’s first AI-generated anti-fibrotic small molecule inhibitor drug has been administered to the first human patients. Achievement of the first dose in human patients is a “milestone” for AI-driven drug discovery and drug development , stated Feng Ren, PhD, co-CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Insilico Medicine.

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Bayer unit BrainVectis cleared to start Huntington gene therapy trial

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France’s BrainVectis, a subsidiary of Bayer’s Asklepios BioPharma (AskBio) unit, has been given the green light by regulators in France to start dosing patients with its gene therapy candidate for devastating neurodegenerative disorder Huntington’s disease.

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Understanding the evidence used in drug product withdrawals

European Pharmaceutical Review

Over the past few years, we have researched the types of evidence used in regulatory decisions for drug product withdrawals due to safety concerns in Europe. Our research showed that in Europe between 1999 and 2016, 35 products were withdrawn. But over time, trends in what evidence is most available and therefore most used, change.

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