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FDA turns down Outlook's ophthalmic version of Roche's Avastin over manufacturing, data shortfalls

Fierce Pharma

Even without an FDA approval, Roche’s cancer drug Avastin is widely used by doctors to treat certain eye diseases. Even without an FDA approval, Roche’s cancer drug Avastin is widely used by doctors to treat certain eye diseases.

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Eli Lilly inks deal to acquire Nexus manufacturing plant in WI as Mounjaro and Zepbound shortages drag on

Fierce Pharma

As doctors and patients in the U.S. | As doctors and patients in the U.S. grapple with widening shortages of the popular diabetes therapy Mounjaro and its obesity counterpart Zepbound, the maker of the tirzepatide drugs, Eli Lilly, is forging ahead on its quest to expand capacity for its injectable medicines.

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Enterprising Yourself At The Top Of The Spine Distributorship Game With Daniel Tighe

Evolve Your Success

From treating doctors and providers as partners to viewing your role as an extension to help others in that partnership, he shows how far one can go in the industry when you know how to communicate. Also, I was like, “I probably don’t want to be a doctor because they have to go to school for a long time.” I was an athlete.

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Episode 15 – Patient Builder – A Win for Doctors/Clinics and A Win for Medical Device Companies Trying to Add Value

Medical Device Success

Bill and his team have a unique view of the medical device world in that they consult for practices, they act as a provider via ambulatory surgical centers and then they work with the medical device industry by helping industry and doctors work together to maximize technology integration and patient uptake via their Patient Builder tools.

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Towards ‘smart’ vaccine development and manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

However, the biopharma industries realised that traditional vaccine development and manufacturing techniques, which take around five to 10 years for initial development to large-scale distribution, 1 were inadequate to meet the growing demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Digital technologies for smart vaccine manufacturing.

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Marketing to Doctors and Physicians

Healthcare Success

Every time I run into someone who is faced with the daunting challenge of marketing to doctors or other healthcare professionals, I giggle empathetically and say, “I feel your pain.”. Get Your Doctors’ Attention Immediately. Doctors are notoriously hard to reach and persuade. Always offer specific solutions to specific problems.

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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

World of DTC Marketing

Of course, they should, but in the end, it’s going to come down to trust in their doctor and the FDA. Patients trust their doctors, so the accelerated approval process must be modified to increase their trust with physicians and explain to patients precisely what accelerated drug approval means.

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