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New migraine drugs less effective than previous generation of triptan meds: BMJ study

Fierce Pharma

A study from The BMJ indicates that the newest class of migraine drugs—which includes Pfizer’s Nurtec, AbbVie’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow—is less effective in the acute treatment of migra | A study from The BMJ indicates that the newest class of migraine drugs—which includes Pfizer’s Nurtec, AbbVie’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow—is less effective in the acute treatment of migraines than a previous class of medicines.

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What Will It Take to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity?

MedCity News

During a panel discussion at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference, three healthcare leaders shared their expert insight on what needs to change in order to improve the industry’s cybersecurity strategy. The post What Will It Take to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity? appeared first on MedCity News.

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Granules India scolded over truckloads of torn manufacturing documents after recent FDA inspection

Fierce Pharma

From truckloads of torn documents to avian incursions in the production plant, Granules India’s recent manufacturing reprimand from the FDA is alarming no matter which way you look at it. | Earlier this month, Granules was slapped with a Form 483 following an inspection of its Telangana facility in India that ran from Aug. 26 to Sept. 6. The FDA’s report cites six observations around poor quality control procedures, subpar cleaning, cross-contamination risks and more.

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Mass Board Exodus at 23andMe Leaves Company With Tough Decisions Ahead

MedCity News

Months after 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki publicly stated she wants to take the company she co-founded private, all of the company’s independent board directors have resigned. The board letter to Wojcicki stated that its members preferred resigning over continuing to have a difference of view over the direction of the company. The post Mass Board Exodus at 23andMe Leaves Company With Tough Decisions Ahead appeared first on MedCity News.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Gilead's Kite exits China cell therapy joint venture with Fosun Pharma

Fierce Pharma

Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma will sell its stake in China’s Fosun Kite Biotechnology nearly eight years after forming the 50-50 cell-therapy-focused joint venture with Fosun Pharma. | Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma will sell its stake in China’s Fosun Kite Biotechnology nearly eight years after forming the cell therapy-focused joint venture with Fosun Pharma.

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Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition

MedCity News

Doctor’s offices are the front door of the American healthcare system. We owe it to them to support H.R. 2474 and put an end to annual Congressional stop-gap spending bills. The post Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition appeared first on MedCity News.

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Disrupting the U.S. “Sickcare” System

MedCity News

Real change will come from disrupting the status quo. Advances in AI and a focus on prevention offer a way forward, promising not just financial rewards, but a healthier population, less strain on healthcare, and a future where “healthcare” truly means care. The post Disrupting the U.S. “Sickcare” System appeared first on MedCity News.

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Understanding SPMS: Insights from Dr. Jiwon Oh

Fierce Pharma

Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) can be an incredibly complex process for both patients and doctors. | In this episode, sponsored by Sanofi, we’re joined by Dr. Jiwon Oh to discuss the need to better understand SPMS.

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What Are the Challenges in Building a Consumer-Focused Diagnostic Testing Startup?

MedCity News

During a panel discussion at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health Conference, executives shared the top challenges they’re facing in the consumer diagnostic testing space. These challenges include funding and encouraging behavior change. The post What Are the Challenges in Building a Consumer-Focused Diagnostic Testing Startup? appeared first on MedCity News.

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Recapping Digital Pharma East 2024

Fierce Pharma

In this week's episode of "The Top Line," we’re recapping and discussing the major trends from Digitial Pharma East, w | In this week's episode of "The Top Line," we’re recapping and discussing the major trends from Digitial Pharma East.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Neuralink gets breakthrough tag for sight-restoring implant

pharmaphorum

Neuralink gets FDA breakthrough status for an implantable chip called Blindsight that promises to restore eyesight to the blind

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Top three trends in precision medicine

Pharmaceutical Technology

An innovative approach to healthcare, precision medicine is a new medical model that takes into account individual differences in genes, environments, and lifestyles to drive better outcomes through medicine.

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Vanda slams FDA rejection of gastroparesis drug

pharmaphorum

FDA turns down Vanda Pharma's tradipitant for gastroparesis, prompting a furious response from the company

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Oncologica to advance urine-based prostate cancer screening test

PharmaTimes

There is currently no national screening programme for the disease in the UK

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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ICER mulls GSK COPD drugs ahead of next Medicare negotiation

pharmaphorum

ICER will preempt the next Medicare drug pricing round with a 'special report' on two COPD drugs from GSK

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At J&J, oncology R&D meets commercial strategy in a quest for new standards of care

PharmaVoice

The disparate teams of research and commercial at J&J work closely together from the get-go.

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Respiratory biotech Upstream joins Nasdaq IPO surge

pharmaphorum

Upstream Bio has become the latest biotech to chance its arm with a public listing in the US, seeking funds for its rival to respiratory drug Tezspire.

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Enhancing Patient Outcomes: The Role of Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

These pharmacies address cost, understanding, and safety concerns through high-touch support and coordination.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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Daiichi Sankyo's Vanflyta gets NICE nod for leukaemia

pharmaphorum

Daiichi Sankyo's FLT3 inhibitor Vanflyta has been recommended for NHS use as a treatment for a specific form of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in England and Wales, the first countries in Europe to authorise use of the drug after a health technology assessment (HTA) review.

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Phase 3 Study Displays Positive Results of Co-Administration of RSV and Shingles Vaccine

Pharmacy Times

Results displayed a non-inferior immune response of the co-administered vaccines, compared to administration in individual visits.

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Global Real World Data Tour: 2024 Key Insights

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Arvato Systems, Advanco Form Serialization Partnership

Pharmaceutical Commerce

The collaboration is centered around meeting track-and-trace requirements.

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Increase Revenue With Better, Faster Sales Onboarding

Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met. This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. Organizations with a standard onboarding process boost employee retention by 58% and increase productivity by 50%. Unfortunately, many companies struggle with inefficient processes that lead to high turnover and missed revenue opportunities.

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Maximizing Patient Engagement With Interactive Health Technologies

LEVO Health

Patient engagement is no longer just a buzzword in healthcare — it’s a critical component of delivering effective care and improving outcomes. As healthcare providers and medtech companies aim to provide more personalized and timely care, interactive health technologies are emerging as powerful tools to bridge the gap between patients and their providers.

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Xofluza Significantly Reduces Household Influenza Transmission

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Results of the Phase III CENTERSTONE study demonstrated that when Xofluza is taken by an individual with influenza, it lowers the risk of others in the household contracting it.

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Patritumab Deruxtecan Demonstrates Significant Survival Improvement in Locally Advanced or Metastatic EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

PharmExec

Results of the Phase III HERTHENA-Lung02 trial demonstrated the superiority of patritumab deruxtecan over platinum plus pemetrexed induction chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.

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CCC Rolls Out RightFind Curriculum Content-and-Licensing Solution for Educational Materials

Copyright Clearance Center

CCC introduced RightFind Curriculum, which is the only all-in-one combined content and licensing solution that enables K–12 educators, EdTech companies, curriculum developers, and custom publishing companies to easily search for, discover, and incorporate high-quality, copyrighted content into curriculum and instructional materials, EdTech applications, and online platforms.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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AstraZeneca’s Fasenra to challenge GSK’s Nucala in rare vasculitis after FDA nod

Pharmaceutical Technology

Before the FDA approved AstraZeneca’s Fasenra, Nucala was the only therapy for treating eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

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Navigating reimbursement and formulary listing discussions: Six tips for more effective objection handling in pharmaceutical market access

Clarivate

Encountering objections and questions from payers and health technology assessment (HTA) decision-makers is an unavoidable part of bringing a new pharmaceutical or medical technology to market. Payer conversations provide an opportunity to acknowledge potential issues or evidence gaps and alleviate concerns. Yet without careful planning and the development of effective objection handling resources, these concerns can cause delays and disappointment on the road to reimbursement or formulary listi

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Novo Nordisk and NanoVation sign $600m deal in rare and cardiometabolic diseases

Pharmaceutical Technology

NanoVation will receive $600m in upfront cash and potential milestone payments, as well as tiered royalties on future product sales.

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Lilly’s $1.8 Billion Biologics Expansion Expected to Grow Manufacturing Footprint in Ireland

PharmaTech

Lilly has added a $1 billion investment to increase biologics manufacturing at its Limerick, Ireland, site while unveiling its new $800 million facility in Kinsale.

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Using Generative AI in Sales: Pros, Cons, and Considerations According to Sellers

Are your sellers unsure about using AI in their day-to-day workflows? Or are they eager to try but uncertain where to start? They might be asking: Which tasks are best suited for AI? How will using AI affect my relationship with my customers? With so many tools available, which ones are the most useful to me? To help answer these and other common questions about using AI during the sales cycle, we surveyed B2B sellers who were early adopters to get their insight and advice about how to use gen A