Wed.Mar 27, 2024

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Akebia's Vafseo finally gets its shot at US chronic kidney disease market after FDA approval

Fierce Pharma

Akebia never lost confidence in its oral chronic kidney disease (CKD) anemia drug Vafseo, even after the FDA nixed its first approval bid two years ago with a complete response letter.

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Why Mass General Brigham Wants to Move 10% of Patient Care to the Home

MedCity News

At HIMSS24, Heather O’Sullivan, Mass General Brigham’s president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is “no greater model of care for being patient-centric,” and highlighted the care modality’s ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.

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Sanofi inks 3 distribution pacts in India and Korea for CNS drugs and vaccines

Fierce Pharma

For various reasons, pharma firms often favor distribution pacts rather than relying on local subsidiaries to market their drugs. | As pharma firms increasingly favor distribution pacts rather than relying on local subsidiaries to market their drugs, French major Sanofi has enlisted local companies to enhance the profile of its medicines across South and East Asia.

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Brainomix AI shows its worth in AZ pulmonary fibrosis trial

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Brainomix's e-Lung AI can accurately identify idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients most likely to progress and could inform the clinical trial design for new therapies

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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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WuXi Biologics stays the course with positive 2024 outlook as national security crackdown threatens business in US

Fierce Pharma

WuXi Biologics stays the course with positive 2024 outlook as national security crackdown threatens business in US fkansteiner Wed, 03/27/2024 - 13:12

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Novocure’s Electrical Cancer Therapy Shows It Can Treat Tumors in the Brain

MedCity News

Novocure said its “Tumor Treating Fields” met the main goal of a pivotal study enrolling non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. However, results for the electricty-based treatment fell short of statistical significance on several secondary endpoints.

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Improving Interoperability and Health Equity With Health Information Exchange Networks [Sponsored]

MedCity News

In a webinar sponsored by DocuSign, scheduled for April 16 at 1 pm ET, DocuSign will discuss the benefits of its collaboration with the Michigan Health Information Exchange Network’s (MHIEN) arm, Velatura and how it can function as a model for interoperability.

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Japan clears first CLDN18.2 drug, Astellas’ Vyloy

pharmaphorum

Astellas has become the first drugmaker to bring a claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) targeted therapy to regulatory approval, getting a green light in Japan for Vyloy as a treatment for stomach cancer. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has cleared Vyloy (zolbetuximab) for use in combination with chemotherapy for patients with HER2-negative CLDN18.2-positive advanced or recurrent gastric cancer that cannot be treated with surgery.

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Behavioral Healthcare in the Classroom – Understanding How Autism Care Operates Between Systems

MedCity News

Autism and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) care provides a unique opportunity for our healthcare system and our education system to function together.

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Dissatisfaction with NHS ‘at record high’

pharmaphorum

More than half (52%) of people who participated in a major survey of the GB public were dissatisfied with the NHS, as staff shortages, strikes, and record waiting lists take their toll. The results from the annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey came from 3,000 people interviewed across England, Scotland, and Wales and showed that less than a quarter (24%) were satisfied with the health service, a 29 percentage drop in three years.

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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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Does the Passing of a No Behavioral Health-Cost Sharing Law Have Any Bearing on Spending?

Pharmaceutical Commerce

A study investigates how a New Mexico law can impact patients’ out-of-pocket costs surrounding mental health and substance use disorder medications.

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Teva UK partners Closed Loop on personalised medicine

pharmaphorum

Teva UK has joined forces with techbio company Closed Loop Medicine to develop digital companions for pharma products that could provide personalised medicine

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Leveraging Digital Tools to Optimize Manufacturing Processes

Pharmaceutical Commerce

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Barry Heavey, Life Sciences Supply Chain Lead, Accenture, discusses how companies can leverage digital tools like artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize manufacturing processes and ensure efficient production.

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PhaSER Biomedical and the Sanders TDI partner for clinical drug discovery research

PharmaTimes

PhaSER will provide 8HUM mouse models for the TDI to accelerate a pipeline of novel therapeutic targets

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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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Pharma Pulse 3/27/24: What's the ROI on GenAI? Virtual Second Opinions Save Over $8,700 Per Patient & more

Pharmaceutical Commerce

The latest news for pharma industry insiders.

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Medical Sales Rep Recruitment: Implementing an effective selection process for better results.

MaBiCo

Medical Sales Rep Recruitment: Implementing an effective selection process for better results. For most organizations, recruiting plays a pivotal role in driving sales effectiveness, even though it remains one of the most challenging aspects to execute effectively. Several sales leaders think their companies have mastered recruitment, while others may consider it as less important compared to other SFE (sales force effectiveness) drivers.

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Strong growth for Sweden’s pharmaceutical exports

European Pharmaceutical Review

According to SwedenBIO, Sweden‘s life sciences industry is witnessing a continued increase in export values. Based on statistics from Statistics Sweden, at SEK 152.5 billion, exports of pharmaceuticals reached a total of 7.3 percent of Sweden’s total export value. SwedenBIO highlighted that this is an almost 10 percent increase since 2022. Value of Swedish pharmaceutical exports Swedish pharmaceuticals exports are currently “significantly larger” than exports of iron and steel.

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LifeArc provides £750,000 fund for clinical trial to treat neuroferritinopathy

PharmaTimes

The progressive and incurable brain disorder currently affects approximately 100 patients worldwide

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

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Drug safety driving pyrogen testing market expansion

European Pharmaceutical Review

A report by Allied Market Research has predicted that the global pyrogen testing market will value $3.3 billion by 2032. The market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 8.2 percent from 2023 to 2032, according to the research. Drivers of the pyrogen testing market Increased R&D activities within the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector and a focus on biologics, were reported to hold significant growth opportunities for the pyrogen testing market.

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FOLX Health, Crisis Text Line Partner To Support LGBTQIA+ Community

MedCity News

Through a new partnership, FOLX members can gain access to crisis counselors through Crisis Text Line in addition to their support from the FOLX Health care team.

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Navigating the Psychedelic Renaissance: Emerging Mental Health Therapies and the Pharmacist’s Role

Pharmacy Times

Psychedelic medicines such as psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, and LSD have been shown to have a significant impact on conditions such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder in clinical trials.

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Takeda plots ‘unprecedented patient diversity’ for psoriasis drug that could compete with BMS

PharmaVoice

Ahead of more guidance from the FDA on diversity in clinical trials, Takeda is aiming to beat industry standards.

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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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Adjuvanted RSVPreF3 Vaccine Could Prevent RSV Infection Among Older Adults

Pharmacy Times

The adjuvanted RSVPreF3 vaccine could prevent nearly 3 million symptomatic RSV-ARI cases among US older adults over 3 years’ time, according to study results.

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Avenzo Therapeutics secures $150m to progress oncology pipeline

Pharmaceutical Technology

Avenzo Therapeutics has secured $150m in Series A-1 financing round to progress the development of its oncology pipeline.

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Pharmacy Focus: Policy Edition - Overview of California's Stop Dangerous Pharmacies Act

Pharmacy Times

Ron Lanton discusses California's Stop Dangerous Pharmacies Act, which aims to address understaffed chain pharmacies and reduce medication errors by implementing new regulations around pharmacy staffing, error reporting, and unsafe working conditions.

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Enhance Early Protocol Design with Evidence-Driven 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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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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FDA Issues Letters to 6 Companies for Unapproved, Misbranded OTC Analgesic Products

Pharmacy Times

The agency warns consumers against using these products, which are marketed for topical use to relieve pain associated with cosmetic procedures.

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Bioanalytical Methods to Optimize Drug Development: Hybrid LC-MS vs LBA

PharmaTech

Drs Dawn Dufield and Dominic Warrino, KCAS Bioanalytical and Biomarker Services, share expertise on using Hybrid LC-MS versus LBA for bioanalytical analysis.

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FDA Approves Sotatercept-csrk for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pharmacy Times

Sotatercept-csrk is the first approved activin signaling inhibitor therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension, which represents a new class of therapy.

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Which drugs are most likely to be approved in Cough?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cough disease is an indication for drug development with over 40 pipeline drugs currently active according to GlobalData.

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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