Fri.Feb 09, 2024

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Novo Nordisk settles with 2 Florida sellers of compounded Ozempic

Fierce Pharma

Novo Nordisk has reached confidential settlements with two Florida sellers of compounded versions of the mega-blockbuster semaglutide treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, the company said on Friday. | Novo Nordisk has reached confidential settlements with two Florida sellers of compounded versions of the mega-blockbuster semaglutide treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, the company said on Friday.

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Moderna & Ionis-Partnered Biotech Lands $94M in IPO Cash for Gene-Editing R&D

MedCity News

Metagenomi finds novel gene-editing tools by mining microbial samples from around the world. Already partnered with Moderna and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, the company said its IPO cash will support ongoing preclinical research.

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As cancer drug shortages persist, ASCO official urges congressional action at hearing

Fierce Pharma

A year into a dire shortage of essential cancer medicines in the U.S., the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) is again pushing Congress to act to end the crisis. | The oncology drug supply crisis has entered its second year, and doctors still face "impossible choices" without access to standard-of-care therapies, ASCO's chief medical officer, Dr.

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BioNTech agrees collaboration to accelerate autologous CAR-T therapies

European Pharmaceutical Review

BioNTech SE and Autolus Therapeutics have agreed to collaborate to advance autologous CAR-T cell therapies. Under the terms of the agreement, BioNTech will pay $50 million to Autolus, granting the immunotherapy company rights including the option to access Autolus’ commercial and clinical site network, manufacturing capacities in the UK and commercial supply infrastructure.

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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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As Catalent prepares to join Novo family, CDMO's sales continue to slide

Fierce Pharma

As Catalent gets ready to join the Novo fold, the contract manufacturing juggernaut continues to slide on its diminishing COVID-19 business. | Despite some turbulence at Catalent, including an 11% sales drop for the quarter, investors still seem to be buzzed about the stock after this week’s announcement that Novo Holdings is buying out the CDMO for $16.5 billion.

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Drug/software combination improves blood pressure control

pharmaphorum

The combination of drugs for hypertension and software to personalise dosing to an individual patient has been shown to deliver improved blood pressure control and adherence to therapy in a pilot study.

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Study Highlights the Value of Patient Support Programs

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Researchers explore the proportion of approved drugs in the Canadian marketplace that utilize manufacturer-sponsored patient support programs, along with the types of medications that are more likely to do so.

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Limiting Cyberattack Blast Radius for Healthcare SaaS

MedCity News

From our experience providing identity management services to healthcare SaaS companies, here are five rules for building more secure SaaS applications. The list can serve as a guide either for healthcare organizations looking to move key operations to SaaS or to makers of SaaS applications for healthcare customers.

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Inhalable dry powder drug formulation could treat respiratory infections

European Pharmaceutical Review

A paper published in the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics has detailed the successful development of ebselen as an inhalable dry powder formulation. This is one of the most effective ways of treating respiratory infections, the authors asserted. The approach, which uses a spray-drying technique, will allow inhalable antimicrobials as dry powder formulations to be developed” The approach, which uses a spray-drying technique, will allow inhalable antimicrobials as dry p

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Brain Patterns, Physiological Metrics Show VR’s Ability To Reduce Chronic Pain In New Research

MedCity News

AppliedVR released study results demonstrating VR’s ability to help patients suffering from chronic low back pain. The technology was able to increase participants’ brain coherence and help them achieve a slower breathing rate — two metrics associated with reduced pain.

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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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What Goes into Planning LogiPharma Europe?

Pharmaceutical Commerce

A dive into the intricacies of how to ensure a long-running event stays fresh and relevant to the needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Tech-Enabled Biology: Pioneering a New Era in Biotechnology

MedCity News

The new era of full-stack compute-enabled bio companies will drive incredible advances in human health.

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US Senate committee interrogates big pharma on “outrageously high” drug prices

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharma CEOs defended their high prescription drug costs, stating that the current prices are necessary for continued innovation.

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Contrasting Provider-To-Consumer vs Direct-To-Consumer Healthcare Model

MedCity News

With the PTC model, providers can remain independent, continue “driving the bus,” generate revenue for their practice, treat more patients virtually and scale their practice like never before.

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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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AstraZeneca posts 81% rise in FY 2023 profit after tax

Pharmaceutical Technology

AstraZeneca has reported a significant 81% rise in profit after tax, reaching $5.96bn for FY 2023 from $3.29bn in the previous year.

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Astellas’ science chief on the leap into new technologies

PharmaVoice

After a big 2023, Yoshi Shitaka said the company is banking on gene therapies, KRAS degraders and more to keep the momentum.

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Boehringer and CBmed partner to develop cancer therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Boehringer has entered a strategic collaboration with CBmed to expedite the translation of cancer treatment approaches into new therapies.

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Researchers identify new treatment target for genetic epilepsy

PharmaTimes

The rare neurodevelopmental condition CDKL5 is characterised by early-onset epilepsy

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

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Vicore licenses idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis therapy to Nippon in Japan

Pharmaceutical Technology

Nippon will pay $10m upfront and up to $275m in milestone-based payments for the developmental and commercial rights to Vicore’s C21 in Japan.

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EMA Accepts Three Organizations into ATMP Pilot Program

PharmaTech

The three non-commercial developers of ATMPs will benefit from enhanced support from the agency.

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Royal Marsden to implement RaySearch’s online adaptive radiation therapy system

PharmaTimes

OART is increasingly emerging to assess and adapt treatment for cancer patients

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StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups

MedCity News

Check out news from Health Wildcatters, Rivia Health, Apella, and more.

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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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Synlogic shuts down after PKU drug fails phase 3 trial

pharmaphorum

Synlogic has slashed nearly all its staff and launched a strategic review after its lead drug for rare disease phenylketonuria failed a phase 3 trial

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Samgsung Biologics Announces Partnership With LegoChem Biosciences to Advance Development of Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Pharmaceutical Commerce

New collaboration seeks to take a significant step in the development of targeted treatments for solid tumors and an expansion of opportunities in the growing antibody-drug conjugate market.

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The Promise and Peril of AI in the Physical World

PharmExec

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug development has been hampered by issues that have caused a gap between AI’s potential and its full utilization in this space.

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Novo to buy Catalent: the backlash begins

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novo Nordisk’s plans to buy Catalent has raised objections related to the risk of drug shortages, manufacturing standards, and antitrust violations.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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BioNTech and Autolus Announce Strategic Alliance to Bolster CAR-T Cell Pipeline

PharmExec

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

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BioNTech partners with Autolus to advance CAR-T therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

BioNTech has entered into a strategic partnership with Autolus Therapeutics to progress the development of CAR-T cell therapy programmes.

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How to Stand Out in the Wellness Space as a Pharma Brand

PharmExec

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

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Hemogenyx gets reprieve as FDA lifts clinical hold on AML CAR-T therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Phase I trial for evaluating Hemogenyx’s CAR-T therapy to treat acute myeloid leukaemia has been cleared to begin in the US.

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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