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Alnylam sticks with aggressive litigation strategy against Pfizer and Moderna, filing yet another patent lawsuit

Fierce Pharma

Alnylam sticks with aggressive litigation strategy against Pfizer and Moderna, filing yet another patent lawsuit zbecker Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:24

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SK Bioscience gains UK authorisation for SKYCovion Covid-19 vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

SK Bioscience has received marketing authorisation from the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovion. SKYCovion is intended for the prevention of Covid-19 resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals aged 18 years and above. The authorisation allows the distribution of the vaccine in Scotland, Wales and England.

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After price cuts, Eli Lilly inks $13.5M settlement in long-running insulin lawsuit

Fierce Pharma

After price cuts, Eli Lilly inks $13.

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How Employers Can Get Started in the Food as Medicine Movement

MedCity News

Employers have a responsibility to support the food as medicine movement and help employees who are food insecure, said Jay Bhatt, managing director of Deloitte Services and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute. He made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Lexicon finally scores FDA nod for heart failure drug Inpefa

Fierce Pharma

Lexicon finally scores FDA nod for heart failure drug Inpefa kdunleavy Tue, 05/30/2023 - 05:46

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US companies drive 2023 drug launches positioned for blockbuster success by 2028

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData’s Looking Ahead to 2023 – the Future of Pharma report, five drugs set for approval in 2023 are projected to attain blockbuster status or near-blockbuster status by 2028 with US company dominance. Lecanemab by Eisai Co Ltd, a monoclonal antibody therapy marketed for Alzheimer’s disease, is predicted to achieve the most significant commercial debut.

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Burnout Continues To Crush Clinicians, But Voice Tech and AI Could Help

MedCity News

In addition to reducing workload, NLP and ambient voice technology can also improve the quality of care that clinicians provide. By analyzing EHRs and other patient data, NLP algorithms can identify potential health risk factors and recommend preventative measures.

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With court's blessing, billionaire Sackler family awarded legal protections in Purdue's $6B settlement

Fierce Pharma

With court's blessing, billionaire Sackler family awarded legal protections in Purdue's $6B settlement zbecker Tue, 05/30/2023 - 15:41

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After FDA Miss in Diabetes, Lexicon Lands Long-Awaited Approval in Heart Failure

MedCity News

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals drug Inpefa is now FDA-approved for heart failure. Inpefa is third in its class, but the biotech says its pill can reach a specific subset of patients, enabling it to stand apart from rival medicines from AstraZeneca and partners Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim.

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Lexicon Receives FDA Stamp of Approval for New Heart Failure Treatment

PharmExec

Inpefa to support multiple cardiovascular issues.

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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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EU regulator recommends revoking approval for Novartis’ sickle cell disease drug

PharmaTimes

The EMA's human medicines committee concluded that the benefits of Adakveo did not outweigh its risks

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Amplo Biotechnology receives NIH-NIAMS grant for gene therapy AMP-201

Pharmaceutical Technology

Amplo Biotechnology has received a fast track phase I/II STTR grant from the NIH-NIAMS [National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases] for its gene therapy AMP-201. The company will receive substantial funding to advance AAV-ColQ gene therapy. AMP-201 addresses the severe congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) caused by collagen Q (ColQ) deficiency.

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Federal Agencies Release New Guidelines to Help Providers Fend Off Ransomware

MedCity News

A group of federal agencies recently released an updated set of guidelines to help healthcare organizations protect themselves from ransomware attacks and the data breaches that often follow. The guidance lays out best practices to prevent the six major ways that bad actors gain access to providers’ systems, which include compromised credentials and phishing.

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European Commission approves haematology biosimilar

European Pharmaceutical Review

The European Commission (EC) has granted a marketing authorisation for EPYSQLI , a biosimilar to Soliris (eculizumab) for adults and children patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH). “The approval of EPYSQLI , Samsung Bioepis’ first haematology biosimilar, reflects our ongoing endeavours to introduce more treatment options for PNH patients in Europe,” stated Byoungin Jung, Vice President and Regulatory Affairs Team Leader at Samsung Bioepis.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Does Improved Medical Billing Increase Revenue?

Referral MD

Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash The medical billing process can be a tedious, lengthy, and complex one. This can leave healthcare practitioners struggling to stay afloat financially. Can a healthcare practice increase revenue by improving its medical billing process? A reliable medical billing service or software can help reduce backlogs and increase revenue.

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Pfizer Hemophilia Drug Reduces Bleeding in Key Study; Regulatory Filings Are Planned

MedCity News

Marstacimab, a Pfizer drug for both hemophilia A and B, met the main goal of a Phase 3 study and the company now plans to discuss the data with regulators. The Pfizer drug could beat to the market a Novo Nordisk drug that addresses the same novel target.

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AstraZeneca’s Ultomiris approved in Japan for prevention of relapses in patients with NMOSD

PharmaTimes

The drug has already been approved for this indication in the EU, with regulatory reviews continuing elsewhere including in the US

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Digital Health Funding Steadied in Q1 After a Year of Decline

MedCity News

Global funding for digital health companies finally stabilized in Q1 of this year. The sector raised $3.4 billion — this marks the first time the digital health world didn’t experience a quarter-over-quarter funding decline since Q4 of 2021. By holding steady, digital health startups defied the dwindling fundraising totals seen across the broader venture capital landscape, where funding dropped by 13% quarter-over-quarter.

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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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A glimpse into public perception of mental health care in the United States

Clarify Health

Addressing the mental health crisis in the United States is a complex undertaking, due to multiple factors contributing to prevalence and severity of several conditions. Recent findings from the Clarify Health Institute highlight these growing problems and speak to a need for action to combat this crisis. According to its most recent research brief, “The Kids Are Not Alright: Mental Health Utilization Among Children and Young Adults, 2016-2022,” hospital admissions for mental illnes

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Carrum Health Secures $45M To Expand Cancer Care Offerings for Employers

MedCity News

Carrum Health’s $45 million funding round was led by OMERS Growth Equity and included participation from Revelation Partners, Tiger Global, Wildcat Venture Partners, Cross Creek and SpringRock Ventures. It brings the company’s total financing to about $96 million.

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Smart Sutures Sense Inflammation, Deliver Drugs, Cells

Medgadget

Researchers at MIT have developed smart sutures with a hydrogel coating that contains sensing and drug delivery components, and could even be used to implant therapeutic cells. The sutures are made using pig tissues that have been decellularized with detergents to reduce the possibility that they could provoke an immune reaction. The surrounding hydrogel layer contains microparticles that can release peptides when enzymes involved in inflammation are present, and other microparticles that allow

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Novartis Purchases Cystinosis Gene Therapy from AVROBIO

PharmaTech

The $87.5 million purchase grants Novartis rights to an investigational gene therapy program intended for treatment of cystinosis.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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siRNA as a COVID-19 Treatment

Medgadget

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School have developed a small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology that is stable enough for inhalation into the lungs, where it can potentially treat diseases as diverse as asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, and viral infections such as COVID-19. siRNA is not typically stable enough to survive for long in the lungs, but the researchers chemically modified the constituent nucleotides to stabilize the molecules and help them to evade immune destruction.

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Increase Psychological Safety and Create High-Performing Medical Sales Teams

MedReps

In order for teams to work together more effectively, each person involved needs to have respect for the others in the group. This is true in many different settings, including those who work in medical sales. For a medical sales team to become a high-performing one, they first need to make sure there’s a long-standing tradition of psychological safety involved for everyone in the group.

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CVS is exiting clinical trials. Does this spell trouble for retail-based research?

PharmaVoice

Walgreens leaders are not deterred and hope to fill the holes left behind by the pharmacy giant.

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Why the rise of intellectual property value means IP leaders need better budget management

Clarivate

As the business value of intellectual property (IP) continues to grow, the need to manage IP as a strategic asset is greater than ever. As of 2018, intangible assets accounted for 84% of market capitalization for S&P 500 companies , compared to just 12% four decades ago. While 95% of senior corporate decision makers believe these intangible assets predict future strength , many organizations still fall short in their strategic IP management.

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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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Study: Oral Semaglutide Leads to Significant Weight Loss in 89.2% of Individuals in Trial

Pharmacy Times

Individuals administered oral semaglutide 50 mg achieved a statistically significant weight loss of approximately 17.4% after 68 weeks, according to Novo Nordisk.

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Analytics: Manufacturing Scale Label Free Single Cell Analysis

PharmaTech

Webinar Date/Time: Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11am EDT | 10am CDT | 8am PD

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12 Ways to Generate High-Quality Solar Sales Leads

Spotio

The solar industry continues to grow, as does the competition to acquire new customers. Of course, the only way to acquire new customers is to first generate quality solar leads. It’s not always easy, but it’s far from impossible. We’re about to teach you exactly how to get solar leads for your business in 2023 using 12 proven strategies.

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Advanced Methodology of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)-based Parenteral Formulations

PharmaTech

Webinar Date/Time: Wed, Jun 21, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.