Return-to-Office Pushes Can Cause a ‘Riot’
Copyright Clearance Center
JANUARY 23, 2024
A growing number of managers want workers in the office more often, citing the connections, collaborations, and innovations that in-person work can bring.
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Pfizer's layoff campaign ramps back up with dozens of SF-area cuts expected next month
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 29, 2024
The start of the new year doesn’t seem to have dulled the zeal of Pfizer’s global cost-cutting campaign, which has already left hundreds of jobs in its wake. | Come mid-February, Pfizer will lay off some 52 employees at a facility in South San Francisco, according to a recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act alert. The site is the former headquarters of Global Blood Therapeutics.
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Pharma Horizons: Artificial Intelligence
European Pharmaceutical Review
JANUARY 24, 2024
The first in our inaugural Pharma Horizons report series is dedicated to exploring the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for drug development, pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality control. AI/ML is predicted to be the top technology investment for 60 percent of life sciences companies over the next two years, according to a recent survey 1 from the Pistoia Alliance.
Ex-Pfizer Employee Convicted for Insider Trades Ahead of Positive Paxlovid Data
MedCity News
JANUARY 19, 2024
The former Pfizer statistician worked on the clinical trial for the Covid-19 drug Paxlovid. A jury found the employee guilty of insider trading for transactions made before clinical data for the antiviral were publicly announced.
AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work
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Merck is on the lookout for more opportunities within immunology
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 29, 2024
At the JP Morgan Healthcare conference, Merck (MSD) indicated its eagerness to continue to establish its place in the immunological space.
Women’s health gap estimated at $1trn in new report
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 17, 2024
The disparity in access to healthcare between women and men around the world is often talked about but has never been given a dollar value – until now.
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Former Pfizer statistician found guilty of insider trading on Paxlovid trial results
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 19, 2024
A jury has found a former Pfizer statistician guilty of insider trading after a two-week trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York. | A federal jury has found a former Pfizer statistician guilty of insider trading after a two-week trial in Manhattan. The jury convicted Amit Dagar, 44, of Hillsborough, N.J., of using advance information on successful trial results for Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid to make more than $270,000 in stock trades.
Charting a course for ongoing omnichannel excellence
Dominic Tyer
JANUARY 30, 2024
Successful customer engagement will require pharma companies to maintain a rigid focus throughout the journey
We’ve Actually Treated Tens of Thousands of People on Ozempic to Date – Here’s What Really Happens and What It Likely Means for Solving Our Obesity Epidemic
MedCity News
JANUARY 31, 2024
We and our collective organizations’ providers have treated 10,000’s of Americans, who suffer from obesity and/or Type 2 diabetes with GLP-1 drugs. And we believe we have important observations to share.
STOP SETTLING: How Playing it Safe is Killing Your Medical Rep Career in 2024
Medical Sales Guru
JANUARY 2, 2024
The role of a medical sales representative involves navigating intricate dynamics with healthcare professionals. These professionals hold significant authority in determining a salesperson’s access and the fate of a product. Consequently, many representatives opt to play it safe , fearing potential alienation that might hinder future sales opportunities.
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
How Quantum Computing Will Impact Pharma in 2024: Q&A With Erik Huestis, Partner at Foley Hoag
PharmExec
JANUARY 8, 2024
Huestis discusses the ways that quantum simulation and quantum systems can be used in areas such as drug discovery and the creation and protection of intellectual property in the life sciences industry.
MHRA’s post-Brexit mutual recognition framework goes live
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 3, 2024
The UK medicines regulator has launched its mutual recognition framework for authorising medicines in a move that it says will help to bring new drugs to patients in the UK more quickly.
Millions of doses of Pfizer's Paxlovid will go to waste in UK, EU as COVID demand plummets
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 2, 2024
On the heels of a major Paxlovid inventory write-off in the United States, many more doses of Pfizer's COVID-fighting antiviral are going to waste overseas. | At the end of November, more than 1.5 million courses of Pfizer’s Paxlovid had expired unused in European countries, analysts at Airfinity said in a new report. The total tally of expired doses in Europe is expected to hit 3.1 million by the end of next month, representing a value of $2.2 billion.
Transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing: The AI revolution
European Pharmaceutical Review
JANUARY 9, 2024
Revolutionising quality control In the backdrop of stringent quality standards and regulatory demands inherent to pharmaceutical manufacturing, the addition of AI technologies introduce a paradigm shift. This article highlights the manifold applications of AI, particularly cutting-edge image recognition and computer vision systems, which profoundly impact quality control.
Making the Most of Real-World Data in Clinical Trials
MedCity News
JANUARY 1, 2024
Biomarkers, electronic health records (EHR), genomic data, imaging data, labs, social media, wearable sensors, and more provide enormous new sources of RWD that can aid in new discoveries for the quality, efficacy, and safety of new drug therapies.
Risk model predicts response and survival of cancer patients treated with ICIs
PharmaTimes
JANUARY 4, 2024
Metastatic cancer is estimated to be responsible for 90% of cancer deaths
Expert analysis: the latest in HIV research and clinical trials
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 3, 2024
A new report from Novotech delves into the multifaceted landscape of HIV, focusing on its impact, treatment, and global initiatives.
New anti-smoking drug set for rapid NHS rollout
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 17, 2024
Oral cytisine therapy for smoking cessation from Consilient Health will launch in the UK next week, helping to alleviate a shortage of prescription drugs to help people quit
How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency
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Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.
FDA wants classwide boxed warning on all commercial CAR-T therapies amid secondary cancer safety probe
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 22, 2024
As many have feared, the FDA’s investigation into secondary T-cell cancers following treatment with existing CAR-T therapies is poised to lead to a classwide black box warning. | As many have feared, the FDA's investigation into secondary T-cell malignancies following treatment with existing CAR-T therapies is poised to lead to a classwide black box warning.
Will new therapeutic agent replace antibodies for bacterial detection?
European Pharmaceutical Review
JANUARY 23, 2024
As a tool for detecting and identifying bacteria, aptamers are a promising new class of synthetic nucleic acid molecules that can be used to detect and treat of pathogenic bacteria. With the ability to be developed against a whole bacterium, a microbial toxin, or some proteins, for some bacteria, “aptamers against pathogens can not only supplement the deficiency of antibodies but can also enrich the aptamer database to develop efficient analytical regents”, according to a paper published in the
Deloitte: 7 Trends Shaping Healthcare and Life Sciences in 2024
MedCity News
JANUARY 19, 2024
AI, health equity and merger and acquisition activity are among the trends to watch in 2024, according to a recent report from Deloitte.
International consortium identifies biomarkers for cardiovascular disease in diabetes
PharmaTimes
JANUARY 30, 2024
Type 2 diabetes is estimated to affect 462 million people worldwide
How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Adverse Event Reports Linked to Counterfeit Ozempic on the Rise
Pharmaceutical Commerce
JANUARY 26, 2024
Concerns regarding hypoglycemia potentially linked to a counterfeit version of Ozempic come at a time in which reports have grown regarding the improper use of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the purpose of cosmetic weight loss.
Digital prescriptions added to NHS App
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 30, 2024
From today, a new feature added to the NHS App used in the UK will allow millions of people to submit and view prescriptions, in a bid to save time for patients and doctors. The digital prescription function, which does away with the need for paper scrip, was put through its paces in a pilot trial last year involving a million users of the app, now being used by three-quarters of the UK population or around 33.5 million people.
JPM24: Pfizer CEO promises 'year of execution' after recent struggles, Seagen buyout
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 9, 2024
Pfizer knows it had a bad year in 2023. Speaking to reporters at the 2024 J.P. | Pfizer knows it had a bad year in 2023. Speaking to reporters at the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, the company’s CEO, Albert Bourla, spoke bluntly about the hits the company took, and he acknowledged the underperformance of certain key launches.
Collaboration to develop novel AI-designed oncology therapy
European Pharmaceutical Review
JANUARY 5, 2024
Under a new licensing agreement, Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Menarini Group, gains the global rights to develop and commercialise a novel, small molecule KAT6A inhibitor. This treatment has potential for hormone sensitive cancers such as breast cancer, and other oncology indications. The therapeutic is designed using the artificial intelligence (AI)-platform from Insilico Medicine, the biotech company that is also part of this collaboration.
What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research
Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist
What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.
‘Food Equity Can’t Be a Side Gig’: How Food as Medicine is Becoming A Core Team Capability
MedCity News
JANUARY 28, 2024
As the food as medicine movement grows, some payers and healthcare organizations are carving out specific roles and teams dedicated to food and nutrition. Doing so can be beneficial considering the significant impact diet can have on health outcomes.
Gilead's Trodelvy fails to extend survival in lung cancer study, prompting selloff
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 22, 2024
Even as Gilead looks to become an oncology powerhouse in the coming years, the company on Monday recorded a major setback for its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Trodelvy. | The antibody-drug conjugate did not significantly improve survival outcomes compared with a chemotherapy alone in previously treated patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
JPM24: As cancer players jump head-first into ADC field, Novartis CEO explains how he's resisted the temptation
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 8, 2024
San Francisco—Nearly all top cancer drugmakers have struck deals in the sizzling antibody-drug conjugate field—but not Novartis. | Nearly all top cancer drugmakers have struck deals in the sizzling antibody-drug conjugate field—but not Novartis. On Monday, the Swiss pharma’s CEO Vas Narasimhan explained how he's resisted the temptation.
JPM24, Day 2: BioNTech warns of COVID vaccine sales decline; Alnylam looks to become 'top-tier' biopharma player
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 3, 2024
As the J.P. | As the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference rolled on in San Francisco, BioNTech, Alnylam and many other companies updated investors on their strategies heading into 2024.
How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales
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