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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

Advanced economies typically spend about 10% of GDP on keeping their citizens in good health, a share that is rising as populations age. America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. That is unsustainable. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs.

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Pfizer: Pharma needs a business strategy for a digital world

Dominic Tyer

Chief digital and technology officer Lidia Fonseca gives a fascinating insight into how the pharmaceutical companies has been transforming itself.

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Greece slaps Novartis with €214 million bribery suit

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Greek state has filed a lawsuit against Novartis , asking for € 214 million in compensation for non-pecuniary damages* the country may have suffered due to alleged illegal payments to government officials and healthcare providers. Commenting on the lawsuit , Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris, stated that the country is seeking compensation for the damage it has suffered “from the actions that Novartis itself has admitted to in the USA that concerns payments to doctors.”.

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Journal Citation Reports 2022: A preview

Clarivate

Each year, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) release provides a summary of the network of scholarly citations from the prior year of Web of Science coverage. It is a snapshot of the continually evolving research landscape. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”. Baseball player Yogi Berra. As we approach this year’s JCR release at the end of this month, we reviewed factors that may affect the published metrics.

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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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Uniqueness if pharma DTC

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma DTC marketing is unique, and drug marketers need to think more about the journey from awareness to requesting an Rx. In addition, the patient journey is different for each product category and audience. Some will lead to more online research, while others may not. The hottest pharma product is Lilly’s diabetes drug, hyped by the media as helping patients lose weight.

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Eisai’s brain health tool NouKNOW used in Tokyo dementia project

pharmaphorum

Eisai’s digital tool to allow self-assessment of cognitive performance – NouKNOW – will be used in a Japanese project aimed at improving the management of dementia. The smartphone app – which uses a cognition-checking algorithm developed by Australian digital health company Cogstate – will be deployed in Bunkyo City, Tokyo in a dementia monitoring programme.

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Telehealth visits for mental health continue to rise despite dropping in every other specialty

MedCity News

Mental health is bucking the overall trend in telehealth utilization. A new report found that telehealth accounted for 87% of mental health appointments booked last month. That percentage is continuing to climb, despite virtual care visits declining across all other specialties.

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University of Strathclyde develops 3D breast cancer screening tool

PharmaTimes

Pre-clinical screening technology could increase cancer test numbers by 50 times

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3 ASCO Insights for Pharma Communicators

PharmExec

The world’s largest cancer research meeting, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, recently convened in person in Chicago after two years of being held virtually. Sara Baker and Kristine Austria Fan of Marina Maher Communications provide their takeaways from the meeting.

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Covid-19 vaccines targeting Omicron variants expected to be ready for this autumn

Pharmaceutical Technology

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. In addition to providing protection against the Omicron BA.1 variant, on 22 June, Moderna said its booster also showed a “potent” antibody response against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

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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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How health tech can improve the patient and provider experience [Sponsored]

MedCity News

Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.

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Blood vessel breakthrough is major step towards Alzheimer’s treatment

PharmaTimes

The discovery may lead to development of drugs that halt disease progression and stop memory loss

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2022 spells change for EU pharmaceutical legislation

European Pharmaceutical Review

2022 is probably the biggest year in EU pharmaceutical law that I have seen in 30 years. It is an exciting year… but whether the changes will be a net positive or a net negative is yet to be seen” Maarten Meulenbelt, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP. 2022 is undeniably a critical year for change in the pharmaceutical industry: for the first time in several decades, the European Union (EU)’s pharmaceutical legislation is up for review.

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Pfizer is first big pharma to tap Truveta’s real-world data platform

pharmaphorum

Pfizer has harnessed the expertise of health data specialist Truveta to provide close monitoring of safety and other signals for its products, including COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty, almost in real-time. Truveta’s platform is based on electronic medical record data – updated daily – for more than 50 million people in the US, harvesting anonymised patient care information from tens of thousands of clinical care sites across 42 states.

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

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New data for Intellia’s CRISPR therapy shows potential for one-time treatment of a rare disease

MedCity News

An Intellia Therapeutics therapy that uses CRISPR to perform in vivo genomic edits has clinical data showing that the therapeutic effects continue for a year in patients. The biotech now plans to speak with regulators about the design for a pivotal clinical trial testing this therapy, a potential one-time treatment for a rare inherited disease.

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EC approves Novartis’ Tabrecta for non-small cell lung cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Commission (EC) has approved Novartis’ Tabrecta (capmatinib) as a monotherapy to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults. The treatment is intended for patients with NSCLC harbouring alterations leading to mesenchymal-epithelial-transition factor gene (MET) exon 14 (METex14) skipping and for those who need systemic therapy after previous treatment with immunotherapy and/or platinum-based chemotherapy.

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Novartis lung cancer drug Tabrecta gets approval

PharmaTimes

Novartis receives approval from the European Commission for Tabrecta for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

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Data backs AZ’s Wilson disease drug, but with a question mark

pharmaphorum

Last year, AstraZeneca reported that a new drug to treat Wilson disease developed by its Alexion rare diseases unit had hit the mark in a phase 3 trial, setting it on course for regulatory filings. Now, the data has been revealed – and according to investigators could transform treatment. Wilson disease is a rare and progressive genetic condition in which the body’s process for removing excess copper is broken, allowing it to build to toxic levels and damage the liver, brain and other vita

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

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.

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What’s the future of virtual-first care? [Sponsored]

MedCity News

The Future of Virtual-First Care eBook, sponsored by Wheel, explores some of the challenges and trends in virtual-first care. It also offers clues as to how healthcare stakeholders envision the future of virtual health.

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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine gets Taiwan FDA EUA for use in adults

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novavax has obtained emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration for use in people of the age 18 years and above. The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain. Developed utilising Novavax’s recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen obtained from the coronavirus spike (S) protein, the vaccine is also formulated with the company’s saponin-

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Pharma poised but no recorded monkeypox deaths

PharmaTimes

Global surveillance systems show that recorded cases do not include any deaths

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AI-Powered Surgical Robot Excels at Tricky Kidney Stone Procedure

Medgadget

Clinical researchers at Nagoya City University in Japan have tested an AI-powered surgical robot in its ability to assist with percutaneous nephrolithotomy, which is a minimally invasive procedure to remove large kidney stones. The technique involves accessing the kidney through the skin, and typically requires a highly experienced surgeon. The robot, called the Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) was developed by NDR Medical Technology , a medical startup based in Singapore.

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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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Medallion gets a $35M boost to continue its goal of removing inefficiencies in provider management

MedCity News

Medallion — a provider management platform that automates licensing, continuing education tracking, credentialing and compliance — has completed three funding rounds in one year. On Thursday, it closed a $35 million Series C round, which will be used to help the startup attract more hospital and health system customers.

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ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington

Copyright Clearance Center

The post ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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PHARMA BRAND PLANNING IN 2022: CONSIDER THESE 3 FACTORS

eMediWrite

Every year, pharma marketing teams engage in multi-phased, cross-functional, multi-organizational strategic planning and also in aligning work-stream dubbed “Brand Planning” by many in the industry. Brand planning is often a three-phased process that includes Strategic Planning, Tactical Planning, and Budget Planning. Every quarter, marketing teams (Consumer, HCP, and Payer) align on the brand’s mission, strategic imperatives, and high-level programs.

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Learn How These Health Companies Improved Employee Experiences During Massive Disruption

Salesforce

Healthcare and life sciences organizations are no strangers to change. But as the pandemic took hold, it forced change in a way the industry hadn’t seen before. Much of the workforce went remote seemingly overnight, and companies had to adapt — and innovate — fast. In fact, according to a survey of healthcare and life sciences leaders , 50% said remote and hybrid work settings were a top internal disruption factor at the start of the pandemic.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Specialty pharmacy serving HIV patients wins arbitration against CVS in rare public case

MedCity News

Confidentiality agreements typically prevent the public from obtaining a window into the cases against pharmacy behemoths but a public court filing makes this one different.

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Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright

Copyright Clearance Center

The post Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Precision Bio climbs on near-$1.5bn sickle cell pact with Novartis

pharmaphorum

Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivo gene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). The Swiss pharma group is paying $75 million upfronting cash and equity to get the ball rolling on the collaboration, with another $1.4 billion in potential milestones if the project advances through development and onto the market.

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One-Step Manufactured Meta-Bots with Medical Potential

Medgadget

Engineers at the University of California Los Angeles have developed “meta-bots,” which are fingernail sized robots that can move, sense, and navigate their environment. Strikingly, the robots are essentially ready for use when they emerge from the 3D printer, and consist of piezoelectric actuators that can respond to or generate electricity. The robots consist of an intricate structure of piezoelectric components that allow them to rapidly flex and rotate.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time