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Pfizer site in Connecticut in line for layoffs amid $3.5B cost-cutting campaign

Fierce Pharma

With layoffs hitting employees on both sides of the Atlantic, Pfizer’s $3.5 billion cost-cutting spree has kicked it into high gear this month. | The company's Groton, Connecticut, research site is the latest to fall victim to job cuts as part of Pfizer's massive $3.5 billion cost-cutting mission, following layoffs across the U.S. and the U.K.

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AWS, Hoppr Launch Model to Accelerate Generative AI Tools in Medical Imaging

MedCity News

At RSNA 2023, AI startup Hoppr announced that it teamed up with AWS to launch a new foundation model. The product, named Grace, is a B2B model designed to help application developers build better AI solutions for the medical imaging field — and to build them more quickly.

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Long COVID study expanded across Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

Biotech Berlin Cures, a company focusing on neutralising functional autoantibodies (fAABs), is expanding its Phase II clinical trial on Long COVID (post-COVID syndrome). into a pan-European, multi-center collaboration. The study will provide “meaningful and robust results on the efficacy and tolerability” of its lead drug candidate BC 007 in individuals with Long COVID.

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Doctor Marketing: How to Integrate Doctors Into Your Marketing Programs

Healthcare Success

Doctors are central to the success of virtually every multi-location healthcare practice and health system we work with. Moreover, today’s doctor partners have strong opinions about marketing and growing their locations within the larger business. Some of the hospitals and multilocation practices that engage our agency have doctors, executives, investors, and other stakeholders aligned around their brand strategy and marketing plan.

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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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FDA investigates 'serious risk' of secondary cancer following CAR-T treatment

Fierce Pharma

In a blow to CAR-T therapies, the FDA is investigating a “serious risk” of patients developing new cancers after treatment with these highly efficacious oncology drugs. | In a blow to CAR-T therapies, the FDA is investigating a “serious risk” of patients developing new cancers after treatment with these highly efficacious oncology drugs.

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Nvidia Launches Cloud-Based APIs to Accelerate AI Deployment in Medical Imaging

MedCity News

At RSNA 2023, Nvidia launched new set of cloud-based APIs designed to speed up the creation and deployment of specialized AI models in the medical imaging field. The new offering is a cloud-native extension to Nvidia’s Monai framework, which is its open-source framework for medical imaging AI.

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Don’t Get Distracted By AI, Instead Focus on Intellectual Property

PharmExec

Artificial intelligence is making it quicker to get drug candidates to the clinic, but it isn’t addressing the fundamental need to marry the right candidate and the right target to the right disease.

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Pfizer takes Poland to court over alleged missed COVID-19 vaccine payments

Fierce Pharma

As the pandemic eased earlier this year, officials in Poland became vocal critics of the financial obligations laid down by Pfizer’s large vaccine supply pact with the European Union. | As the pandemic eased earlier this year, officials in Poland became vocal critics of the financial obligations laid down by Pfizer’s large vaccine supply pact with the European Union.

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Why Generative AI Threatens Hospital Cybersecurity — and How Digital Identity Can Be One of Its Greatest Defenses

MedCity News

While more generative AI tools are becoming available in healthcare for diagnostics and patient communication, it is important for clinicians and healthcare staff to be aware of the security, privacy, and compliance risks when entering protected health information (PHI) into a tool like ChatGPT.

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10 Ways AI/ML Technologies Can Enhance Software Quality in the Life Sciences Industry

PM360

Quality in software is a multifaceted concept, closely tied to both conformance to requirements and fit for purpose. In the life sciences industry, where software permeates everything from the drug discovery process to pharmaceutical supply chain management, the need for rigorous fit-for-purpose evaluations has never been more critical. As pharmaceutical regulations increasingly intersect with software development standards, the traditional approach to Computer System Verification (CSV) is falli

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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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Ferring reveals long-term data for cancer gene therapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy Adstiladrin ® (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg) in December 2022, new long-term follow up data has been revealed. Adstiladrin is the first FDA-approved intravesical gene therapy to be authorised for adults with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.

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Amgen expands pact with Amazon to usher drug manufacturing into the AI era

Fierce Pharma

Seeking to identify ways to improve the discovery and production of medicines, Amgen is expanding its partnership with tech giant Amazon. | Amgen is growing its decade-old collaboration with Amazon Web Services—a widely used cloud platform—to create generative artificial intelligence that the companies aim to use to increase the manufacturing throughput of pharmaceuticals.

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Expert: The Rumored Humana/Cigna Combination Makes Sense

MedCity News

With Cigna mostly focused on the commercial market and Humana mostly focused on the Medicare Advantage market, the rumored combination rumors check out, according to one industry expert.

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FDA Investigating Risk of Secondary Cancers in Patients Administered CAR T-Cell Therapy

PharmExec

The FDA will investigate all currently approved CAR T-cell treatments, as well as BCMA-directed and CD19-directed genetically modified autologous CAR T-cell therapies, for the risk of secondary T-cell malignancies.

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

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Acquisition deal to back European biosimilars market

European Pharmaceutical Review

Biocon Biologics Ltd has successfully completed integration of Viatris’ biosimilar business in 31 European countries. Following the acquisition of substantially all global biosimilar business of Viatris in November 2022, and the related integration of over 70 emerging market countries in July 2023 and North America in September 2023, now that Viatris’ biosimilars operations have fully transitioned to Biocon Biologics Ltd in Europe, the company declared that this “represents another significant m

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AbbVie pays $10B to acquire ImmunoGen, doubling down on red-hot ADC cancer field

Fierce Pharma

The sizzling antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) field is at the center of another major life sciences deal. | The sizzling antibody-drug conjugate field is at the center of another major life sciences deal. Hoping to redeem itself following the epic Rova-T failure, AbbVie is shelling out $10.1 billion in cash to acquire ImmunoGen, maker of the ovarian cancer treatment Elahere.

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Practice Risk Assessment: Do You Know What Your Patients Are Taking?

MedCity News

By revisiting practice workflows to implement more strategic habits of communication and documentation, clinicians can promote positive outcomes and mitigate practice liability risks at a time when patients maybe accessing care from myriad sources, some online.

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AbbVie agrees $10.1bn deal to buy ImmunoGen

pharmaphorum

AbbVie has moved to shore up its pipeline following the loss of patent protection for its top-selling drug with a $10.1 billion deal to buy ImmunoGen and its marketed ovarian cancer drug.

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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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Strategies for Combination Therapy in Oncology: Part Two – Working with the “Status Quo”

PM360

This is the second article in a three-part series examining the commercial dynamics surrounding combination therapy in oncology across the U.S. and Europe. In this article, we investigate strategies that manufacturers could consider to optimize pricing and access opportunities for their combinations in today’s environment. (You can find part one here.

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Gilead cuts 7% of staff at Kite Pharma unit as 'refreshed business strategy' introduced

Fierce Pharma

Gilead Sciences' Kite Pharma cell therapy unit is undergoing a business review that will result in layoffs to about 7% of the organization’s workforce. | Gilead’s Kite Pharma cell therapy unit is undergoing a business review that will result in layoffs to about 7% of the organization’s workforce. In a letter sent to staff this week that was obtained by Fierce Biotech, Kite Pharma Executive Vice President Cindy Perettie previewed a “refreshed business strategy” that would better align the un

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GE HealthCare Launches New AI Suite to Catch Breast Cancer Sooner

MedCity News

At RSNA 2023, GE HealthCare announced the launch of a new AI suite designed to simplify radiologists’ workflows when reading mammograms and help them detect breast cancer in patients sooner. The new offering includes three AI tools made by iCAD.

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FDA Priority Review Granted to Keytruda/Padcev Combo for Locally Advanced, Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Pharmaceutical Commerce

In clinical trials, Keytruda plus Padcev lowered the risk of disease progression or death by 55% compared with chemotherapy in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

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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 unite to secure renewable energy in key manufacturing markets

European Pharmaceutical Review

For the first time, companies across the global healthcare sector, including AstraZeneca , GSK, Novo Nordisk and Roche, have united to discuss with energy providers in China and India, about scaling renewable power across their supply chains. This step is important as these countries are key markets for pharmaceuticals manufacturing. Based on data on sales/value-based shares from various companies for APIs and Chemicals, India and China are estimated to account for up to half of materials for me

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Novo Nordisk keeps GLP-1 expansion spree rolling with $2.3B manufacturing upgrade in France

Fierce Pharma

After plotting $6 billion in production upgrades earlier this month, Novo Nordisk’s CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen suggested the expansion outlay was just the start. | After plotting $6 billion in production upgrades earlier this month, Novo Nordisk’s CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen suggested the expansion outlay was just the start. Now, some three weeks later, he’s putting his company’s money where his mouth is.

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PCORI Pours $80.5M Into Research On Maternal Health Inequities

MedCity News

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announced that it is funding four studies focused on reducing maternal health inequities. The studies all leverage partnerships with community organizations.

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Revolutionizing Pharmacovigilance with Proactive Signal Detection

PM360

Up to now, drug safety teams have relied primarily on reactive reporting systems for pharmacovigilance (PV) or real-world drug safety monitoring. The signals, generally delivered through individual case safety reports (ICSRs), require significant time and effort to uncover, potentially delaying detection and negatively impacting patient safety. Most traditional signal detection methods focus on disproportionality, meanwhile calling attention to higher-than-expected correlations between the suspe

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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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Cannes Lions, Ad Forum Spotlight The Chrysalis Initiative & EVERSANA Intouch in New Webinar, Article

Eversana Intouch

Recently, Ad Forum published an article highlighting five campaigns it found to be “ Raising the Bar for Health Equity in Advertising.” One was our ongoing work with The Chrysalis Initiative, a nonprofit working to eliminate racial disparities in breast cancer treatment. This alliance dates back to 2021, but in 2023, as Fierce Pharma put it, we “ roared back from rejection to craft a Cannes-winning campaign hospitals couldn’t ignore.

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Pharma's Q3 growth rankings: GLP-1 drugs from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk were once again the big story

Fierce Pharma

Eli Lilly’s fortunes have turned quickly. | It was the second straight quarter where the overwhelming success of blood sugar regulating treatments were the dominant story in the biopharma industry. Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk delivered the highest revenue gains, at 38% and 29%, respectively.

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FDA Probes New Cases of Cancer That May Stem From Cancer Cell Therapies

MedCity News

CAR T-therapies for cancer are now under tighter FDA scrutiny as the agency opens an inquiry regarding reports that some patients who received these cell therapies went on to develop new cases of cancer. The FDA said benefits of these therapies still outweigh their risks, but it is evaluating the need for regulatory action.

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Innovative technologies facilitate novel contamination-detection method

European Pharmaceutical Review

In a paper published in Microbiology Spectrum , researchers from Singapore have described a novel microbial contamination-detection method for T-cell cultures that can be achieved within 24 hours, therefore supporting cell therapy manufacturing. This is compared to traditional methods which take between seven to 14 days. Technology such as third-generation nanopore long-read sequencing and DNA extraction, alongside machine learning algorithms, computational analysis and optimisation, were utili

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time