Sat.Jul 09, 2022 - Fri.Jul 15, 2022

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Pharma’s platinum handcuffs

World of DTC Marketing

To address the “retention” problem, pharma companies are paying employees exorbitant salaries. The problem with that system is that people do whatever they need to to “hold onto” their high-paying jobs and become employees who are content not to excel. This is NOT what pharma needs. Last week I briefly chatted with someone in the industry evaluating another job offer.

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Neuro startups form latest group of grads from PharmStars digital health accelerator

MedCity News

PharmStars, a digital health accelerator, graduated its latest cohort of startups, each of them developing a solution addressing some aspect of neurological disease. The accelerator is accepting applications for the next group of startups for the fall program. The theme is innovations in real-world evidence.

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FDA clears Xalkori for inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours

pharmaphorum

Pfizer’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor Xalkori has picked up a fourth approval from the FDA, adding a new use in the treatment of a rare form of benign tumour that typically affects children and young adults. Xalkori (crizotinib) has been cleared for inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMT), which appear in organs like the lung, stomach, bladder or liver.

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AI-Powered Robot Accelerates Medical Research

Medgadget

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have developed an AI-powered robotic system that can perform laboratory experiments in regenerative medicine, learn from the results, and perform iterative rounds of experimentation to achieve a certain goal. In a proof-of-principle, the researchers set the robot the task of optimizing cell culture conditions to create a maximal number of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells.

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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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Are digital pharmacies the answer?

World of DTC Marketing

Digital pharmacies seem to be springing up everywhere. Allowing patients to order medications online and get delivery via Fed-Ex or the mail does offer time savings. Still, without a significant value (lower costs), they may not find an audience. Using CVS.com, patients can order medications online and, for a small charge, even deliver them. It’s convenient for most but having a CVS pharmacy on almost every street corner allows patients to use drive-throughs to pick up their medications.

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Solving the nursing crisis starts with psychological safety

MedCity News

When thinking about gratitude for nurses who have carried our nation over the last two-plus years, it’s going to take a lot more than a pizza party during Nurses Month to show them we care.

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Vertex signs agreement to acquire ViaCyte for $320m

Pharmaceutical Technology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of biotechnology company ViaCyte in a deal totalling $320m in cash. ViaCyte focuses on offering new stem cell-derived cell replacement therapies as a functional cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Through the acquisition, Vertex plans to advance its potentially curative VX-880 programmes in T1D.

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Akili digital therapeutic shows promise in lupus patients

pharmaphorum

Akili looks like it could bring another digital therapeutic (DTx) to market after a clinical trial backed the efficacy of its AKL-T01 in patients with the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The PureTech group company – which scored the first FDA and EMA approvals for a DTx for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – is developing AKL-T01 to tackle cognitive impairments that can affect people with SLE.

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RxBenefits, Tria Health form partnership for proactive diabetes care

MedCity News

RxBenefits, a pharmacy benefits optimizer, and Tria Health, a chronic condition and medication management company, have launched a new partnership to improve diabetes care and lower healthcare costs for the condition through a proactive approach. .

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Ensuring adequate sanitisation: disinfectant-resistant microbes in cleanrooms

European Pharmaceutical Review

Microbes developing resistance to disinfectants is a major emerging problem in pharmaceutical manufacturing cleanrooms and, if left unchecked, could present a threat to drug quality and, therefore, human health. More than 480 warning letters solely related to the failure to produce aseptic conditions because of deficient cleaning and disinfection systems for cleanrooms and their equipment, were issued by regulators between 2013 to 2018.

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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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AI in IVF: a fertile field

Pharmaceutical Technology

Despite entering its fourth decade of availability, in vitro fertilization (IVF), a medical technique used to facilitate the conception of a baby for those facing fertility problems, remains an elusive dream for many. Artificial intelligence (AI) could change this, with many researchers looking to harness the technology to increase IVF’s reliability, affordability, and availability.

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Why a 'fundamental shift' in regulatory submissions is on the way

PharmaVoice

Deloitte's senior manager of R&D and regulatory practices explains how technology and strategy must converge to smooth out the bulky drug approval process.

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1 in 5 Americans received surprise bills despite law, many lack health insurance literacy, reports find

MedCity News

Skyrocketing medical bills and a lack of understanding in the healthcare system is putting financial stress on Americans in 2022, several recent reports have found. Despite the No Surprises Act, which protects consumers from surprise billing, many Americans said they’re still receiving unexpected bills, and a low healthcare literacy is making it difficult for them to know how to handle high medical bills, the surveys find.

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Pilot scheme to analyse raw trial data launched by EMA

European Pharmaceutical Review

A new pilot project by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will assess whether the analysis of ‘raw data’ from clinical trials improves the evaluation of marketing authorisation applications (MAAs) for new medicines as well as post-authorisation applications. The project will also evaluate the practicality of such submissions and analyses. Raw data constitutes individual patient data from clinical studies in electronic structured format that is directly accessible for analysis and visualisation.

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

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Health Canada grants approval for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in children

Pharmaceutical Technology

Health Canada has granted approval for the usage of Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 25µg two-dose regimen for active immunisation to prevent Covid-19 in children aged six months to five years. So far, children aged below five years were not eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Canada. The two-dose initial vaccine regimen in children of this age group is completed in one month, which is the same dosing schedule in adults, adolescents and children aged above

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FACTOR AFFECTING ON THE DANDRUFF GROWTH AND THE IMPACT OF NATURAL HERBS AS AN ANTI-DANDRUFF AGENT

Pharmatutor

FACTOR AFFECTING ON THE DANDRUFF GROWTH AND THE IMPACT OF NATURAL HERBS AS AN ANTI-DANDRUFF AGENT. About Authors. Avdesh Thassu. MPharm.(Nat. Chem.); MBA (Mkt.). Associate Vice President. Global Regulatory Affairs, Emami Limited, 7044455199. athassu@hotmail.com. Chandra Mohan Nandi. MSc.(Med. Chem.). Deputy Manager, Global Regulatory Affairs, Emami Limited, 9051706947. chandramohannandi@yahoo.in. admin.

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Novartis turns to algorithms developer Anumana to apply AI to cardio conditions

MedCity News

Novartis is partnering with algorithms startup Anumana to develop a new artificial intelligence-based solution for cardiovascular diseases. The goal is to find ways to detect heart conditions years before symptoms develop in order to enable earlier intervention.

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Sustainable energy strategies for pharmaceutical manufacturers

European Pharmaceutical Review

The pharmaceutical sector is not typically seen as a highly polluting, ‘heavy industry’ but it is far from green. In its 2021 report Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service , the UK’s NHS attributes as much as a quarter of its carbon footprint to medicines. A deep carbon footprint is a common hallmark of energy intensive manufacturing processes – and the manufacture of pharmaceuticals is no exception.

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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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Merck and Orion enter partnership to develop ODM-208 for prostate cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck (MSD outside North America) and Orion have entered an international agreement to develop and market the latter’s investigational candidate ODM-208 to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Under the deal, the companies will also develop various other drugs that act on cytochrome P450 11A1 (CYP11A1), an enzyme vital for steroid production.

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Preventing the next pandemic: Infrastructure and global equity

pharmaphorum

In the final piece of a three-part series, Ben Hargreaves explores how manufacturing infrastructure was rapidly built up to the required capacity to ensure sufficient supply of COVID-19 vaccines, and what still remains to be done to improve vaccine equity globally. During the early stages of the current pandemic, much of the focus was taken by the possibility of developing a successful vaccine and around the R&D efforts required to achieve this.

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June was a good month for healthcare hiring, but the staffing crisis can only be solved by tech, VBC

MedCity News

Healthcare employment levels are still significantly below what they need to be, and they aren’t on track to get there any time soon. Experts are saying the increased deployment of technology, such as remote patient monitoring and robotic process automation, as well as value-based care models, will be the only sustainable solution to get providers out of this staffing dearth.

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Hospira recalls lot of Propofol Injectable Emulsion

European Pharmaceutical Review

Pfizer’s Hospira is voluntarily recalling one lot of Propofol Injectable Emulsion, USP (containing benzyl alcohol), 100ml Single Patient Use Glass Fliptop Vial; lot DX9067, to the user level due to a visible particulate observed in a single vial during annual examination of retain samples. According to a statement released by Pfizer, patients receiving the impacted product are at risk of experiencing life-threatening adverse clinical effects, including blockage of blood vessels (with potential t

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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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Janssen extends LGBTQ mental health outreach beyond Pride Month

PharmaVoice

The pharma giant’s ‘Depression looks like me’ campaign assembles a ‘one stop shop’ of resources to help combat high rates of severe depression in the LGBTQ community.

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Beyond the pill in an outcomes-based world

pharmaphorum

Going beyond the pill is proving to be a win/win for patients and pharma alike – because improved outcomes are better for everyone. With growing numbers of people around the world living with long-term conditions, the pharmaceutical industry has a golden opportunity to use its expertise to truly enhance lives. But innovative new products are only part of the equation, because even the most efficacious drugs will only work as part of a holistic programme of care that includes mental health suppor

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Monoclonal antibodies are the way out of the Covid-19 pandemic

MedCity News

Whether they are acting as a therapeutic or preventive treatment, monoclonal antibodies can allow us to help contain the virus, where we might see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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15 Ways To Bridge The Gap Between Sales And Marketing Departments

Medico Reach

While businesses emphasize the importance of communication, the link underlying sales and marketing is sometimes overlooked. Finding ways to produce tangible, practical solutions to close the gap has become one of the main objectives for advertisers and sales executives. Sales and marketing have long said communication is essential, but they have often shied away from practical enterprise resource planning solutions for fostering such collaboration.

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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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Research calls for regulators to accelerate the approval of antibiotics

European Pharmaceutical Review

A report assessing the current climate for antimicrobial innovation in Brazil, India, and South Africa, reveals that removing regulatory hurdles to accelerate the approval of new antibiotics will help to improve their development and access. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing challenge to the healthcare sector, as antibiotics are a linchpin of modern medicine.

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Scott Burrows, Motivational Sales Speaker

Scott Burrows

Where Has Your Motivation Gone? As a former sales advisor with 20 years of experience as a motivational sales speaker, I have an important question: What do you do, when all your motivation has gone? For any salesperson, no matter the field, a lack of motivation is not a luxury.

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The financial journey in healthcare

MedCity News

Employee health benefits is the theme of the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas, scheduled for September 28, in collaboration with Health Wildcatters. Register today.

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Supply chain & logistics innovation among pharma companies has dropped off in the last year

Pharmaceutical Technology

Research and innovation in supply chain & logistics in the pharmaceutical sector has declined in the last year. The most recent figures show that the number of supply chain and logistics related patent applications in the industry stood at 17 in the three months ending May - down from 21 over the same period in 2021. Figures for patent grants related to supply chain and logistics followed a similar pattern to filings - shrinking from 2 in the three months ending May 2021 to 1 in the same per

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time