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The Benefits of a Sales Pilot for Pharmaceutical Products

MaBiCo

The Benefits of a Sales Pilot for Pharmaceutical Products A sales pilot is a short-term experiment that tests a product’s sales performance or a new sales approach. The value of a sales pilot is that it’s restricted to a particular geographic area for a limited period of time and in that way, it helps sales executives to discover what works best and what doesn’t before committing to a larger investment.

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Moderna pays US government $400M 'catch-up payment' under new COVID-19 vaccine license

Fierce Pharma

Moderna pays US government $400M 'catch-up payment' under new COVID-19 vaccine license esagonowsky Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:18

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Healthcare is Moving to the Home. Are Health Plans Ready?

MedCity News

The future of healthcare means more home-based care. By taking steps now to embrace this shift, health plans will set the pace for supporting patients in the place where they most want to receive care.

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Medicinal cannabis: the route to good manufacturing practice registration

European Pharmaceutical Review

The UK medicinal cannabis sector has witnessed important regulatory advances in recent years. After the substance became legal in the UK in 2018, pharmaceutical companies have faced numerous obstacles to attain a fairer position in the industry. Crucially, January 2023 marked a key moment: the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted Celadon Pharmaceuticals the first good manufacturing practice (GMP) registration since legalisation in 2018 for high Δ9-tetrahydrocannabin

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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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GenScript ProBio and RVAC partner for Covid-19 vaccine pDNA

Pharmaceutical Technology

GenScript ProBio has announced a strategic collaboration with RVAC Medicines to manufacture GMP-grade plasmid DNA (pDNA) for the latter’s RVM-V001, an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Under the agreement, GenScript ProBio will offer GMP plasmid manufacturing service for the RVM-V001 programme. This collaboration is expected to help expedite the clinical manufacturing of RVM-V001 and future mRNA-based vaccines that target infectious diseases such as Clostriodioides difficile infection (CDI) and R

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Merck's COVID pill Lagevrio takes another hit with thumbs-down from EU regulator

Fierce Pharma

Merck's COVID pill Lagevrio takes another hit with thumbs-down from EU regulator kdunleavy Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:38

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First successful CAR-T treatment for muscle inflammation

European Pharmaceutical Review

University Hospital Erlangen in Germany is the first in the world to use chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells to successfully treat a patient suffering from a severe case of muscle inflammation (myositis). The researchers noted that risk of developing a very severe form of the autoimmune inflammatory disease is high. The patient who received the CAR T treatment was diagnosed with anti-synthetase syndrome.

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Raman-Based Urine Sensor Detects Cancer Metabolites

Medgadget

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) creaetd a Raman-spectroscopy-based urine test that can detect metabolic compounds that are produced by pancreatic and prostate cancers, potentially allowing for rapid and convenient cancer screening. The technology consists of a paper strip onto which a urine sample can be added. The paper contains ‘coral-shaped’ structures that assist in amplifying the optical signal of cancer metabolites in the urine when the paper strip is illumin

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Gilead, Teva and J&J's HIV antitrust case inches closer to trial as judge keeps most claims on the table

Fierce Pharma

Gilead, Teva and J&J's HIV antitrust case inches closer to trial as judge keeps most claims on the table zbecker Wed, 02/22/2023 - 14:40

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3 reasons Why Natural Language Processing Will go Mainstream This Year

MedCity News

NLP in healthcare can accurately give voice to the massive amount of unstructured data of the healthcare universe, and here are the three reasons why I believe 2023 is the year that we will see increased adoption of NLP across the industry.

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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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Shining a light on Raman for microbiological analysis

European Pharmaceutical Review

Advances with microbiological methods are providing more accurate and sensitive datasets at a faster rate, relating to bacterial identity, numbers, responses to environments and so on. Recent years have seen progress with applying a long-established spectrophotometric phenomenon – Raman spectra – to advance our understanding of bacterial populations, including differentiating between living and dead cells and interpreting phenotypic variations to different environmental stressors.

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Patent wars: what’s behind Amgen’s possible win over Sanofi at the US Supreme Court

Pharmaceutical Technology

Amgen could be the winner of a high-stakes patent spat with Sanofi as tensions run high weeks before the March 27 US Supreme Court hearing. While some courts were previously on Sanofi’s side, it is possible that Amgen’s case could win this time, some legal experts say. However, Sanofi’s side also has significant support, highlighting the dispute’s contentious nature.

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Eli Lilly's diabetes drug Mounjaro back in stock amid heightened obesity interest

Fierce Pharma

Eli Lilly's diabetes drug Mounjaro back in stock amid heightened obesity interest aliu Wed, 02/22/2023 - 10:12

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LGBTQ+ Health Advocates Sound Alarm Over CDC Data On American Youth

MedCity News

In 2021, 69% of LGBQ+ teens reported experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in the past year, compared to 35% of heterosexual teens, according to a recent CDC report. This stat is likely understated because the report did not include information about those who identify as transgender, experts said.

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

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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 1 2023

European Pharmaceutical Review

Included in this issue of European Pharmaceutical Review : FOREWORD Accelerating drug development David Elder, David P Elder Consultancy RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Shining a light on Raman for microbiological analysis Tim Sandle, Bio Products Laboratory LIMS Overcoming barriers to capturing data in a laboratory Samantha Kanza, University of Southampton ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Endotoxin trends: sustainability, automation and beyond Miriam Guest, AstraZeneca UK REGULATORY INSIGHT UPC opt-out – a strateg

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Eko Launches SENSORA™ Cardiac Disease Detection Platform

Legacy MEDSearch

Eko , a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart and lung disease, today announced the launch of the SENSORA Cardiac Disease Detection Platform. SENSORA currently features AI that objectively identifies structural murmurs, a sign of valvular heart disease, and Care Pathway Analytics software that provides downstream visibility and metrics of the patient journey through the healthcare system.

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Sanofi, poised to rival Roche in hemophilia, nabs FDA approval for Altuviiio

Fierce Pharma

Sanofi, poised to rival Roche in hemophilia, nabs FDA approval for Altuviiio zbecker Thu, 02/23/2023 - 15:45

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The Home Healthcare Boom is Upon Us

MedCity News

According to the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, close to 12 million Americans receive some kind of home healthcare each year, and that number is expected to continue to grow.

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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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Challenges in pharmaceutical microbiology: looking to the future

European Pharmaceutical Review

Pharmaceutical microbiologists are subordinate to the firms they are employed by, so usually a firm’s challenges – and how they choose to address them – will dictate the challenges of its employees. Although there is some overlap between the challenges relevant to firms and to their microbiologists, there is some attendant level of misalignment that does need frank recognition, robust discussion and which necessarily demands reconciliation.

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Survey Finds 57% of U.S. Physicians Have Changed Their Perception of a Medication as a Result of Info on Social Media

PharmExec

Sermo and LiveWorld survey of 50+ pharma marketers and 200+ physicians finds that social media plays a major role in influencing perceptions of medications, prescribing Habits, ongoing medical education and professional networking.

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Merck's COVID pill Lagevrio comes up short in household COVID exposure study

Fierce Pharma

Merck's COVID pill Lagevrio comes up short in household COVID exposure study kdunleavy Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:18

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How Technology is Enabling Clinical Labs to Become Profit Centers

MedCity News

Thanks to continued advances in technology and laboratory information systems (LIS) that fully support a lab’s operational and financial operations, and a growing trend of consumerism in healthcare, clinical labs now have the opportunity to increase revenue and expand into other areas of the care continuum.

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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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Vitiligo treatment gets positive CHMP opinion

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of ruxolitinib cream (Opzelura ) for non-segmental vitiligo with facial involvement in people over 12 years old. “With no centrally approved treatment option currently available in the EU, this positive opinion marks a significant milestone for the vitiligo community,” explained Dr Steven Stein, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Incyte.

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FDA grants Fast Track status for Biohaven’s taldefgrobep alfa to treat SMA

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for Biohaven ’s new anti-myostatin adnectin, taldefgrobep alfa, to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The new myostatin-targeting biologic investigational agent has been designed for specific binding to myostatin (GDF-8) to reduce overall levels of myostatin. It also works as a receptor antagonist to block myostatin signalling in skeletal muscles.

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Eisai's Leqembi shunned as CMS keeps strict Alzheimer's drug restrictions in place

Fierce Pharma

Eisai's Leqembi shunned as CMS keeps strict Alzheimer's drug restrictions in place aliu Thu, 02/23/2023 - 09:44

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Virtual Care, Real Outcomes

MedCity News

The proof is here: a survey done by the American Medical Association (AMA) reported that 80% of physicians they surveyed believed that telehealth provided patients better access to care since using telehealth. People of all ages also find telehealth to be beneficial.

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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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Simplified HIV treatment options effective in major trial

European Pharmaceutical Review

Two newer simplified treatment options are at least as effective as standard of care in achieving viral suppression, according to results from a world-first international study into second-line human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) therapy. “This finding of non-inferiority has significant implications for the management of HIV globally,” commented Professor Matthew Law from the Kirby Institute.

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4 Recent Enhancements to RightFind Navigate (And Why We Made Them)

Copyright Clearance Center

RightFind Navigate was created to help organizations maximize the value of their digital information assets, by eliminating data silos and making content more discoverable and accessible from one tool. If you don’t think a single source to access all this data is crucial, consider this: a 2021 study from Qatalog and Cornell University’s Ellis Idea Lab says 43% of respondents report spending too much time switching between different online tools.

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Chasing Pfizer, Alnylam to face FDA Adcomm for Onpattro’s rare heart disease bid

Fierce Pharma

Chasing Pfizer, Alnylam to face FDA Adcomm for Onpattro’s rare heart disease bid aliu Tue, 02/21/2023 - 09:53

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Ambience Healthcare Aims To Reduce Clinician Burnout With New AI Medical Scribe

MedCity News

Ambience Healthcare’s new product, AutoScribe, embeds into the electronic medical record and works in real-time. When clinicians use AutoScribe, they speak to their patient as they normally would while the software listens in the background. Immediately after the visit, the physician gets a draft of the medical notes from the meeting, and then they can edit the notes if needed.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time