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Why Digital Health Startups Should Embrace a Provider-Centric Approach, Per an AMA Exec

MedCity News

Providers often have a checklist of requirements they use to determine whether they should bring new technology into their organization. Digital health startups would be wise to learn about these criteria when taking their products to market, said Meg Barron, the AMA’s vice president of digital health strategy, at a recent conference. That way, startups can build their products around meeting providers’ needs.

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Bernie Sanders proposes price caps on drugs developed with federal funds

Fierce Pharma

After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. | After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont—a longtime opponent of Big Pharma—has become even more ubiquitous in his efforts to reduce drug prices.

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How to Build Your Career as a Medical Sales Person?

David Bagga

Building your career as a salesperson in the medical field requires great planning. Here are some tips to boost your efforts. When it comes to the medical sales career, Medical Device Sales Career Home Blog How to Build Your Career as a Medical… How to Build Your Career as a Medical Sales Person? Building your […] The post How to Build Your Career as a Medical Sales Person?

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ISO publishes standard on bacterial endotoxin testing

European Pharmaceutical Review

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published its new standard Sterilization of health care products — Microbiological methods — Part 3 Bacterial endotoxin testing ( ISO 11737-3:2023). The document contains requirements and guidance for testing for bacterial endotoxins. This includes products that must be non-pyrogenic based on either intended use or non-pyrogenic label claim, or both.

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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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Study: Telehealth Visits Lead to Fewer Follow-Up Visits Than Office Visits

MedCity News

An Epic Research study found that 16 out of 24 specialties had higher follow-up rates within 90 days of an initial office visit than a telehealth visit. This includes mental health, physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine, which all had a more than 20% higher follow-up rate after an in-person office appointment than a telehealth appointment.

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Teva weighs sale of $2B API business as CEO Richard Francis embarks on 'Pivot to Growth' strategy: reports

Fierce Pharma

Less than two months into its "Pivot to Growth" strategy under a new CEO, Israeli-American generics giant Teva Pharmaceutical could be weighing a major shake-up of its key drug ingredients business | Teva is looking at strategic options for its active pharmaceutical ingredient unit, with a potential sale on the table, BNN Bloomberg and Benzinga have reported.

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Health Equity in Pharma: Communities Most Impacted by Racial Bias

PharmExec

Rose Blackburne, MD, MBA, vice president, global head, general medicine, PPD Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses health equity in pharma, specifically racial biases, and how the industry can address inequities in access and care going forward.

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‘Hope Is Not a Business Model’: Digital Health Fundraising Advice from 2 VCs

MedCity News

Two VCs from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund recently offered fundraising advice for digital health companies. They told these firms to expect slower funding timelines, urged them not to be afraid of down or flat rounds, and advised them to spend time nailing down the specifics of their growth narrative.

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Novo Nordisk brings new round of lawsuits against compounded versions of Ozempic and Wegovy

Fierce Pharma

As demand skyrockets for GLP-1 drugs that can trigger significant weight loss, unauthorized versions of the treatments have started to fill pharmacies. | In late May, the FDA warned of illegal knockoffs of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy. And now, the Danish company has filed its second wave of lawsuits against pharmacies in the U.S. that are producing the copycats.

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FDA releases analysis on drug product quality in 2022

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center Pharmaceutical Quality for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has released its 2022 annual report analysing drug manufacturers and their products. US drug product quality: drug recalls in FY2022 During the 2022 financial year, 166 manufacturing sites generated 912 drug recalls, the highest number of recalls in five years, according to the data.

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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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Eli Lilly’s retatrutide sets new record for weight loss in obesity space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pipeline developments within the obesity space have recently garnered interest following recent results published on Eli Lilly’s retatrutide.

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Have Insurtechs Truly Disrupted the Mainstream Health Insurance Industry?

MedCity News

Insurtechs like Bright Health Group, Clover Health and Oscar Health set out to disrupt health insurance — but have they actually done so? Not in a positive way, several experts say.

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With full Alzheimer's approval in hand, Eisai and Biogen kick off Leqembi's launch in earnest

Fierce Pharma

It’s official: Roughly half a year after the FDA granted an accelerated nod to Eisai and Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s disease med lecanemab, the companies have converted that green light into a full-fl | With a full approval in hand, Leqembi has become the first treatment shown to reduce the rate of disease progression and slow cognitive and functional decline in adults with Alzheimer’s disease under the FDA's traditional approval pathway.

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Innovation key for boosting UK biopharma competitiveness

European Pharmaceutical Review

New recommendations to boost the competitiveness in UK biopharma and Medtech sectors have been published by Imperial College London. The ‘Sectoral Systems of Innovation and the UK’s Competitiveness’ reports assess the value-added per capita of each sector and how they compare internationally. Technological solutions and policy recommendations for government have been identified as a way to help make sectors such as biopharma and Medtech more innovative and increase their value added.

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

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DigitalHealth.London’s Accelerator programme selects Aide

PharmaTimes

Project aims to boost the adoption of technology across London’s NHS and help patients manage conditions - News - PharmaTimes

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Butterfly Network Launches AI Tool for Point-Of-Care Lung Ultrasounds

MedCity News

Butterfly Network recently launched an AI tool that can provide medical practitioners with an accurate B-line count from just a six-second lung ultrasound clip. By automatically counting B-lines in a lung image, the tool helps doctors quickly identify and assess a patient’s lung issues at the point of care.

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Moderna strikes deal worth up to $1B to develop, produce mRNA drugs in China: reports

Fierce Pharma

Despite political tensions between Washington and Beijing, foreign pharmaceutical investments are progressing in China. | In a deal that could be worth up to $1 billion, Massachusetts-based Moderna inked a memorandum of understanding, plus a land collaboration agreement, to research, develop and manufacture mRNA medicines in China.

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Libraries, Publishers Together in Chicago

Copyright Clearance Center

According to PW’s Andrew Albanese, the ALA conference highlighted an organized response from the library and publishing communities to politicized attacks on the freedom to read.

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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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Sustainable pharmaceuticals: what about pine-based painkillers?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Scientists have created paracetamol and ibuprofen, two of the world’s most common painkillers, out of turpentine (β-pinene), a compound found in pine trees. Turpentine is also a waste product from the paper industry. According to the research published in the journal ChemSusChem , the quantity of this waste generated worldwide is enough to supply the global demand for paracetamol and ibuprofen.

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A Startup Wins the First FDA Approval of a Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

MedCity News

CellTrans’s Lantidra is now the first FDA-approved cell therapy for type 1 diabetes. The therapy is made from islet cells sourced from deceased donors.

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GSK's ViiV explores novel pathway to bring long-acting HIV med Cabenuva to tough-to-treat patients

Fierce Pharma

GSK’s Cabenuva made history in 2020 as the world’s firs | GSK's long-acting Cabenuva is currently approved only as a switch therapy for patients who already have undetectable HIV levels in the blood. Trying to reach some tough populations who have difficulty adhering to existing daily oral therapies, GSK is getting creative.

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Rationing strategies proliferate with cancer drugs in short supply

Pharmaceutical Technology

While drug shortages have been a major cause for concern over the past few years, medications to treat cancer are in particularly short supply.

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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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Embracing the Hybrid Era: Leveraging Answer Engines and Generative AI to Improve the Patient and HCP Experience

PharmExec

Through the power of large language models and generative AI, pharma and biotech companies are transforming medical information delivery by offering direct, trustworthy, and accurate answers to patients and healthcare providers, significantly reducing time and frustration.

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UPMC Algorithm Predicts Post-Surgical Complications Better Than the Industry Standard, Study Shows

MedCity News

Researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh created and deployed a machine learning algorithm that flags patients who are at high risk for postsurgical complications. The research team recently published research validating the tool in JAMA Network Open — the study found that the health system’s model outperforms the industry standard.

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Fierce Pharma Asia—AZ, Daiichi's ADC scare; Moderna's China investment; Takeda's F-Star deal

Fierce Pharma

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate returned a concerning safety message. Moderna reportedly plans to invest up to $1 billion in China. | AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo delivered a concerning safety message for their TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate. Moderna reportedly plans to invest up to $1 billion in China. Takeda expanded its antibody partnership with F-Star Therapeutics with a new deal potentially worth $1 billion.

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BioNTech to support trial access for cancer immunotherapies

European Pharmaceutical Review

BioNTech SE and the UK government have jointly agreed to provide up to 10,000 patients with personalised cancer immunotherapies by 2030. Signing of this agreement builds on a memorandum of understanding signed in January. The partnership will provide cancer patients with improved access to the latest cancer trials and therapies currently being developed.

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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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AI Frontiers: Navigating the Risks, Rewards, and Regulations

PharmExec

Senior editor Fran Pollaro chats with Sharlene Jenner, vice president of engagement strategy, Abelson Taylor about the transformative impact and ethical considerations of AI in the pharmaceutical industry, emphasizing its potential in data analysis and marketing, while also highlighting the pioneering work of AI companies in advancing drug discovery.

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Women’s Health Startups Graduate from PharmStars Digital Health Accelerator

MedCity News

A new cohort of startups has graduated from PharmStars, a digital health accelerator. This latest group focused on women’s health and health equity.

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Sarepta sells FDA priority review voucher to mystery buyer for $102M as prices continue to slip

Fierce Pharma

While the price of just about everything has increased over the last six years in the U.S., the same can’t be said for the cost of an FDA priority review voucher. Just ask Sarepta Therapeutics. | The price of priority review vouchers is falling. Just ask Sarepta Therapeutics. Since 2017, the company has sold off three PRVs—getting less in return for each successive sale.

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Ukrainian Writer Victoria Amelina Dies After Russian Attack

Copyright Clearance Center

Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina has died from injuries sustained from a Russian missile attack on June 27. She was 37. Her most recent work involved documenting human rights abuses in Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time