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AstraZeneca to go on defense for Andexxa as FDA questions bleeding reversal agent's safety ahead of adcomm

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As a council of outside experts prepares to meet Thursday to discuss AstraZeneca’s Andexxa, the FDA has flagged “major safety findings” linked to the British drugmaker’s bleeding reversal agent.

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Patient Dies in Gene Therapy Trial, But FDA Permits Neurogene to Proceed With Low Dose

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A patient death in a clinical trial usually prompts the FDA to impose a clinical hold. But Neurogene is able to avoid a lengthy clinical trial pause largely because of its participation in an FDA pilot program intended to speed up the development of therapies for rare diseases. The post Patient Dies in Gene Therapy Trial, But FDA Permits Neurogene to Proceed With Low Dose appeared first on MedCity News.

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Keytruda represents almost half of Merck’s sales, and a new formulation could fend off rivals

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A subcutaneous version of Merck’s Keytruda was as effective as the infused version in a late-stage study, but the company won’t be the first to market.

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Neurogene drops high-dose arm in Rett study after death

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The patient affected by a serious adverse event in Neurogene's clinical trial of Rett syndrome gene therapy has now died

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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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Roche files patent suit to fend off potential Evrysdi generics from Zydus, Natco

Fierce Pharma

Roche's spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) medicine Evrysdi only gained its FDA approval in 2020, but generics companies are already eying the blockbuster as a potential target. | The spinal muscular atrophy drug is a growth driver for the Swiss pharma giant, prompting the company to prioritize its defense against potential generics.

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Market Trends to Watch for Health Systems and Their Specialty Pharmacies

MedCity News

The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients. The post Market Trends to Watch for Health Systems and Their Specialty Pharmacies appeared first on MedCity News.

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Tirzepatide gets a big win in obesity-related heart failure

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Eli Lilly's tirzepatide has been shown to significantly cut cardiovascular risks in patients with obesity and a form of heart failure with few treatment options, in another big win for the GLP-1 receptor agonist class.The results from the SUMMIT trial of tirzepatide in obese patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) showed that Lilly's drug cut the risk of cardiovascular mortality and worsening heart failure events by 38% over a median follow-up of roughly two years.

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Johnson & Johnson, Merck lay off workers in China as local headwinds take a toll

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Johnson & Johnson and Merck are laying off workers in Chi | Johnson & Johnson and Merck are laying off workers in China, according to a story from Bloomberg which cites reports from Chinese news outlets.

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Value-Based Care Is a Four Layer Cake — Why Do We Only Focus on The Icing?

MedCity News

During a recent panel discussion, three healthcare experts discussed reasons why value-based care is struggling to reach scale. The post Value-Based Care Is a Four Layer Cake — Why Do We Only Focus on The Icing? appeared first on MedCity News.

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What is a ‘cure,’ really? AbbVie’s Humira creator leaps into the next phase of medicine

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AbbVie’s head of R&D cures has lofty ambitions to end diseases like HIV through a community of researchers that work as one.

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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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FDA experts lukewarm on AZ's anticoagulant antidote Andexxa

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AstraZeneca is facing some pushback as it tries to upgrade anticoagulant antidote drug Andexaa to full approval in the US.

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Jazz's HER2 bispecific snags FDA nod, teeing up showdown with AZ and Daiichi's Enhertu

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A bispecific antibody has entered the HER2 fray with a differentiated profile from traditional agents and a chance to challenge AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s star antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu | A bispecific antibody has entered the HER2 fray with a differentiated profile from traditional agents and a chance to challenge AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s star ADC Enhertu.

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Twin Brothers Launch Seen Health with $22M to Provide Culturally-Focused Care for Seniors

MedCity News

Seen Health emerged from stealth on Monday. The company builds on the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly model and focuses on Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The post Twin Brothers Launch Seen Health with $22M to Provide Culturally-Focused Care for Seniors appeared first on MedCity News.

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Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s Enhertu snubbed by UK’s NICE for third time 

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK’s NICE has rejected a deal for the reimbursement of Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca's breast cancer drug Enhertu for the third time.

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

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Sage wilts as Huntington's prospect flunks trial

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Sage Therapeutics' run of bad news has continued with a failed phase 2 trial of dalzanemdor as a treatment for Huntington's disease

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Sanofi lays out €40M to beef up transplant, diabetes drug production in France

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With several high-profile manufacturing outlays already in the books in Europe this year, Sanofi is returning to the bloc in a bid to boost production for a long-approved transplant treatment and a | Sanofi has unveiled a 40 million euro investment at its Lyon Gerland biomanufacturing site in France. The cash infusion will help bolster local production of the company’s polyclonal antibody Thymoglubulin for kidney transplant rejection, as well as expected future capacity needs for the type 1 diab

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GSK Wagers $80M on a Tech Platform and Parkinson’s Drug from Flagship-Founded Vesalius

MedCity News

Vesalius Therapeutics’ AI-based technology finds novel targets and intervention points for subgroups of patients within a common disease. A small molecule that Vesalius has been developing for a novel Parkinson’s disease target is now headed to GSK, which has licensed global rights. The post GSK Wagers $80M on a Tech Platform and Parkinson’s Drug from Flagship-Founded Vesalius appeared first on MedCity News.

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Easing the mental health burden with psychedelic therapies – what’s next for the regulatory and clinical landscape?

European Pharmaceutical Review

In June, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) rejected 1 Lykos Therapeutics’ psychedelic new drug application (NDA) for midomafetamine (MDMA) capsules used alongside MDMA-assisted therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. With the recent failure of Lykos’ trial, how do you see the future of psychedelic therapies in research, especially in treating disorders like depression, PTSD, and substance use diso

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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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MSD says subcutaneous Keytruda matches IV form

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MSD's subcutaneous formulation of top-selling cancer drug Keytruda was non-inferior to the current intravenous version in a head-to-head trial

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Pfizer led industrywide sales surge in Q3 after several quarters of dominance by Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk

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After six straight quarters in which Eli Lilly or Novo Nordisk achieved the highest year-over-year revenue growth among the top companies in the biopharma industry, there was a new champion in the | After six straight quarters in which Eli Lilly or Novo Nordisk achieved the highest year-over-year revenue increases among the top companies in the biopharma industry, there was a new growth champion in the third quarter.

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Telehealth Advocates Praise DEA’s 3rd Extension of Telemedicine Flexibilities, but Call for Further Action

MedCity News

The DEA recently announced the third extension of Covid-19 flexibilities for the virtual prescribing of controlled substances. Telehealth advocates applaud this move but remain hopeful for a more permanent solution in the future. The post Telehealth Advocates Praise DEA’s 3rd Extension of Telemedicine Flexibilities, but Call for Further Action appeared first on MedCity News.

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Health Canada issues NOC to J&J’s CARVYKTI for multiple myeloma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance (NOC) for Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) CARVYKTI for multiple myeloma treatment.

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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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Gene therapy firm Kate Tx snapped up by Novartis for $1.1bn

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Novartis buys gene therapy specialist Kate Therapeutics for $1.

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Roche's Vabysmo shows potential to treat eye disorder common in Asia

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Few pharmaceutical products have taken the market by storm like Roche’s Vabysmo. | Interim results from a late-stage trial of Roche's Vabysmo on Asian patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy suggest that the injected treatment is effective. After 16 weeks, patients showed vision improvement which was equivalent to reading roughly one and a half more lines on an eye chart.

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World Class Health Snags $8M To Expand Global Centers of Excellence Network

MedCity News

World Class Health’s $8 million in seed funding was led by AlleyCorp. The company serves self-funded employers and offers access to a global centers of excellence network. The post World Class Health Snags $8M To Expand Global Centers of Excellence Network appeared first on MedCity News.

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“No magic wand” for Novo Nordisk, as CagriSema pen supply rumours swirl

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novo Nordisk and Ypsomed’s 2023 deal is rumoured to include an autoinjector supply for potential Wegovy successor CagriSema.

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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 could 'cut ECG result wait times and speed up treatment'

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Using AI-powered PanEcho software for screening ECGs could deliver results more quickly and allow treatment to be started earlier.

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Despite fears over RFK Jr. pick, industry should focus more on FDA job: analyst

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Robert F. | In a contrarian take offered by BMO Capital Markets' Evan Seigerman, the analyst said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may not rock the boat as much as feared for the biopharma industry.

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Startup Valora Unveils a Sweet Way to Stop Cancer and Autoimmune Disease, Plus $30M for R&D

MedCity News

Valora Therapeutics’ antibody lectin chimeras, or AbLecs, target glyco-immune checkpoints, pathways that modulate cellular communication with the immune system. The startup’s science is based on research from Carolyn Bertozzi, a Stanford professor who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The post Startup Valora Unveils a Sweet Way to Stop Cancer and Autoimmune Disease, Plus $30M for R&D appeared first on MedCity News.

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Kura Oncology partners Kyowa Kirin to advance AML treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Kura has partnered Kyowa Kirin in a strategic global collaboration for developing and commercialising oral ziftomenib to treat AML

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time