MedCity News
MAY 16, 2024
The dangers of polypharmacy and its increasingly wide reach across the American population make it imperative that we enhance the accuracy and efficiency of medication reconciliation processes. The post It’s Past Time to Prevent Polypharmacy in U.S. Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 14, 2024
With new four-year data in hand, Novo Nordisk can make a case for its popular obesity med Wegovy to be used as a long-term treatment. | An analysis unveiled at the European Congress on Obesity showed that Wegovy patients lost 10% of their weight, on average, over a 4-year span.
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pharmaphorum
MAY 13, 2024
Takeda has made a strong play for a stake in the Alzheimer’s disease market, paying $100 million upfront for an option on AC Immune’s amyloid-targeting immunotherapy. The option fee could be followed by another up to $2.1 billion in potential milestones if Takeda takes global rights to the programme, currently headed by ACI-24.060 which is in a phase 1b/2 trial with new data due in the next few weeks.
Scott Burrows
MAY 17, 2024
As a keynote inspirational speaker, I’ve had the privilege of addressing audiences from various industries and backgrounds, but there’s something uniquely invigorating about speaking at sales and leadership conferences. Recently, I had the opportunity to kick off a sales conference for a broker dealer that had just been acquired by the largest independent broker dealer in the U.S.
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MedCity News
MAY 14, 2024
SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million. The post SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 17, 2024
After Moderna last year suffered a loss in its heated patent fight against Pfizer and BioNTech, the mRNA drugmaker can now celebrate a win. | The win comes after a prior decision from the European Patent Office that invalidated Moderna's other asserted patent.
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Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 15, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno at LogiPharma Europe, Nick Porter, President, World Courier discusses mitigating supply chain risks, the future of artificial intelligence in pharma logistics, and more.
MedCity News
MAY 15, 2024
This year has been a messy one for virtual care companies, but that doesn’t mean that telehealth is dead, according to Eve Cunningham, Providence’s chief of virtual care and digital health. In her view, virtual care can definitely still be an important part of the care delivery model — but only if it is embedded into the greater healthcare delivery ecosystem.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 16, 2024
The momentum the biopharma industry showed in the fourth quarter of 2023 has continued into this year. | The momentum the biopharma industry showed in the fourth quarter of 2023 has continued into this year. With 18 of the industry’s top 25 companies achieving year-over-year revenue gains, Q1 came close to matching the final quarter of last year, when 21 of the top 25 companies showed increases.
pharmaphorum
MAY 17, 2024
Brainomix gets FDA approval for e-Lung, an AI tool that assists in the diagnosis and assessment of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) from medical images.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 13, 2024
Eighty four percent of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies consider that the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) directive is an opportunity to “align human rights and environmental protection with their business objectives”, findings from a survey by supply chain specialist INVERTO has found. EU operations must comply with the new directive.
MedCity News
MAY 17, 2024
Amgen’s Imdelltra has FDA approval in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, making it the first bispecific T cell engager approved for treating this type of cancer. Analysts project the new Amgen drug will become a blockbuster seller. The post Amgen Drug for Aggressive Type of Lung Cancer Wins Accelerated FDA Approval appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 14, 2024
A tough biotech funding environment and a downturn in COVID-related contracts has weighed heavily on CDMOs of all stripes in recent years. | With a new CEO waiting in the wings, Swiss manufacturing juggernaut Lonza is attempting to reassure the market that a CDMO industry stabilization is playing out.
pharmaphorum
MAY 14, 2024
Bayer's first-quarter results update shows its headcount has shrunk by around 1,500 since the start of the year, suggesting promised job cuts are starting to take hold
European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 17, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Amgen’s Imdelltra (tarlatamab-dlle), a bispecific T-cell engager, for the treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). The drug received accelerated regulatory approval based on the “encouraging response rate and duration of response (DoR) observed in clinical studies,” Amgen said.
MedCity News
MAY 16, 2024
While adopting new technology is obviously a big part of healthcare innovation teams’ work, there are plenty of worthwhile initiatives that don’t involve advanced technologies, pointed out Dan Shoenthal, chief innovation officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The post Innovation Doesn’t Always Have To Involve The Latest Tech, MD Anderson Exec Says appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 14, 2024
When Bayer unveiled a restructuring in January, the company didn’t provide specifics on the number of planned job cuts. | When Bayer unveiled a restructuring in January, the company didn't provide specifics on the number of planned job cuts. Now, the size of the initial round of cuts shows that CEO Bill Anderson means business.
pharmaphorum
MAY 15, 2024
GSK has become the first founding partner of the new Fleming Initiative, which aims to tackle the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and is also backed by the UK government.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 17, 2024
Everything in the pharmaceutical industry now seems to rely increasingly heavily on effective organisation and handling of data. But what needs to happen so that users/process owners can fully trust data’s quality, integrity, reliability, etc? Steve Gens (SG): The more critical data becomes to regulatory procedures, to safety processes, to clinical research, to manufacturing, and ultimately connecting all of those parts of the value chain more seamlessly, the greater the need for formal and cons
MedCity News
MAY 13, 2024
As more hospitals across the country shut down their maternity wards, a Sutter Health-owned hospital in Berkeley has taken proactive steps to ensure it can continue providing care for the pregnant people in its community. The hospital partnered with Millie, a Berkeley-based startup offering hybrid maternal care from midwives and doulas. The post Sutter Health Partners with Millie to Incorporate Midwifery into Its Maternal Care Model appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 16, 2024
China-made PD-1 inhibitors just can’t get a clean pass through the FDA. | China-made PD-1 inhibitors continue to struggle at the FDA. This week, the U.S. agency rejected Elevar Therapeutics and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma's PD-1 combination in liver cancer.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 17, 2024
The US Senator took another swipe at the US prices of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
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European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 15, 2024
Research has demonstrated a cost-effective storage solution for compounded faricimab kept for a maximum of 28 days. Authors of the paper stated that it provides off-label use of the anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) biologic , “while maintaining safety in the treatment of patients”. Their study compared the stability, sterility, and binding affinity to VEGF and Ang-2 of faricimab.
MedCity News
MAY 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice recently launched a task force on healthcare monopolies. Experts have varying opinions on how it will impact the healthcare industry. The post DOJ Launches Task Force on Healthcare Monopolies: Will It Make A Difference? appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 13, 2024
While much of the fanfare around COVID-19 treatments has dissipated, Shionogi has continued to press on in hopes that its Japan-approved protease inhibitor ensitrelvir could compete on a global sta | While much of the fanfare around COVID-19 treatments has dissipated, Shionogi has continued to press on in hopes that its Japan-approved protease inhibitor ensitrelvir could compete on a global stage.
pharmaphorum
MAY 15, 2024
The FDA has approved Roche's HPV self-sampling solution that the company says can tackle unequal access to screening that can put women at risk of cervical cancer
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European Pharmaceutical Review
MAY 14, 2024
Using an investment of over €1 billion, Sanofi plans to generate new bioproduction capacity at three sites in France, focusing on biologic medicines. The sites are in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val de Marne), Le Trait (Seine-Maritime) and Lyon Gerland (Rhône). This cash injection will create more than 500 jobs and “significantly strengthen” France’s present and future ability to control the full production process of essential medicines, the company stated.
MedCity News
MAY 13, 2024
In part 2 of our Q&A, Okamura addresses the need for biopharma companies to leverage digital technologies in disease management. The post Astellas Pharma CEO Q&a (Part 2): We Have To Have Alternatives for Prescription Medicine Business appeared first on MedCity News.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 14, 2024
It’s been a long wait for Ascendis Pharma to score FDA approval for its hormone replacement therapy TransCon PTH (palopegteriparatide). | It’s been a long wait for Ascendis Pharma to score FDA approval for its hormone replacement therapy TransCon PTH (palopegteriparatide). And now, it’ll take another three months for the United States regulator to decide on the treatment for the endocrine disease hypoparathyroidism.
Integrity Solutions
MAY 14, 2024
For many in sales, negotiation is one of the most challenging aspects of the job. More often than not, these salespeople approach negotiation as a win-or-lose endurance game, a contentious battle that pits two opposing sides against each other. “Winning” means convincing the customer to accept your point of view—even if the outcome isn’t necessarily in the customer’s best interest.
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