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Eli Lilly’s Metabolic Medicine Takes the Lead in the Race to Develop an Oral GLP-1 Drug

MedCity News

The post Eli Lillys Metabolic Medicine Takes the Lead in the Race to Develop an Oral GLP-1 Drug appeared first on MedCity News. The first Phase 3 results for Eli Lillys daily pill orforglipron show statistically significant reductions in blood sugar and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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

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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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After US plant reveal, France's Orano Med lays out €250M to build another radioligand facility overseas

Fierce Pharma

With multiple drugmakers already announcing a slew of radiopharmaceutical moves this year, France’s Orano Med is doubling down on the nuclear medicine craze. Dubbed the Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility, the new 7,000-square-meter site is slated to manufacture thorium-228, a precursor of lead-212, for radioligand therapies.

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Merck’s $11B Prometheus Acquisition Brings IBD Drug & Precision Medicine Platform

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Merck is acquiring Prometheus Biosciences and a lead drug candidate in development for inflammatory bowel disorders. The deal comes as Merck looks for drug prospects that could make up for revenue declines facing blockbuster seller Keytruda, which faces patent expirations in coming years.

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Leading the industry’s next potential game-changer in drug discovery

PharmaVoice

Rachel Meyers, chief scientific officer at Faze Medicines, is helping guide the company towards the development of biomolecular condensates — an emerging field that could transform drug discovery.

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Milk-based therapies could be coming. This biotech CEO is aiming to lead the way.

PharmaVoice

Intrinsic Medicines is entering phase 2 trials in Parkinson’s disease and IBS for its human milk oligosaccharide drug candidates next year.

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Employer Healthcare Leads the Way to Happier Clinicians, Healthier Patients

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That’s why I left traditional medicine. Providers just aren’t given the time it takes to build rapport and ask the right questions within the fee-for-service model. Providers like me who now work in an employer healthcare model can truly help people versus treating them reactively.