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Alzheimer’s drug requires strengthened pharmacovigilance approach

European Pharmaceutical Review

A paper published by the Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) in the British Journal for Clinical Pharmacology , has asserted the need for ongoing assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the Alzheimers drug lecanemab in the real-world clinical setting.

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MHRA Chief Executive to step down

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Dame June Raine, will step down in the Autumn following five years in the role. While she is stepping down from her current role, Dame June shared that she still hopes to contribute “to patient safety and public health in other ways.”

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How NLP Helps Life Sciences Companies Unlock Insights from Drug Labels

PM360

Drug labels hold value for life sciences companies because they are rich, extensive documents that can be used across labeling, regulatory, safety, and medical affairs. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or European Medicines Agency (EMA). International sources: The focus for many labeling teams is on major sources such as FDA and EMA.

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Top-10 ways for Pharma to leverage AI according to…AI

Impetus Digital

Personalized Medicine AI can help develop precision medicine by analyzing patient data , including demographic, clinical, and genetic information, as well as information about their metabolism and microbes, environmental exposures, and lifestyle factors, to predict how different patients will respond to various therapies.

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Developing new treatment regimens for HIV

European Pharmaceutical Review

HIV treatment and prevention are at an inflection point after years of continuously improving the standard of care of once-daily oral medicines. Our industry is on the cusp of the next wave of medicines that will guide the coming decade of HIV care, making HIV a smaller part of people’s lives. 3 But that paradigm is rapidly changing.

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Regenerative potential: cell?based therapies for heart failure

European Pharmaceutical Review

Pharmacological therapies mainly address symptoms and unfortunately a significant number of patients do not respond adequately, progressing to congestive heart failure and eventually needing a heart transplant. Despite these trials varying in design, they confirmed the feasibility and safety of the procedure. Frontiers in Pharmacology.

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Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics: The Science Behind Drug Action (Understanding the different characteristics of a drug and how they are important for therapeutic success)

Pharmaceutical Representative Training

3 Together, these processes determine the drugs concentration in the bloodstream and tissues over time, directly impacting its effectiveness and safety. A highly effective drug (PD) may pose safety concerns if it accumulates due to slow metabolism or excretion (PK). Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology. 9th Edition. Goodman, L.