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Pharma’s digital transformation journey and the role of customer reference data

pharmaphorum

Better management of customer data could help pharmaceutical companies’ digital transformation, according to Veeva’s Rebecca Silver. pharmaphorum’s Richard Staines spoke to her about how the use of customer reference data can transform pharma companies, increase competitiveness, and benefit the bottom line during these challenging times. Precision medicine is emerging as a key approach for disease treatment and prevention, which makes it even more critical to get the right medicine to the

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Clinical trials have ‘much work to do’ in boosting diversity

Outsourcing Pharma

A veteran with more than 20 years of experience talks about the vitality of recruiting an inclusive patient population, and the perils of falling short.

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Lansoprazole vs Omeprazole: differences and similarities

Druggist

In today’s post, I will contrast the two most popular proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) prescribed in the UK. Not only lansoprazole and omeprazole are the two most common PPI, but they are also one of the most popular prescribed drugs in the UK. I will review the essential facts to highlight the similarity and difference between each medication. Lansoprazole vs omeprazole – post summary: Lansoprazole vs omeprazole: drug classification Lansoprazole vs omeprazole: mechanism of action Lansoprazol

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Perspectives on a Post-pandemic World

Pharma Marketing Network

An interview with Mark Bard, Co-Founder of The DHC Group and Justin Grossman, CEO/Managing Partner, meltmedia. In response to this week’s DHC Virtual Summit with Novartis, Mark Bard, Co-founder/Managing Partner, DHC, talked one-on-one with Justin Grossman about how the COVID pandemic will change the world of digital healthcare marketing. Here are some highlights from their discussion.

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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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Excel spreadsheet blamed for UK’s COVID-19 test and trace woes

pharmaphorum

An Excel spreadsheet was behind IT glitch that caused thousands of positive COVID-19 tests to be omitted from the UK’s official records, according to press reports. The issue that left almost 16,000 positive results going unreported has been blamed on the way Public Health England tracks results from mainly private labs that have been hired to add extra testing capacity.

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People on the Move: October 2020

Outsourcing Pharma

The latest news on pharmaceutical industry hires, promotions, acquititions and other events includes Medable, Eversana, Parexel, Astellas and more.

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Perspectives on a Post-pandemic World

Pharma Marketing Network

An interview with Mark Bard, Co-Founder of The DHC Group and Justin Grossman, CEO/Managing Partner, meltmedia. In response to this week’s DHC Virtual Summit with Novartis, Mark Bard, Co-founder/Managing Partner, DHC, talked one-on-one with Justin Grossman about how the COVID pandemic will change the world of digital healthcare marketing. Here are some highlights from their discussion.

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Your.MD secures $30m to expand self-care app Healthily

pharmaphorum

Digital health firm Your.MD has secured $30 million in a Series A round investment led by the consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB). Your.MD is the company behind the medical-grade, augmented intelligence self-care app Healthily, and will use the funding to accelerate the platform through a series of clinically-validated “health hubs”. Following a seed funding round led by RB and existing shareholders, the now completed Series A funding round will allow the app to reach other markets incl

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Premier Research: holistic approach benefits drug development

Outsourcing Pharma

A leader from the CRO shares insights as to what strategies and philosophies work best when working to craft a successful drug development program.

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How is Cell Isolation Revolutionizing Medical Industry?

Pharma Mirror

One of the biggest medical advancements of recent times is the invention of the cell isolation method. Also known as cell sorting or cell separation, the cell isolation method has rapidly become an integral component of modern biological and medical research. In this method, a one-cell population or multiple cell types are isolated from a. The post How is Cell Isolation Revolutionizing Medical Industry?

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.

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Maintaining Both Your Business and Your Sanity During the Pandemic

Pharma Marketing Network

Just a little more than seven months ago, pharma, agencies, vendors, physicians, pharmacists, patients, and medical supply chains in the U.S. and across the world were caught in a whirlwind of groundlessness and anxiety as Covid -19’s spread quickly enveloped much of the planet. Such a shock to the system required a lot of intense, focused learning to keep the industry up and running, to keep all of healthcare’s stakeholders connected, to continue the mission to safeguard and preserve health.

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Axovant pushes on with Parkinson’s gene therapy, despite investor cynicism

pharmaphorum

Axovant has said it plans to continue developing its Parkinson’s Disease gene therapy after reporting supportive data from a small cohort of patients from a phase 2 trial. However shares in Axovant were down sharply after the announcement because of market sentiment that the New York biotech had been selective with the data it had shared in its update.

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Clinical trial volume, variety drive data solutions

Outsourcing Pharma

eClinical, a provider of clinical data service solutions, has seen an increase in interest in clinical data platform and other digital products.

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EMA accepts filing for Biogen/Samsung Bioepis’ Lucentis biosimilar

Pharma Times

Biosimilar is an anti-VEGF therapy for retinal vascular disorders

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.

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Maintaining Both Your Business and Your Sanity During the Pandemic

Pharma Marketing Network

Just a little more than seven months ago, pharma, agencies, vendors, physicians, pharmacists, patients, and medical supply chains in the U.S. and across the world were caught in a whirlwind of groundlessness and anxiety as Covid -19’s spread quickly enveloped much of the planet. Such a shock to the system required a lot of intense, focused learning to keep the industry up and running, to keep all of healthcare’s stakeholders connected, to continue the mission to safeguard and preserve health.

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Why intelligent automation is the future for regulation

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There are a host of new, previously unimaginable tools and techniques – from analytics to robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) – available to help speed up processes and increase data accuracy. But for many life sciences organisations, these tools are either not yet fully adopted or are not being put to good use within their regulatory functions.

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Investors bet on decentralized trial technology

Outsourcing Pharma

Companies like Biofourmis, THREAD and other virtual tech specialists have seen infusions of funds from investors bullish on decentralized clinical trials.

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Neuroblastoma UK welcomes advancement of potential new treatment

Pharma Times

Fadraciclib has passed safety trials and shown early efficacy

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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10 things a pharmacist can do for you

SingleCare

When you think of a pharmacist, you likely picture the hard-working professional at your neighborhood pharmacy. You may realize they are responsible for filling the prescriptions your doctor writes for you. Youve probably heard them on the phone taking orders for medications or answering questions from patients in the store. But, is that all? October is American Pharmacist Month.

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Eli Lilly and Gilead’s combination cuts COVID-19 recovery time

pharmaphorum

Eli Lilly’s Olumiant (baricitinib) has a significant effect on recovery from COVID-19 when combined with Gilead Veklury (remdesivir), according to a large trial backed by funding from the US government. The findings came from additional safety and efficacy data harvested from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) ACCT-2 trial.

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First patient dosed in long-term Alzheimer’s trial

Outsourcing Pharma

Neurotrope has kicked off its ongoing Phase II study of Bryostatin-1 for treatment of Alzheimerâs disease, with the help of a $2.7m NIH grant.

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ViiV’s two-drug HIV regimen demonstrates long-term efficacy

Pharma Times

Two-drug regimen continues to offer non-inferior efficacy compared to a three-drug regimen

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Romaco implements new sustainability strategy

Pharma Mirror

Romaco has appointed a Sustainability Officer and defined goals for the company’s climate-friendly development. Not only is the manufacturer seeking to enable more sustainable production by its customers; Romaco is also keen to improve its own carbon footprint. The Romaco Group has a new central corporate objective: sustainability. To enable climate protection measures to be.

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Pharma’s response to COVID: GSK

pharmaphorum

A few months into the pandemic, the world is now moving beyond managing the crisis, with more focus on addressing the collateral damages and shaping the future. As part of a new series looking at how pharma has responded to the pandemic, Neale Belson, SVP UK & Ireland and general manager for the UK at GSK, tells us that it is “absolutely critical” to do this with the pace and out-of-the box thinking of the past months.

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CPhI, Pharmapack Europe to return in 2021

Outsourcing Pharma

The popular pharma industry conferences plan to combine live and digital elements when assembling its calendar of international events next year.

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BMS’ Opdivo plus Yervoy misses the mark in high-risk melanoma

Pharma Times

Combination treatment did not achieve statistical significance in all-comer population

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Biocartis Announces Market Release of SeptiCyte® RAPID test on Idylla™

Pharma Mirror

Biocartis Group NV (the ‘Company’ or ‘Biocartis’), an innovative molecular diagnostics company (Euronext Brussels: BCART), today announces the market release of SeptiCyte® RAPID on Idylla™ as a CE-marked IVD test. SeptiCyte® RAPID is a host-response test that distinguishes sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammation in patients suspected of sepsis and provides actionable results in about one.

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Older people first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in UK, says government

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As European regulators begin a rolling review of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the focus in the UK has shifted to the government’s plans to distribute any vaccine that is deemed to be a safe and effective way of preventing the disease. According to weekend press reports a rollout of a vaccine could be just three months away – but the feedback from the government is that not everyone will get it, with the target group being around 30 million older people and health workers, less than half the p

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ATCC lands $250m from BARDA for COVID-19 services

Outsourcing Pharma

The contract, with a ceiling value of $250M and potential length of 10 years, will supplement the companyâs ongoing support of virus-related work.

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Janssen/MeiraGTx showcase nine-month data for sight loss gene therapy

Pharma Times

Gene therapy demonstrated improvement in retinal sensitivity

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Full CPhI & Pharmapack Europe schedule returns in 2021 with live & hybrid events

Pharma Mirror

Informa Markets announces its complete listing of pharma event dates for 2021 at the opening of the first CPhI Festival of Pharma (05 – 16 October 2020) – the largest ever virtual pharma event. The pharma schedule includes one further event in 2020: CPhI China, 16-18 December (hybrid event, combining “live” in-person with “virtual”). In. The post Full CPhI & Pharmapack Europe schedule returns in 2021 with live & hybrid events appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.

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Flying the flag for research in Aarskog syndrome

pharmaphorum

Delayed diagnosis, lack of awareness, and a limited evidence base – Aarskog syndrome faces all the challenges of rare diseases everywhere. But a new study hopes to kick start a revolution in understanding. For five years, Michelle Erskine faced a succession of closed doors and disbelief as she struggled to convince someone that all was not well with her son.

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FDA COVID-19 response roundup

Outsourcing Pharma

As the pandemic maintains its hold, the US agency continues to issue advice and take action related to testing, treatment and information on the virus.

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