Pharmacy Times
JULY 22, 2022
A review of decades of research concluded that there is no evidence of an association between serotonin levels and depression, calling the function of antidepressants into question.
PharmExec
JULY 20, 2022
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pharmaphorum
JULY 18, 2022
Pierre A. Morgon, PharmD, LL.M, MBA, managing director at CanSino Biologics Europe, tells us about Convidecia, a single dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccine offered as an injectable and inhalant that allows ease of storage, an alternative option for individuals with needle phobias, and robust elongated CD4 and CD8 cellular response. Convidencia’s injectable version was granted World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL), and its inhalant counterpart, currently in phase three clinical tr
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 19, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Incyte’s Opzelura (ruxolitinib) cream 1.5% as a topical treatment of nonsegmental vitiligo in adults and paediatric patients aged 12 years and above. Opzelura is a topical formulation of a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor. With the latest development, Opzelura has became the first treatment for repigmentation in patients with vitiligo to receive FDA approval.
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
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2022
Pharmacists can leverage patient medical history for formulating effective drugs, and patients can also benefit from single dosage, greater efficacy, and affordability of compounded medications.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JULY 20, 2022
Researchers have shown that ratio of nicotinic acid (NA) to nicotinamide (NAM) in cell cultures significantly increases with the presence of live microorganisms within 24 hours, acting as a useful biomarker for the detection of early-stage microbial contamination in cell therapies. Cell therapies are emerging as promising therapeutic modalities across a range of indications, with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) the most clinically studied cell therapy platform worldwide; however, the nutrient r
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Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 20, 2022
A key factor of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral Paxlovid efficacy has been early intervention, but getting it in time has proven to be a challenge. On 6 July, in an effort to accelerate access, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed pharmacists to also begin prescribing the drug to eligible individuals with Covid-19. Previously, only licensed and authorised physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants could prescribe the drug. .
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2022
Use of these drugs as medications, though, promising, may be restricted for various reasons to a select few.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JULY 19, 2022
Transpire Bio and Recipharm have signed a definitive agreement for the development of TRB-1 and TRB-2 – two inhaled medicines for the treatment of asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). TRB-1 and TRB-2 are the first products developed by Transpire Bio and are intended for advanced markets. “Our mission is to improve access to important, life-saving inhaled therapies, and to introduce new inhaled therapies to help address areas of significant unmet medical need,” stated Dr Xian-
pharmaphorum
JULY 18, 2022
GSK’s consumer health spinout Haleon started trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning, making its debut with a price of 330 pence and a market valuation of around £31 billion ($37 billion). The new company – which has achieved the largest London listing in a decade – has annual sales of around £10 billion from brands like Sensodyne toothpaste, Voltaren and Panadol painkillers, and Centrum multivitamins, making it the second-largest consumer health company in the world.
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.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 20, 2022
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered in a study that bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins are vital for the body to fight Covid-19 infection. . The research also found that BET proteins play two distinct roles in affecting how the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with human cells. . They provide the virus with a pathway into cells while aiding cells to defend themselves.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 21, 2022
The increase in gabapentin-related overdose deaths follows a rising trend in overall overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PharmaVoice
JULY 18, 2022
The pandemic has forced the pharmaceutical industry to look at digital in a new way - and it’s driving better health outcomes
pharmaphorum
JULY 21, 2022
Long-serving Roche chief executive Severin Schwan is stepping down, to be replaced next March by Thomas Schinecker, currently head of diagnostics at the Swiss group. Schwan (pictured above) has been nominated as chair of Roche’s board of directors however, to succeed Christoph Franz will not seek re-election after more than eight years in the role, so will still be intimately involved in the company’s affairs.
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.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 21, 2022
Karyopharm Therapeutics has obtained new regulatory designations in the US and Europe for its investigational therapy, eltanexor (KPT-8602), to treat myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The company received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the eltanexor development programme as a single agent to treat relapsed or refractory intermediate, high or very high-risk MDS patients.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 20, 2022
What we're seeing as a trend is this significant increase in synthetic opioids, specifically fentanyl, being contaminated and causing severe overdoses.
PharmExec
JULY 22, 2022
Data from over 130 million quarterly HCP-field interactions across 80% of global biotech and pharma companies unveiled in Veeva Pulse Field Trends Report - industrywide data shows frequent use of key digital channels is vital for effective HCP engagement.
pharmaphorum
JULY 20, 2022
It has suspected for many years that some diseases may be linked to non-coding or ‘junk’ DNA, but the mechanism behind the pathology hasn’t been worked out. Now, scientists in the UK think they have found a culprit implicated in cancer. Junk DNA is a term used to describe the 97% of the genetic sequence in human cells found between the 3% coding for our 20,000 genes, once thought to be inert.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 21, 2022
AstraZeneca has signed a deal with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) of Switzerland to deliver over 1,200 doses of antibody therapy, tixagevimab and cilgavimab combination (AZD7442), for Covid-19 prevention and treatment. Tixagevimab and cilgavimab are two long-acting antibodies (LAABs) obtained from the B-cells of patients convalescing following Covid-19.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 22, 2022
A possibly life-threatening and transmissible liver disease has been affecting children in the US and the UK since 2021.
PharmaVoice
JULY 21, 2022
Both J&J and Novartis are making — or considering — big shifts in their fundamental company makeup.
pharmaphorum
JULY 22, 2022
Drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have been fined £70 million ($84 million) by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging the NHS for a widely-used epilepsy drug. The CMA delivered a preliminary judgment in the case last year which concluded that Pfizer and Flynn abused a dominant position in phenytoin sodium capsules, causing NHS spending on the drug to balloon from around £2 million a year in 2012 to £50 million the following year.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 22, 2022
Pipeline therapies within the diabetic macular oedema (DME) space have recently gathered interest following the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Annual Meeting, which took place on 13–16 July. The spotlight was placed on many up-and-coming pharmacotherapies for retinal diseases, one of which was AbbVie’s/Regenxbio’s gene therapy RGX-314.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 21, 2022
New state law allows dispensation of HIV meds, distribution of fentanyl test strips starting in 2023.
PharmaVoice
JULY 20, 2022
A look at how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated one of the world’s greatest public health concerns.
pharmaphorum
JULY 22, 2022
Amazon has accelerated its expansion into the healthcare sector with an all-cash deal to acquire One Medical, a US group that provides virtual and in-person primary care services using a subscription fee model. Amazon is buying One Medical for $18 per share, valuing the company at around $3.9 billion and making it one of the online retail giant’s largest-ever acquisitions – and by far its biggest within the health category.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 19, 2022
Mentions of cloud computing within the filings of companies in the pharmaceutical industry rose 65% between the final quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. In total, the frequency of sentences related to cloud computing between April 2021 and March 2022 was 133% higher than in 2016 when GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, first began to track the key issues referred to in company filings.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 20, 2022
Companies that incorporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into their everyday operations will be instrumental in shaping a new standard in their workforce and ultimately in society.
PharmaVoice
JULY 20, 2022
Mei Mei Hu is looking to lead a third biologic ‘revolution’ by developing vaccines for chronic diseases.
pharmaphorum
JULY 19, 2022
Face-to-face discussion educates regulators on what matters most to patients, and guides future decision-making. Regulators are increasingly asking drug developers to include the patient voice in submissions, but the best way to go about this is less clear-cut. In the United States, learning how to navigate forums such as the FDA’s listening sessions and patient-focused drug development (PFDD) meetings could be the key to “truly moving the dial”.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JULY 18, 2022
About haemophilia. Haemophilia is a rare disease affecting an estimated 1.125 million people worldwide that impairs the body’s clotting ability. Haemophilia A and B are more common in males, with approximately 88 percent of people diagnosed with haemophilia worldwide being male. Haemophilia A is an inherited disorder in which people lack the clotting protein factor VIII.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2022
Patients with diabetes on Medicare Advantage were also less likely to be prescribed newer, more expensive medicine than patients on Medicare Fee-For-Service plans, indicating potential disparities in care.
PharmaVoice
JULY 21, 2022
How the mRNA-based biotech is developing the first-ever prophylactic for a devastating virus.
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