Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A new trial for the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine will investigate the efficacy of the vaccine in children aged six and over.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Psychedelic medicine biotech MindMed is to acquire digital medicine and therapeutics startup HealthMode for around $32.2 million, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to speed up drug development. The move will also see ex-Pfizer digital medicine executive Dr Daniel Karlin join the MindMed executive team, along with former Google AI guru Bradford Cross.

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Druggist

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For many customers, ointment or cream for insect bites is the first line of rescue in stings management. In this post, I will review the best ointment or cream for insect bites available over the counter and from pharmacies. I will also discuss alternative options for insect bites, mainly the use of antihistamines. As with many of my previous posts, I will base my recommendations on the evidence (if possible) and draw a conclusion. .

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Pharma Marketing Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It’s 2019, your plane is booked, your outfits for the next three days are all planned out and packed away in your suitcase. You have a list of all of the presentations you plan on attending during the three-day pharmaceutical conference in New Orleans, and all of your lines have been practiced in front of a mirror for when you go to interview some of the keynote speakers.

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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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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With pharma firms seeking solutions to get products in the hands of patients faster, one company believes blockchain technology could provide answers.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

John Singer discusses the disbanding of Haven, the joint healthcare venture by Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway, and the strategies that can help fix US healthcare. . “The market” was terrified when Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Jeff Bezos got together to disrupt healthcare three years ago with the launch of Haven – in response to that news, healthcare stocks comprising a significant chunk of the $3.5 trillion health economy in the United States shed billions in value overnight.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

New report recommends continuing collaborations across the life sciences sector

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A study by two trial technology firms reportedly indicates that decentralized trials are outperforming on-site in recruitment, retention and other aspects.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Medical charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has teamed up with artificial intelligence specialist Exscientia to find new drug treatments for the devastating neurodegenerative disease. . The alliance will see Exscientia work with the charity’s Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI) to find therapeutics that target the neuroinflammation associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), focusing in particular on the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.

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That Frugal Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Hey, That Frugal Pharmacist here with an intro. Look, I don’t play a lot of video games. They’re enjoyable and I used to do it more, but they just require so much time. That being said, when I’m retired, I’m not opposed to monetizing hobbies. So, how much do Twitch streamers make? If you’re already … How Much Do Twitch Streamers Make?

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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.

Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

CureVac’s CVnCoV is currently being investigated in a randomised, placebo-controlled Phase IIb/III clinical trial

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

With demand for fast-tracking therapies, vaccines and other products increasing, companies like Azzur Group offer the ability to add capabilities quickly.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Sometime within the next few weeks, young and healthy volunteers will be deliberately exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus in the UK in what looks set to be the first study of its type worldwide. . The human challenge study has just secured ethics committee approval and will recruit up to 90 volunteers aged 18-30 years, according to the UK government, which is backing it with £33.6 million ($47 million) in funding.

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Pharma Mirror

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Methods to Improve Mind, Body, and Spirit At a certain point, most people deal with obstacles to their health or wellness caused by aging, trauma, or the regular stressors of modern life. This past year in particular has been hard in the wake of COVID-19. Now more than ever, people are trying to find natural ways to improve their mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing that don’t involve a doctor’s visit.

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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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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Series C financing will also be used for the development of Evox's DeliverEX exosome drug platform

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A leader from the clinical data solutions firm explains how the challenges created by the pandemic have helped fuel creativity and innovation in studies.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

GlaxoSmithKline is expanding a coronavirus antibody collaboration with US biotech Vir, to include potential therapies for flu and other respiratory viruses. The big UK pharma is already working with Vir on antibody therapies for coronaviruses, and already have the antibody VIR-7831 in clinical trials including the US National Institutes of Health-backed ACTIV-3 study.

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Pharma Mirror

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

A novel approach for ensuring the virtually unlimited production of QS-21, the ‘Gold Standard’ adjuvant for improving vaccine efficacy, will be the subject of an upcoming presentation at the BIO CEO & Investor Digital Conference, starting February 16. BSI is well- positioned to become the industry’s most reliable and cost-effective supplier of GMP quality QS-21 worldwide.

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Pharma Marketing Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It’s 2019, your plane is booked, your outfits for the next three days are all planned out and packed away in your suitcase. You have a list of all of the presentations you plan on attending during the three-day pharmaceutical conference in New Orleans, and all of your lines have been practiced in front of a mirror for when you go to interview some of the keynote speakers.

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The two companies will work to advance precision cancer medicine by harnessing genomics data in trial design, recruitment, site selection and other areas.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

COVID-19 has already proved to be a digital accelerant for the pharmaceutical industry, sparking new ideas into life and lighting a fire underneath existing plans that had, in retrospect, yet to burn brightly. After a year in which the need for digital transformation in pharma reached white heat levels, the sector mustn’t cool off in 2021 and revert to business-as-usual.

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Pharma Mirror

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Maculus Therapeutix, a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company which has developed a SINGLE injection delivery platform for diseases such as wet AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration) and DME (Diabetic Macular Edema) instead of the standard 8-12 monthly injections, is pleased to welcome Privity FZ LLE as a partner and advisor for upcoming fundraising activities.

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That Frugal Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Looking for deals is what makes shopping fun. The bigger the sale, the better- similarly – the bigger the TV, the better! Ok, ok, I know this isn’t really the type of post you might expect to see here. That Frugal Pharmacist hasn’t bought a new tv in like 10 years. But, you may be in … When is the Best Time to Buy a TV? Read More ».

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The American Heart Associationâs Heart of Communicating Science modules are designed to help experts break complex talk into easy-to-understand language.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

COVID-19 has disrupted markets and accelerated digital adoption but what does this mean for the future of marketing? In this feature, Grünenthal’s Florent Eduoard and Kate Hurtig outline their principles for a new pharmaceutical marketing model. . “Keith, Kotler, Maslow” has long been the Holy Trinity of pharma marketing. Great ancient thinkers all aspiring marketeers were taught to learn and respect, and to whom the smartest among us learnt to often refer to.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Antibody drug conjugate conditionally approved for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

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Med Ed 101

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

There are numerous examples of where the indication guides dosing. It is important as a pharmacist to remember this when you see unusual doses. I wanted to share a couple of examples that I came across recently. Escitalopram When using psychiatric medications, we must recognize how important the diagnosis is. I was reviewing a medication […]. The post Indication Guides Dosing – Primidone and Escitalopram appeared first on Med Ed 101.

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Quotient Sciences, a drug development and manufacturing accelerator with facilities in the UK and the US, has acquired Arcinova, a UK-based multiservice contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

US biotech Excision BioTherapeutics has raised $60 million to test a potential HIV cure in the clinic, which would use CRISPR technology to snip out the viral code from human cells and tissues. Once someone is infected with HIV it stays with them for life thanks to the retrovirus’s ability to inject its DNA code into the host. Snipping out this viral code with powerful CRISPR gene editing technology, which last year won Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna the Nobel Prize for chemistry

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Accelerate@Babraham supports early-stage life sciences ventures within the Babraham Research Campus’ community

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Med Ed 101

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Technology continues to impact disease state management in remarkable ways. Monitoring of patients with diabetes is no exception. Both the American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology make light of this in their most recent guidelines for usage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices.

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the drive to advance personalized medicine, researchers are increasingly turning to radiomics to assist in the discovery of new types of biomarkers.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Do your sales reps drive a Ferrari? Probably not. Would they like one if you offered it to them? Probably. Once they were used to driving around in a Ferrari, how easy do you think it would be to convince them to give it back? Nearly impossible. They would argue it is the only way to get to their appointments on time. Nothing else would measure up. So why would a life sciences company provide Apple iPads to their sales force in an emerging market?

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