Med Ed 101

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Lowering uric acid is the key to reducing gout flares. Both allopurinol (podcast) and febuxostat are effective at performing this task. However, there are some considerations you need to be aware when deciding to utilize allopurinol versus febuxostat. I’ll break down some of those comparisons in this article. From a mechanism of action standpoint, allopurinol […].

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

A personalised cell therapy based on tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cells has been shown to be more effective at improving progression-free survival than Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy Yervoy in patients with advanced melanoma. It is the first time that a cell therapy for solid tumours has been tested in a phase 3 trial, and the first time that the approach has been directly compared with standard second-line immunotherapy in melanoma.

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Pharma Mirror

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Bandung, W Java, Indonesia, PT Bio Farma, the holding company for state-owned pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia, announced a new milestone in the manufacturing of IndoVac, a Covid-19 vaccine brand it has developed since November 2021. Honesti Baasyir, the President Director of PT Bio Farma, said the company collaborated with Baylor College of Medicine, a private, independent health sciences centre in Houston, Texas to develop IndoVac, a recombinant protein subunit vaccine produced from yeast

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Hard on the heels of a new $575 million partnership with GSK, US biotech SpringWorks Therapeutics has reported phase 3 data at ESMO that sets up regulatory filings for its lead drug nirogacestat in a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer. The results of the DeFi trial of nirogacestat in 142 adults with progressing desmoid tumours showed a significant 71% improvement with the drug on progression-free survival (PFS) compared to placebo, with an overall response rate of 41% and 8%, respect

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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.

pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s deucravacitinib– one of the main pipeline assets in its $74 billion takeover of Celgene in 2019 – has been approved in its first market as a treatment for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The US FDA has cleared the first-in-class tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) inhibitor as Sotyktu , and BMS says it now plans to launch the new drug later this month, aiming to mount a challenge to Amgen’s $2.3 billion oral psoriasis therapy Otezla (apremilast).

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