June, 2022

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Pharmacy Should be ‘Special’ for All Patients

Pharmacy Times

Even if the financial resources were available, there aren’t enough human resources in pharmacy to provide high-touch engagement to the millions of patients who suffer from common chronic diseases.

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Could virtual reality become an essential tool for healthcare education?

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The technology behind virtual reality is rapidly advancing, allowing developers to create entire 3D hospitals for training purposes. In this article, Ben Hargreaves looks at how VR headsets are being used to better educate both healthcare professionals and the general public. Digital healthcare solutions are being talked about with increasing frequency.

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Greece slaps Novartis with €214 million bribery suit

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Greek state has filed a lawsuit against Novartis , asking for € 214 million in compensation for non-pecuniary damages* the country may have suffered due to alleged illegal payments to government officials and healthcare providers. Commenting on the lawsuit , Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris, stated that the country is seeking compensation for the damage it has suffered “from the actions that Novartis itself has admitted to in the USA that concerns payments to doctors.”.

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Biotech spotlight: Twist Bioscience aims to remove limits on drug discovery with DNA synthesis platform

PharmaVoice

As ‘the Amazon of DNA,’ Twist CSO, Aaron Sato, discusses the company’s breakthrough approach to DNA production and its expansion into drug development.

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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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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

Approximately 75,000 enzymes are thought to exist in the human body as vital catalysts for biochemical reactions or conversions. For hundreds of years, we have found myriad uses for microbial enzymes in manufacturing – from food, drink, and household products to a range of industrial applications. The pharmaceutical industry often relies on enzymes to perform a process known as biocatalysis, which facilitates the cost-effective and sustainable production of small molecule drugs at scale.

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How Programmatic Advertising Allows Pharma to Execute Targeted Ad Campaigns

PharmExec

While the pharmaceutical industry has historically lagged behind other industries in the overall shift to programmatic advertising, the pandemic accelerated this transformation to emerging channels like connected TV (CTV).

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How celebrity investor Mark Cuban is tackling out-of-control drug prices

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American entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban tells us why he and his partners launched the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC), a public-benefit corporation and online pharmacy that provides patients access to medications at a lower cost. . US drug prices have soared over the last several decades, causing, at times, financial hardship for patients and their families, so Cuban says he developed MCCPDC with a simple mission – “to be the low-cost provider of medications to patients.”.

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Controlling Diabetes: Advances & Adherence

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Proper control of type 1 and 2 diabetes can greatly reduce the personal impact and economic burden of this pervasive public health condition. To that end, stakeholders are exploring many parallel routes to help individuals and society maintain the upper hand, as the toll of diabetes continues to skyrocket.

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'Nobel Prize of pharma' helps put Huma's digital health platform on the global map

PharmaVoice

The company’s CEO explains how its Prix Galien award-winning app bridges patient care, treatment support and clinical research.

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AI hiring levels in the pharmaceutical industry rose in May 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for AI related positions kept relatively steady in May 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 39.3% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 39% of companies who were hiring for AI related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 43.6% in April 2022.

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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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3 ASCO Insights for Pharma Communicators

PharmExec

The world’s largest cancer research meeting, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, recently convened in person in Chicago after two years of being held virtually. Sara Baker and Kristine Austria Fan of Marina Maher Communications provide their takeaways from the meeting.

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Pandemic Created Combat Like Trauma for Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times

The impact of the pandemic on the mental health of health care workers, including pharmacists and pharmacy staff, has been well documented.

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Eisai’s brain health tool NouKNOW used in Tokyo dementia project

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Eisai’s digital tool to allow self-assessment of cognitive performance – NouKNOW – will be used in a Japanese project aimed at improving the management of dementia. The smartphone app – which uses a cognition-checking algorithm developed by Australian digital health company Cogstate – will be deployed in Bunkyo City, Tokyo in a dementia monitoring programme.

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Can the industry elevate the success rate of cancer trials?

Outsourcing Pharma

During the upcoming BIO International Convention, experts from CerFlux, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Aga Khan University will weigh in with insights.

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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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Overcoming Supply Chain Crises with Digitization

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Amy Shortman outlines some ways visibility technology is solving problems at a time when it’s needed most, and how digitization is the key to overcoming supply chain crises.

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Astellas and Sutro partner to develop immunostimulatory ADCs

Pharmaceutical Technology

Astellas Pharma and Sutro Biopharma have entered a global, strategic partnership and licencing agreement to discover and develop new immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). An iADC merges an antibody with a small molecule compound that elicits immunogenic cell death, and an immune-activating molecule. It can potentially enhance the anti-cancer effect.

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Q&A With Anastasiia Kamenska, director of corporate strategy, Novartis

PharmExec

As director of corporate strategy for Novartis, Kamenska defines direction for the company’s overall enterprise. Here, she discusses how the pandemic and recent market events are shaping these strategies.

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Oncology Overview: Abemaciclib, a CDK4/6 Inhibitor for Prostate Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Abemaciclib (Verzenio; Eli Lilly and Company) is an FDA-approved kinase inhibitor being investigated for new indications in individuals with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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Four things you need to know about FDA regulations and digital health

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If you work in pharma, the chances are you’re no stranger to the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, which regulates pharmaceuticals. But if you’re becoming more involved with the world of digital health, as many pharma companies are these days, you may find that your old FDA knowledge isn’t much help in knowing what will be required of you.

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Global Blood Therapeutics: driving innovation in sickle cell disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

Sickle cell disease – a rare, yet prevalent, genetic disease in Europe. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a devastating, lifelong blood disorder that occurs when someone inherits sickle cell genes from both parents. 1 It affects haemoglobin, a protein carried by red blood cells that delivers oxygen throughout the body. 2 SCD predominantly affects those whose ancestors are from sub-Saharan Africa but is also common in people of Hispanic, South Asian, Southern European and Middle Eastern ancestry. 3 Wh

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How Lithuania aims to become a leading European biotech hub

Outsourcing Pharma

Lithuaniaâs life sciences industry is growing at one of the fastest rates in Europe. Ahead of BIO, Innovation Agency Lithuania explains what the countryâs plans are for future growth in the area and how this is built upon students heading into STEM studies.

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Terumo and GenCure sign agreement for cell and gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and BioBridge Global subsidiary, GenCure, have entered a new partnership agreement to expand and integrate cell and gene therapy manufacturing solutions. In a bid to meet the growing demand for automated and closed smart systems across the cell and gene therapy (CGT) industry, the companies entered the deal to merge technologies and capabilities.

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From vineyards to antivirals, Gilly Regev brings creative thinking to science

PharmaVoice

The CEO of SaNOtize is tapping into outside-the-box innovation to develop a nitric oxide-delivery platform to treat and prevent COVID-19.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical, Breast Cancer Screenings

Pharmacy Times

Breast cancer screening guidelines using mammography vary among guiding bodies, including the American Cancer Society and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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How digital is transforming the commercial leader’s role in biopharma

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Pharma’s evolving role in patient care. The digital revolution has already reshaped the commercial engine of biopharma companies. Pharma’s digital initiatives now routinely enable new channels that educate and market to patients, physician engagement that is more efficient and effective, and novel payment mechanisms and distribution models that improve access to therapies.

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2022 spells change for EU pharmaceutical legislation

European Pharmaceutical Review

2022 is probably the biggest year in EU pharmaceutical law that I have seen in 30 years. It is an exciting year… but whether the changes will be a net positive or a net negative is yet to be seen” Maarten Meulenbelt, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP. 2022 is undeniably a critical year for change in the pharmaceutical industry: for the first time in several decades, the European Union (EU)’s pharmaceutical legislation is up for review.

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Pandemic highlights need for supply chain visibility, partnerships

Outsourcing Pharma

During BIO International, US leaders shared lessons learned from COVID-19, and how government and industry are collaborating to avoid future supply chain crises.

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Covid-19 vaccines targeting Omicron variants expected to be ready for this autumn

Pharmaceutical Technology

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. In addition to providing protection against the Omicron BA.1 variant, on 22 June, Moderna said its booster also showed a “potent” antibody response against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

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Biotech spotlight: Karuna Therapeutics' mission to rejuvenate the field of neuroscience

PharmaVoice

An effective treatment for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia might require a holistic approach to avoid serious side effects, says CEO Steve Paul.

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Study: Herpes Zoster Is Not Associated With Increased Risk of Dementia

Pharmacy Times

But investigators find that individuals who had shingles that spread to the central nervous system had nearly twice the risk of developing mental deterioration, though it is rare.

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Apple adds medication tracking to iPhone and Apple Watch

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Owners of an iPhone or Apple Watch have a new health feature, an app called Medications, that will help them manage and track their use of medicines. The new tool works as a component of Apple’s Health app and will let users add drugs or other health products like vitamins and supplements to a personal list – either by scanning a label or finding the product in a directory – and create custom schedules for them.

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Pursuing new paths in targeted protein degradation drug development

European Pharmaceutical Review

DRUG DEVELOPMENT based on targeted protein degradation (TPD) has progressed rapidly since the publication in 2015 of three landmark papers 1-3 that highlighted important early-stage breakthroughs with drug-like molecules in this area of research. Since that time, the field has advanced to the point where there are now more than two dozen companies dedicated to working on the development of TPD drugs, some of which have advanced to later-stage clinical development.

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Sanofi pushes to accelerate medical writing, reporting processes

Outsourcing Pharma

The pharmaceutical company has enlisted the help of the AI and NLP tech specialist to streamline clinical study report generation and submission processes.

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WHO’s new hepatitis C guidelines a step forward in reaching those in need

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched updated guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C , calling for testing and treatment to be delivered in peripheral and community-based facilities and integrating these with available care services. While some countries are making progress in eliminating hepatitis C, many remain challenged in reaching those affected, Dr Philippa Easterbrook, Senior Scientist at WHO’s Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infection

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