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BioNTech takes its first cancer vaccine into phase 2

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It would be easy to forget that back in 2019, BioNTech was an early-stage biotech firmly focused on cancer vaccines, before being catapulted onto the world-stage with its COVID-19 shot. Now, the German company has issued a reminder of its original R&D mission with the start of the first phase 2 trial of BNT111 – the first of several cancer vaccine candidates – in patients with skin cancer.

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Takeda reports promising results for potential lung cancer treatment

Outsourcing Pharma

The pharmaceutical company reports favorable results in a recent study exploring mobocertinib in treating certain non-small cell lung cancer patients.

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NHS England announces extra funding for young people’s mental health services

Pharma Times

An extra £40m will go toward enhancing mental health services for children and young people

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Dynamic Global Events 2021

Pharma Marketing Network

Dynamic Global Events (“DGE”) is the Life Science Leader in providing B2B Events. Our name is derived from our Goal – to serve the dynamic informational and networking needs of the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Medical Device and allied industries. DGE Virtual, Hybrid and Live Events: Engage Audiences. Facilitate Information Exchange. Accelerate Partnerships.

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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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Sanofi and Translate take first mRNA flu vaccine into clinic

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Sanofi and Translate Bio have started a first clinical trial of an mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine, adding to the COVID-19 shot already in testing as part of their three-year old collaboration. Enthusiasm for mRNA vaccines is riding high amid the successful rollout of COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, and attention is now turning toe the possibility of using the approach to tackle other infectious diseases.

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Sanofi, CytoReason join forces on AI-based asthma research

Outsourcing Pharma

The project will use the artificial intelligence specialistâs cell-centered models and deconvolutions to gain insights for each individual asthma endotype.

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Top 10 Career Options for Pharmacy Graduates

Pharma Mirror

There are widespread misunderstandings about pharmacists’ job that make many prospective students give up on their dreams. But we are here to bring some light about what pharmacists do and don’t do. If you ask 10 different people “What do pharmacists do?”, they will all reply “They sell medications in drug stores”. But if you ask us, we have a far cry from that answer.

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Andy Molnar named head of Digital Therapeutics Alliance

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Former Cognoa executive Andy Molnar has been appointed chief executive of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, a global trade association for companies developing evidence-based DTx products. Molnar, who served as vice president of market access and government affairs at Cognoa, joins the four-year-old trade association at a time when the potential of using DTx to deliver remote healthcare has been thrust into the spotlight by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Gilead shares positive findings for potential COVID-19 treatment

Outsourcing Pharma

The pharma firm reports its Veklury (remdesivir) led to a reduction in mortality rate among hospitalized patients in three analyses of real-world data.

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US approves Pradaxa as oral blood thinning med for children

Pharma Times

First oral blood thinning drug approved for paediatric patients in the US

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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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What is Registration Drift in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and how can I avoid it?

Pharma Mirror

By Dr Ash Ramzan, founder and principal consultant, Woodley BioReg During a pharmaceutical product’s lifetime, it’s widely known and accepted that manufacturing processes will drift within their specified ranges — typically due to equipment wear-and-tear and operator variance. To maintain the ‘validated state’, diligent producers spend a lot of time and effort in ensuring validation and periodic re-validation of processes to ensure that any process drift is accounted for and controlled.

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Digital strategies for pharma’s physician engagement

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Pharmaceutical sales and marketing operations have been forced to follow a steep learning curve as they adjust to operating within the rapidly evolving and hugely changed landscape caused by the pandemic. Just as the wider healthcare system continues to acclimate to a new normal, the way pharma and physicians communicate is experiencing a technological revolution.

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DCAT Week 2021 to take on industry education, innovation

Outsourcing Pharma

The annual event (scheduled July 12-16 online) will feature educational sessions, presentations, and networking opportunities for drug manufacturing pros.

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Blood test can detect more than 50 types of cancer

Pharma Times

Findings of the latest study assessing the test back its use as a screening tool, researchers say

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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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Planning With Intention: Lessons in Authentic Communication From SXSW 2021

Pharma Marketing Network

After a year of tech-mediated communication, it’s hard to get excited about another screen interaction. Most of us want to connect in person … to have authentic interactions. Of course, tech can’t take the place of in-person – but a mindful approach to tech can make communication more meaningful. Whether it’s planning season or not, it’s worth considering how this insight can inform how brands communicate with patients and healthcare providers (HCPs).

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After FDA rejection, EU says yes to Sanofi’s Aubagio in kids with MS

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Sanofi’s Aubagio has become the first oral therapy approved for first-line use in children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis in the EU, a few days after the same indication was turned down by the FDA in the US. The results of the phase 3 TERIKIDS trial were deemed adequate to get a green light from the European Commission, but were rejected as inadequate last week by the FDA, which has asked Sanofi to carry out another trial in paediatric MS.

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COTA, University of Chicago to study racial disparities in cancer treatment

Outsourcing Pharma

The research collaboration is aimed at studying disparities in care with a focus on multiple myeloma, a cancer disproportionately affecting Black patients.

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Novartis’ radioligand therapy granted US Breakthrough Therapy Designation

Pharma Times

Lu-PSMA-617 is a potential treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

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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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Richard Schwartz

Pharma Marketing Network

Richard has been focused on optimizing healthcare experiences for patients, clinicians, and the people surrounding and supporting them. He has worked within life sciences organizations, leading publishers, consultancies, agencies, digital health, and technology solutions support our journeys through illness and to wellness. He has served as an advisor to TEDMED, DreamIT Ventures, Thomas Jefferson University’s Health Design Lab, the NYC Media Lab, and NYC’s Combine Accelerator.

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Roche eyes October decision by FDA for wet AMD implant

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The FDA has started a review of a new implant version of Roche’s ranibizumab therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration, that could offer patients with the sight-robbing disorder an alternative to monthly eye injections. . The port delivery system (PDS) formulation of ranibizumab – a VEGF inhibitor already approved as Lucentis to treat wet AMD – was able to extend the time between treatments for six months or more in 98% of patients in a phase 3 trial, with no loss of efficacy.

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Cancer patient survey shows COVID's impact on care decisions

Outsourcing Pharma

The survey, conducted by Ai-powered study matching company TrialJectory, indicates more patients than ever are interested in clinical trial participation post-pandemic.

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Scientists identify link between genetic changes and rare childhood cancer rhabdomyosarcoma

Pharma Times

Genetic changes could be used to guide treatment for the rare and aggressive cancer type

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Vectura Signs Pre-Clinical Development Agreement with Incannex to Advance IHL-216A for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

Pharma Mirror

Vectura Group plc, an industry leading inhalation CDMO, today announced it has signed an agreement with Incannex Healthcare Limited, an Australian cannabinoid medicines development company, to provide pre-clinical development services for IHL-216A, Incannex’s proprietary inhaled drug product for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Under the terms of the agreement, Vectura will undertake formulation screening studies, manufacturing process optimisation studies and stability assessments

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Health Innovators: Fredrik Debong, Hi.Health

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In this episode of our Health Innovators series, Paul Tunnah is joined by tech entrepreneur Fredrik Debong. Fredrik is the founder of Hi.Health app which enables customers of private health insurance to submit their bills and prescriptions for medical services digitally. He discusses his career in tech and how he built the digital health company mySugr, which became one of the largest European digital health exits when it was sold to Roche in 2017.

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Cancer patient survey COVID's impact on care decisions

Outsourcing Pharma

The survey, conducted by Ai-powered study matching company TrialJectory, indicates more patients than ever are interested in clinical trial participation post-pandemic.

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EC approves Sanofi’s Aubagio for paediatric MS patients

Pharma Times

Aubagio has been authorised for the treatment of paediatric patients aged ten to 17 years living with RRMS

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4 Questions to Ask When Building a Better Workplace

Mission-Driven Marketing Blog

In May, I attended the virtual one-day Introduced Conference , hosted by Technical.ly as part of Philly Tech Week Presented by Comcast. The Introduced Conference was described as an opportunity to learn what some of the “most innovative orgs in the world are doing to recruit, retain and support savvy professionals.” Like many organizations, Tapp is thinking about how we grow our company and build our culture, particularly in a post-pandemic world.

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Arcus preps more phase 3 trials for TIGIT antibody, as Gilead opt-in beckons

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Armed with a positive mid-stage trial readout in lung cancer, Arcus Biosciences will expand a phase 3 programme for domvanalimab, its anti-TIGIT antibody. Details from the ARC-7 study of domvanalimab as a first-line treatment for PD-L1-positive, advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain scanty, but Arcus said that the results were “encouraging” enough to warrant more pivotal trials.

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Tech Innovations: June 2021

Outsourcing Pharma

This monthâs roundup of new equipment, materials, tech partnerships and other news includes items from Ajinomoto, Evonik, Quanticate, Pharmasol, and more.

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Zolgensma shows promise in presymptomatic SMA patients

Pharma Times

Children treated with gene therapy prior to symptom presentation achieved motor milestones not seen in the natural history of SMA

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Guest Blog Post #15: Patient and Public Involvement in Deprescribing Research

The deprescribing.org Blog

Hello, deprescribing world! Today we have four people involved in the CHARMER Research Programme – Katherine Murphy (Patient and Public Involvement and Media Lead), Doreen Pegg (Patient and Public Involvement Member), David Wright (Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of East Anglia) and Caroline Smith (Research Associate, University of East Anglia) – talking about Patient & Public Involvement (PPI; no not the bad kind) in deprescribing research.

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Amid outcry over Aduhelm price, Biogen says it may consider ‘adjustment’

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Biogen has hinted that it may consider altering the price of its controversially-approved Alzheimer’s therapy Aduhelm – but only if its assumptions on population size and uptake are different from what it expects. In a joint statement with Aduhelm (aducanumab) development partner Eisai, Biogen said it is expecting slow take-up of the drug and an eligible patent population of around 1-2 million people with mild Alzheimer’s in the US, saying it has no data on more advanced cases.

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Cryo-EM advancements lead to ‘resolution revolution’: Thermo Fisher

Outsourcing Pharma

An academic researcher and and company expert discuss on how evolving cryogenic electron microscopy has led to high resolutions and accelerated results.

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