Tue.Jul 09, 2024

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First local extinction in the US due to sea level rise, study suggests

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The United States has lost its only stand of the massive Key Largo tree cactus in what researchers believe is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea level rise in the country.

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Pfizer research chief Dolsten to step down, with company at a crossroads

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company has begun searching for a successor to Dolsten, who oversaw more than 35 drug and vaccine approvals but also some notable setbacks during his time as Pfizer’s top scientist.

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Found with Webb: A potentially habitable icy world

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising 'super-Earth' covered in ice or water.

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New Viral Vectors - Summer 2024

addgene Blog

What's new in Addgene's ready-to-use viral vectors repository? Quite a bit! In this post, we'll share the 20 additions we've made to our viral vectors repository since March.

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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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Brain neurotransmitter receptor antagonist found to prevent opioid addiction in mice

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New research has found a drug that treats insomnia works to prevent the addictive effects of the morphine opioids in mice while still providing effective pain relief.

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How Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Harm a Baby's Brain

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- Cannabis use during pregnancy might affect the way a child’s brain develops after birth, a new study says.Brain imaging of children exposed to cannabis in the womb has revealed patterns consistent with reductions in brain i.

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How MMR-deficient colorectal cancers regulate their growth

Drug Target Review

For the first time, scientists at UCL and University Medical Center Utrecht have observed bowel cancer cells’ ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to increase their likelihood of survival. These results could pave the way for personalised cancer medicine, determining how aggressive a patient’s cancer is, and selecting the most effective therapeutics.

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Life underground suited newly discovered dinosaur fine

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A newly discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows evidence that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a fuller understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous -- both above and below ground.

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Untreated Water Likely Source of Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- U.S. health officials have determined that untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people this spring.Still, that grower didn't supply all the.

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Groundbreaking study reveals oceanic seabirds chase tropical cyclones

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study reveals that the rare Desertas Petrels (Pterodroma deserta), a wide-ranging seabird in the North Atlantic, exhibit unique foraging behaviors during hurricane season. Contrary to other pelagic seabirds, these petrels do not avoid intense tropical cyclones but instead exploit the dynamic conditions for their benefit, providing new insights into the impact of cyclones on open ocean marine life.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Study Shows RSV Vaccine Abrysvo, Safe in Late Pregnancy

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- Expectant mothers who get vaccinated to protect their newborns against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are not putting themselves or their babies at risk, new research affirms. It found that getting the shot during late.

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Ancient large kangaroo moved mainly on four legs, according to new research

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A type of extinct kangaroo that lived during the Pleistocene around two and a half million to ten thousand years ago, known as the 'giant wallaby', was a poor hopper, a study has found.

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Children With Autism Have Unique Microbiomes, Study Finds

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- New research offers what could become a surprising way to diagnose whether a child has autism: Simply check the makeup of their gut microbiome.In a study published July 8 in the journal Nature Microbiology, scientists.

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Key electronic device developed for the massive arrival of 6G networks

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers were involved in the development of a switch, an essential device in telecommunications, capable of operating at very high frequency with lower power consumption than conventional technologies. The technology has applications in the new 6G mass communication systems and is more sustainable in terms of energy consumption than current devices.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Lack Cardiologists Despite High Need

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- Where you live plays a vital role in how easy it is to receive care for heart problems.Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a practicing cardiologist, and those are places with the worst heart health, a new study s.

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Run screaming or slow retreat? New study advances understanding of brain responses to emotionally-charged scenes

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The ability to recognize and respond to emotionally-charged situations is essential to a species' evolutionary success. A new study advances our understanding of how the brain responds to emotionally charged objects and scenes.

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Study Shows RSV Vaccine Safe in Late Pregnancy

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- Expectant mothers who get vaccinated to protect their newborns against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are not putting themselves or their babies at risk, new research affirms.It found that getting the shot during late.

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Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya helps explain the history of plant farming in equatorial eastern Africa, a region long thought to be important for early farming but where scant evidence from actual physical crops has been previously uncovered.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Noninvasive Urine Test for Cervical Cancer Shows Promise

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- A new urine test might help doctors more easily screen for cervical cancer, researchers report.The test looks for proteins generated by a type of cancer-causing human papillomavirus, HPV 16. HPV strains 16 and 18 are.

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How to find low-competition generic drug opportunities

Drug Patent Watch

To find low-competition generic drug opportunities, focus on drugs with limited competition due to small patient populations, complex formulations, or […] Source

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When Diet, Exercise Delay Diabetes Diagnosis, Long-term Health Improves

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- Prediabetes can be successfully fought through diet and exercise, a new study shows.People with prediabetes can reduce their long-term risk of death and illness if they use diet and exercise to delay the onset of diabetes.

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Unified Patent Court Reshapes European Patent Landscape

Drug Patent Watch

In a seismic shift for European intellectual property, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is rapidly transforming how businesses approach patent […] Source

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New ER Program Helped More Patients Get Needed Hospice Care

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- One hospital's push to transition patients who are nearing the end of life from the emergency room to hospice care appears to be working.After the program went into effect, 54% of ER patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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UniQure stock surges on data for Huntington’s gene therapy

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The biotech’s stock rose more than 60% as fresh data appeared to alleviate some investor concerns about the therapy’s effectiveness and reliability.

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Cutting Out Meat Could Cut Diabetes Rates

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 -- If it would stave off heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer, would you swear off bacon and burgers?A new international simulation projects cutting Americans' intake of processed meat alone by 30% could head off more than.

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The impact of biosimilars on biologic drug distribution models

Drug Patent Watch

The introduction of biosimilars has significantly altered the landscape of biologic drug distribution models.

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SciRhom pulls in $70M for a new type of immune disease drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Series A round will help the startup bring its lead candidate, an antibody aimed at the protein iRhom2, into human testing by the end of 2024.

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New tentative approval for Alembic drug dabigatran etexilate mesylate

Drug Patent Watch

Dabigatran etexilate mesylate is the generic ingredient in two branded drugs marketed by Alkem Labs Ltd, Apotex, Hetero Labs Ltd Iii, and Boehringer Ingelheim and, and is included in five NDAs.

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FTC criticizes PBM power over prescription drug market

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

On Tuesday, regulators updated the public on their yearslong probe of PBM's business practices. The report faults PBMs for profiting at the expense of patients and independent pharmacists.

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Webinar: Making Sense of Technology Landscapes

Translation

In the rapidly evolving field of technology landscapes, understanding how to effectively navigate and utilize such tools is crucial for innovation in any industry. Kevin Leland, CEO and Founder of Halo, sat down with Ashish Basuray, Chief Science Officer at PreScouter, for a fireside chat to discuss the intricacies of technology landscaping. Missed the webinar or wish to revisit the discussion?

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FSP Flex Hub Teams Maximize Efficiency Across Lifecycle Maintenance

PPD

Companies developing new drugs and inventing new medical devices face a wide range of challenges. Most industries have in common the need to meet strict timelines while also achieving quality and compliance standards and staying within budget. Biotech and biopharma companies, however, must do all of this in the face of wildly fluctuating workloads — particularly during the post-marketing phase.

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Current Clinical Research Trends in GLP-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide 1) Treatment

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

The recent surge in GLP-1 treatments has ignited a profound shift in the pharmaceutical landscape, with more studies being announced than ever before. Due to this meaningful change, the first-ever GLP-1-Based Therapeutics Summit took place in Philadelphia on May 15-16th, 2024, serving as a platform for industry decision-makers to provide invaluable insights for therapeutic strategies.

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Human factor clinical trial recruitment strategies

Antidote

Though clinical trials are often discussed in the context of medications and therapies, the devices that administer these medications must also be approved by the FDA before they can be released to market. This requirement includes tools patients and medical professionals use, such as inhalers, insulin injectors, auto-injectors for epinephrine, and devices that administer injectable medications.