Mon.Sep 09, 2024

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Unlocking AI’s potential in drug discovery: A roadmap to scalable solutions

Drug Discovery World

Dr Mutlu Dogruel, Vice President of AI Solutions at Cresset, examines AI’s transformative potential, highlights the current challenges and introduces a series of potential solutions to implement AI in the drug discovery landscape successfully. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is creating a paradigm shift in drug discovery and optimisation processes, allowing for the analysis of large-scale datasets, the design of new molecules, and the prediction of drug properties more efficiently.

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New AI can ID brain patterns related to specific behavior

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have developed a new AI algorithm that can separate brain patterns related to a particular behavior. This work promises to improve brain-computer interfaces and aid with the discovery of new brain patterns.

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mPTP Inhibitors block mitochondrial dysfunction in ALS

Drug Discovery World

NRG Therapeutics has been awarded a non-dilutive grant from Target ALS Foundation to support its discovery programme for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease. It is one of five recipients of the 2024 In Vivo Target Validation grants in collaboration with Biospective. The In Vivo Target Validation Program aims to generate high-quality data on candidate therapeutics in animal models of ALS, to provide access to in-kind funding for a resou

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Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have developed a robotic leg with artificial muscles. Inspired by living creatures, it jumps across different terrains in an agile and energy-efficient manner.

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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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eBook: Overcome the challenges of cell-based high-throughput screening

Drug Discovery World

The tenth eBook of the Hamilton series is now available to download, entitled ‘ Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening ‘ The eBook covers: Cell-based models used in research – pros and cons. Challenges of cell-based high-throughput screening. Hamilton software and hardware tools for cell-based assays. Download now. The post eBook: Overcome the challenges of cell-based high-throughput screening appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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'Out-of-body' research could lead to new ways to promote social harmony

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a 'transformative' effect on people's ability to experience empathy and connect with others, new research explains.

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Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study demonstrates.The new formulation encases semaglutide in.

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Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening

Drug Discovery World

In the tenth eBook of the Hamilton series, ‘Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening’, we discuss: Cell-based models used in research – pros and cons. Challenges of cell-based high-throughput screening. Hamilton software and hardware tools for cell-based assays. The post Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The study shows how global warming can combine with normal variations in the weather to produce decade-long periods of very rapid changes in both extreme temperatures and rainfall.

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Flying Could Upset Insulin Pump Function for Type 1 Diabetics

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- Diabetics who fly with an insulin pump could find themselves with lower-than-normal blood sugar levels, a new study says.Altitude appears to affect the ability of insulin pumps to deliver a steady supply of the hormone.

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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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Content Hub: Data Model Simplified

Perficient: Drug Development

Sitecore Content Hub is a world-class platform for centralizing and managing content across various channels. It helps businesses organize and streamline often chaotic, messy content operations. It does this by providing an architecture or schema for content and its interconnections. A schema defines how different types of assets are structured, organized, related to each other.

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New research sinks an old theory for the doldrums, a low-wind equatorial region that stranded sailors for centuries

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

During the Age of Sail, sailors riding the trade winds past the equator dreaded becoming stranded in the doldrums, a meteorologically distinct region in the deep tropics. For at least a century, scientists have thought that the doldrums' lack of wind was caused by converging and rising air masses. Now, new research suggests that the opposite may be true.

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'Night Owls' More Prone to Type 2 Diabetes

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- Folks who like to stay up late are nearly 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, a new study finds.However, it’s not just because they have an unhealthy lifestyle, according to findings.

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Formation of super-Earths is limited near metal-poor stars

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low-metallicity stars.

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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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Stopping a Bird Flu Epidemic: What Experts Say Must Be Done

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- The time is now to prepare for a potential pandemic involving the H5N1 bird flu, says a group of international vaccine and public health experts.Avian influenza vaccines need to developed, stockpiled and even delivered to.

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Giant fanged frog went unrecognized in Philippines because it was nearly identical to even larger species

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers published findings describing a new species of fanged frog, named Limnonectes cassiopeia, from the Philippine island of Luzon.

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Vaping Could Make Young Adults Physically Weaker

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- In exercise bike tests, twentysomethings who'd been vaping for at least two years had much lower exercise capacity than those who didn't, and the losses were equal to those of folks who'd spent a similar amount of time.

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Early study data puts Terns among obesity drug contenders

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A once-daily pill the biotech is developing helped some people with obesity lose more than 5% of their weight in a month, spurring a stock bump and plans to bring the drug into further testing.

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He's Doing Great a Year After World's First Eye and Partial Face Transplant

Drugs.com

Key TakeawaysA man who received the world’s first combined whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing wellHis body has not rejected either his new face of his new left eyeHowever, vision has not returned in the donated eyeMONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -.

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Candid, with $370M, sets out to prove bispecifics’ worth in autoimmune disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The startup believes T cell engagers, rather than cell therapies, will prove the “right horse to bet on” in the race to develop new inflammatory disease treatments, its CEO said.

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Salmonella Tied to Eggs Sickens 65 in Nine States

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- At least 65 people in nine states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, U.S. health officials report."The nine states include the three states where the eggs were sold -- Illinois, Michigan.

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Arbemnifosbuvir, AT-752, PD160572

New Drug Approvals

Arbemnifosbuvir, AT-752, 1998705-63-7, PD160572 E9V7VHK36U INN 12706 C 24 H 33 FN 7 O 7 P 581.5 g/mol SYN propan-2-yl (2 S )-2-[[[(2 R ,3 R ,4 R ,5 R )-5-[2-amino-6-(methylamino)purin-9-yl]-4-fluoro-3-hydroxy-4-methyloxolan-2-yl]methoxy-phenoxyphosphoryl]amino]propanoate L-ALANINE, N-((P(R),2’R)-2-AMINO-2′-DEOXY-2′-FLUORO-N,2′-DIMETHYL-P-PHENYL-5′ -ADENYLYL)-, 1-METHYLETHYL ESTER N-((P(R),2’R)-2-AMINO-2′-DEOXY-2′-FLUORO-N,2′-DIMETHYL-P-PHENYL

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Exploring Approaches to Keep an AI-Enabled Workplace Safe for Workers

NIOSH Science Blog: Drugs

Artificial intelligence (AI)—the field of computer science that designs machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence—has seen rapid advances leading to cutting‐edge innovations in language, vision, reasoning, and human‐machine collaboration across industries, economies, and labor markets.[1] [2] In the workplace, the adoption of AI technologies can result in a broad range of hazards and risks to workers, as illustrated by the recent growth in industrial robotics and algori

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Zelicapavir

New Drug Approvals

Zelicapavir, Enanta Pharmaceuticals Alternative Names: EDP-938; EP 023938 cas 2070852-76-3 RSV-IN-7 549.5 g/mol, C 27 H 22 F 3 N 7 O 3 UNII U4OI721DMD (3 S )-3-[[5-[3-morpholin-4-yl-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]amino]-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one SYN New England Journal of Medicine (2022), 386(7), 655-666 WO2022157327 WO2018152413 WO2019067864 WO2017015449 PATENT WO2018152413 [link] Step 5 : ( < S f )-3-((5-(3-morpholino-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-y

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Relay breast cancer drug shows potential in early trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Results from a small study suggest Relay's drug could avoid some of the toxicity associated with existing PI3Ka inhibitors like Novartis' Piqray.

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CDMO Trends for the Next Decade

Drug Patent Watch

The contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) industry is poised to continue its rapid growth and evolution over the next decade. As biopharma companies increasingly rely on CDMOs to develop and manufacture complex therapeutics, several key trends are shaping the future of the industry.

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High Prevalence of BRCA Mutations in Indian Breast Cancer Patients: Insights from a Diagnostic Lab

Reprocell

In India, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women, with an alarming rise in cases over the past two decades. Understanding the genetic factors influencing breast cancer is crucial for early diagnosis and effective treatment. Recent findings from a study conducted at a diagnostic lab in India shed light on the prevalence of BRCA gene mutations in Indian breast cancer patients.

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Accelerating Alzheimer’s therapy innovation: A new horizon in blood-based biomarkers

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The escalating global challenge of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) demands new approaches to detection, diagnosis and treatment.

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Upcoming Changes for Oracle EPM Cloud Customers

Perficient: Drug Development

Oracle routinely announces significant future changes for EPM customers in each month’s cloud readiness documentation. If you’re not aware, Oracle EPM cloud updates are published monthly. If you read the details within the ‘Important Actions and Considerations’ section (located at the bottom of each readiness release), you will notice several very interesting announcements that we’ve highlighted below.

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When Health Stakeholders Collaborate Better, Patients Win

Fierce BioTech

When Health Stakeholders Collaborate Better, Patients Win When different healthcare stakeholders have goals that align, patients can stand to benefit. Access this resource today to discover what life sciences organizations can do to help get critical conversations started. This valuable guide will help in developing a roadmap for better, more productive healthcare stakeholder partnerships that can improve patient health and close gaps in care. tharilall Mon, 09/09/2024 - 16:46 When different hea

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Princess Kate Says She Has Completed Chemo, Resuming 'Light' Duties

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9 , 2024 -- Catherine, Princess of Wales, has announced that she has completed chemotherapy for an unnamed form of cancer.The princess, 42, made the announcement in a video message posted by Kensington Palace on Monday. She said she.

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Agentforce at Dreamforce 2024: Perficient Explores Salesforce’s Agentic AI Platform

Perficient: Drug Development

For more than a decade, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has championed the concept of shoshin —a “beginner’s mind” that allows for continuous innovation and reinvention. As the company now embarks on its “hard pivot” to Agentforce , this philosophy takes on new relevance. Agentforce isn’t just an extension of Salesforce’s AI capabilities—it’s a reimagining of what AI can do for business.

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Men Often Confused About Prostate Cancer Screening, Survey Shows

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 -- A new survey finds the majority of American men believe the first step in prostate cancer screening is an invasive rectal exam by their doctor.That's not true, but mistaken beliefs like these could keep men from getting.

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Your Culture Is Your Brand

Perficient: Drug Development

In today’s fast-paced world, company culture has become a keystone of a successful organization. It’s not just about the perks or the office decor; it’s about creating an environment where employees feel valued, connected, and motivated. Lisa Mudge- Talent Acquisition Specialist and Katie Burwell- Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist have partnered to highlight why company culture is so important.