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Moderate coffee and caffeine consumption is associated with lower risk of developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, new study finds

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Consuming moderate amounts of coffee and caffeine regularly may offer a protective effect against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, according to new research.

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Ascendis trial data piles pressure on BioMarin

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Summary study results show Ascendis’ drug for achondroplasia could be competitive to BioMarin's Voxzogo, which is the foundation of the latter company's growth plans.

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Beneath the brushstrokes, van Gogh's sky is alive with real-world physics

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Van Gogh's brushstrokes in 'The Starry Night' create an illusion of sky movement so convincing it led researchers to wonder how closely it aligns with the physics of real skies. Marine sciences and fluid dynamics specialists analyzed the painting to uncover what they call the hidden turbulence in the artwork. They used brushstrokes to examine the shape, energy, and scaling of atmospheric characteristics of the otherwise invisible atmosphere and used the relative brightness of the varying paint c

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ADC developed by Daiichi, Merck outperforms chemo in lung cancer trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The FDA previously rejected patritumab deruxtecan over manufacturing issues. Tuesday's study data should boost the companies' case, however.

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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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Reducing smartphone use increases work satisfaction

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

On average, we spend three and a quarter hours a day looking at our phones. Cutting back this time by one hour a day is not only good for our mental health, but also helps us to feel happier and more motivated at work, new research suggests.

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Streamlining Marketing Success: The Benefits for Optimizely One with Perficient

Perficient: Drug Development

As an Optimizely expert, I eagerly anticipate this time of year due to the exciting Optimizely events happening worldwide. These include Opticon, the main conference for customers, the Optimizely OMVP Summit, a developer meetup, and the Optimizely Hackathon. During these events, we learn about new product releases and discover innovative ways to drive success for our customers.

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Nura Bio gets another $68M, new CEO to advance ‘neuroprotective’ brain drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The funding will support mid-stage testing of a drug the company believes to have the potential to treat a range of neurodegenerative conditions.

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Childhood Trauma Can Raise Health Risks for a Lifetime

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- Deprivation, neglect and abuse during childhood can increase a person’s long-term risk of health problems, a new study warns.“Stress is implicated in nine of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States today,” said.

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'Scuba-diving' lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators.

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A Few Cups of Coffee Per Day Might Help Your Heart

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- A few cups of coffee each morning can help protect a person against heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, a new study says.Drinking three cups of coffee a day -- or about 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine -- lowered.

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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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New results from the CMS experiment put W boson mass mystery to rest

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Physicists on the CMS experiment announce the most elaborate mass measurement of a particle that is notoriously difficult to study and has captivated the physics community for decades.

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Many Toxic Chemicals Leach Into Human Bodies From Food Packaging

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process.Of that number, 79 chemicals are known to cause cancer.

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More black holes than expected in the early universe

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

With the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has found more black holes in the early universe than has previously been reported. The new result can help scientists understand how supermassive black holes were created.

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More Cancer Cases in Areas Where Incarceration Rates Are High: Study

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- Counties and states where jails and prisons are packed are more likely to have higher rates of cancer, new research shows.“These results aren’t surprising. Incarceration in the U.S. is recognized as a key element of soc.

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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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A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Watching for changes in Mars' orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter, according to researchers.

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Most Parents Are Moving Kids Out of Car Booster Seats Too Soon

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- Most parents are placing their kids in harms’ way by moving them out of their car booster seat too soon, a new study warns.Four out of five parents moved their kid out of a booster seat before the child was big enough, a.

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Unravelling an ancient European extinction mystery: Disappearance of dwarf megafauna on palaeolithic Cyprus

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans arrived. Cyprus only had two species of megafauna present during the Late Pleistocene -- the 500-kg dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), and the 130-kg dwarf hippo (Phanourios minor), but both species disappeared soon after humans arrived around 14,000 years ago.

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Could 'Brain Training' Exercises Help Slow Alzheimer's Symptoms?

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims.Seniors experienced a slower decline in their memory and thinking abilities after undergoing brain t.

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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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#WhyIScienceQ&A: A data scientist helps researchers solve computational problems

Broad Institute

#WhyIScienceQ&A: A data scientist helps researchers solve computational problems By Ari Navetta September 17, 2024 Breadcrumb Home #WhyIScienceQ&A: A data scientist helps researchers solve computational problems Former nuclear physicist Edana Martin talks about the importance of collaboration and creative thinking in her work supporting researchers.

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Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

addgene Blog

Western blots can be tricky to get right. If you’ve thoughtfully done the technical design of your blot, but are still finding yourself having issues, you’re in the right place! In this post, we’ll talk about western blot optimization and troubleshooting.

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CDD Vault Update (September 2024 #2) - Release Notes

Collaborative Drug

Create ELN Templates: Templates are a great way to provide organization and uniformity to ELN entries, saving users time and ensuring data is easily digestible. Once an entry is ready to become a template, your Vault Administrator can publish it by clicking the template icon at the top of the page. Provide a name, decide which specific ELN fields should be included and whether to make them required or optional.

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Combo Treatment Doubles Survival for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- A small clinical trial suggests that a duo of drugs can extend survival for people battling advanced kidney cancer.Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., developed the new regimen, a.

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How CDMOs Can Enhance Your Product Portfolio

Drug Patent Watch

Enhancing Your Product Portfolio with CDMOs: A Strategic Partnership for Pharmaceutical Success The pharmaceutical industry is constantly evolving, driven by advancements in technology, innovations in product development, and the need for efficient manufacturing processes.

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OPDP Says TV Ad is Out of Bounds with Fourth Untitled Letter of 2024

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy — FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) has issued its fourth Untitled Letter of 2024 – this one to AbbVie, Inc. (AbbVie), for a direct-to-consumer (DTC) TV advertisement for its drug UBRELVY (ubrogepant) that features tennis star, social media influencer and entrepreneur Serena Williams. This letter, dated August 29, 2024, (at the height of the US Open, no less) comes not even a month after OPDP’s last letter from August 1, and a little over

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‘Really exciting times’: One biotech’s view of radiopharma’s boom

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Backed by Bristol Myers Squibb, Ratio Therapeutics has a front row seat to the pharmaceutical industry’s pivot into the field of targeted radiation drugs.

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Custom Select Picker with Vue.js: A Comprehensive Tutorial

Perficient: Drug Development

In this blog post, we’ll develop a Custom Select Picker using Vue.js, TypeScript, and jQuery. This article will teach you how to use Vue.js to create a custom select-picker component. Select-pickers are adaptable user interface elements that let users select from a list of alternatives in numerous ways. We’ll improve this component by adding more features like “Apply” and “Cancel” buttons to provide users with more control over their choices.

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Wildfire Smoke Might Harm Children's Mental Health

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 -- As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health.Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution i.

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A Guide to Lazy Loading in Angular

Perficient: Drug Development

Lazy loading should be considered for large applications with numerous routes. Sometimes, optimizing performance may risk delivering a better user experience. Using the technique known as “lazy loading,” the browser loads only the modules or parts that are required for the particular scenario. All the modules will not be loaded except the active route.

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Available for Preorder: The 2024-25 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors

Drug Channels

On October 8, 2024, Drug Channels Institute will release our 2024-25 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. This report—our fifteenth edition—remains the most comprehensive, fact-based tool for understanding and analyzing the large and growing U.S. pharmaceutical distribution industry. 9 chapters, 350+ pages, 178 exhibits, 750+ endnotes: There is nothing else available that comes close to this valuable resource.

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UX in Universal Design Series: The Impact on Patient Experience and Health Outcomes – 5

Perficient: Drug Development

In this installment of the UX in Universal Design Series , we focus on the transformative impact that Universal Design and accessible healthcare have on patient experience and health outcomes. By integrating Universal Design principles and focusing on usability, health systems can create inclusive environments that meet the needs of all patients, particularly those with physical disabilities.

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Express Scripts sues FTC over report critical of PBM business practices

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The pharmacy benefit manager said its lawsuit is necessary to protect against misinformation about the industry, while the FTC promised to defend its research.

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Gen AI in Ecommerce Leads to Talkative Solutions

Perficient: Drug Development

Justin Racine, Principal of Unified Commerce Strategy, recently wrote a blog for CMSWire on the various consumer shifts and impacts AI has had on ecommerce. With his extensive experience in ecommerce platforms, he has strong predictions for the future of ecommerce with AI’s growing influence. Here are the highlights of those insights. Conversational Ecommerce is the Logical Next Step in Online Shopping Conversational commerce is set to revolutionize the ecommerce landscape as many brands shift a

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Drug Patent Expirations for the Week of September 15, 2024

Drug Patent Watch

AMITIZA (lubiprostone) Sucampo pharma llc Patent: 7,795,312 Expiration: Sep 17, 2024 See More … Source

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