Wed.Feb 19, 2025

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Lifestyle and environmental factors affect health and aging more than our genes

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health has shown that a range of environmental factors, including lifestyle (smoking and physical activity), and living conditions, have a greater impact on health and premature death than our genes.

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Women Of Color Receive Slower Response To A Bad Mammogram

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy.

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Global retreat of glaciers has strongly accelerated

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers present a global assessment of ice loss since the beginning of the millennium. In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees are melting the fastest.

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Advamed CEO warns FDA job cuts put patients, industry at risk

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Scott Whitaker sent a letter to HHS calling for staff cuts at the FDA to be reversed, arguing patient care and U.S. leadership in medical devices are on the line.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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How the brain balances risk and reward in making decisions

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Research in mice identifies brain circuitry that supports certain reward-based decisions.

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Scientific insights into how humans access deep spiritual states

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Two seemingly opposite spiritual practices -- Buddhist jhana meditation and the Christian practice of speaking in tongues -- have more in common than previously thought, a new study suggests. While one is quiet and deeply focused, and the other emotionally charged and expressive, both appear to harness the same cognitive feedback loop to create profound states of joy and surrender.

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Blood Test Could Guide Better Diet For Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- A blood test can help people with irritable bowel syndrome cut out specific trigger foods most likely to worsen their condition, a new study suggests.About 60% of IBS patients who followed a diet guided by the results of.

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A miniature swimming robot inspired by marine flatworms

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Engineers have developed a versatile swimming robot that nimbly navigates cluttered water surfaces. Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental monitoring and ecological research.

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Recursion CEO launches pre-seed fund in response to NIH cuts

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Chris Gibson, Recursion’s head, cited the role small business grants played in helping his company grow its business.

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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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Data from all 50 states shows early onset breast cancer is on the rise in younger women: Does place of exposure matter?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Breast cancer incidence trends in U.S. women under 40 vary by geography and supports incorporating location information with established risk factors into risk prediction, improving the ability to identify groups of younger women at higher risk for early-onset breast cancer.

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Saphnelo Can Stave Off Organ Damage From Lupus

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Lupus can do irreversible harm to a person’s organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through inflammation. But a newer lupus drug appears to protect patients from much of this organ.

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U.S. facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the U.S. on track for a severe shortage of hospital beds by 2032 unless action is taken.

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FDA Approves Merilog, First Rapid-Acting Insulin Biosimilar for Patients With Diabetes

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj) as a biosimilar to Novolog (insulin aspart) for adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus. Merilog is a rapid-acting human.

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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 process gets common rocks to trap carbon rapidly, cheaply

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands of times faster than occurs with natural rock weathering.

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Denied by Insurance? Why Fighting Back Sometimes Works

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- After three years, $40,000 in medical bills and five insurance denials, April and Justin Beck finally won their battle to get life-changing treatment for their 9-year-old daughter, Emily. Emily, once an energetic.

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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A quantum 'miracle material' could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers has shown.

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Drug Can Stave Off Organ Damage From Lupus

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Lupus can do irreversible harm to a persons organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through inflammation.But a newer lupus drug appears to protect patients from much of this organ d.

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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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Groundbreaking study reveals how topology drives complexity in brain, climate, and AI

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Researchers have unveiled a transformative framework for understanding complex systems. This pioneering study establishes the new field of higher-order topological dynamics, revealing how the hidden geometry of networks shapes everything from brain activity to the climate and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Arthritis Sufferers Don't Get The Mental Health Support They Need, Study Says

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- People with inflammatory arthritis run a substantially increased risk for mood disorders like depression and anxiety.But these mental health concerns arent being adequately addressed by doctors, a new study s.

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Jumbled proteins paint a bold target on the backs of brain tumors

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Immune therapy has transformed how cancer is treated, but many tumors continue to evade these treatments, thanks to their resemblance to healthy tissue.

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Sanofi reaches consumer health deal; Supernus antidepressant fails study

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The pharma signed an agreement handing PE firm CD&R a 50% stake in its Capella unit. Elsewhere, Gilead and Ultragenyx secured PDUFA dates for important new medicines.

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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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Regulatory Guidance for Oligonucleotide Bioanalysis in Drug Development

Alta Sciences

Regulatory Guidance for Oligonucleotide Bioanalysis in Drug Development pmjackson Wed, 02/19/2025 - 21:30 The unique physicochemical properties of oligonucleotides require the use of specialized bioanalytical approaches, with key considerations including selectivity and specificity, sensitivity, stability, and matrix effects. Addressing these factors means bioanalytical methods can effectively differentiate oligonucleotides from endogenous nucleic acids and metabolites, quantify low concentratio

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FDA Approves First Rapid-Acting Insulin Biosimilar for Patients With Diabetes

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj) as a biosimilar to Novolog (insulin aspart) for adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.Merilog is a rapid-acting human.

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5 Market Access Mistakes That Can Derail Your EU Orphan Drug Launch

Fierce BioTech

| Avoid common pitfalls in EU orphan drug market accesslearn how local expertise can help navigate pricing, reimbursement, and regulatory hurdles.

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Unhealthy Eating Linked To Female Incontinence

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- A junk-food lifestyle might contribute to embarrassing little leaks in middle-aged women, a new study suggests.Women who often munch fast food or packaged eats appear more likely to develop urinary incontinence.

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How EDC Software Improves Patient Safety

Crucial Data Solutions

The Link Between EDC and Patient Safety The shared commitment among researchers and healthcare providers to patient safety influences every. The post How EDC Software Improves Patient Safety appeared first on Crucial Data Solutions.