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A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that the introgressed genes result from interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals about 47,000 years ago, over a single, extended period of about 7,000 years.

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How to Identify Branded Drugs with a Low Likelihood of Generic Entry as Targets for In-Licensing

Drug Patent Watch

Identifying branded drugs with a low likelihood of generic entry has become a crucial strategy for companies looking to expand their product portfolio through in-licensing. This approach not only helps maintain market exclusivity but also ensures a steady revenue stream for pharmaceutical companies. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the intricacies of identifying such drugs and leveraging them for successful in-licensing opportunities.

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Breakthrough brings body-heat powered wearable devices closer to reality

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research team has developed an ultra-thin, flexible film that could power next-generation wearable devices using body heat, eliminating the need for batteries.

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FDA Revokes EUAs for Four Monoclonal Antibody Products

Drugs.com

December 13, 2024 -- At the request of the individual product sponsors, FDA has revoked the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for four respective monoclonal antibody (mAb) products that had been authorized for emergency use as part of the United.

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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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Study sheds light on the origin of the genetic code

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional wisdom about how the code evolved is likely flawed.

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Superflares once per century

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy than a trillion hydrogen bombs and make all previously recorded solar flares pale in comparison. This estimate is based on an inventory of 56450 sun-like stars. It shows that previous studies have significantly underestimated the eruptive potential of these stars.

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of New Benzimidazole‐1,2,4‐Triazole Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Compounds 7h and 7 in HTB-9 and compounds 7a and 7 in HT-29 cell line demonstrated most cytotoxic activity among all compounds. These compounds expectedly increased apoptosis, activated caspase 3/7, and inhibited migration in both cell lines compared to controls. As a remarkable result, a greater apoptotic index was observed in HT-29 cells treated with compound 7 than those of cisplatin-treated cells.

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Oldest modern human genomes sequenced

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe when the region was already inhabited by Neanderthals. An international team has now sequenced the oldest modern human genomes to date. The genomes were recovered from seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in Ranis, Germany and Zlaty kun, Czechia.

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Targeting Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Schisandrin A Triggers Mitochondrial Disruption and Ferroptosis

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

This diagram illustrates the proposed mechanism by which Schisandrin A (SchA) affects hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. SchA induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in mitochondria, leading to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. This cascade activates AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which inhibits the mTOR pathway, resulting in decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis.

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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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A dial for tuning the immune system: Discovery sheds light on why COVID makes some sicker than others

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body's innate immune response. The findings could lead to new therapies for Long COVID, autoimmune disorders, and more.

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Expansion of the Structure–Activity Relationship Profile of Triaminopyrimidines as Inhibitors of Caspase‐1

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The inhibitory profile of triaminopyrimidines was expanded and low nM IC 50 alky and aryl variants of CK-1-41 were discovered. Docking supported previous work indicating allosteric inhibition of caspase-1. Analogs with electrophilic warheads were created and inhibited caspase-1 in a partially reversible, time-dependent manner with experimental and docking results supporting allostery.

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New chemical structures show vastly improved carbon capture ability

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change mitigation.

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How to Evaluate CDMO Performance: Key Considerations and Best Practices

Drug Patent Watch

The pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) to outsource various stages of drug development and manufacturing. With the increasing complexity of drug development and the need for efficient, cost-effective solutions, selecting the right CDMO is crucial. Evaluating CDMO performance is a critical step in this process, ensuring that the chosen partner can meet the required standards and deliver high-quality products.

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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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Overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new analysis reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes -- sharks, rays, and chimaeras -- to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970. To determine the consequences, a team of researchers developed an aquatic Red List Index (RLI) which shows that the risk of extinction for chondrichthyan has increased by 19 per cent.

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Here's a nice Christmas gift - ChEMBL 35 is out!

The ChEMBL-og

Use your well-deserved Christmas holidays to spend time with your loved ones and explore the new release of ChEMBL 35! This fresh release comes with a wealth of new data sets and some new data sources as well. Examples include a total of 14 datasets deposited by by the ASAP ( AI-driven Structure-enabled Antiviral Platform) project, a new NTD data se t by Aberystwyth University on anti-schistosome activity, nine new chemical probe data sets, and seven new data sets for the Chemogenomic library of

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Unique motor control system of anglerfish's specialized 'fishing rod' discovered

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have uncovered in anglerfish a specialized motor neuron population for the first dorsal fin used for 'fishing'. When the first dorsal fin evolved from a swimming and buoyancy aid to a hunting tool, the motor neurons shifted their position in the central nervous system. The findings have implications for understanding the potential of evolutionary processes of vertebrates, including humans.

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Maximizing Advertising Impact with SFMC Advertising Studio

Perficient: Drug Development

In today’s digital marketing landscape, delivering personalized and cohesive customer experiences across multiple channels is essential. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Advertising Studio empowers businesses to integrate their advertising efforts with customer data, enabling targeted and effective campaigns. This blog explores the features, benefits, and practical applications of Advertising Studio, providing insights into how it can enhance your marketing strategy.

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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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Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the 'warm blob' in the Pacific Ocean

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds that colony size in the Gulf of Alaska dropped by half after the marine heat wave. In colonies along the eastern Bering Sea, west of the peninsula, the decline was even steeper, at 75% loss.

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Master Social Media Marketing with SFMC Social Studio

Perficient: Drug Development

Social media is a pivotal component of any marketing strategy in today’s digital era. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio offers a comprehensive platform for managing, scheduling, creating, and monitoring social media posts. This enables businesses to effectively engage with their audience and monitor their brand presence across various social channels.

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How the dirt under our feet could affect human health

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers are linking human activity to increased gene transfer from soil bacteria to humans.

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Mastering Dynamic SOQL, SOSL, and DML in Salesforce: A Beginner’s Guide

Perficient: Drug Development

Let me take you on a journey. Imagine youre a manager of a large library with books scattered across countless shelves. Some visitors come asking for books by title, others by author, and some want a list of all available books in a specific genre. You cant prepare every possible answer in advance. Instead, you need a system to adapt on the fly to their ever-changing questions.

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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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Barn swallow research offers real-time insight on how new species form

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a new study, scientists describe how different traits used to choose mates in barn swallow populations are driving the bird to diverge, which could eventually lead to the formation of new species.

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How Salesforce AI (Einstein GPT) is Revolutionizing CRM in 2025

Perficient: Drug Development

Imagine youre a small business owner. Every morning, you log into Salesforce, but instead of spending hours sorting through leads, crafting follow-up emails, and analyzing customer feedback, you find it all done for you. Your CRM didnt just sit thereit worked while you slept. Sounds incredible, right? Welcome to 2025, where Salesforces Einstein GPT is transforming CRM as we know it.

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Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes start, how they spread, and where the biggest impacts might be.

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Prehearing Ruling Establishes Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Ground Rules

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Larry K. Houck Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) John Mulrooney conducted a prehearing conference hearing on Monday, December 2nd, to kick off the public hearing on the Department of Justices (DOJs) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to reschedule marijuana. The NPRM seeks to reschedule marijuana from schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to schedule III.

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Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: Hydrologists map changing river landscapes across the globe

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, including flooding, ecosystem disruption, hydropower development interference and insufficient fresh water supplies.

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