Tue.Jun 25, 2024

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Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting prompted an international study to investigate the origin of these butterflies.

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Exsilio debuts with $82M, pitching a ‘leap’ forward for genetic medicine

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company claims it can address some of the field’s limitations with medicines delivered via messenger RNA and lipid nanoparticles.

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Your future medications could be personalized for you on a 3D printer

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists are helping to develop standards and safety protocols that would allow pharmacies to print drugs onsite at a dosage best for you.

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Cholesterol Med, Fenofibrate, Might Slow Vision Loss in People With Diabetes

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- A well-established cholesterol-lowering drug appears to significantly slow the progression of a diabetes-related eye disease, a new trial shows. Fenofibrate (Tricor) has been approved since 2004 as a means of lowering.

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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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Telltale greenhouse gases could signal alien activity

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed planet.

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'A hearty debate' concludes plant-based meat alternatives are healthier for your heart than meat

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Even though there is substantial variability in the contents and nutritional profiles of plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs), the nutritional profiles tend to reflect a heart-healthy dietary pattern. A review article of the available studies directly comparing the impact of plant-based and animal-based meats consistently suggests that the plant-based alternatives improve cardiovascular risk factors.

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Summer COVID Cases Are Rising Across America

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- As scorching summer temperatures drive Americans indoors and millions travel for vacations and family gatherings, COVID infections are again climbing, U.S. health officials warned Monday.In evidence that suggests a COVID.

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Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites, compounding potential health risks

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change.

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Listeria Fears Spur Nationwide Ice Cream Recall

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- Check your freezer for multiple brands of ice cream that are being recalled by the maker, Totally Cool Inc., due to worries over listeria contamination. The full list of brands and recalled products can be found online.

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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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Robots face the future

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded sensing capabilities and an increasingly lifelike appearance. Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the team included special perforations in a robot face, which helped a layer of skin take hold.

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Loneliness Can Raise Older People's Odds for Stroke

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- A lonely middle and old age could bring higher odds for a stroke, new data suggests.A 12-year study of people over 50 found that those who experienced chronic loneliness were 56% more likely to have a stroke, versus those.

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Moving objects precisely with sound

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have succeeded in directing floating objects around an aquatic obstacle course using only soundwaves. Their novel, optics-inspired method holds great promise for biomedical applications such as noninvasive targeted drug delivery.

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Stem Cell Therapy Could Be Breakthrough Against Type 1 Diabetes

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- An experimental stem cell therapy can essentially cure type 1 diabetes by restoring insulin production in some patients, early clinical trial results show.Seven out of 12 patients no longer needed daily insulin shots after.

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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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Marsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars -- or marsquakes -- could offer a new tool in the search.

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Despite Falling Out of Favor With Doctors, Daily Aspirin Still Popular

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- For decades, millions of Americans popped a low-dose aspirin each day to lower their heart risks. Then, accumulated data prompted the nation's two leading cardiology groups -- the American College of Cardiology and the.

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New evidence for how heat is transported below the sun's surface

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Solar physicists have revealed the interior structure of the sun's supergranules, a flow structure that transports heat from the sun's hidden interior to its surface. The researchers' analysis of the supergranules presents a challenge to the current understanding of solar convection.

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Cholesterol Med Might Slow Vision Loss in People With Diabetes

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- A well-established cholesterol-lowering drug appears to significantly slow the progression of a diabetes-related eye disease, a new trial shows.Fenofibrate (Tricor) has been approved since 2004 as a means of lowering.

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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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Wave, with new data, plots path forward for Huntington’s drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company plans to make a case to regulators for a new accelerated approval pathway. But investors didn't seem as hopeful, sending shares down by double digits.

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Simple Paper-Strip Test Might Spot Flu, and Which Type You Have

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- A simple and inexpensive paper strip test could help diagnose a case of the flu, and even identify the influenza strain that caused it, a new study finds.The test can distinguish between influenza A and B -- the two main.

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Gut microbiome changes align with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Broad Institute

Gut microbiome changes align with increased risk of type 2 diabetes By Tom Ulrich June 25, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Gut microbiome changes align with increased risk of type 2 diabetes Specific species and strains of bacteria linked to changes in the functioning of the gut microbiome and a person's risk of type 2 diabetes By Jennifer Welsh, Brigham and Women's Hospital June 25, 2024 Credit: Donny Bliss, NIH Illustration depicting gut bacteria.

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U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Emergency

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday."Today, for the first time in the history of our office, I am issuing a Surgeon General's Advisory on.

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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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Novo to spend $4B on US plant, adding to obesity drug production push

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The planned facility in North Carolina is Novo’s latest multibillion-dollar investment in the manufacturing of weight loss drugs, demand for which continues to outstrip supply.

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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Decline for First Time Since Pandemic

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 -- For the first time since the pandemic, it got a little safer to cross America's streets in 2023, new statistics show.According to data released Monday from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,318 American.

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Introducing DrugChatter: Revolutionizing Information Access

Drug Patent Watch

DrugChatter is an innovative AI-powered search and answer engine designed to revolutionize how we access and comprehend information. Harnessing the power of advanced natural language processing, DrugChatter provides concise, accurate, and contextually relevant answers to a wide array of questions, making information retrieval faster and more intuitive than ever before.

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Wegovy Helps Heart Failure Patients Lose Weight, Improve Symptoms

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 24, 2024 -- Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy can improve symptoms in heart failure patients, a new clinical trial shows.Both men and women showed improved heart function after a year on semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and.

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USPTO Study Reveals Trends and Insights into Drug Patent and Exclusivity Trends in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Drug Patent Watch

Introduction: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently released a comprehensive study on drug patents and exclusivity trends in the pharmaceutical industry. The report, titled “USPTO Drug Patent and Exclusivity Study Report,” provides valuable insights into the patent landscape, patent duration, and exclusivity trends that shape the pharmaceutical industry.