Fri.Mar 28, 2025

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Cold plunges actually change your cells

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Cold water immersion for seven days significantly improves cellular resilience and autophagic function, helping cells manage stress better. This adaptation could enhance health and longevity, potentially preventing diseases and slowing aging at a cellular level.

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Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- As a measles outbreak spreads across U.S., doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A.At Covenant Childrens Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, several unvaccinated c.

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Lilly hits same Alzheimer’s roadblock in Europe as Eisai, Biogen

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Key regulators are not recommending Lilly’s Kisunla be cleared for the European market. The company says it plans to appeal the verdict, a strategy successfully employed by Eisai.

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Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said Wednesday.The patient got the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December and passed away the following.

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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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Physicists use quantum entanglement to crack mystery of strange metals

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals -- materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists has made a breakthrough in this area using a tool from quantum information science. The study reveals that electrons in strange metals become more entangled at a crucial tipping point, shedding new light on the behavior of these enigmatic materials.

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FDA approves first-of-its-kind RNA drug for hemophilia

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Sanofi drug, known as fitusiran and now Qfitlia, was approved on Friday for a broad group of people with the rare bleeding disorder.

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New Surgical Technique Preserves Erectile Function In Prostate Cancer Patients

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- A pioneering technique can help nearly twice as many men preserve erectile function following prostate cancer surgery, researchers say.The new surgical method, called NeuroSAFE, preserves the nerves that run through the.

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FDA broadens use of Novartis’ radiopharma drug Pluvicto

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Pluvicto can now be used before chemotherapy to treat a kind of metastatic prostate cancer, tripling the number of patients who are eligible for treatment.

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Virtual Reality Headsets Can Help Ease Cancer Pain

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- Virtual reality (VR) might be able to provide cancer patients significant pain relief, a new study says.A small group of cancer patients reported a decrease in their pain after using VR headsets that allowed them to.

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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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Novo gains Lexicon obesity drug; CRISPR COO to step down

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Novo is paying up to $1 billion for a “non-incretin” medicine that might boost Wegovy’s effects. Elsewhere, Arbutus laid off 57% of its workforce and Bicycle Therapeutics shook up its leadership team.

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Utah Becomes First State to Ban Community Water Fluoridation

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- With a new law, signed by Gov. Spencer Cox on March 27, Utah has become the first U.S. state to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, The New York Times reported. The law will go into effect on May 7.

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Bluebird gets rival takeout offer from Ayrmid

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The new bid surpasses an offer SK Capital and Carlyle Group made last month for the gene therapy developer, which Bluebird’s board still supports.

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Stroke Risk Higher For At Least A Decade After Minor Stroke-Like Attacks

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- The risk of a full-blown stroke will remain high for at least a decade after a person has a slight brush with stroke, in the form of a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, a new study says.These patients have a.

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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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Webinar—Mastering Ophthalmic Drug Formulation and Testing: Strategies for Success

Alta Sciences

WebinarMastering Ophthalmic Drug Formulation and Testing: Strategies for Success lperez Fri, 03/28/2025 - 16:28 Image Website_Webinar_Ophthalmic Manufacturing_0.

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Social Media Can Drag Down Troubled Young People

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- Is there a person in your life who just cant stop scrolling social media, almost as if theyve formed an emotional dependence on sites like Instagram and TikTok?Such an attachment might be associated with worse mental hea.

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Artificial neurons organize themselves

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial neural networks from them. The special feature is that the individual artificial neurons learn in a self-organized way and draw the necessary information from their immediate environment in the network.

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AI Improves Diagnosis Of Celiac Disease

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 -- Liz Cox, 80, had been suffering from severe stomach pains and anemia for nearly 30 years before doctors finally diagnosed her with celiac disease.Cox first developed severe stomach pains in her 30s, after having her three.

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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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Top 5 Mistakes That Make Your Databricks Queries Slow (and How to Fix Them)

Perficient: Drug Development

I wanted to discuss the top 5 mistakes that make your Databricks queries slow as a prequel to some of my FinOps blogs. Premature optimization may or may be the root of all evil, but we can all agree optimization without a solid foundation is not an effective use of time and resources. Predictive optimization cannot currently address data skew, select the best join strategy (although Photon can), optimize merge operations, or optimize most streaming operations.

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Outsourcing Oligonucleotide Testing: Lessons and Strategies

PPD

Oligonucleotides, also known as oligos, are strands of artificially created DNA or RNA that are instrumental in numerous molecular and synthetic biology applications. These applications range from genetic testing and forensic research to next-generation sequencing (NGS). Synthetic oligonucleotides come in various forms: antisense single stranded products, siRNA double stranded products and aptamers, along with various oligonucleotide conjugates, including antibody conjugates.

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Salesforce & Perficient: Your Exclusive Pre-World Tour Experience

Perficient: Drug Development

Before the Agentforce World Tour kicks off at the Marriott City Center, Perficient will host Salesforces Digital Regulated Business Strategy team for a focused pre-tour session tailored to leaders in Healthcare Life Sciences, and Financial Services. Held at our Minneapolis office, this exclusive event brings together industry experts and peers for practical conversations around AI, Agentforce, and the evolving future of customer engagement in regulated industriesjust in time to set the stage for

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Do You Need cGMP Quality Compliance Consulting Services?

DS in Pharmatics

Navigating the complexities of regulations in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices demands precision and expertise. Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance isnt optionalit drives business success and safeguards public trust.

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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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The Role of React.js and Redux in Modern Applications

Perficient: Drug Development

In the world of modern web development, creating scalable, efficient, and maintainable applications is a top priority for developers. Among the many tools and frameworks available, React.js and Redux have emerged as a powerful duo, transforming how developers approach building user interfaces and managing application state. Lets explore the roles these technologies play in modern applications and why they have become indispensable.

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The New Playbook for Patient Support Programs: Flexibility, Focus, and Forward-Thinking

Drug Channels

Todays guest post comes from Josh Marsh, Vice President and General Manager, Sonexus Access and Patient Support at Cardinal Health. Josh discusses how patient support programs are evolving, including the shift toward outsourcing individualized hub functions. He lists five characteristics pharmaceutical companies should look for when evaluating outsourced support for long-term program success.

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Perficient Awards $5,000 Global Grants to Breakthrough T1D and The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Perficient: Drug Development

At Perficient, were driven by a shared passion for philanthropy and continuously give our time and effort to inspire change in our global communities. Through the Perficient Gives Global Grants Program , colleagues from across our global offices can nominate their favorite charitable organizations to receive a one-time $5,000 donation from Perficient.

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The CIO World: Chris Perkin—Microscopes to Milestones

Alta Sciences

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Daily Scrum : An Agile Essential

Perficient: Drug Development

Mastering the Daily Scrum: A Guide to Effective Agile Meetings In the fast-paced world of Agile, the Daily Scrum is a critical touchpoint that empowers teams to stay aligned, adapt to changes, and collaborate effectively. Despite its simplicity, this daily meeting often faces challenges that hinder its true potential. In this blog, well explore what the Daily Scrum is, common pitfalls, and practical tips to enhance its effectiveness.