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Brain research: Study shows what your favorite film genres reveal about your brain

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Crime films, action films, comedies, or documentaries? A person's favorite film genre reveals a lot about how their brain works. Fans of action films and comedies reacted very strongly to negative emotional stimuli, while participants who favored documentaries or crime films and thrillers had a significantly weaker reaction.

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Pfizer launches DTC service for migraine, COVID drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The platform is similar in concept to a service launched this year by Eli Lilly, and aims to give consumers easier access to Pfizer’s migraine, COVID-19 and flu treatments.

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New study supports annual breast cancer screening for women over 40

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Women diagnosed with breast cancer who had regular screening mammograms every year were less likely to have late-stage cancer and had higher overall survival than those who received screening every other year or less often, according to new research.

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3.6 Million Americans Could Be Covered for Wegovy Under New Medicare Rules

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- New Medicare rules could make 3.6 million Americans -- or even more -- eligible for treatment with the pricey weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new study finds.Under the new rules, the government will pay for Wegovy treatment if.

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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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Bubbling, frothing and sloshing: Long-hypothesized plasma instabilities finally observed

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have observed new details of how plasma interacts with magnetic fields, potentially providing insight into the formation of enormous plasma jets that stretch between the stars.

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NVIDIA Launches NIM Agent Blueprints for Generative AI

Nvidia Developer: Drug Discovery

Now available—NIM Agent Blueprints for digital humans, multimodal PDF data extraction, and drug discovery. Now available—NIM Agent Blueprints for digital humans, multimodal PDF data extraction, and drug discovery.

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Do You Live in a 'Pharmacy Desert'?

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- Nearly half of counties in the United States contain at least one “pharmacy desert,” where there’s no retail pharmacy within 10 miles, a new study reports.“As pharmacies close, more and more Americans are left without easy.

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Coastal cities must adapt faster to climate change

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Coastal cities play a key role in the global economy and have important functions for society at large. At the same time, they are severely affected by the impact of climate change. That is why their role in global climate adaptation is crucial.

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Kids Now Seeing Fewer TV Ads for Junk Food

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- Children are seeing far fewer ads for junk food during kids’ TV shows, a new study finds.The number of food and drink ads during children’s programs has dropped by more than 95%, according to researchers’ analysis of telev.

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Hidden magmatism discovered at the Chang'e-6 lunar landing site

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Lunar igneous activities including intrusive and extrusive magmatism, and their products contain significant information about the lunar interior and its thermal state. Their distribution is asymmetrical on the nearside and farside, reflecting the global lunar dichotomy. In addition to previously returned lunar samples all from nearside (Apollo, Luna, and Chang'e-5), samples from the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin on the farside have long been thought to hold the key to rebalancing the asymmetric

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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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Grit, Love for Learning: It's Not Just Smarts That Boost Child Academics

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- A child's intelligence is not the sole key to academic success, a new British study concludes.Instead, intelligence plus "non-cognitive" factors, such as a determination to excel despite obstacles and an innate love of.

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Defining chronic pain for high-performance athletes with disabilities

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The extensive training and the sacrifices athletes make to compete at the Olympic games take center stage. For Paralympians and high-performance athletes with spinal cord injuries (SCI), assessing chronic pain plays a key role in their training and readiness to compete. However, the source of chronic pain is often misattributed to acute trauma or overuse injuries.

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Noisy Neighborhoods Might Raise Heart Attack Risk

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- Your heart health before and after a heart attack might be influenced by how loud your neighborhood is, new research suggests.One study found that people under 50 were more prone to heart attack if they lived in a noisy.

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Highest-resolution observations yet from the surface of Earth

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Astronomers have achieved the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of Earth. They managed this feat by detecting light from distant galaxies at a frequency of around 345 GHz, equivalent to a wavelength of 0.87 mm. They estimate that in future they will be able to make black hole images that are 50% more detailed than was possible before, bringing the region immediately outside the boundary of nearby supermassive black holes into sharper focus.

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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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Could Having MS Help Shield Against Alzheimer's Disease?

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.MS patients are far less likely to have elevated blood levels of toxic proteins that form amyloid plaques i.

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Video gaming improves mental well-being, landmark study finds

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A pioneering study titled 'Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020-2022,' published in Nature Human Behaviour, has conducted the most comprehensive investigation to date on the causal relationship between video gaming and mental well-being. This research, the first to demonstrate this relationship using real-life data, challenges commonly held views about the effects of gaming.

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Cholesterol Could Be Link Between Menopause and Heart Disease

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- During menopause, a woman’s blood cholesterol changes in a way that could harm her heart health, a new study warns.An increase in “bad” LDL cholesterol and a decrease in “good” HDL cholesterol occurs during menopause, accor.

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Pregnancy after sterilization turns out to be surprisingly common

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most common method of contraception nationally. But a new study reports that tubal surgery fails often enough that some other forms of birth control are usually more effective.

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FDA Clears First Automated Device to Deliver Insulin to People With Type 2 Diabetes

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the expanded use of an automated insulin pump system to include those with type 2 diabetes.It's the first such system for use by people with the more prevalent type.

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Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

addgene Blog

Every few months we highlight some of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in our repository through our Hot Plasmids articles.

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RA Capital-backed startup raises $100M; UCB sells China business

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

New biotech Navigator is working on drugs for immune diseases. Meanwhile, UCB sold its neurology and allergy business in China, and J&J's Peter Fasolo will retire this year.

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ACI’s 4th Annual Passport to Proficiency on the Essentials of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA – October 8-24, 2024 (Virtual)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The American Conference Institute (“ACI”) will hold (virtually) its 4th Annual Passport to Proficiency on the Essentials of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA from October 8-24, 2024. This virtual three-week program is designed to give new lawyers and executives a solid foundation in the essentials and intricacies of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA litigation and regulation.

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Innovative Manufacturing Technologies for Generic Drug Production

Drug Patent Watch

The pharmaceutical industry has witnessed significant advancements in recent years, particularly in the realm of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs). These innovations aim to enhance drug quality, efficiency, and customization. Despite their potential, the adoption of AMTs in generic drug manufacturing has been slow, mainly due to high upfront investment costs and regulatory barriers.

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Covering Wegovy for heart risk could cost Medicare tens of billions: study

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

If all newly eligible patients received Novo's GLP-1 drug, Medicare Part D spending could increase by $34 billion to $145 billion each year, according to new research.

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My Experience at the Salesforce Nagpur Ohana Gathering

Perficient: Drug Development

Hello Trailblazers! Last week, I had the privilege of attending the “Salesforce Nagpur Ohana Gathering,” an inspiring event that united passionate professionals, innovative developers, and curious learners all under one roof. The energy in the room was electrifying, with a shared enthusiasm for collaboration, growth, and the future of Salesforce.

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Mary Lynne Hedley

Broad Institute

Mary Lynne Hedley By Rose Circeo August 27, 2024 Mary Lynne Hedley, Ph.D. Senior Scientific Fellow Mary Lynne is a senior scientific fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she serves as a strategic advisor to scientists across the institute, and a venture partner at Third Rock Ventures. She sits on the boards of Eli Lilly, Veeva, Centessa, and WITH (Women Innovating Together in Healthcare), and is chair of the Life Science Committee at the Boston Museum of Science.

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Circuit Breaker Pattern with Retry in Test Automation

Perficient: Drug Development

Introduction Understanding retries and working with them plays a very crucial role in dealing with flaky tests. You need to avoid overloading systems with too many retries while ensuring your tests remain reliable. This is where the Circuit Breaker pattern comes into play. What is the Circuit Breaker Pattern? The Circuit Breaker pattern is inspired by the concept of electrical circuits.

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Overweight? Good Sleep Is Even More Crucial to Your Health

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- Good sleep is important for the health of overweight men and women, a new study shows.Heavy-set people who stay awake too late tend to have a higher risk of metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that increase the.

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Exponential Backoff Retry Strategy in Test Automation

Perficient: Drug Development

Introduction A highly effective strategy for managing flaky tests and unpredictable responses is the exponential backoff retry mechanism. This blog explores the concept of exponential backoff, its implementation in Katalon Studio, and practical scenarios where this strategy can be particularly beneficial. Understanding Exponential Backoff Exponential backoff is a retry algorithm that increases the delay between successive retry attempts exponentially.

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

Codon

Allison Berke makes the case for real-time DNA sequencing and AI tools to detect pathogens before they spread widely. In other words, we should “sequence everything” to help fend off future pandemics. This is the third essay of four in our pandemic mini-issue. Doctors in training are told that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think horses, not zebras; rare diseases are the exception, not the rule.

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How You Can Nail a Virtual Interview and Truly Stand Out!

Perficient: Drug Development

Hear from our seasoned talent acquisition team, Laura Merkle and Katie Burwell, as they share valuable advice from the front line! Use the tips and tricks below to navigate the job landscape and stand out in your next virtual interview. Preparation: The Key to Success Test Your Video and Audio in Advance: Before the interview, make sure your video and audio are working perfectly.

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Lilly rolls out Zepbound vials at a discount price

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The launch of a single-use vial form of the popular weight loss medicine could help Lilly improve supply and compete with telehealth companies offering compounded versions.

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WHO Unveils Plan to End African Mpox Outbreak

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TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread.“The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries c.

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Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Now in Single-Dose Vials at Half the Price

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 -- Eli Lilly, maker of one of the blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drug Zepbound, says it will now offer the medication in single-dose vials at half the price currently available to consumers.The new 2.5 milligram (mg) and 5 mg.

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