September, 2023

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To Really Impact Healthcare Costs Look Beyond Drug Prices

Forbes: Drug Truths

At a time when the opportunities for discovering and developing new medicines is the greatest in our history, we will be doing less. What we really should be doing is investing more in order to generate new medicines thus reducing downstream healthcare costs.

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Counterfeit Pills Fuel Rising Number of Fatal Drug Overdoses

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 -- A growing number of overdose deaths in the United States involve counterfeit pills, health officials reported Thursday. Overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills were twice as common in the latter half of 2021 as they were.

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Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India's food and water security. Reduced water availability in India due to groundwater depletion and climate change could threaten the livelihoods of more than one-third of the country's 1.4 billion residents and has global implications.

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New RSV vaccines can be powerful tools, but rollout poses test

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Public health officials, as well as drugmakers, are trying to raise awareness of RSV among older adults at risk, and convince them to get an additional respiratory shot alongside those for COVID and flu.

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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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GDC-6599

Drug Hunter

A First-in-Class TRPA1 Antagonist Overcomes Toxicity Hurdles to Become Cough Candidate Genentech’s GDC-6599 is the first oral TRP Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) antagonist to reach Ph. IIa ( NCT05660850 ) for chronic cough after preclinical studies and a Ph. I trial showed it was well-tolerated, in contrast to prior molecules. The transient receptor potential (TRP) family of ion channels has been the subject of intensive drug discovery efforts due to their critical role in the development and progression of

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NY Times Gets It Wrong On Impact Of Price Controls On New Drugs

Forbes: Drug Truths

But, make no mistake – the IRA will have a major impact on biopharma R&D and, as a result, fewer important medicines will be available.

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FDA Adds Warning to Ozempic Label About Risk for Blocked Intestines

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 -- Ozempic, a type 2 diabetes drug that has increasingly been used to help with weight loss, will now be labeled as having the potential to block intestines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently made the label.

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Why are killer whales harassing and killing porpoises without eating them?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them —- a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists.

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Nestle gives up on peanut allergy treatment after sluggish sales

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The FDA-approved therapy, called Palforzia, was little used, leading Nestle to abandon a business it had secured in a $2.6 billion deal three years ago.

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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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Bats Don't Get Cancer, and Scientists Are Closer to Understanding Why

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- Bats have an extraordinary ability to avoid cancer and handle infections, and researchers now think they might know why.

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Daiichi Sankyo, with new data, to seek FDA approval of lung cancer drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The HER3-targeting treatment could become the next antibody-drug conjugate to emerge from Daiichi Sankyo’s laboratories, after the AstraZeneca-partnered Enhertu.

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Many Americans Frustrated in Search for Low-Cost COVID Boosters

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 -- Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays. Some insurers have balked at covering the vaccines, with people arriving at shot appointments only.

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FDA approves updated COVID boosters from Pfizer, Moderna

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Pfizer and Moderna, which have seen slowing demand for their coronavirus vaccines, expect to make the reformulated shots available in the U.S. in the coming days.

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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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We could sequester CO2 by 're-greening' arid lands, plant scientists say

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will take more than cutting emissions -- we will also need to capture and store the excessive volumes of already-emitted carbon. A team of plant scientists argue that arid lands such as deserts could be one answer to the carbon-capture problem.

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Startup AIRNA emerges from stealth to bring RNA editing to a rare disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AIRNA is one of several biotechs to debut plans for target alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in recent years, with competitors such as AlveoGene, Wave Life Sciences and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals.

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Flagship-backed Generate raises $273M as its first drugs move to the clinic

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Since 2019, Generate has raised nearly $700 million in private financing and has now brought a monoclonal antibody into Phase 1 testing.

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You Survived a Heart Attack. Here's How Cardiac Rehab Can Help

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- Cardiac rehabilitation is a key part of recovery from a heart attack, helping to prevent another, perhaps more severe one. About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year, about one-quarter of.

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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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Just 23% of U.S. Adults 'Definitely' Plan to Get New COVID Shot

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 -- Just 23% of American adults say they 'definitely' will get the new COVID-19 vaccine, while another 23% say they will 'probably' get it, according to a new poll, which also finds interest in the shot falls along partisan.

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Scientists Spot Gene Mutation Linked to Esophageal Cancer

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 -- Researchers have found a gene mutation linked to esophageal cancer, which could lead to better prevention and treatment strategies. Investigators from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio found the mutation, potentially.

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Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 – New research suggests some newer diabetes treatments may not be as beneficial for Black patients, after earlier drug trials included small numbers of non-white people. Whether the medications -- called sodium-glucose.

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Diabetes Drug Maker Sues Over Compounded Versions of Mounjaro

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- Another diabetes drug maker is taking legal action against businesses in several states, alleging that they’re “fraudulently claiming” that their compounded products are the same as its medication.

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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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ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department Patients

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 -- Emergency medicine doctors someday might rely on consultation from artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients’ ailments. A new study found that ChatGPT.

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ADHD Drug Errors Among Kids Have Quadrupled in 20 Years

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 -- Over 3 million American children now take medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but new research shows medication errors have spiked nearly 300% in the past two decades for these kids. The increase.

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A COVID Vaccine-by-Mouth Could Be on the Way

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 -- An oral vaccine for COVID-19 appears to produce the sort of immune response that could quickly stamp out a developing infection, according to results from a small-scale primate study. Some monkeys given an experimental.

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Dental Issues Plague America's Nursing Home Residents

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 -- Good oral health is one of the keys to healthy aging, but a sobering new study shows that many U.S. nursing home residents have significant dental issues. Close to two in every 10 residents have missing teeth, about 8%.

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Depression Risk Rises in Folks Who Use Both Marijuana & Tobacco

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 -- Using both tobacco and marijuana is tied to significantly higher odds for depression and anxiety, a new study suggests. Among nearly 54,000 U.S. adults, those who used both substances experienced anxiety or depression.

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