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AUGUST 23, 2024

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), often preceded by acute lung injury (ALI), is characterized by the accumulation of inflammatory fluid in the lung alveoli, leaky alveolar epithelium and endothelium, and overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This progression from ALI to ARDS is a major contributor to the high mortality observed in COVID-19 patients.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Scientists have restored the brain's waste-clearing process in aging mice, offering potential new treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using existing drugs.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AUGUST 29, 2024

Far fewer venture funding rounds were closed by cell and gene therapy developers over the first six months of 2024 than in prior years. Experts say there are several factors.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

A common fatty acid may help restore healthy vaginal bacteria after infection By Ari Navetta August 19, 2024 Breadcrumb Home A common fatty acid may help restore healthy vaginal bacteria after infection Treatments using oleic acid, a naturally occurring oil used in cells, could improve treatment of recurrent bacterial vaginosis infections. By Ari Navetta August 19, 2024 Credit: Meilin Zhu Lactobacillus iners after treatment with oleic acid Related people Paul Blainey Related programs Metabolomi

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 30, 2024

FRIDAY, Aug.30, 2024 -- New trials are showing how the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss meds Ozempic and Wegovy can boost health in even more ways.These two injected drugs are versions of semaglutide. In multiple new data analyses, the drugs.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Older Black Men Are Disproportionately Affected by the Overdose Crisis mfleming Wed, 08/28/2024 - 16:08 Nora's Blog August 30, 2024 Image ©Getty Images/ xavierarnau Saturday, August 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day , when we collectively remember those who have lost their lives to drug overdose, support those who grieve those losses, and offer encouragement to those who seek recovery from addiction.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Seeds, twigs, and insect parts found under two miles of ice confirm Greenland's ice sheet melted in the recent past, the first direct evidence that the center -- not just the edges -- of the two-mile-deep ice melted away in the recent geological past. The new research indicates that the giant ice sheet is more fragile than scientists had realized until the last few years -- and reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe in a warmer future.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AUGUST 6, 2024

The funding from Apple Tree Partners will help the startup advance an antiviral drug pipeline that includes a COVID treatment nearing mid-stage testing.

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Fierce BioTech

AUGUST 20, 2024

Alzheimer’s disease research and drug development is evolving at a rapid pace. Decades of research has led to the approval of the first disease-modifying drugs and new pathological discoveries.

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 16, 2024

FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 -- As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first diagnostic at-home test to spot the bacterial disease."This is the first at-home, over-the-counter.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

This post is the first in a series of four about estimating project hours. Part 1: Sandbagging & Lowballing Coming Soon: Part 2: Dependencies & Creep Part 3: Assumptions & Uncertainty Part 4: The Emotional Conclusion Estimating is a precarious business – part science, a lot of guesswork, and a bit of psychic magic! The goal is to forecast the effort, time, and cost of a project with enough accuracy to avoid disaster.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 28, 2024

What are the main challenges currently faced in the treatment of chronic liver diseases, and how does Resolution Therapeutics aim to address these challenges? Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years. This is caused by the high amounts of inflammation and fibrosis (scarring) in the liver, suppressing the liver’s natural ability to regenerate or perform its functi

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's role in the origins of life on Earth, the volcanic activity generated when it melts, and how it drives the global cycles of important elements such as carbon and hydrogen.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Through a new deal, Roche has exclusive rights to Sangamo molecules designed to repress the gene that makes “tau,” a protein many scientists view as a main driver of Alzheimer’s.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Each Labor Day we honor workers and the role they play in building a strong and prosperous nation. Much like the first Labor Day more than a century ago, many of us mark this federal holiday with festivities such as parades or picnics. This year, as you head out to celebrate the end of summer with friends and loved ones, I urge you to take a moment to reflect on the contributions of the workers all around us.

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 -- Research has already proven that the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can slash a person's odds for heart attacks and strokes, and now more data from the same trial suggests that's even true for very ill.

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Perficient: Drug Development

AUGUST 19, 2024

We are witnessing a sea-change in the way data is managed by banks and financial institutions all over the world. Data being commoditized and, in some cases, even monetized by banks is the order of the day. Though this seems to be at a stage where some more push is required in terms of adoption in the risk management function. Traditional risk managers, by their job definition, are highly cautious of the result sets provided by the analytics teams.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 16, 2024

Can you tell us about your journey in the field of STEM and the challenges you encountered along the way? I grew up in California where I developed a natural curiosity to understand how a living organism functions. Majoring in physiology in college allowed me to nourish this interest, and I knew medicine would be my path as it enabled me to learn the structure and function of the human body.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 14, 2024

A new brain-computer interface translates brain signals into speech with up to 97 percent accuracy. Researchers implanted sensors in the brain of a man with severely impaired speech due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The man was able to communicate his intended speech within minutes of activating the system.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AUGUST 9, 2024

Recent data from J.P. Morgan indicates early-stage startups are getting smaller upfront payments in alliances than a few years ago, a trend industry insiders attribute to weaker leverage in deal talks.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 26, 2024

By Larry K. Houck — Who says nothing happens in Washington, D.C., in August? The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) will announce Thursday in the Federal Register that it will hold a hearing on the proposed rescheduling of marijuana to schedule III at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia on December 2, 2024. DEA received over 43,500 public comments in response to the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024.

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 26, 2024

MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2024 -- A type of drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease appears to slow the progression of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that afflicted comedian Robin Williams prior to his suicide.Cholinesterase inhibitors prevent the b.

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Perficient: Drug Development

AUGUST 4, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, financial services organizations are increasingly relying on cutting-edge technologies to stay competitive and deliver exceptional services to their clients. Microsoft’s Azure Integration Services , a suite of tools designed to seamlessly connect applications, data, and processes, is emerging as a game-changer for the financial services industry.

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Drug Patent Watch

AUGUST 29, 2024

Ensuring that a generic drug meets FDA standards is crucial for maintaining the high quality and efficacy of medications. The FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) plays a vital role in this process by following a rigorous review process to ensure that generic medications meet the same standards as their brand-name counterparts. The FDA’s review process for generic drugs involves several key steps.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 6, 2024

A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, the new findings shed light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the so-called 'Hobbits' of Flores whose remains were uncovered in 2003 at Liang Bua cave in the island's west.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

The decision to turn down an application from Lykos Therapeutics comes at a pivotal time for psychedelics research, which, after decades of dismissal, has recently gained momentum.

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Quanticate

AUGUST 2, 2024

Real-world evidence (RWE) is changing clinical drug development, bridging the gap between controlled clinical trial environments and the complexities of everyday patient experiences. By using Real-World Data (RWD) from various sources like electronic health records (EHRs), insurance claims, and digital health tools, researchers can gather valuable insights into how drugs work in a wide range of populations.

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Drugs.com

AUGUST 20, 2024

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 -- Tirzepatide, the blockbuster GLP-1 medicine known as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss, cut the odds that an obese, prediabetic person will develop diabetes by 94%, a new trial shows. The three-year-long.

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Perficient: Drug Development

AUGUST 19, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that Perficient has been recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ! The Top Workplace award is a testament to our exceptional work environment and incredible company culture. Not to mention, this marks the second consecutive year we have received this honor. Winning a Top Workplace award is particularly meaningful as it is based solely on anonymous employee feedback.

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Collaborative Drug

AUGUST 16, 2024

Burlingame, CA (USA), Kyiv (Ukraine) – August 16, 2024 — Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), a leader in providing scientific informatics solutions, announced today that its flagship platform, CDD Vault , now includes the complete compound collection of Enamine , a leading provider of chemical compounds and early discovery services, within its AI module for structural similarity searches.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

AUGUST 22, 2024

Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report. The researchers hooked hydrogels up to a virtual game environment and then applied a feedback loop between the hydrogel's paddle -- encoded by the distribution of charged particles within the hydrogel -- and the ball's position -- encoded by electrical stimulation.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AUGUST 16, 2024

The vaccine didn’t spur a strong enough immune response against a particular flu strain in a Phase 3 trial, leading the companies to ponder adjustments.

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Quanticate

AUGUST 6, 2024

The clinical trials industry is changing rapidly to move with today's technological advancements and at the front of this exciting movement is the adoption of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning). Our industry has successfully incorporated both innovations to help push the boundaries of medical research and increase its effectiveness and efficiency through using these tools to help streamline and automate critical processes, which previously would have taken far longer to compl

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