August, 2024

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The future of drug discovery: Using AI to optimise the hit-to-lead process

Drug Discovery World

Mirit Eldor , Managing Director, Life Sciences Solutions, Elsevier, looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the hit-to-lead process for small molecules. Early drug discovery takes an average of three-to-six years and accounts for 42% of total costs 1 in the development of a new drug. It’s therefore no surprise that pharmaceutical companies are increasingly interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate development and reduce costs.

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Cell and gene therapy investment, once booming, is now in a slump

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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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Placebos reduce stress, anxiety, depression -- even when people know they are placebos

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A study found that nondeceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are placebos, effectively manage stress -- even when the placebos are administered remotely.

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Older Black Men Are Disproportionately Affected by the Overdose Crisis

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nora's Blog

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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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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Ozempic, Wegovy Have Health Benefits Beyond Weight Loss, Studies Find

Drugs.com

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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A common fatty acid may help restore healthy vaginal bacteria after infection

Broad Institute

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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Roche licenses Sangamo’s technology for another shot at Alzheimer’s drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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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Hydrogels can play Pong by 'remembering' previous patterns of electrical simulation

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

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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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

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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Wegovy Helps Patients With Heart Failure Avoid Heart Attack, Stroke

Drugs.com

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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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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The Evolving Alzheimer’s Disease Landscape

Fierce BioTech

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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Labor Day Message 2024

NIOSH Science Blog: Drugs

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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In tone-setting verdict, FDA rejects MDMA as a therapy aid for PTSD

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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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Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency removing nanoplastics from water

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in people, nanoplastics continue to build up, largely unnoticed, in the world's bodies of water. The challenge remains to develop a cost-effective solution to get rid of nanoplastics while leaving clean water behind. That's where Mizzou comes in. Recently, researchers created a new liquid-based solution that eliminates more than 98% of these microscopic plastic particles from water.

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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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Exploring the potential of ADCs beyond oncology

Drug Target Review

What are the main therapeutic areas beyond oncology where ADCs show potential? A number of areas represent significant opportunities for Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) beyond oncology, leveraging their ability to deliver therapeutic agents specifically to diseased cells or tissues while minimising off-target effects. The development of ADCs in these areas is ongoing, with several preclinical and clinical studies exploring their potential.

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FDA Authorizes First At-Home Test for Syphilis

Drugs.com

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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Sandbagging & Lowballing : Project Estimating (Part 1)

Perficient: Drug Development

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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How to Ensure Your Generic Drug Meets FDA Standards

Drug Patent Watch

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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With pharma in ‘catbird seat,’ biotechs get less upfront in drug partnerships

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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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Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

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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DEA To Announce Hearing on Proposed Marijuana Rescheduling

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

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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An Alzheimer's Drug May Also Slow Lewy Body Dementia

Drugs.com

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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A Reflection on Perficient’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Building Space for Our Colleagues

Perficient: Drug Development

Perficient continues to make strategic investments to grow our global footprint. This is great for our clients because we span time zones, cultures and capabilities. However, it can present a challenge fostering a cohesive company culture and opportunities for colleagues to connect. That is why Perficient invests in its people by supporting Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and Innovation Groups (IGs).

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Women in STEM with Charlotte Owens

Drug Target Review

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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Biotech Red Queen launches with $55M to build versatile antivirals

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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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New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to 'speak' again

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

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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CDD Vault Integrates Enamine Compound Collection into AI-Powered Structural Similarity Searches

Collaborative Drug

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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Mounjaro, Zepbound Cut Odds for Diabetes by 94% in At-Risk People, Study Finds

Drugs.com

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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Unlocking the Power of Azure Integration Services for the Financial Services Industry

Perficient: Drug Development

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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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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Bayer partners with RNA drugmaker to develop new cancer therapies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Under a collaboration with NextRNA Therapeutics, Bayer will access the biotech’s platform to target long, non-coding RNA interactions with small molecule drugs.

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Record-breaking recovery of rocks that originated in Earth's mantle could reveal secrets of planet's history

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

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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Measuring the Black Death

Codon

Saloni Dattani kicks off our pandemic mini-issue with an essay about the Black Death, and why it’s so difficult to answer a seemingly simple question: “Just how many people died from it?” We’ll publish a new essay about pandemics, and how biotechnology can help prevent them, every day for the next three days. Read the Editors’ Note on our website for more details.

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Migraine Drug Ubrelvy May Stop Headaches Before They Start

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 -- A migraine drug can help stop the devastating headaches in their tracks, allowing sufferers to go about their daily lives with little to no symptoms, a new clinical trial has found.People who took ubrogepant (Ubrelvy).