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Crisis Communications and FDA

Eye on FDA

In the face of a crisis situation, it is a given that the clarity and thoroughness of the communications response is key to resolving the issue and mitigating any reputational damage. Perhaps no other decision by the Food and Drug Administration has garnered as much controversy, as the recent one to authorize the accelerated approval a new treatment for Alzheimer’s.

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Which pharmaceutical drugs have the most drug patents in Cyprus?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the drugs with the most patents in Cyprus. Patents must be filed in each country (or, in some cases regional patent office) where patent protection is desired.…. The post Which pharmaceutical drugs have the most drug patents in Cyprus? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Expanding Healthcare Technology Across the Care Team to Improve Medication Access

Drug Channels

Today’s guest post comes from David Holladay, President of Access and Adherence at CoverMyMeds. David discusses how common medication access, adherence, and affordability barriers can lead patients to abandon important therapies. He suggests that technology can connect providers with actionable information at the point of care, thereby giving patients access to data that can lead them to make better decisions.

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Gilead Sciences Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

The Pharma Data

econd Quarter 2021 Product Sales Increased 21% Year-Over-Year Primarily Driven by Veklury. Biktarvy Sales Increased 24% Year-Over-Year. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today its results of operations for the second quarter 2021. “We maintained our positive momentum in the second quarter, with both a solid financial performance and strong progress across our increasingly diverse portfolio.

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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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5 Ways Migraines May Be Affecting Your Kids

Olympian Clinical Research

If you suffer from chronic migraines and headaches, you know that the symptoms are no joke. While migraines are primarily known for affecting adults, about 30% of teens (and children) suffer from them as well. Migraines differ from headaches in that they are much more severe, and often accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea, head throbbing, light sensitivity, and more.

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Artificial Intelligence Accurately Predicts Protein Folding

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

Caption: Researchers used artificial intelligence to map hundreds of new protein structures, including this 3D view of human interleukin-12 (blue) bound to its receptor (purple). Credit: Ian Haydon, University of Washington Institute for Protein Design, Seattle Proteins are the workhorses of the cell. Mapping the precise shapes of the most important of these workhorses helps to unlock their life-supporting functions or, in the case of disease, potential for dysfunction.

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PFIZER REPORTS SECOND-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

The Pharma Data

Second-Quarter 2021 Revenues of $19.0 Billion, Reflecting 86% Operational Growth; Excluding BNT162b2(1) , Revenues Grew 10% Operationally to $11.1 Billion The 10% Operational Growth Excluding BNT162b2(1) in Second-Quarter 2021 Builds on the 6% Operational Growth Delivered by the Comparable Business in Second-Quarter 2020 Second-Quarter 2021 Reported Diluted EPS(2) of $0.98, Adjusted Diluted EPS(3) of $1.07 Raises Full-Year 2021 Guidance(4) for Revenues to a Range of $78.0 to $80.0 Billion and Ad

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Viewing Clustered Chemical Structures in a Jupyter Notebook

Practical Cheminformatics

In Cheminformatics, we frequently run into cases where we want to look at leader/follower relationships between chemical structures. For instance, if we've clustered a set of molecules, we might want to start by looking at a table with one example structure for each cluster. We'd then like to be able to select one or more "interesting" clusters and drill down to the cluster members.

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most ointment dosed drugs?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most ointment dosed drugs. For a different perspective, see the most popular dosage types. The companies with the most ointment dosed drugs…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most ointment dosed drugs? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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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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Drug Channels News Roundup, July 2021: Stingy Hospitals, Biosimilars & Part B, Hep C Drug Prices, Costco vs. Part D, and MBA Funny Business

Drug Channels

Let’s cut through the summer haze with our refreshing breeze of articles and insights. In this issue: The top 10 stingiest hospitals Medicare Part B's savings from biosimilars What happened to hepatitis C drug costs and rebates? Costco beats Medicare Part D Plus, math madness with Duke’s Fuqua business school. P.S. Please join the more than 12,000 consumers of my daily commentary and links to neat stuff at @DrugChannels on Twitter.

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Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Small Molecules that Stimulate Tumor-Specific Immune Responses

The Pharma Data

Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses. Through the multi-year collaboration, Kumquat will utilize its small molecule immuno-oncology (IO) platform to discover novel clinical candidates and Lilly has the option to select a certain numb

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New Drug Warnings Browser

The ChEMBL-og

As mentioned in the announcement post of ChEMBL 29 , a new Drug Warnings Browser has been created. This is an updated version of the entity browsers in ChEMBL ( Compounds , Targets , Activities , etc). It contains new features that will be tried out with the Drug Warnings and will be applied to the other entities gradually. The new features of the Drug Warnings Browser are described below.

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most SPCs in Slovakia?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) in Slovakia. SPCs are used in European Union and select others to encourage pharmaceutical innovation by compensating…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most SPCs in Slovakia? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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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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Informa Connect’s Hub, SPP and eServices Optimization

Drug Channels

Informa Connect’s Hub, SPP and eServices Optimization. Delivered as a Hybrid Event. In-Person: Sep 22-23, New Brunswick, NJ | Virtual: Sep 28-29 www.informaconnect.com/hub-spp/. This important event convenes key stakeholders including manufacturers, specialty pharmacies, hub providers and more for unrivaled collaboration to leverage innovation and optimize access.

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FDA broadens existing emergency use of Lilly and Incyte’s baricitinib in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring oxygen

The Pharma Data

Baricitinib now authorized for emergency use as monotherapy. Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for baricitinib to allow for treatment with or without remdesivir, whereas the EUA was previously restricted to use only in combination with remdesivir.

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Pharmaceutical companies with the most orphan drugs

Drug Patent Watch

Orphan drug exclusivity is granted to drugs addressing rare ‘orphan diseases’ — those affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans. The protection granted to orphan drugs is quite strong. The FDA is…. The post Pharmaceutical companies with the most orphan drugs appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Donanemab data that demonstrated relationship between reduction of amyloid plaque and slowing of cognitive decline

The Pharma Data

P-tau217 in blood showed promise as additional biomarker of efficacy- Donanemab treatment led to 24% lowering of P-tau217 from baseline. Today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference © (AAIC © 2021), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) presented two new exploratory analyses of data from the Phase 2 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ study. In the first, greater amyloid plaque changes following donanemab treatment was highly associated with less cognitive decline and participants with greater pl

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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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AAIC Presentation Explores Potential Clinical Effects of LECANEMAB (BAN240)

The Pharma Data

Eisai and Biogen Present Preliminary Assessment of the Clinical Effects of Lecanemab Following 18 Months of Treatment in the Open-Label Extension of the Phase 2 Proof of Concept Study at 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) . today announced results of a longitudinal preliminary assessment of the clinical effects of lecanemab (development code: BAN2401) — granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S.

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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product for treatment of diabetes

The Pharma Data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is both biosimilar to, and interchangeable with (can be substituted for), its reference product Lantus (insulin glargine), a long-acting insulin analog.

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GSK announces FDA approval for Nucala (mepolizumab) for use in adults with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

The Pharma Data

First IL-5 therapy approved as an add-on treatment in the US for adults with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps to target eosinophilic inflammation Fourth indication for mepolizumab in the US for eosinophil-driven diseases. today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nucala (mepolizumab), a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-5 (IL-5), as a treatment for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

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Merck Announces Appointment of Cristal N. Downing as Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer

The Pharma Data

Merck known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that Cristal N. Downing has been appointed chief communications & public affairs officer, a newly created role, effective August 16, 2021. Downing will become a member of Merck’s Executive Team and lead the development, advancement and execution of the company’s communications and public affairs strategy.

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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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Johnson & Johnson Statement on U.S. FDA Approval of Shelf Life Extension for Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

We are pleased to confirm the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the shelf life for the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to six months. The decision is based on data from ongoing stability assessment studies, which have demonstrated the vaccine is stable at six months when refrigerated at temperatures of 36 – 46 degrees Fahrenheit (2 – 8 degrees Celsius).

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FDA Approves Expanded BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA) Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity

The Pharma Data

6.7 million adults in the U.S. are living with spasticity across a variety of neurologic conditions — BOTOX® has demonstrated efficacy and has an established safety profile with over 10 years of clinical use in adult upper limb spasticity. Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label expansion of BOTOX ® to include eight new muscles for the treatment of upper limb spasticity in adults.

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Takeda and Frazier Healthcare Partners Announce Collaboration to Launch HilleVax, Inc. to Develop Clinical Stage Norovirus Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

Takeda Will Focus its Efforts on Dengue, Zika and Pandemic Vaccines. (Takeda) and Frazier Healthcare Partners (Frazier) today announced a collaboration to launch HilleVax, Inc. (HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company to develop and commercialize Takeda’s norovirus vaccine candidate. Takeda has granted a license to HilleVax for the exclusive development and commercialization rights to its norovirus vaccine candidate, HIL-214 (formerly TAK-214), worldwide outside of Japan, in exchange for upfront

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Amgen Announces Webcast Of 2021 Second Quarter Financial Results

The Pharma Data

today announced that it will report its second quarter financial results on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, after the close of the U.S. financial markets. The announcement will be followed by a conference call with the investment community at 2:00 p.m. PT. Participating in the call from Amgen will be Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer, and other members of Amgen’s senior management team.

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Bayer Provides Update on Path to Closure of Roundup™ Litigation

The Pharma Data

Bayer today provided an update on its five-point plan to address future Roundup litigation risk after its May 27th decision to withdraw from the national class process. The company is now in more control of important aspects of the risk mitigation process and has sketched out two basic scenarios going forward to provide a path to closure of this litigation.

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