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Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known intervention.

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Covalent adduct Grob fragmentation underlies LSD1 demethylase-specific inhibitor mechanism of action and resistance

Covalent Modifiers

Amanda L. Waterbury, Jonatan Caroli, Olivia Zhang, Paloma R. Tuttle, Chao Liu, Jiaming Li, Ji Sung Park, Samuel M. Hoenig, Marco Barone, Airi Furui, Andrea Mattevi & Brian B. Liau Nat Commun 16 , 3156 (2025). [link] Chromatin modifiers often work in concert with transcription factors (TFs) and other complex members, where they can serve both enzymatic and scaffolding functions.

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Cell, gene therapy makers lose a champion at FDA with exit of Peter Marks

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Marks’ resignation leaves the field without a regulator many view as “integral” to its progress over the last decade.

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FDA Delays Final Approval of Novavax COVID Vaccine

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delayed the full approval of Novavaxs COVID-19 vaccine. The decision had been expected by April 1, but the agency now says it needs more information before moving forward.The.

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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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Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer's disease, measures extent of dementia

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new study.

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Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine official, resigns

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

In his resignation letter, Marks cited disagreement with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he said pushed “misinformation and lies.

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Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say. Seniors who got the shingles vaccine when it became available.

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New vaccine concept tackles harmful bacteria in the intestine

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonization of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning point in the antibiotics crisis.

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Reviewing the IDH1 Mutation‐Mediated Mechanism of Drug Resistance and Revisiting Its Overcoming Strategies

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) is a key metabolic enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of isocitrate to -ketoglutaric acid (-KG). At present, there are few studies on the drug resistance of mIDH1 inhibitors. Therefore, this article first summarizes terms of IDH1 function from the molecular mechanism of IDH1, the mechanism of mutation, and the metabolism of substances due to mutations.

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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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FDA official’s ouster sends shares of vaccine makers sliding

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Shares in Moderna, Vaxcyte, Novavax and BioNTech all fell Monday after Peter Marks, head of the FDA office that reviews vaccines, resigned on Friday.

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New Blood Test Can Diagnose, Track Alzheimer’s Disease

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- An experimental blood test for Alzheimers disease not only can aid in its diagnosis but also indicate how far the brain condition has progressed, a new study says.The test tracks levels of a protein called MTBR-tau243, w.

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Western diet causes inflammation, traditional African food protects

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. Conversely, an African diet rich in vegetables, fiber, and fermented foods has positive effects. This study highlights the significant impact of diet on the immune system and metabolism.

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SAIAME: Semi‐Parameter Adaptation Information‐Assisted Multi‐Objective Evolutionary for Protein‐Ligand Docking

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

A multi-objective optimization algorithm incorporating the strategies of dynamic semi-parameter adaptation updating, gradient enhancement, and population size reduction is adopted to solve the problem of protein-ligand docking. ABSTRACT Molecular docking, which simulates the binding pose of a drug molecule to target proteins and predicts the binding affinity, is an important computational tool in structure-based drug discovery.

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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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How discoverable, comparable and explorable is your data?

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Accelerate biomarker research with high-quality, expert-curated data to drive precision medicine.

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More Type 1 Diabetics Are Obese, Taking GLP-1 Drugs

Drugs.com

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 -- Use of cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound has increased dramatically among people with type 1 diabetes, raising safety concerns among experts, a new study says.Both adults and children with type 1.

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Retinal therapy may restore lost vision

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision. The treatment method restores vision through retinal nerve regeneration.

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More Uncertainty and Less Advice from FDA Means Companies will Need to Even More Carefully Chart their own Course to Achieve their Goals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Dr. Naomi Lowy, Principal Drug Regulatory Expert Trade and national press have reported that recent changes in FDA staffing levels have already led to slower responses to calls and emails. According to reports, which were published before the most recent reports of HHS staff level reductions and tumultuous changes in leadership, FDA staff were missing minor deadlines.

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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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HHS begins layoffs in chaotic fashion

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Reduction-in-force notices went out Tuesday morning to employees across HHS. At FDA, OND director Peter Stein is departing as cuts hit CDER.

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New Drug May Cut Sudden Heart Risk by 94%

Drugs.com

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 -- A new drug may help protect millions of people from heart attacks and strokes by lowering a little-known risk factor in the blood.The drug, made by Eli Lilly and called lepodisiran, lowered levels of a tiny particle called.

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New study links lower proportions of certain sleep stages to brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over time.

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Suzetrigine

New Drug Approvals

Suzetrigine CAS 2649467-58-1 Weight Average: 473.4 Monoisotopic: 473.137396951 Chemical Formula C 21 H 20 F 5 N 3 O 4 FDA 1/30/2025, Journavx To treat moderate to severe acute pain Press Release 2-Pyridinecarboxamide, 4-[[[(2R,3S,4S,5R)-3-(3,4-difluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)tetrahydro-4,5-dimethyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-furanyl]carbonyl]amino]- 4-[(2R,3S,4S,5R)-3-(3,4-difluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-4,5- dimethyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)oxolane-2- carboxamido]pyridine-2-carboxamide 4-[(2R,3S,4S,5R)-3-(3,4-difluor

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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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Trial monitors recommend Elevidys studies continue; Novartis kidney drug approved

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Sarepta and Roche will share the monitors' findings with EMA to resolve a temporary hold. Elsewhere, Allakos agreed to a buyout and high-dose Ocrevus missed a study goal.

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Top FDA Vaccine Official Quits, Warns of Vaccine Misinformation

Drugs.com

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 -- A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the countrys top health decisions.Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDAs Center for Bi.

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A unique sound alleviates motion sickness

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research group has discovered that using a device that stimulates the inner ear with a specific wavelength of sound reduces motion sickness. Even a single minute of stimulation with a unique sound, called 'sound spice ,' reduced the staggering and discomfort felt by people that were asked to read a document in a moving vehicle. Their findings suggest a simple and effective way to alleviate this common disorder.

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Selective Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Effects of 2,6‐Diketopiperazines on MDA‐MB‐231 Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

ABSTRACT Diketopiperazines (DKPs) have emerged as promising candidates for treating diverse diseases, particularly cancer. In this context, 2,5-diketopiperazines have been extensively investigated in comparison with 2,6-diketopiperazines. This work explores the selectivity and impact of 2,6-diketopiperazine enantiomers derived from -amino acids on MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer cells (TNBC).

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FDA misses approval deadline for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The delayed decision comes amid a major organizational shakeup that included the departure of top vaccine official Peter Marks.

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More Americans Can't Afford Health Care, Prescriptions

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- The inability to pay for health care has reached a new high in the United States, a new study says.More than one-third of Americans an estimated 91 million people say they couldn't afford to access quality health car.

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How the brain and inner ear are formed

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the cells' developmental journey and discover how the inner ear is formed in mice. The discovery could provide important insights for future treatment of hearing loss.

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Keystone Symposia Aims to Increase Global Impact-- Experts Weigh in on Strategy

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Keystone Symposia convened a panel of global health experts to discuss how, as a conference organization, we can extend the reach and impact of our conferences to improve human health worldwide.

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