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Microscale robot folds into 3D shapes and crawls

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have created microscale robots less than 1 millimeter in size that are printed as a 2D hexagonal 'metasheet' but, with a jolt of electricity, morph into preprogrammed 3D shapes and crawl.

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Summit lung cancer drug shows ‘striking’ benefit over Keytruda

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Study results provide much-anticipated details to Summit’s claim earlier this year that its drug “decisively beat” Merck’s dominant immunotherapy.

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Twice-Yearly Injection Cuts HIV Risk by 96%, But Will Cost Cut Access?

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 -- It could be a real breakthrough for people at risk for HIV infection: A shot given every six months that reduces their risk by a whopping 96%.That's according to new trial results released Thursday by Gilead Sciences.

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CDD Vault Update (September 2024)

Collaborative Drug

Chemical Safety Information: When working in a lab, you must understand the risks associated with handling chemicals. CDD Vault now displays safety information obtained from PubChem as a helpful reminder. If available, you will find hazard pictograms next to the name at the top of the molecule page.

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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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New AI can ID brain patterns related to specific behavior

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have developed a new AI algorithm that can separate brain patterns related to a particular behavior. This work promises to improve brain-computer interfaces and aid with the discovery of new brain patterns.

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Three biotechs raise $700M in rare burst of IPO activity

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The offerings by Bicara, Zenas and MBX give a glimpse into what industry insiders describe as a backlog of mature startups waiting for the right opportunity to test public markets.

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Revised Final Guidance on Nitrosamines Offers New Recommendations for Assessment and Control

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By John W.M. Claud — Last week, FDA revised one of its two guidances relating to nitrosamines, Control of Nitrosamine Impurities in Human Drugs. Nitrosamines are impurities that can form during drug manufacturing and are considered potentially potent carcinogens. One specific kind of nitrosamines called N-nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities, or NDSRIs, are especially vexing to FDA and to industry because they mimic the structure of the specific active pharmaceutical ingredients (API),

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Researchers discover building blocks that could 'revolutionize computing'

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research team has made a major discovery by designing molecules that could revolutionize computing.

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Fulcrum shares collapse as Sanofi-partnered muscular dystrophy drug fails key test

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The biotech will now suspend development of a drug prospect that Sanofi acquired partial rights to just four months ago.

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'Self-Medicating' Gorillas Are Leading People to New Medicines

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 -- Humans could learn a few medical tips from their gorilla cousins, a new study says.Four plants used by wild gorillas in Gabon have antibacterial and antioxidant properties, researcher reported Sept. 11 in the journal PLOS.

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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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Leveraging Nanotechnology in Generic Drug Development: Enhancing Efficacy and Safety

Drug Patent Watch

The pharmaceutical industry has witnessed significant advancements in recent years, particularly in the realm of nanotechnology. This innovative field has revolutionized the way drugs are developed, manufactured, and delivered to patients.

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Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have developed a robotic leg with artificial muscles. Inspired by living creatures, it jumps across different terrains in an agile and energy-efficient manner.

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Gene therapy startup emerges with green light for first-of-its-kind trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Spun out of research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Vironexis claims it will be the first company to start a study testing a cancer drug delivered via the adeno-associated viruses commonly used in genetic medicines.

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Ozempic, Mounjaro Help People With Type 1 Diabetes Control Blood Sugar, Lose Weight

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 -- Initially approved to treat type 2 diabetes, Ozempic and Mounjaro also can help people with type 1 diabetes lose weight and control their blood sugar levels, a new study finds.Overweight or obese type 1 diabetics taking.

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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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Content Hub: Data Model Simplified

Perficient: Drug Development

Sitecore Content Hub is a world-class platform for centralizing and managing content across various channels. It helps businesses organize and streamline often chaotic, messy content operations. It does this by providing an architecture or schema for content and its interconnections. A schema defines how different types of assets are structured, organized, related to each other.

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Path to prosperity for planet and people shrinking rapidly, scientists warn

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Our planet will only remain able to provide even the most basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, a new report shows.

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Moderna, trailing rivals, checks its RSV shot expectations

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

During an investor presentation Thursday, executives admitted to being overly optimistic their vaccine could wrest significant market share away from GSK's and Pfizer's products this year.

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Ozempic or Saxenda for Weight Loss: Which Works Best?

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 -- Ozempic and its weight-loss cousin, Wegovy, outperform another longstanding weight-loss drug that targets the same hormone associated with blood sugar and appetite, a new study finds.Ozempic and Wegovy (semaglutide).

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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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Optimizing Partnerships for Generic Drug Development Success

Drug Patent Watch

The generic drug market has experienced significant growth over the past few decades, driven by the passage of the Hatch-Waxman Act in 1984 and subsequent legislation. Today, the market is more competitive than ever, with generic drugs accounting for over 90% of all prescriptions in the United States.

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Ancient DNA from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) refutes best-selling population collapse theory

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population collapsed as a result of an 'ecocide' and shows that the Rapanui admixed with Indigenous Americans centuries before Europeans arrived on the island.

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On Fables and Nuanced Charts

Codon

In this Column, Spencer Greenberg and Amber Dawn Ace explain how charts can inadvertently manipulate reality. In 1994, the U.S. Congress passed the largest crime bill in U.S. history, called the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. The bill allocated billions of dollars to build more prisons and hire 100,000 new police officers, among other things.

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Over 5 Million Americans Could Benefit If Psilocybin Approved for Depression: Study

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 -- Over 5 million Americans could benefit if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the "magic mushroom" psychedelic psilocybin as a treatment for depression, researchers estimate.“While our analysis is a crucial f.

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The ‘Rule of Three’: How the FDA is Hacking Drug Prices

Drug Patent Watch

In the labyrinthine world of pharmaceuticals, where the cost of life-saving medications can often feel like a roll of the dice, the FDA is implementing a strategy that aims to bring some much-needed transparency and affordability to the market. This strategy, known as the ‘Rule of Three,’ is a game-changer in the battle against soaring drug prices.

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Climate-change-triggered 2023 mega-landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A landslide in a remote part of Greenland caused a 200 meter (650 foot) mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth across a fjord for nine days, generating vibrations throughout Earth, according to a new study. The study concluded that this movement of water was the cause of a mysterious, global seismic signal that lasted for nine days and puzzled seismologists in September 2023.

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Beyond data: Humanizing clinical research with Avacare

Fierce BioTech

Navigating today’s rapidly evolving clinical trial landscape can be tough. | With intricate protocols and shifting regulatory demands, it’s more difficult than ever to find and keep participants, as well as gather reliable data.

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Weight-Loss Pill Saxenda Helps Kids as Young as 6

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 -- The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report.The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented.

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Keypoint Newsletter: Health Equity Recap

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By Shannon Weiman In 2023 we launched a new initiative to add health equity programming to select meetings to raise awareness for health disparities in various fields and initiate discussions on how to rectify these health inequities through scientific research and discovery. These messages are of critical importance to the global research community, so we are releasing the audio recordings of these Health Equity Forums open access, to inform broader audiences about these issues and inspire them

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How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the effects of rapid climate change in the Permian-Triassic warming were so devastating for all forms of life in the sea and on land.

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How Clinical Trial Trends are Redefining Drug Development

Quanticate

With the implementation of technology rapidly increasing, stricter regulatory standards, and growing demand for innovative treatments, the trends within the industry continue to evolve, impacting the future of clinical trials both positively and negatively. In our article, we cover the key trends that have been shaping clinical trials so far in 2024, and those that are predicted to continue into 2025.

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More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 -- As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows. Rates of.

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Keypoint Newsletter: September 2024

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Checkout Health Equity highlights, climate & sustainability conferences, emerging topics & more from Keystone Symposia in our September 2024 Keypoint Newsletter.

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'Out-of-body' research could lead to new ways to promote social harmony

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a 'transformative' effect on people's ability to experience empathy and connect with others, new research explains.

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Investors are waking up to Centessa’s sleepiness drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A small, early study produced what one analyst called “highly compelling” results that lifted the company’s shares by as much as 15% Tuesday.

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