Sat.May 21, 2022 - Fri.May 27, 2022

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New £20m Life Sciences Fund Launches to Support SMEs In Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington

Drug Discovery Today

‘GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura’ aims to bolster Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Warrington’s flourishing life sciences sector. The fund, raised by partners including Bruntwood SciTech, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), will be deployed by Manchester-based Praetura Ventures.

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The GoodRx-Kroger Blowup: Spread Pricing, Pharmacy Margins, and the Future of Discount Cards

Drug Channels

A few weeks ago, GoodRx surprised investors with the unpleasant news that a major grocery chain had stopped accepting its discount card for an unspecified number of prescriptions. As I explain below, the unnamed chain appears to be Kroger— the sixth-largest U.S. pharmacy. What’s more, GoodRx disclosed that Kroger accounts for an unexpected one-quarter of its prescription business.

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Capsule dosed drug patent expirations by year

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the patent expirations for capsule dosed drugs over the next decade. The term of drug patents varies. The basic term for a patent is 20 years from…. The post Capsule dosed drug patent expirations by year appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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5 Must-Attend BIO Sessions on Partnering with Academia

Translation

Thanks to a spotlight from the Covid-19 pandemic, the biotechnology industry attracted record investment in 2020 and 2021. But maintaining that edge will require building more talent and improving commercial development and execution, according to McKinsey. One competitive differentiator: deepening relationships between academia and industry. This June’s BIO International Convention in San Diego is crammed with 100+ sessions in just four days.

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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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EIT Health Catapult 2022 names health start-up winners

Drug Discovery Today

The EIT Health Catapult 2022 competition winners, selected from 9 finalists, are digital health start-up, Ebenbuild; medtech start-up, Leuko and biotech start-up, SolasCure. The winners were chosen during this year’s EIT Health Summit at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, which took place 24th-25th May. Previous winners have enjoyed major acquisitions and impressive levels of funding – with two participants from the 2020 competition recently attracting the interest of prominent biotech and

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FDA approves Novartis Kymriah® CAR-T cell therapy for adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma

The Pharma Data

68% of patients receiving Kymriah in the ELARA trial experienced complete response, with an 86% overall response rate, along with a remarkable safety profile 1 Sustained clinical benefit from Kymriah treatment demonstrated – of patients who achieved a complete response, 85% were still in response at 12 months 1 Kymriah can be administered in the outpatient setting, offering increased flexibility and potentially reducing the burden of therapy for patients and their care teams 1,2 Kymriah is now F

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Antibody-drug Conjugate: A “Biological Missile” for Tumor Targeted Therapy

Creative Biolabs

Cancer has become the second largest health threat in the world, with about 10 million people dying of cancer in 2020. For decades, cytotoxic-based chemotherapy has been the main treatment for all kinds of cancers. These cytotoxic drugs include DNA base analogs, antimetabolic drugs, tubulin inhibitors, etc. However, most of these chemotherapeutic drugs show a low therapeutic index, and serious side effects are usually attributed to the exposure of non-specific drugs to off-target tissues.

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Getting Better With Age – Conference Set To Tackle UK’s “Ticking Time Bomb” of Age-Related IllnessesAlderley Park conference aims to improve therapeutics for the UK’s ageing population

Drug Discovery Today

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is hosting UK SPINE, ‘Healthspan vs. lifespan: New medicines to close the gap’ - a conference on ageing, which aims to tackle one of the UK’s most pressing healthcare challenges.

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FDA Efforts to Result in Millions of Additional Bottles of Infant Formula to Further Increase U.S. Supply

The Pharma Data

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on additional steps it has taken that will lead to more infant formula on U.S. store shelves in the coming weeks and months. “We continue to work around the clock with our government partners and industry to ensure there’s adequate infant formula available wherever and whenever parents and caregivers need it,” said FDA Commissioner Robert M.

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New patent for Astrazeneca drug SYMBICORT

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for SYMBICORT Symbicort is a drug marketed by Astrazeneca and is included in one NDA. It is available from three suppliers. There are ten patents protecting…. The post New patent for Astrazeneca drug SYMBICORT 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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Planning Clinical Trial in USA? Here is what you should know

ProRelix Research

The United States has always been and remains to be the leading place for the conduct of clinical trials. According to Clinicaltrials.gov, the largest clinical trials registry, 32% of registered […]. The post Planning Clinical Trial in USA? Here is what you should know appeared first on ProRelix Research.

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The ROI of eRegulatory and eIRB Integration

Advarra

Compliant, efficient document management during the various phases of a clinical trial is essential. Yet, throughout a trial, as documents are added to different systems for the investigator/institution and the sponsor, a great deal of time is spent managing those documents; and, of course, as with any manual process, there’s risk of error. That’s why direct communication and integration between key technology systems like email, electronic institutional review board (eIRB) systems, clinical tri

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New pivotal data demonstrate clinical benefit of Roche’s glofitamab, a potential first-in-class bispecific antibody for people with aggressive lymphoma

The Pharma Data

Data to be presented for the first time at ASCO and EHA 2022 show glofitamab induces high and durable complete response rates in people with heavily pre-treated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma¹ Glofitamab has the potential to offer a readily available, fixed-duration CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody treatment approach for people with aggressive lymphoma Glofitamab is part of Roche’s industry-leading CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody development programme, which aims to address the diverse needs and prefer

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New patent for Antares Pharma drug TLANDO

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for TLANDO Tlando is a drug marketed by Antares Pharma Inc and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. The generic ingredient…. The post New patent for Antares Pharma drug TLANDO appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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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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Mental Health Awareness Month: Tips for Maintaining Mental Health

Olympian Clinical Research

May is Mental Health Awareness Month , so there’s no better time to focus on our mental health and well-being. Good mental health is essential to our overall well-being and happiness, so it’s essential to do what we can to maintain it. To honor Mental Health Awareness Month, we have come up with a list of tips to help our patients and community members like you keep their mental health in optimal shape. 1.

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eBook: Facility trends 2022

Pharma Manufacturing

With utility costs on the rise, many pharma manufacturers are taking a closer look at their facilities and finding that better facility design, resource management and maintenance strategies can offer sources of overlooked savings, as well as opportunities for sustainability.

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CARVYKTI® (Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel), Janssen’s First Cell Therapy, for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

The Pharma Data

In the pivotal clinical study CARTITUDE-1, 98 percent of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma responded to a one-time treatment with ciltacabtagene autoleucel and 80 percent of patients who responded experienced a stringent complete response . The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that the European Commission (EC) granted conditional marketing authorisation of CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for the treatment of adults wit

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New patent for Eli Lilly drug OLUMIANT

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for OLUMIANT Olumiant is a drug marketed by Eli Lilly And Co and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are…. The post New patent for Eli Lilly drug OLUMIANT appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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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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ARPA-H: A New Model for U.S. Health and Medicine Research 

Translation

Inspired by the successes of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Biden Administration has introduced ARPA-H, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The Administration designed ARPA-H to stimulate the groundbreaking innovation for which DARPA is renowned. Since 1958, DARPA has helped bolster national security while laying the groundwork for many of today’s dominant technologies, such as satellite navigation, drones, and even the internet.

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eBook: Contract manufacturing trends (Spring 2022)

Pharma Manufacturing

New, complex therapies coming through the pharma pipelines are putting immense pressure on supply chains and manufacturing capacity, challenging traditional scale-up and manufacturing processes at the same time — and CDMOs have stepped up into the thick of it all.

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ViiV?Healthcare commits to grant voluntary licence for patents relating to cabotegravir long-acting for PrEP to Medicines Patent Pool

The Pharma Data

ViiV Healthcare and MPP are actively negotiating voluntary licensing terms to help widen access to innovative HIV prevention measure . ViiV Healthcare has today announced that it is committing to license its patents relating to cabotegravir long-acting (LA) for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and is entering into negotiation on voluntary licensing terms with the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP).

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New patent for Upsher Smith drug TOSYMRA

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for TOSYMRA Tosymra is a drug marketed by Upsher Smith Labs and is included in one NDA. It is available from two suppliers. There are seven…. The post New patent for Upsher Smith drug TOSYMRA appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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PLAC Shameless Plug

Drug & Device Law

Not too long ago we blogged about the value that the Product Liability Advisory Council (“PLAC”) brings to the table – particularly to drug and device manufacturers faced with relentless product liability claims. For the third time , we urged our corporate readers to support PLAC’s pro-defense advocacy by joining and becoming members. Still not convinced?

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eBook: Predictions and trends 2022

Pharma Manufacturing

While change does not always happen quickly in the pharma industry, the ongoing global pandemic has quickened the pace of emerging trends.

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Medicare program spent $1.8 billion in 2019 on drugs without confirmed clinical benefits

The Pharma Data

The U.S. federal government spent an estimated $1.8 billion in Medicare funds in 2019 on drugs whose clinical benefits have yet to be confirmed by the Food and Drug Administration, a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests. The FDA approves around 50 new drugs each year after clinical trials and data analyses demonstrate a drug’s safety and effectiveness.

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New patent for Kadmon Pharms drug REZUROCK

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for REZUROCK Rezurock is a drug marketed by Kadmon Pharms Llc and is included in one NDA. There are four patents protecting this drug. This drug…. The post New patent for Kadmon Pharms drug REZUROCK appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Choice of Law Nixes Punitive Damages in Remanded Mesh Case

Drug & Device Law

New Jersey ain’t Florida and vice versa. Obviously, it’s warmer in Florida for more of the year and it never gets cold enough to snow. That could be a pro or a con. Florida has the second longest coastline among U.S. States which gives it a greater opportunity to have more highly rated beaches. But a true New Jerseyan will put Cape May and Long Beach Island toe-to-toe with Miami and Destin.

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Tips for selecting a construction partner

Pharma Manufacturing

For pharma, picking the right partner can have an enormous impact on project outcomes

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FDA Flexibilities, Collaboration to Yield Millions of Bottles of Specialized Medical Infant Formula in Coming Months to Increase U.S. Supply

The Pharma Data

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on steps it has taken that will lead to millions of bottles of specialized medical infant formula to help address immediate needs for infants with certain allergies or critical health conditions. This type of specialized medical infant formula is currently in short supply in the U.S.

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New patent for Novartis drug KISQALI

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for KISQALI Kisqali is a drug marketed by Novartis and is included in two NDAs. It is available from one supplier. There are eight patents protecting…. The post New patent for Novartis drug KISQALI appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Lack Of Proximate Cause Evidence Dooms Misrepresentation And Warnings Claims

Drug & Device Law

Under Fed. R. Evid. 9(b), “[i]n alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake.” In our sphere, federal courts are quite variable in how they apply this standard when deciding 12(b)(6) motions. In particular, MDLs seem to have an unfortunate habit of allowing general allegations to support fraudulent misrepresentation claims and other claims based on alleged fraud or mistake.

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[Solutions Spotlight] Stop the stall: The time is now for predictive maintenance in pharma

Pharma Manufacturing

Andrea Corona is joined by Zach Gilulah, pharma machine health lead at Augury.

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Vaxzevria approved in the EU as third dose booster against COVID-19

The Pharma Data

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]), has been granted approval in the European Union (EU) by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) as a third dose booster in adults. Healthcare professionals can now use Vaxzevria as a third dose booster in patients previously given a primary vaccine schedule of either Vaxzevria or an EU-approved mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

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