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3 LA County Deaths Show Flea-Borne Typhus Is on the Rise

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- Los Angeles county is seeing more cases of flea-borne typhus, with 171 cases and three deaths reported in 2022, health officials reported Thursday. That's a big rise, they noted: Since 2010, when only 31 cases of typhus were.

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Moderna looks to new COVID booster, RSV shot to curb falling sales

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Sales of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine plummeted 94% year over year. But executives believe newer products can help revenue rebound.

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CDD Vault Update (August 2023)

Collaborative Drug

Atropisomer Registration in CDD Vault CDD Chemistry now provides a unique, efficient, and robust way of registering atropisomers. Distinct atropisomers can be drawn and registered into CDD Vault as separate Molecules with unique IDs.

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New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An international team of scientists have discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star called TOI-4860, located in the Corvus constellation.

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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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Troubled Childhood Could Mean a Troubled Old Age, Study Finds

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- The trauma and unhappy family dynamics of childhood may follow kids into old age, affecting both their mind and body, according to new research. “We looked at self-reported disability, as well as objectively measured.

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Recorded Webinar: Streamlining Collaborations and Drug Development using CDD Vault

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Streamlining Collaborations and Drug Development using CDD Vault and ELN

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Social media algorithms exploit how humans learn from their peers

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In prehistoric societies, humans tended to learn from members of our ingroup or from more prestigious individuals, as this information was more likely to be reliable and result in group success. However, with the advent of diverse and complex modern communities -- and especially in social media -- these biases become less effective. For example, a person we are connected to online might not necessarily be trustworthy, and people can easily feign prestige on social media.

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Lawsuit Against Makers of Ozempic, Mounjaro Claim Meds Caused 'Stomach Paralysis'

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- A Louisiana woman is suing the makers of two type 2 diabetes drugs used off-label for obesity, saying they failed to adequately warn about the risk of severe stomach problems. The lawsuit seeks “very.

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Steve Jobs’ son raises $200M for cancer-focused venture fund

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Yosemite is one of a new class of biotech venture funds that also includes the recently launched Dimension and Cure Ventures.

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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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CDD Exhibiting and Presenting at ACS Fall 2023, August 13th to 17th

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CDD Exhibiting and Presenting at ACS Fall 2023, August 13th to 17th.

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Scientists uncover a startling--and exploitable--coordination of gene expression in tumors

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study has identified a pair of genes whose expression by a type of immune cell within tumors is predictive of outcomes for cancer patients and is linked to a vast network of gene expression programs, engaged by multiple cell types in the tumor microenvironment, that control human cancers.

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Moderna or Pfizer? One COVID Shot May Be Safer for Older Adults

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- While both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are considered safe and highly effective, new research finds the Moderna shot has been the safest and most effective for seniors. “The results of this study can help.

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A once buzzy gene therapy startup lays off staff and shuts down

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Intergalactic, a developer of non-viral gene therapies built by ex-Biogen executive Michael Ehlers, is folding less than two years after its launch.

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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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Structural and functional fine mapping of cysteines in mammalian glutaredoxin reveal their differential oxidation susceptibility

Covalent Modifiers

Corteselli, E.M., Sharafi, M., Hondal, R. et al. Nat Commun 14 , 4550 (2023). [link] Protein-S-glutathionylation is a post-translational modification involving the conjugation of glutathione to protein thiols, which can modulate the activity and structure of key cellular proteins. Glutaredoxins (GLRX) are oxidoreductases that regulate this process by performing deglutathionylation.

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Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Royal Ontario Museum announces the oldest swimming jellyfish in the fossil record with the newly named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis. This 505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in the Cambrian ecosystem.

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Yoga Might Do Wonders for Women's Aging Brains

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- Yoga is known for its benefits to both the mind and body. And a gentle form of yoga may be an ideal early intervention technique for older women at risk of Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests. In a small study.

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Sarepta offers early look at closely watched gene therapy launch

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

One patient received its Duchenne gene therapy, Elevidys, this week and a handful more could follow shortly, surprising some analysts and raising near-term sales expectations.

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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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An Integrative Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms Underlying the Pharmacokinetic Goldenseal-Midazolam Interaction: Application of In Vitro Assays and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models to Understand Clinical Observations [Metabolism, Transport, and Pharmacogenetics]

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The natural product goldenseal is a clinical inhibitor of CYP3A activity, as evidenced by a 40-60% increase in midazolam AUC after coadministration with goldenseal. The predominant goldenseal alkaloids berberine and (-)-β-hydrastine were previously identified as time-dependent CYP3A inhibitors using human liver microsomes. Whether these alkaloids contribute to the clinical interaction, as well as the primary anatomical site (hepatic vs. intestinal) and mode of CYP3A inhibition (reversible v

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Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The researchers say the finding transforms the long-known tie between smell and memory into an easy, non-invasive technique for strengthening memory and potentially deterring dementia.

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Taking Kratom Claimed Her Son's Life. Now She and Others Are Warning of the Dangers

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- J.D. Butler was planning a future with his girlfriend at his favorite New York City restaurant when that future came to a sudden, crushing halt. “They were planning on when she was moving in and arranging floor plans on.

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BridgeBio explores path forward for muscular disease drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

According to the company, FDA officials have signaled openness to using a surrogate endpoint for assessing accelerated approval of a treatment for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

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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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The Plasma Membrane Monoamine Transporter (PMAT) is Highly Expressed in Neuroblastoma and Functions as an mIBG Transporter [Metabolism, Transport, and Pharmacogenetics]

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Neuroblastoma (NB) is a pediatric cancer with low survival rates in high-risk patients. 131 I-mIBG has emerged as a promising therapy for high-risk NB and kills tumor cells by radiation. Consequently, 131 I-mIBG tumor uptake and retention are major determinants for its therapeutic efficacy. mIBG enters NB cells through the norepinephrine transporter (NET), and accumulates in mitochondria through unknown mechanisms.

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Winter storms over Labrador Sea influence Gulf Stream system

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The Gulf Stream system plays an important role in climate. The weakening of this system that has been observed over the last two decades is therefore a cause for concern and much debate. The question is whether the measurable changes are already due to human-induced climate change -- model simulations predict such an influence with high probability for the future.

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Researchers Explore New Nonaddictive Means of Fighting Pain

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- New research shows that an experimental drug fine-tuned to a specific pain pathway can ease post-surgery aches, a finding that may eventually offer an alternative to highly addictive opioids. The pill, known for now as.

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Regeneron gets ‘clarity’ in plan to defend top-selling eye drug, but is set back elsewhere

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The surprise rejection of a high-dose form of Eylea could be resolved earlier than anticipated. But some of the company’s pipeline projects have stumbled.

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Mesna Improves Outcomes of Sulfur Mustard Inhalation Toxicity in an Acute Rat Model [Drug Discovery and Translational Medicine]

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Inhalation of high levels of sulfur mustard (SM), a potent vesicating and alkylating agent used in chemical warfare, results in acutely lethal pulmonary damage. Sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate (mesna) is an organosulfur compound that is currently FDA-approved for decreasing the toxicity of mustard-derived chemotherapeutic alkylating agents like ifosfamide and cyclophosphamide.