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New cell therapy model accelerates cancer treatment development

Drug Target Review

His experience has played a key role in shaping a more capital-efficient model for bringing cell therapies to market. While therapies like CAR-T have shown great success in hematologic malignancies, solid tumours remain a challenging area for current treatments.

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Same person, Different place: Twice the odds of a dementia diagnosis

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

With new medications on the market or in the works for Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, a new study suggests that getting the diagnosis needed to access these new treatments may depend on where you live.

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Lilly’s Zepbound beats Novo’s Wegovy in high-stakes obesity drug trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Results from the head-to-head study showed treatment with Zepbound resulted in 47% greater relative weight loss than Wegovy, a finding that could advantage Lilly in the companies’ market competition.

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Atea plans Phase 3 study for hepatitis C drug after mid-stage results

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The struggling biotech company is looking to break into the lucrative hepatitis C market with the promise of an easier treatment regimen.

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Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy inches closer to regulatory approval

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The treatment could become Pfizer’s first marketed gene therapy, an area the pharma has poured significant resources into in recent years.

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Orchard sells to Kyowa Kirin in gene therapy buyout

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Kyowa will pay nearly $400 million to acquire Orchard, which sells the gene therapy Libmeldy in Europe but has struggled to find paths to market for other experimental treatments.

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COVID Meds Like Paxlovid Will Soon Have Big Price Tags

Drugs.com

30, 2023 -- Americans have been getting COVID treatments such as Paxlovid for free, but that’s about to end. The medications will enter the private market this week, the Associated Press reported. MONDAY, Oct. The price for a five-day course.

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