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Jan 16, 2020

The Pharmacy sector has become one of the most interesting sectors in retail because of the expanding ambitions of some of its leading players, and the appeal from the potential entry of retail’s largest giants. We broke down some of the sector’s classic leaders to see who’s positi...

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Jan 16, 2020

As the biopharma industry concludes its annual pilgrimage to San Francisco for the JP Morgan investor conference, much of the talk around town inevitably was about gene therapies. Rightfully so, considering the therapeutic promise of such one-time cures, and the spate of M&A activity for gene th...

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Jan 14, 2020

If you’re reading this now, chances are you’re doing so with a bit of anxiety … and your anxiety is justified by the December 1, 2019 deadline for United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter <800>.  You’re not alone. Other compounding facilities are in a rush to make...

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Jan 14, 2020

The PBM industry saw some significant changes in 2019, as some of the largest forces in the market vertically integrated and began implementing disruptive programs that redefined the way pharmacy claims are processed in the U.S. The disruptive strategies spanned from drug acquisition (the way PBMs n...

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Jan 13, 2020

We worked with pharmaceutical software company soft writers to go to georgia and create a couple lifestyle testimonials. Check it out.

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Jan 13, 2020

Fewer than one in eight chronic-disease sufferers say they watch when a drug commercial comes on TV, according to one recent study of community users. And for the millennials among them, the percentage is even less so. That’s despite the $5.1 billion spent by biopharma on the medium in 2018. W...

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Jan 12, 2020

Supply chains grow more and more complex every day. In response, manufacturers and shippers have been eagerly exploring digital tools that provide actionable insight into the location and condition of in-transit goods. Although there are many technology options when it comes to building a digital su...

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Jan 10, 2020

Every month, our Industry Relations Director, LeAnn Lewis provides an in-depth industry update to customers. Below, you will find an agenda for the industry update for January. If you have any questions regarding any of the points, contact us here.

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Jan 09, 2020

The medical device industry has experienced a boom in recent years, this has gone hand in hand with the development of state-of-the-art devices that provide greater benefits to patients. Medical devices are instruments and implements used in the diagnosis or treatment of various pathologies; Medical...

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Jan 08, 2020

Every year, the patents on prescription drugs expire, allowing other manufacturers to produce generic versions of brand-name drugs.  In past years, drugs like Claritin became loratadine, Prilosec became omeprazole, and Pravachol became pravastatin. Each time a brand-name drug becomes generic, w...

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Jan 08, 2020

Cold and flu season is here. The common cold, often caused by rhinoviruses, is the most common human illness and comes with generally mild symptoms. The flu, caused by the influenza virus, can have more complicated symptoms. Both are contagious. So, what can you do to not get sick? That’s a qu...

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Jan 06, 2020

Last Friday (3 January 2020) the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published a new report on the Misuse of Fentanyl (and Fentanyl analogues). As many readers will know, Fentanyl is a licensed medicine used for anaesthesia and pain management. Like morphine, heroin, codeine and other &ls...

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Jan 06, 2020

I’m optimistic about what 2020 and the new decade holds for your pharmacy and all independents across the country. That’s because there are opportunities for you to take advantage of four new performance trends. Each gives you the chance to show payers the great care that you provide to ...

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Jan 02, 2020

Before heading toward a detailed view about third party manufacturers of medicine, we first need to know that what really third party medicine manufacturers are? And how they work? So we can simply understand or define a third party medicine manufacturer as that outsource when a company or manufactu...

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Jan 02, 2020

It is a very real application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that has fast become an integral part of our daily lives. With all of the hype surrounding the more attention-grabbing applications of AI such as self-driving cars and super human-like robots – which most commentators ...

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Jan 01, 2020

Life sciences is facing a number of disruptors: novel cell and gene therapies that will revolutionize manufacturing, drug delivery and pricing models; a battle for the best and brightest talent; political and public pressure on the price of medication as well as the implications of the fourth indust...

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Dec 27, 2019

Pharma franchise is an agreement or authorized permission or sanction established by pharma company to suppliers, group or separate company Franchise Company offers privileges to franchisee to expand its business with the benefit of Franchise Company. In the past few years, it has been seen a tremen...

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Dec 25, 2019

When it comes to 21st-century drug development, is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an accelerator or anchor for medical innovation? If the former, how can it do even better? If the latter, how big of a sea change is required? To address that question head on, the FDA held a November 7 hearing...

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Dec 20, 2019

Recently, there has been discussion in the industry regarding the utility of polymer-based vial containment systems for the storage and transport of gene therapy drug products, which can be performed as low as -80oC. Since it is known that all polymers are gas permeable, discussion has centered on w...

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Dec 20, 2019

Kratom is a mind-altering substance that has bounced on and off the radar for the last decade. Occasionally, we’ll hear news blurbs about this drug, a story here and there of someone who died from using it. But the substance is still legal, and there is even a strong advocacy movement to keep ...

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Dec 19, 2019

Welcome to European Pharmaceutical Review’s Application Notes & Whitepapers Supplement 2019. This year’s topics range from analytical techniques for bioprocess investigation, host cell protein analysis and Raman imaging to advice on outsourcing services for product characterisation.

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Dec 18, 2019

Building meaningful relationships with HCPs is key to pharmaceutical sales success, and so it’s crucial for medcomm agencies. In this blog, we’ll show you how you can start using speaker program technology to increase engagement with HCPs and pharma for better program ROI. Life Science c...

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Dec 18, 2019

What’s the best way to improve performance and optimize the care of patients using the EQuIPP™ platform? The answer is quite simple. Education and teamwork! After a recent user group meeting, it’s clear that pharmacists are striving to improve adherence and want to know better ways...

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Dec 16, 2019

The use of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data in drug discovery and development could be transformational. But the pharma industry has been slow to embrace FAIR data — partially because of difficulties in establishing the necessary infrastructure and because of intern...

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Dec 16, 2019

One of the company's affiliates is pushing hard to market naloxone, an anti-overdose medication. “You’re in the business of selling medicine that causes addiction and overdoses, and now you’re in the business of selling medicine that treats addiction and overdoses?” asked...

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Dec 16, 2019

We often get requests like this one: "We're experiencing a massive spam URL injection issue on our site. Almost every page on our site has unauthorized pharmaceutical ads with links to seller sites. Please help!" What has hit them is the "pharma hack." Website owners too ofte...

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Dec 12, 2019

X-ray inspection of pharmaceutical products and over-the-counter (OTC) medications are steadily increasing in use as pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide strive to safeguard their brand reputations, protect consumers' welfare and comply with national and international regulations and legislati...

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Dec 12, 2019

It has been a busy week for studies focusing on complex care in older adults.  Two new studies provided some insight on the amount of medications older adults use, and the problems they are having with these medications.  Here are links to the articles: Polypharmacy and Pharmacological Tre...

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Dec 12, 2019

As online businesses expand on a day-to-day basis, the pharmaceutical industry isn’t being left behind. The statistics speak for themselves. In 2014, the global online pharmacy market was estimated to be worth 29 billion U.S. dollars on average. And by 2023, it’s predicted that the marke...

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Dec 10, 2019

New research from CRA looks at the relationship between rarity of a disease and the price countries are willing to pay for drugs to treat them. High clinical development costs and small target patient populations have often been presented as justifications for high prices of drugs to treat rare dise...

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Dec 10, 2019

Reduction in the price of prescription drugs is a rare event. Several factors could be responsible for a decline in prices that affects the overall pharmaceutical industry. The US witnessed 1% reduction in the prices of prescription drugs in 2018, as revealed by the government.  Despite the mod...

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Dec 10, 2019

Pharmacy Talks: Farmacia Pellegrini

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Dec 02, 2019

For capitalism’s critics, the opioid crisis is a powerful witness for the prosecution. They charge that inequality, stagnant wages, immobility, job loss — the four horsemen of the neoliberalism endgame — have generated a massive surge in “deaths of despair,” especially ...

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Dec 02, 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are powering incredible changes across a huge range of industries. But in data and research-dependent industries such as pharmaceuticals, they’re having an unparalleled impact. From improving candidate selection processes for clinical trials, to acc...

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Dec 01, 2019

Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft challenged the old way of doing things with a new approach. It’s not just about getting from point A to point B anymore, it’s about the experience, convenience and added value. The same applies to pass-through PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) that a...

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Dec 01, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) can accelerate decision-making and leverage insights in drug development that have not been used before. Günther Illert, founder of Healthcare Shapers, interviews Janik Jaskolski, CEO of Semalytix, about their innovative approach.

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Nov 29, 2019

Barely a week goes by without one big pharma or biotech announcing that it is using AI to develop new medicines. Richard Staines looks at the progress already made thanks to this potentially revolutionary technology, and how it could change the fortunes of a beleaguered pharma industry. Artificial I...

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Nov 28, 2019

A key component of product innovation in the pharmaceutical industry is the analysis of data. Yet, the Pharma industry can be diagnosed as suffering with one particular problem: the prevalence of data silos. Often stored across disparate tools and locations, the isolation of data severely impacts th...

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Nov 28, 2019

The modern pharmacy retail segment is welcoming an exciting new entrant in Japanese drug and cosmetics retailer Matsumotokiyoshi Co., Ltd, urging existing players to dust down their racing goggles. Matsumotokiyoshi has agreed to form a joint venture with Lotus Food Group JSC to operate a drugstore c...

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Nov 28, 2019

One downside of the antibody-drug conjugates used in oncology today is that the drug-carrying antibodies can shed much of their toxic cargo on the way to the tumour site. Now, German researchers have published their method for attaching drugs to antibodies with greater stability, potentially making ...

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Nov 27, 2019

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (DFFN) has a current market cap of $7.6 million, but on a fully diluted basis, it is $18.3 million after a stock offering was completed last week (the offering included $8 million worth of warrants at a $.35 strike price).

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Nov 27, 2019

A new program in Glasgow will give drug users pharmaceutical-grade heroin twice daily in a bid to reduce drug-related deaths. Homeless drug users in Scotland will be allowed to inject pharmaceutical-grade heroin twice a day under the supervision of medical officials as part of a new program intended...

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Nov 27, 2019

One of the great benefits of smoking marijuana is that there’s rarely any hangovers on the following day. Sadly, the plant still has the capability of rattling your memories. Cannabis, or THC more precisely, tends to affect people’s cognitive function and short term memory skills, which ...

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Nov 25, 2019

Unapproved Drugs and Drug Prices Patients and health care professionals can, however, have confidence that the FDA-approved version has been shown to be safe and effective for its intended use and that it is manufactured according to federal quality standards.

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Nov 25, 2019

This ZP9B or RTP9B rotary tablet machine is good for pressing hard mothballs.

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Nov 25, 2019

It's clear that healthcare prices weigh heavily on the minds of Americans, and the time has come for the pharmaceutical industry to take the reins of the prescription drug pricing dialogue with consumers.

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Nov 25, 2019

The pharmaceutical industry is adopting artificial intelligence (AI) on numerous fronts, from discovery and clinical development to risk assessment and safety monitoring, regulatory, and manufacturing. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as service providers now, rely on AI technolog...

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Nov 22, 2019

When it comes to shipping pharmaceuticals, we use cold chain materials to control the temperature of your drugs or medicines from the manufacturer through a delivery to the end user. It’s critical to keep these within the proper temperature range because they can be rendered useless or even ha...

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Nov 22, 2019

Innovation with the Internet of Things(IoT) has been an on-going effort. Although IoT appeared in the Gartner hype cycle for 2017, it has been around for a very long time and businesses have experimented with this technology since the time we can remember. It’s only in the recent past that cos...

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Nov 22, 2019

The ultimate value that robotics data will provide is in improving outcomes through better recording of process, approach, measurements and outcomes data. Collected through an individual robot in one OR, that data is likely interesting, but not significantly valuable. It’s also not linked to t...

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Nov 21, 2019

How do pharmacetuical ingredients enter the environment and what is the impact? What are the health implications of pharmceuticals in the environment?

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Nov 21, 2019

The increase in opioid-related deaths in the United States (and other countries) has prompted a national debate in medicine.

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Nov 21, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not yet perfect sciences, but they are transforming life sciences companies in practical and meaningful ways. This includes improving targeting and relationships with healthcare providers (HCPs) and patients. However, organizations need to b...

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Nov 21, 2019

Registered qualifying patients under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act, are granted certain exceptions for possession volume and cultivation of cannabis. Further, the CRTA does not permit any person to smoke cannabis in any place where smoking is already prohibited under th...

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Nov 21, 2019

If you are a business owner you might know advertising can be challenging at times, especially if you are an owner of a Cannabis Dispensary or CBD Shop. You are not sure where to start. You might ask yourself do I need someone to help me with this? What are the laws, rules and regulations for advert...

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Nov 21, 2019

Vaccines have been established as the most effective method of preventing flu since the early 20th century, however, much has changed in the past century to improve effectiveness, administration and adherence in the face of flu viruses’ constant mutation. Allie Nawrat charts the development of...

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Nov 20, 2019

In this video i have tried to explain the importance of the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences and give an example of how impactful one can be through the discoveries made in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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Nov 20, 2019

Pharma companies have invested in phage therapy as a possible answer to antibiotic resistance.

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Nov 20, 2019

The global pharmaceutical market is expected to grow to almost 1.2 billion by 2021,1 thanks in part to rapid advancements in digital automation and innovation. Unfortunately, these growth-generating strategies also open pharma manufacturers up to new risks. For example, acquisitions and outsourcing ...

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Nov 20, 2019

In drug discoverers’ jargon, large collections of molecules are known as chemical spaces. Whereas chemical spaces only contained a few million molecules some years ago, they now hold tens of billions of molecules. In addition, previously “virtual” molecules can now be purchased and...

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Nov 19, 2019

The U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain is responsible for providing patients safe, secure and timely access to more than 4 billion prescription medicines every year. Sustaining this complex supply chain requires the collaboration between a diverse group of partners, including manufacturers, distributo...

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Nov 19, 2019

It happens all the time across the pharmaceutical industry: you’ve been tasked with understanding customer perceptions better, but your budget and timelines are limited.  In these situations, an Advisory Board can be an incredibly valuable tool.  Advisory Board meetings help manufact...

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Nov 19, 2019

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe.

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Nov 18, 2019

Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences. My failure to resist consuming unripened fruit, for example, caused my stomach to hurt. With such in...

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Nov 18, 2019

For as long as there have been people, there have been illness and disease to hobble them. From cancer to the common cold, these nemeses of the human condition aren’t just going to disappear overnight. But medical researchers are still making major headway in how we diagnose and treat differen...

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Nov 18, 2019

Innovation in pharma is playing a key role in transforming science, healthcare and even the wider society. From the chance discovery of penicillin to the Human Genome Project – one of the world’s largest collaborative scientific endeavours – we have seen the eradication of devastat...

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Nov 15, 2019

Drug pricing regulations would not decimate the pharmaceutical industry, according to an analysis from health policy researchers at West Health and Johns Hopkins. This throws some cold water on Big Pharma's claims that new drug research and investments would evaporate if the federal government l...

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Nov 15, 2019

Blockchain owns its reputation by providing many valuable advantages for everyday business and more complex operations. In this article, we want to disclose how the technology could be and already is implemented in the pharmaceutical industry. Moreover, we will discuss track and trace potential in t...

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Nov 15, 2019

The way to accelerate benefit to patients changes over time as technology improves and innovation becomes more cutting edge. I’ve always looked for the more cutting-edge projects because, quite frankly, they’re just more intellectually stimulating for me. I like being on the vanguard whe...

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Nov 14, 2019

Today - with a full year of newsletter coverage - I would like to present excerpts from a new evaluation. All of the following figures relate to the period from January to October 2019. In January of this year, we once again dramatically increased the number of subscribed newsletters - from 100 to 2...

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Nov 14, 2019

Pharmaceutical communication is a foundational component of stakeholder engagement and management. In Europe, pharmaceutical communication traditionally focuses solely on interaction with prescribers, while in the US pharma communication also includes direct-to-consumer advertising. Strategic engage...

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Nov 13, 2019

Open offices are often loud, chaotic, and full of distractions that keep your team from getting work done. That’s where we come in, with solutions that avert open office perils. Open offices are often loud, chaotic, and full of distractions that keep your team from getting work done. That&rsqu...

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Nov 13, 2019

Mr. Rajendra Tamboli (Former Director Technical Training - Dr Reddy's Laboratory & Senior Subject Matter Expert - Parenterals and OSD) talks about the requirement of regular #training in Pharma Sector.

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Nov 13, 2019

This video looks at the structure of bacteriophages, their mode of action and their potential to treat bacterial infections.

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Nov 12, 2019

In order to make their process efficient, #pharmaceutical companies must bring in Agile processes. But are they really prepared?

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Nov 12, 2019

With medicine adherence still a major problem for pharma and healthcare systems, a collaboration between Cognitant Group and Addenbrooke’s Hospital –supported by grants from UCB and Pfizer – is piloting a programme that aims to educate patients through the power of virtual reality ...

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Nov 12, 2019

Cannabis comes with a lot of known health benefits to users with little to no side effects, unlike pharmaceutical drugs. Advancement in technology now allows manufacturers to extract various products infused within cannabis such as extracts, concentrates, edibles, etc. The use of ethanol in extracti...

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Nov 12, 2019

This industry provides a mix of Business, Science and Creativity and therefore is an attractive option for someone looking for variety in their work.

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Nov 12, 2019

The use of cannabinoids to treat PTSD is becoming a much more common treatment regime. Historically, cannabinoids were difficult to prescribe, as national legislation restricted scientists from studying their therapeutic efficacy. Without this research and with the lack of a product monograph, in th...

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Nov 11, 2019

It’s a well-documented trend that the rise of digital channels such as webchat, apps, FAQs, etc., has led to a change in the way contact centers handle interactions. The routine, “easy” interactions are now handled by self-service channels. Deflecting these low-value interactions h...

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Nov 11, 2019

AI, in practice, has a lot of potential and also a lot of limitations. AI is being used to model, extrapolate, and automate tasks throughout the lifecycle of a drug (as it should be). The potential benefits are substantial, both in terms of clinical efficacy and financial savings. The low-hanging fr...

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Nov 11, 2019

Our chemists share their perspectives on how data science, AI and computational methods can help transform drug design.

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Nov 11, 2019

The term "process chemistry" describes the action of "scaling up" reactions – taking small quantities of a chemical compound and synthesizing it on a much greater scale. A process chemist is tasked with developing synthetic routes that are safe, cost-effective and efficient...

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Nov 11, 2019

Last year, the FDA approved 59 new molecular entities for the US market, the highest number ever approved in a single year. A key driver of this record level of approvals is the explosive growth of precision medicine. Since 2015, at least a fifth of all new drug approvals each year have been precisi...

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Nov 08, 2019

Drug discovery is the process of identifying new medicines for treating or curing human diseases. While drug discovery has led to many life-saving and life-enhancing clinical treatments, historically the process has also been long, expensive, and often unsuccessful, with many areas of unmet need sti...

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Nov 08, 2019

Forty million dollars. That's how much money was spent by pharmaceutical companies marketing opioids to physicians over 1.5 years—in lunches, speaking fees, consulting agreements.

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Nov 08, 2019

Over the last decades, the advances in medical science, the growing competition and the demands of the payers have led to permanent changes and adaptations of the pharma business model. Even the biggest companies do not do everything in-house. Instead, the industry has developed partnering as one ke...

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Nov 07, 2019

This in-depth paper will show you how to become data agile – tackling both technological issues and solutions, and the cultural and strategic framework needed around this to ensure success.

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Nov 06, 2019

Infographic includes essential insights into the state of the global inhalation device markets.

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Nov 06, 2019

There are many aspects of drug development that must be understood before a drug can be tested in humans. Nonclinical studies are conducted to understand the safety (i.e., toxicity and safety pharmacology) of drug candidates and to provide critical pharmacokinetic (PK) information, including insight...

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Nov 06, 2019

A team comprising over a dozen chief quality officers (CQOs) representing the medical device, pharmaceutical, animal health, and consumer healthcare industries has pooled its collective passion and wisdom—with input from FDA and other drug and device regulatory agencies—to establish and ...

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Nov 06, 2019

Explore this overview of the inhalation-based devices used in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes in-depth, product-specific market analysis across the US, the five major EU markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK), and Japan.

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Nov 06, 2019

Know more about the global scenario of spurious drugs and why we need a traceability system.

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Nov 06, 2019

In this video our temperature monitoring expert Emanuel talks about: What is Temperature? What influence does temperature have on pharmaceutical products?

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Nov 06, 2019

A research group at the medical devices and health care giant Abbott has discovered a new strain of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV—the first to be identified in 19 years. Abbott continues to look for potential new HIV strains to ensure that diagnostic tests for blood screening and detect...

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Nov 06, 2019

It’s 2019. If technology is integrated into our daily lives when it comes to work, entertainment, and even social interactions, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that tech is also playing a major role in improving health outcomes. A 2018 study showed that 90% of Americans use digital healt...

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Nov 05, 2019

A joint Harvard-Eisai project has achieved a breakthrough by fully synthesising the highly potent anti-cancer molecule halichondrin, sourced from marine sponges, at scale. It has taken 30 years of research to reach this point, so what has made halichondrin synthesis so difficult, and what are the im...

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Nov 05, 2019

The launch of a new product can be a daunting task. The main reason this happens is that no matter how many times your company has managed to enter new products on the market, chances are that not one initiative entirely resembled another. For better or for worse, there is not a single recipe for su...

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Nov 04, 2019

The world population grows by more than 80 million per year, according to a 2017 report by the United Nations. By 2050, there will be 10 billion people on this planet and people over the age of 60 years and above are expected to double. It’s clear that a growing and aging world population need...

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Nov 03, 2019

Healthcare is an industry that is as of now being changed utilizing the most recent technology, so it can address the difficulties it is looking in the 21st century. Technology can help healthcare associations satisfy developing need and proficiently work to convey better patient consideration. Here...

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Nov 01, 2019

Pneumococcal disease, defined as infections caused by the bacterium streptococcus pneumoniae, has long been a source of morbidity and mortality, particularly in infants and the elderly. Importantly, rates of pneumococcal disease have been significantly curtailed, largely in developed regions, due to...

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Nov 01, 2019

Metabolic disrupters, phages, and other approaches are going to be needed to treat the broadest possible range of patients infected by bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple drugs. In the summer of 1924, Calvin Jr., President Coolidge’s youngest son, developed a blister in his third right t...

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Oct 31, 2019

Clinical trial data come from many different clinical (i.e. EDC, eCOA, lab, ePro, EMR/EHR, biomarker, mHealth / IoT), and operational (project management, eTMF, regulatory, financial, employee) sources and formats.

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Oct 31, 2019

This study has demonstrated that, even though there is oxidation in materials such as copper or POM, the most common materials found in the pharmaceutical industry are not affected by a low concentrated solution.

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Oct 31, 2019

Professor Peter Stonier and Doctor Flic Gabbay talk about their roles in establishing the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in October 1989.

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Oct 31, 2019

Health authorities worldwide have overseen the recall of many ‘sartan’ products in the past few years.  These recalls began in the US as early as 2013 with a recall of product by Teva Pharmaceuticals.  Authorities in the US, EMA, Canada, and Australia, just to name a few, have ...

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Oct 30, 2019

A decade ago, precision medicine was little more than an idea and a phrase. The term was coined in 2011 by the National Research Council, a non-government agency that advises the government on scientific matters. That year, the NRC issued a report calling for a new “data network” to brin...

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Oct 29, 2019

Without the right design, right data and right decisions, idealised clinical trial plans cannot be translated into blueprints for robust studies.

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Oct 29, 2019

It is important to control the level of endotoxin units in materials used in the production of drug products and medical devices, especially those that cannot undergo depyrogenation.

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Oct 28, 2019

A drug allergy is the abnormal reaction of your immune system to a medication. Any medication over-the-counter, prescription or herbal, is capable of inducing a drug allergy.

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Oct 28, 2019

The Full Electric PH-Line is designed for the production of containers for the Pharmaceutical sector. Configurable in aseptic or Ultraclean blowing system.

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Oct 27, 2019

Once you understand that medicines rarely cure, but do have a lot of side effects, and that the body always heals, wouldn’t you like to lead a life without medicines?

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Oct 25, 2019

Discover the latest tech and systems that have changed the game in pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Oct 25, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been trumpeted by many in the pharmaceutical industry as the magic bullet to the issues they face in drug discovery and other research. However, expectations need to be tempered because although it’s easy to get excited by the potential of AI it’s importa...

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Oct 24, 2019

For several decades, key actors managing pharmacy distribution, coverage, and access have largely played the same game to mitigate drug costs: carving out the pharmacy benefit from medical, using formulary and utilization management controls, maximizing rebates and discounts, and shifting the burden...

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Oct 24, 2019

Our patient-centric trials infographic highlights the individual companies making moves and looks at which trends are most relevant.

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Oct 24, 2019

The FDA issued final guidance on the use of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical trials and how sponsors can use these tools to support labeling claims. Since then, patient-centric trial activity has been fairly stable and consistent.

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Oct 24, 2019

Easy access to antibiotics can be lifesaving, but it can also drive the spread of resistant bacteria that can’t be wiped out by available drugs, says Marc Lipsitch (Harvard Chan School).

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Oct 24, 2019

An engineered small molecule called opabactin that targets the receptor for the hormone abscisic acid (ABA), which plants release in stressful conditions, limited water loss in Arabidopsis, tomato, and wheat, and improved wheat’s tolerance of drought-like conditions in the lab, according to a ...

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Oct 24, 2019

Suicide is the act of intentionally taking your own life. Suicidal feelings can range from being preoccupied by abstract thoughts about ending your life, or feeling that people would be better off without you, to thinking about methods of suicide, or making clear plans to take your own life.

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Oct 24, 2019

At its Connect conference in London in early October, MuleSoft brought together its customers and clients across all sectors to discuss how enterprise software, and particularly APIs, can drive efficiencies and contribute to digital transformation. Mulesoft’s David Chao and AstraZeneca’s...

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Oct 24, 2019

Ninety-seven percent of potential new cancer drugs never make it to market, dropping out of clinical trials when they don’t meet measures of safety or efficacy. “Why that is, we don’t really know. But I think that this extremely high failure rate suggests that there are some fundam...

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Oct 23, 2019

If you’re like me, one of the first things you do when you leave the house in the morning is put on your headset. I may be joining a meeting, calling a friend, getting coffee – sometimes all three – before I even set foot in the office. When I get to work, I’m collaborating w...

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Oct 23, 2019

Pharmacist Abigail Brooks and Courtney Kominek on their views of medical marijuana.

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Oct 23, 2019

Artificial intelligence has been much discussed of late, but will it really help us solve important problems like how to bring personalized medicine to as many patients as possible? Kate Hilyard, COO of Healx in Cambridge in the UK, believes it can. Getting a drug to clinical trials currently requir...

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Oct 23, 2019

A drug’s efficacy can be impacted significantly by the way in which it is delivered. By developing a variety of drug delivery systems (DDSs) it is now possible to better control the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicity, immunogenicity and efficacy of drugs. By finding the best-suited d...

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Oct 22, 2019

It seems like every photo shown of a business in action these days features a bunch of people in a huddle room, looking productive – just like our own Poly beauty shot below. But the technology that is IN the room really matters most to the people who are joining remotely – the people NO...

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Oct 22, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) means machine learning and behaving like humans which ultimately facilitates works of humans.

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Oct 22, 2019

Maintaining robust quality control standards is a key priority for any commercial industry – but for pharmaceutical manufacturers, it can literally be a matter of life and death. The medical sector is one of the most stringently regulated in the world, and drugmakers recognize the importance o...

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Oct 22, 2019

In most randomized pharmaceutical clinical trials, researchers are looking for a statistically significant performance difference between the two courses of therapy. But which is more important to the patient: Statistically significant improvement of a variable, or clinically significant improvement...

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Oct 21, 2019

Your neighbor is telling you about his new baby. He feels nervous about vaccinating, and says he's considering delaying Lucy's vaccines. Your mother's group is chatting about vaccines. One mother tells the group Jimmy isn't vaccinated, and she's using the Immune-Strengthening Die...

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Oct 21, 2019

Since the 90s, the requirements for pharmaceutical companies to register and report results from clinical trials have increased. But analysis published in the BMJ indicates that large pharmaceutical companies could be doing much more when it comes to sharing data. Over the last few decades, pharma c...

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Oct 18, 2019

Water plays a vital role in a broad range of processes within the pharmaceutical industry, from its use as a reagent and solvent in drug synthesis, to its utilization in formulation development and analytical testing, all the way through to product packaging and labeling. Each application has its ow...

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Oct 17, 2019

Presently 33 states and the District of Columbia have enacted medical marijuana laws. While some of these laws have been on the books for several years, the impact on employers and company policies are still evolving. This issue has created confusion for federal contractors who are required to compl...

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Oct 17, 2019

A drug used to treat children and animals with cancer is getting harder to find after one pharmaceutical company announced it would stop making it.

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Oct 17, 2019

Stoelzle is more than just producing excellent quality glass. We are happy to meet you and your needs personally and individually to develop customised products and packaging solutions.

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Oct 17, 2019

A new fungus discovered in the estuarine waters of Tasmania could be the unexpected answer to the world's opioid crisis, a current study suggests. Opioids — many of which are prescription painkillers, such as codeine — have created a worldwide health crisis. Many opioids are highly a...

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Oct 16, 2019

The CBD industry is flourishing, conservatively projected to hit $16 billion in the United States by 2025. Already, the plant extract is being added to cheeseburgers, toothpicks and breath sprays. More than 60 percent of CBD users have taken it for anxiety, according to a survey of 5,000 people, con...

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Oct 16, 2019

The best ways to keep your facility clean. Pharmaceutical facilities, especially those manufacturing biological products or sterile dosage forms, present considerable cleaning challenges. They must be: designed to be cleanable and maintained, tested for cleanliness, and cleaned thoroughly.

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Oct 16, 2019

New research by The Worldcom Public Relations Group has ranked pharmaceutical companies according to their usage of digital channels – with Bayer, Pfizer and Boehringer Ingelheim coming out on top. However, the report – called the Digital Health Monitor – also notes that many large...

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Oct 15, 2019

why students fail to consistently get pharmaceutical calculations questions correct.

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Oct 15, 2019

Learn the dos and don'ts of opioid and prescription medications from experts at Children's Mercy Kansas City

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Oct 15, 2019

Based on our experience as a technology leader and a global player, and the knowledge of ALPLA SA, ALPLATABA and ALPLA GREECE, we deliver state-of-the-art pharmaceutical packaging solutions.

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Oct 15, 2019

When a pharmaceutical company raised the price of an essential medicine to unacceptable levels, there was only one thing for pharmacist Marleen Kemper to do: start making it herself. When Kemper was in primary school, she had watched two of her classmates get ill. One had a brain tumour, the other c...

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Oct 15, 2019

Almost all patients with the vaping-related illness have ended up hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About half of people with the lung illness end up in the intensive care unit. Twenty-six people have died from the disease, and nearly 1,300 people have gotten...

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Oct 14, 2019

The level of cyber threat faced by businesses today is attributable to both the increased sophistication of hackers and the increased use of digital. A recent survey revealed that over half of the pharma companies questioned had suffered from serious data breaches, while one in four had been the vic...

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Oct 14, 2019

Despite the important role of intellectual property rights in incentivizing innovation, the patenting of pharmaceutical innovation is frequently accused of impeding access to medicine. Criticism of the prevailing patent regime has focused in particular on patents directed towards follow-on pharmaceu...

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Oct 14, 2019

Genetic testing has become an increasingly buoyant area for deal making in recent years. While the pharma industry has been experiencing price pressure and low R&D productivity, the recent market ambition for “Precision Medicine”1 has driven interest and growth in clinical genetics a...

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Oct 11, 2019

Biopanda Drugs of Abuse Multi Rapid Tests. Cassette and Panel Tests can be manufactured for our customer's specific requirements. Choose from over 40 drugs of abuse.

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Oct 11, 2019

Sometimes it’s the really small things that make a huge difference to a person’s health. Skipping dosages of prescription medication, for example, has been linked to an array of negative effects. About half of us are guilty of not taking medication correctly, according to figures shared ...

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Oct 10, 2019

The risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have long been the source of confusion and controversy.

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Oct 10, 2019

A receptor (drug target) can shift from a single subunit to a multi-structure in the presence of a ligand (drug compound) – a process known as "oligomerization". Having a method to determine exactly how different drug compounds target the same receptor is key to understanding why and...

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Oct 10, 2019

Pharmacist preregistration trainees are full-time employees, so they need to adjust to a new work environment, study for the registration assessment and juggle their everyday commitments. The preregistration year is stressful, but for hard-working and disciplined individuals, it pays off. And in ret...

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Oct 10, 2019

The United States is a huge economy and the economies look up to it for inspiration on how to manage the country to yield maximum output from the economy. But the medicines and drugs in the country are something that has always been on the controversial aspects of the country.

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Oct 09, 2019

Quality control (QC) plays a major role in the development of safe, highquality pharmaceutical products. This Pharmaceutical Technology/ Spectroscopy eBook on Pharma Quality Control Testing helps laboratories ensure they are up to date on the latest tools and techniques for achieving precise and eff...

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Oct 09, 2019

Is the future of healthcare preventive medicine? Lab100 at Mount Sinai uses precision diagnostics to empower patients and help scientists advance our understanding of human health.

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Oct 09, 2019

The healthcare industry’s core mission is to lengthen and improve lives. Because human health is inextricably linked to the health of the environment, pharmaceutical companies can further reinforce this mission through sustainable practices. While researchers work to develop innovative medical...

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Oct 09, 2019

Cambodia remains one of the poorest countries in the world following the devastating activities of the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s, and the standard of its health care is variable. In 2018, I spent two weeks scoping out potential opportunities to improve patient safety at a provincial hospital i...

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Oct 08, 2019

See the infographic for insights into Canadian physicians’ perspectives on the legalization of recreational cannabis.

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Oct 08, 2019

As a pharmaceutical processor, you’ve got to know if your analyzer can help comply with new European and U.S. regulations.

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Oct 08, 2019

Curious about Psychedelics? Wondering how they compare to Pharmaceuticals in terms of raw, healing capacity?

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Oct 07, 2019

Teens who abuse drugs are more likely to become addicted later in life.The earlier an addiction is recognized, the easier it is to treat.

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Oct 07, 2019

With traditional drug development, the FDA typically focuses the majority of its attention on clinical aspects of a drug. With advanced cell and gene therapies, the agency places far more focus on chemistry manufacturing and controls (CMC) much earlier in development. Due in part to the fact that th...

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Oct 07, 2019

According to information gleaned from a drug tracker, more than 100 drugs regularly prescribed by GPs are now out of stock, and this is forcing patients to ‘chop and change’ between medicines. The tracker showed that a total of 106 products were unavailable earlier this month, while a fu...

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Oct 07, 2019

Developing countries have a unique opportunity to use new technologies to speed up pharmaceutical supply chain modernization efforts. Supply chain expert Maeve Magner talks to TraceLink’s Roddy Martin about how developing countries are adopting new supply chain technologies to drive better pat...

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Oct 04, 2019

Download your snapshot view of the late-stage drugs expected to launch in 2020.

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Oct 04, 2019

This whitepaper explores both of these two principle approaches and is broadly broken-down into two areas.

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Oct 04, 2019

The transition between academic discoveries and drugs entering the pharma pipeline is often a place where good ideas go to die.

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Oct 04, 2019

Effective teamwork is crucial for any pharmaceutical company. Whether it's an outstanding sales manager, establishing the company’s brand, or a medical advisor, managing clinical trials by company guidelines, everyone on your team needs to be engaged and focused on the same goals to facili...

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Oct 04, 2019

Clinical Study and Technology are two such genres that are progressing at a rapid rate. The implementation of age old practices does not suffice in any of the scenarios. Clinical trials are common in pharmaceutical industries and they occupy a major part in the approval of a drug. If the process of ...

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Oct 02, 2019

When you smoke, vape, or eat cannabis, you obtain the cannabinoids THC and CBD from any of the thousands of different strains of cannabis plants. Until now, this was really the only way to get those cannabinoids, and trust me, it worked great. But a recent announcement from a man who knows more abou...

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Oct 02, 2019

How does artificial intelligence (AI) rank in the minds of pharmaceutical executives? How important is it in their eyes, and how does it compare to other trends? Although the buzz around AI has never been bigger, that’s not to say that every leader in pharma has bought into the hype yet. The D...

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Oct 01, 2019

The diversity of products that contain cannabis means that a “one-size-fits-all” regulatory framework would be ineffective.

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Oct 01, 2019

In the world of commercial research and science, there’s probably no undertaking more daunting—or more expensive—than the process of bringing a new medicine to market. For a new compound to make it from initial discovery through development, testing, and clinical trials to finally ...

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Oct 01, 2019

Since the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 created an abbreviated regulatory approval pathway for generic pharmaceutical drugs in the U.S., generics have made tremendous strides in bringing down the cost of many medical treatments and even come to dominate some therapeutic areas.

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Oct 01, 2019

American family clinics, such as the Planned Parenthood Institute, first help women stop pregnancy . And immediately after, with half-closed doors, a very profitable journey begins. The aborted fetus is dissected in different parts, liver, kidney, thyme, skin, which are sold. A liver can cost up to ...

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Sep 30, 2019

Medicines can cure, stop, or prevent disease; ease symptoms; or help in the diagnosis of illnesses.

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Sep 30, 2019

The DTx market is like the early days of the biologics revolution. “We are right at the beginning – it is a whole new therapeutic modality and we have the opportunity to create upwards of 100 products to increase efficacy across a range of disease conditions”. But does it represent...

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Sep 30, 2019

The long-hoped for regulatory information management (RIM) transformation has yet to be achieved. As Steve Gens and John Cogan note in their recent paper — The Promise of Enterprise RIM – What’s Slowing the Innovation Potential? – the conversation all-too-often turns to issue...

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Sep 30, 2019

A global study on attitudes toward dementia has shown that two-thirds of people believe it to be a natural risk of getting older, which could be limiting the help that people seek. Every 3 seconds, someone develops dementia somewhere in the world. In the United States alone, 5.8 million people are l...

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Sep 27, 2019

Key Potential Drug Launches in 2020 infographicSupport more effective drug pipeline and portfolio strategies

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Sep 27, 2019

How your staff can be relieved from drudgery, augment their capacity, and unleash creativity with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in life sciences

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Sep 27, 2019

Welcome to the September issue where our cover feature explores the microbes living in and on our bodies – and what they mean for drug discovery.

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Sep 27, 2019

Situated at TECNOPUC in Rio Grande do Sul, one of the biggest technological hubs of Latin America, RPH PHARMA made a high investment to amplify its manufacturing plant.

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Sep 27, 2019

“Without a doubt, leveraging advanced analytics presents a real and significant opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry,” reports McKinsey in a 2018 article. Pharmaceutical companies know this, they just don’t know how to achieve and quantify business impact beyond hiring the d...

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Sep 27, 2019

Forward-thinking Pharma companies recognize that when evaluating ROI on the patient experience, they need to think beyond finances. PX impacts trust in the brand and reputation in the industry. In the context of the recent Gallup poll on consumer perceptions where the pharma industry rated below ele...

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Sep 26, 2019

This article explores the potential of readily available technology to address current traceability challenges as well as more wide-ranging issues in the pharmaceutical industry. According to Ernst and Young,1 the expected lifespan of someone born in 2015 will be more than 10 years longer than one b...

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Sep 25, 2019

The FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to treatments for rare diseases in R&D; here are the 10 most recent for oncologic conditions. The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) denotes medications that are potential promising treatments for rare diseases in th...

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Sep 25, 2019

Colorectal cancer is a fatal and common disease, and treatment decisions are often based on what genes have been mutated in the development of the cancer. This means that certain patients with colorectal cancer may benefit from the chemotherapeutic ‘cetuximab’ while other patients may be...

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Sep 25, 2019

To tackle the challenge of medication adherence, particularly in the clinical trial space, UK health tech company Elucid has created a smart pill bottle and mobile app called Pill Connect. Currently in the trial stage, Pharma Tech Focus talks to Elucid’s CEO Dr James Burnstone about how the sy...

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Sep 24, 2019

Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? Why does the same medication cost significantly less in other countries around the world? Today Danielle examines the history of pharmaceutical regulation in America and how it lead to such disproportionately high costs.

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Sep 24, 2019

Most of the drugs that are taken off the market are removed for reasons other than safety. However, sometimes drug makers choose to remove drugs from the market even if there is no problem with their safety profile. In fact, from 1994 through 2015, 215 drugs were withdrawn from sale, and only 5.1 pe...

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Sep 24, 2019

A normal dosage of cough syrup has 15 to 30 milligrams of DXM. Most doctors recommend that you do not take more than 30 milligrams over a 24-hour period. It takes between 300 and 1,000 milligrams of DXM to get high. DXM can cause euphoria that ranges from a mild buzz to hallucination or an out-of-bo...

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Sep 23, 2019

Pharma has achieved remarkable breakthroughs in recent years – drugs that target cancers displaying particular genetic mutations, a new, long-awaited treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis, and new gene therapies that fight disease by altering the instruction manual that tells the body how ...

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Sep 23, 2019

Have you ever wondered how the medicines at UCB are made and tested?

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Sep 23, 2019

How does pharma get the customer experience right? What does it take to inspire and provide real value to HCPs and other key stakeholders?

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Sep 23, 2019

Autumn is the pivot point, the fulcrum for this huge turn around in your energy, and often it can greatly affect your digestion.

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Sep 23, 2019

The US now has only a decade to achieve both universal health coverage and to prevent and treat substance abuse under the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Katherine Pettus argues that adopting a single-payer public health system is likely to be the only way to achieve these ...

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Sep 23, 2019

AI and Pharma update, Melloddy project—a ground-breaking collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, and academic institutions to accelerate drug discovery by sharing pharmaceutical industry data. As we explained, the Melloddy project uses federated learning and block...

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Sep 20, 2019

A lot of media coverage about counterfeit drug threats in the U.S. are spurred by the media relations efforts of organizations funded by pharmaceutical companies, such as the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies and Partnership for Safe Medicines. As I see it, their public education efforts conflate ...

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Sep 20, 2019

Biosimilar therapies are copies of large-molecule, biologic drugs. They differ from generics in that they are not exact copies of the original drug but, rather, a similar molecule that delivers an equivalent clinical outcome to the branded drug. Where small molecule drugs comprise 10s of atoms, biol...

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Sep 19, 2019

There is a great deal of hype surrounding the concept of personalized medicine.

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Sep 19, 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Zolgensma, Novartis’ one-dose gene therapy for the treatment of paediatric patients (less than two years of age) suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but life-threatening disease. Zolgensma was acquired by Novartis as ...

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Sep 19, 2019

The UK is set to leave the European Union on October 31st, 2019, after extending the original deadline from the 29th March. Currently, there are ongoing discussions on whether we’ll have a deal in place or if a no withdrawal deal is agreed. Will the UK pharmaceutical industry be ready for Brex...

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Sep 18, 2019

Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, declared bankruptcy as part of a tentative deal to settle more than 2,000 lawsuits alleging that they and other opioid manufacturers worsened the US opioid epidemic.

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Sep 18, 2019

RJ Lewis Founder & CEO eHealthcare Solutions explains why it's important for pharma to take risks and conduct A/B testing to find and implement better digital solutions.

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Sep 18, 2019

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research-intensive organizations has essentially seen linear growth in recent years. Pharmaceutical, CRO, university and healthcare organizations are beginning to shift away from theoretical plans to genuine practical applications of machine intelligen...

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Sep 18, 2019

Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE American: CANF) is an advanced clinical stage drug development company with a platform technology that addresses multi-billion-dollar markets in the treatment of autoimmune inflammatory diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis, and liver diseases including ...

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Sep 18, 2019

The characterization of novel therapeutics involves many chemical processes. A typical workflow of methods that are frequently carried out during drug discovery is depicted below.

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Sep 18, 2019

The preservation of product integrity during transport is a fundamental priority, especially for pharmaceutical products when public health and patient safety are at stake.

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Sep 18, 2019

The difference between opioids and opiates is subtle enough that most people use the words interchangeably. After all, they both come from the poppy plant. The biggest difference is that opiates are natural drugs and opioids are synthetic drugs. They both have the same effect on the mind and can cau...

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Sep 18, 2019

CBD and products like it seem to be making an immediate splash in healthcare as of late.  But, how has this controversial product gained such rapid success?  Across the country more and more companies are popping up selling CBD products ranging from oils to dog treats.

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Sep 17, 2019

The pharma ecommerce question doesn’t end with distributors. In fact, pharma manufacturers, too, must carve out a place in the digital ecosystem. So what can pharmaceutical manufacturers do to improve their customer experience through ecommerce? The article brought up a lot of great points, bu...

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Sep 17, 2019

ProMed Pharma is a leading contract manufacturer of polymer-based drug releasing molded dosage forms and combination device components.

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Sep 17, 2019

The Finnish pharmaceutical company Orion Pharma, with help from Reaktor AI, has been on a journey to introduce AI into company operations across the board, to fully utilize all available data, and to build the capability to quickly adapt in an ever- changing world. In other words, their goal is to b...

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Sep 16, 2019

For decades, randomised clinical trials have been a cornerstone of pharmaceutical science, reassuring patients that their medicines have been thoroughly tested. Elaine explains how there’s been a recent shift towards the analysis of real-world data and the design and conduct of real-world clin...

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Sep 16, 2019

The pharmaceutical industry is an exciting, fast-paced and ever-changing world to work in. I talk to pharmaceutical sales professionals daily, from Graduate Sales Representatives promoting ‘me too’ drugs, to Senior Sales Directors working on specialist rare disease products, and have a s...

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Sep 16, 2019

Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) are experts in their field and a respected voice in medical circles. They have an influential quality coveted by companies within the pharmaceutical industry. In this blog, we look at the role of KOLs and the 5 steps to creating an effective partnership. A KOL is typically...

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Sep 13, 2019

U.S. health officials are investigating low levels of a potentially dangerous contaminant in the popular heartburn medication Zantac and related drugs. FDA officials said the amount of the contaminant barely exceeds levels found in common foods. But the same chemical has been linked to dozens of rec...

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Sep 13, 2019

Véto-pharma – Development and Manufacturing is positioned purely as a CDMO within the veterinary and food supplement sectors, offering value-added services for 30 years.

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Sep 13, 2019

Medical and pharmaceutical manufacturers must adhere to strict sanitation standards and prioritize the safety of the products they create, regardless of production volume or costs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strictly regulates the design, construction, and operation of medical and p...

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Sep 13, 2019

The results are improved transparency, predictability, and efficiency of the medical device review process.

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Sep 13, 2019

The pharmaceutical R&D ecosystem relies on effective collaboration between internal and external stakeholders to collect, analyze, and share data in a secure, compliant, and efficient manner.

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Sep 12, 2019

As a pharmaceutical manufacturer serving multiple markets worldwide, Taiwan-based Orient Pharma requires a global strategy for serialization and track and trace requirements for every new market it enters.

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Sep 12, 2019

A paper from Cold Spring Harbor labs that invalidated MELK as a cancer target. That was straightforward enough: knocking it out via CRISPR across a whole range of cancer cell lines had no effect on their growth at all, so it’s kind of hard to make the case that it’s an important thing to...

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Sep 12, 2019

This blog will give a brief insight into the discipline of medical writing, including the various types of writing and the skills deemed necessary by top medical writing companies. If you require high-quality scientific and medical writing services get in touch with Phil or Anna today - we are more ...

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Sep 12, 2019

Bigtincan is the industry's leading Sales Enablement Automation platform, empowering Sales teams to win more and be more productive every day, while providing Marketing the ability to establish ROI on content creation efforts.

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Sep 10, 2019

Modern drug discovery is a complicated process that requires identification of disease targets, bioactive substances that act upon those targets, and finally optimization of those drug candidates.

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Sep 10, 2019

Valuing pharma companies isn’t the same as valuing non-pharma companies, for several reasons. The life cycle of prescription drugs is relatively brief, with high-margin revenue falling to zero almost overnight when drug patents expire. Pharmaceuticals are high-growth, high-profit, and high-ris...

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Sep 10, 2019

Drug safety, also known as pharmacovigilance, refers to the systematic and continuous monitoring of the safety of a drug. The drugs are tested in order to identify and assess undesirable or even harmful effects for humans or animals. In order to protect patients, drugs must obtain official approval ...

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Sep 10, 2019

The majority of the time I only had access to two TV channels, three on a good weather day, and I vividly remember when I first saw a color television. At this time, products and services were limited, and buyer choices were almost non-existent. Fast-forward to 2019. Not only do I have access to hun...

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Sep 10, 2019

However, with a regular commute time that consumes a couple of hours each day, I have shifted my focus to podcasts and audiobooks. One of my favorite podcasts is the Inside Sales Enablement series by Scott Santucci and Brian Lambert. In their last episode, they spent time reviewing their thoughts an...

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Sep 09, 2019

The misuse of prescription drugs for non-medical purposes has become an increasing problem worldwide. Together with Evotec, we have taken a look at how biopharma companies can prevent prescription drug abuse by taking drugs through strict assessment processes.

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Sep 09, 2019

Pharmacy industry recent issues and good explanation with solution.

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Sep 09, 2019

Most tools and technologies that do advanced analytics or search, especially in pharma, force you to build a common repository for the data before any analytics can begin. This means one must invest in building something like a data warehouse or data lake first, then add your analytics engine on top...

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Sep 09, 2019

Let's be real. Johnson and Johnson lied about the safety of their opioid drugs and people died as a result of their lying tongue.

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Sep 09, 2019

Four years ago, when ViiV Healthcare commissioned an ethnographic research study to understand the impact of HIV on black men in Baltimore and Jackson, Mississippi, the pharmaceutical company came away with a set of complex findings. Cultural identity, contextual environment, social structures and l...

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Sep 06, 2019

Social Media Listening for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Key challenges facing pharmaceutical companies in their forays into social listening. Benefits of social listening illustrated with reference to a number of case studies drawn from a selection of therapy areas.

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Sep 06, 2019

The partisan stars are appear to be aligned in Washington on passing federal drug pricing reform, but not without its share of political fits and starts. The latest proposal to suffer a setback has been Trump’s rebate rule, a clear signal that the Administration has pushed about as far as it c...

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Sep 05, 2019

This video explains how disruptive technologies and emerging trends such as virtual reality treatments, 3d printing, artificial intelligence, precision medicine or patient design will impact the manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceuticals in order to prepare successfully for a better future of...

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Sep 05, 2019

Vaccination as a public health intervention has significantly improved the health and wellbeing of the public and drastically reduced the burden of infectious diseases globally. Millions of lives have been saved with the World Health Organization (The WHO) estimating that 2–3 million lives are...

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Sep 05, 2019

With almost 2.7 billion social media users worldwide it is vital that pharmaceutical companies form a social media strategy. Social media has transformed the way both consumers and companies communicate and has become the norm across other industries creating an expectation for consumers and patient...

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Sep 04, 2019

A report from scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology highlights the advantages and disadvantages of serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography. This article investigates the review, focusing on its role in drug development. The article delves into the reasons behind the researche...

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Sep 04, 2019

Many biotechs have aimed to resolve Alzheimer’s via a vaccine over recent years, only to call it off due to nasty side effects such as brain swelling. But this drug, which the company has dubbed UB-311, is offering hope after wrapping up a Phase 2a Clinical Study. Next, the drug will begin a 2...

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Sep 03, 2019

Members of the Center for Disaster Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital share tips to be prepared in the case of an emergency. In this video, learn to build a plan to prepare for emergencies at home and at work.

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Sep 03, 2019

The term “cosmeceutical” has become popular in recent years to describe a cosmetic product that claims medicinal benefits. While those in the cosmetic industry use the term to advertise the ingredients and benefits of their products, the FDA does not legally recognize the term. According...

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Sep 03, 2019

Facilities flexible enough to manufacture multiple products have become a cornerstone of our industry, crucial for meeting changing and challenging market and regulatory expectations.

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Sep 03, 2019

Not only the most accurate cartridge filling system but it is also the most consistent, versatile, and dynamic.

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Sep 03, 2019

ML’s Oracle Eloqua integration allows you to engage target prospects with relevant content and consistent messaging through the top of the funnel. This bi-directional integration accelerates the buyer journey to drive pipeline growth and conversion by increasing account penetration and engagem...

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Sep 03, 2019

Every company can benefit from account-based marketing, no matter your size or target market. These are our top 5 reasons why your company would benefit from incorporating ABM tactics into your marketing strategy. If you go to any marketing conference or presentation, chances are you’ll hear a...

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Sep 02, 2019

As the cost of drug development and time to market increases to exorbitant levels.

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Sep 02, 2019

Increase in opportunities using ABM programs, according to Gartnerof business buyers conduct more than half of their research online before making an offline purchase (Forrester). Worth wasted in marketing efforts due to misalignment between marketing and sales (Hubspot) of B2B companies have staff ...

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Sep 01, 2019

Displaying how IoT can impact pharma going forward into the future.

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Aug 31, 2019

Delivery of therapeutics to the human eye is one of the most interesting endeavors a formulator can take on, but also one of the most challenging.

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Aug 30, 2019

Human-robot collaboration in pharmaceutical process plant The safety thinking in highly sensitive industries such as the pharmaceutical industry is completely subject to its own rules of the game, after all, human lives are at stake here. Simply meeting minimum safety standards is not an option. The...

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Aug 30, 2019

At the time of writing, the United Kingdom (UK) is on its third deadline to leave the European Union (EU). What was deemed to be “the easiest trade deal in human history1” is now looking ever increasingly unlikely; and is beginning to cause anguish for not only the pharmaceutical industr...

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Aug 30, 2019

Great strides have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. However, a variety of challenges remain that frustrate both physicians and patients. Central to this is how to use the large amounts of genetic data now available. Dr Chris Gaj explores the challenges and potential consequences f...

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Aug 29, 2019

In account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns, B2B marketers can target contacts with pinpoint accuracy through programmatic advertising. They can also create personalized content for buyers at every stage of the purchase journey. However, three challenges remain: Are businesses targeting the right con...

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Aug 29, 2019

Madison Logic is excited to announce a bi-directional integration with Oracle Eloqua, combining best-in-class lead and campaign management skills with Madison Logic’s global reach and advanced targeting. Now Oracle Marketing Automation users are able to align their messaging and targeting thro...

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Aug 29, 2019

Injuries which occur on regular basis in day today routine of hospital and healthcare setups. The Plethora of new injectable products has created new opportunities for physicians to treat areas previously thought to be not reachable.

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Aug 29, 2019

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) an HIV prevention intervention consisting of a daily drug cocktail, quarterly HIV/sexually transmitted disease screening, and laboratory monitoring—has repeatedly been shown to be safe, effective, and cost-effective. Although US guidelines have recommended PrEP ...

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Aug 29, 2019

Prescription drug pricing appears poised to be an important issue in the 2020 presidential election. Identified as Americans’ top health care priority for the new Congress in 2019, the rising cost of prescription drugs has occupied an increasingly prominent place in national discourse. Perhaps...

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Aug 28, 2019

Smart devices and wearables are the norm of the day. We wake up in the morning to our watch reminding us of the number of steps to walk, the speed of our heart beats etc. The same watch vibrates if we are stationary at our work station, prompting us to move. There is a surge in health-related data g...

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Aug 28, 2019

Home drug-testing kits sold on the internet may make it easy for parents to test their children for drugs, but that approach may not be the best.

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Aug 28, 2019

Partly because it’s an election year and partly because, well, drugs can be expensive, the topic of drug pricing is a hot-button issue. Earlier this year, in February, seven pharmaceutical executives were grilled by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee over drug pricing. The tone was set by U.S. ...

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Aug 28, 2019

Patients who are receiving long-term anticoagulation and are due for surgery, or other invasive procedures, may need to have their anticoagulants stopped temporarily to allow the procedure to be performed safely. In some circumstances, interrupting anticoagulation for a defined period carries minima...

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Aug 27, 2019

Scott Reisch hosts Crime Talk. A criminal trial attorney for 24 years discusses, legal issues, the Constitution, and hosts guests regarding trending issues.

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Aug 26, 2019

Investment in pharma machinery requires lots of finance and efforts. Hence, the process needs to be very careful and considerate. There are numerous options in terms of make and models. Choosing the right one is difficult whether you buy a first-hand or a used machine. This post helps you to select ...

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Aug 26, 2019

Heating and mixing systems are available for all of our filling solutions. This video will preview the installation for the Heating System and Lightnin Mixer being installed on our new RoboCAP RL-302VF.

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Aug 26, 2019

When constructing a cleanroom, the first decision you’re faced with is whether to opt for traditional (civil) construction over modular panels. There are several important considerations you must factor before making this expensive investment.

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Aug 25, 2019

The opioid epidemic in Utah has impacted countless lives across the state. Heroin, morphine, and codeine have high addiction potential. Opioid addiction treatment counteracts the physiological and psychological dependence caused by these substances.

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Aug 25, 2019

Medication shortages come with a substantial cost to pharmaceutical companies—loss of revenue, provider loyalty, and brand reputation pose significant and detrimental threats to business. Currently, the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) lists over 150 drug shortages, costin...

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Aug 23, 2019

Drug resistance in cancer. Antimicrobial resistance. Understanding dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Reversing damage to the heart. Improved and accessible diagnostic devices for rare and genetic disorders.

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Aug 23, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Thursday of a drug-resistant strain of salmonella newport linked to the overuse of antibiotics in cattle farming. The strain sickened 255 people in 32 states between June 2018 and March 2019, leading to 60 hospitalizations and two deaths, t...

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Aug 23, 2019

Illicit drug use lurks in the shadows one reason its difficult to study. But public health researchers pull together numbers from surveys, overdose records and other sources to look for trends in how much people spend on drugs, numbers of users and frequency of use that can help policy makers fight ...

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Aug 23, 2019

This year marks Theas 25th anniversary and we are taking this opportunity to update our identity. let’s open our eyes becomes Theas new signature around the world.

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Aug 22, 2019

More patients may seek advice on hay fever in the future since NHS England has advised GPs not to routinely prescribe products that are available over the counter for this condition.

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Aug 22, 2019

Random Drug and Alcohol Testing can effectively detect substance abuse in the workplace, ultimately helping keep employees safe and healthy in the workplace. More and more companies are using Random Testing as a method of reducing workplace incidents, and as an extra precaution if experiencing an in...

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Aug 22, 2019

In July, the Pharmaceutical Executive published its latest annual ranking of the top 50 biopharma companies according to prescription drug sales in 2018. Once again, Pfizer led the ranking with $45 billion in sales spurred by its top sellers Prevnar 13, Lyrica and Enbrel.

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Aug 22, 2019

There is a growing debate over the statutory medical use of marijuana and cannabinoids. Whilst there have been documented successful uses of cannabis and its derivatives in a medical context, concerns remain about its short-term and long-term side-effects including potential drug dependency and the ...

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Aug 22, 2019

Where does the modern traveler come from? Where is s/he going? How does s/he get there? As the world grows ever-smaller, more and more people are traveling to a growing number of places each year. Increasingly, they’re getting there by leveraging digital tools. Savvy travel and hospitality bra...

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Aug 21, 2019

Microrobots developed by Caltech’s Lihong Wang and Wei Gao may provide a new way of treating cancers in the digestive tract.

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Aug 21, 2019

Today’s brands face numerous challenges. They need to create a customized, excellent experience for each and every customer worldwide. To do that, they need to create high-quality, on-target content. They need to create that content quickly, effectively, and for audiences who speak multiple la...

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Aug 21, 2019

Our roots began in translation but what we do today goes well beyond – from content creation to linguistics, to artificial intelligence (AI). We create global relevance, driven by humanity and amplified by technology. Connecting our customers with their communities and driving brand awareness....

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Aug 21, 2019

Foods More Powerful Than Drugs | Must See! is a video that focuses on research proven nutrients that are more powerful than drugs.

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Aug 21, 2019

Medicines are the most common medical intervention used across the UK and Europe. Unfortunately, falsified or fake medicines are entering global supply chains and have become a leading public health concern worldwide. It is, therefore, vital that there are systems in place to stop the manufacturing ...

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Aug 21, 2019

Your localization partner is going to do a deep-dive into your business—so start by diving deep into theirs. Are they an industry-leader with 20 years of experience or a relative newcomer? Will they speak Samoan, Uzbek, or Swahili (and all your customers’ languages)? Can they deliver on-...

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Aug 21, 2019

In practice, of course, things are more complicated. Effective translation necessitates a nuanced understanding of (at least) two languages and cultures, both source and target. It requires an understanding of the original content’s goals. It mandates a fluency in tone and subtext as well as v...

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Aug 20, 2019

Lace-up your sneakers and step up to the starting line: you’re ready to reach countless customers in new markets.  You’ve secured your spot in the Global Marketplace (whether by default or design).  But before you sprint away, take a good look around you. You are not alone in t...

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Aug 20, 2019

We cover three drug warning letters, one issued to a compounding pharmacy, one device warning letter and one in the food area that is a ‘first of its kind’.  One of the drug warning letters is issued to a firm that recovered solvents that were used in the manufacture of the API of v...

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Aug 20, 2019

The Q10 passes from the intestinal absorption cells into the lymph. One of the many functions of the lymph system is to absorb and transport fats and fatty acids from the digestive system to the blood circulation.

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Aug 20, 2019

Duke researchers show that alcohol induced brain damage in adolescents can be reversed using a drug prescribed for Alzheimers. A drug used to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimers disease could reverse alcohol induced brain damage. Brain inflammation and neuron damage in rats exposed to alcohol durin...

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Aug 19, 2019

Lowering prescription drug prices was a rallying cry for politicians in last years midterm election, and people came out in droves to support candidates who promised action on this front. Drug pricing, as well as the broader issue of crippling health care costs, cuts across lines that divide liberal...

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Aug 19, 2019

The Pharmaceutical industry has an annual turnover of 41.8 billion pounds, providing 8.2 Percent of UK goods exported and collectively employing 113,000 people, and is thus a major contributor to the nations ability to care for an ageing population and support an uncertain economy. What challenges d...

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Aug 19, 2019

Prescription omega-3 fatty acid medication reduces triglyceride levels by 20-30 Percent among the majority of people who require treatment for high triglyceride levels, according to a science advisory from the American Heart Association. “From our review of the evidence from 17 randomized, con...

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Aug 19, 2019

This white paper highlights the language challenges found in a global clinical trial and offers a number of best practices for managing the translation effort. Failure to adequately plan for translation introduces several new risk factors that must be considered in today’s highly-competitive p...

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Aug 19, 2019

The FDA and Big Pharma agree that SKM could be the answer to the pharma data management mess. KASA is moving ahead, but there are many reasons to embrace SKM now.

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Aug 19, 2019

Benzer Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacy Patient Management Program proactively works with patients in a number of chronic disease states to provide specialty pharmaceuticals and therapy management support services to obtain optimal therapeutic outcomes thus avoiding adverse drug events and unnecessary co...

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Aug 19, 2019

Big Chain Pharmacy versus Independent Pharmacy what's the difference? You will soon come to realize that the attention and care you receive when you are at an independent pharmacy compensates you for your prudent decision. “Teaming up with Uber Health is just the latest example of Benzer&r...

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Aug 19, 2019

New partnership between Benzer Pharmacy and ScriptDrop connects member pharmacies to integrated network of prescription delivery couriers. Son Nguyen is a registered pharmacist and he partnered with Benzer to open his first Pharmacy store. This is his experience opening a Benzer Pharmacy Franch...

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Aug 19, 2019

Like the kick-off of the NFL in the fall, the flu season may still be months away, but it’s always a good idea to circle a date on your calendar for getting up-to-date with immunizations. That, of course, goes double if you’re aged 59-or-older. It’s never comforting news to learn t...

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Aug 19, 2019

Three times a year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets to review the latest findings on the immunization front, adjusting preferred dosing schedules and making recommendations in terms of best clinical practices. In that regard, the pharmacist’s role on immunization ...

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Aug 16, 2019

Drug resistance in cancer. Antimicrobial resistance. Understanding dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Reversing damage to the heart.

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Aug 14, 2019

Experts who study mass shootings say many factors must be considered when trying to determine a motive.

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Aug 14, 2019

The mortality rate increases day-to-day due to most vulnerable disease cancer universally and current therapeutic mitigation bears high levels of diversity and complexity in therapeutic regime. The systemic application of chemotherapeutic agents often accompanied with serious side and adverse effect...

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Aug 14, 2019

Each year, 1.89 billion dollars is spent on patient recruitment for clinical trials.1 With a 30 Percent average dropout rate across all clinical trials, many pharmaceutical companies are spending a large amount of money to recruit patients who arent staying enrolled in their trials.

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Aug 14, 2019

This is a video explainer of the difference between Content Marketing, Branded Content and Native Advertising - with examples to help put it all into context.Accompanying video that tried to separate signal from noise on the different approaches of content in the business.

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Aug 14, 2019

This is the third in a series of articles on creating, maintaining, and optimizing great customer experiences in the context of mounting concerns about privacy and increasingly strict regulations governing data processing. We address topics such as consent strategies, the role of trust, the elements...

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Aug 14, 2019

What character appears in the most films and television programs? Dracula? God? Santa Claus?  All of those make the top ten list, but none is the correct answer. Satan (or The Devil) is a character is more than 840 projects – more than any other character. If you limit the list to mortals...

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Aug 14, 2019

If you want some insights into where the content marketing industry may be headed, it might just help to take a look at where it’s been. As we pointed out when CMI shared its History of Content Marketing infographic in 2012, brands have been telling their stories to audiences for hundreds of y...

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Aug 14, 2019

Content—and how brands use it to interact with buyers at all stages of the engagement journey—has fundamentally reshaped every business’ go-to-market strategy. This shift has been particularly challenging for “top-of-the-funnel” demand generation marketers, most of who ...

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Aug 13, 2019

Jantec Pharma Exclusive Products with world class Packing.Packing is an integral part of any Products. Jantec Pharma has taken care of its exclusive products with its eminent packings.

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Aug 13, 2019

Sleep and Caffeine are an epidemic, and it all starts when you wake up at 6:00 am and have a cup of coffee to start your day. Half way through your shift, you feel a bit sluggish so you have another. It’s the end of your shift, and you just need a little boost to get home and do the dishes, so...

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Aug 13, 2019

DRUGMAKERS LATEST GAMBIT EXPLAINED: DESIGNED TO EXTEND MARKET EXCLUSIVITY AND STIFLE OR DELAY COMPETITION, AUTHORIZED GENERICS CAN BE MORE PROFITABLE THAN BRAND. In 1984, the Hatch-Waxman Act established the modern generic drug business by establishing rules for safety and competition, including gra...

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Aug 12, 2019

Drug testing can be quite a difficult and time-consuming policy to establish. Remember, an organisation must have consent from its employees to test them for drugs. This consent is usually included in the individual’s contract. The law imposes various requirements on employers who wish to unde...

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Aug 12, 2019

The prevalence of alcohol-related driving fatalities is also well-documented. The NSDUH reported almost 10,000 such deaths in 2014, accounting for 31 Percent of all driving fatalities that year. And traffic deaths are just one of the potential life-threatening outcomes of alcohol overconsumption. Ac...

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Aug 11, 2019

Can nicotine keep Alzheimer's at bay? Dave Asprey explains how natural drugs can create super humans.

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Aug 09, 2019

For one, the price. Having been around for decades, Ketamine wasnt expensive. Second, Ketamines effect was unique, unlike the highs-lows of previous party drugs, Ketamine created a physical and psychological dissociation from self. Given its low price and unique effect, Ketamine instantaneously beca...

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Aug 09, 2019

An excipient is a substance formulated alongside the active ingredient of a medication, included for the purpose of long-term stabilization, bulking up solid formulations that contain potent active ingredients in small amounts.

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Aug 08, 2019

Pharmaceutical companies have traditionally kept their data close to the vest because collaborations side effects may include compromising intellectual property and losing the edge over competitors. But sharing data has major perks. The more data a pharma company has at its disposal, the better equi...

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Aug 08, 2019

Closed loop medicines administration (CLMA) is the functionality that supports the cross checking of the correct patient, medicine and prescription using digital technologies. Specifically, checking should be used to confirm the patient identity against the medicine/dose due and the actual medicine ...

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Aug 08, 2019

Working on call could be one of the most stressful parts of a pharmacists career, but it is also an essential part of a junior pharmacists training and a time during which you can learn the most. Clinical learning is at the forefront of most junior pharmacists minds, but it is the operational learni...

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Aug 07, 2019

Vaccines have greatly reduced infectious diseases that once regularly harmed or killed many infants, children, and adults.

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Aug 07, 2019

In today’s knowledge-based society, health care professionals (HCPs) have a responsibility to continuously develop and refine their skills through lifelong learning. Academic institutes can foster such learning through programmes of continuing medical education (CME). But what is CME and why i...

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Aug 07, 2019

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in the UK and across the world are facing a multitude of challenges. They are being challenged on how they differentiate themselves in a growing and crowded marketplace, how they engage with their audiences and how they remain innovative and relevant.

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Aug 07, 2019

Geistlich Pharma is specialized in biomaterials for the regeneration of bone, cartilage and tissue and develops and manufactures medical devices and pharmaceuticals with the goal of giving patients a better quality of life.

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Aug 06, 2019

In this infographic you will learn about the biggest challenges that are facing those using data analytics in their drug development, the strengths of using AI & Machine Learning, how the use of Real World Data can be improved and where the future lies in data analytics in pharma development wit...

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Aug 06, 2019

Kristy Grimm talks about the expansion of the Medical Affairs team at Vertex.

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Aug 05, 2019

BIO is out with a new whiteboard video that explores why more and more patients are facing higher costs when they go to the pharmacy to buy their prescription drugs. See how rebates and discounts within the drug cost ecosystem are often not used by insurers to lower patients out-of-pocket drug costs...

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Aug 02, 2019

Dynamics between pharma and the market-based healthcare sector it serves have invariably been complex, with one of the biggest drivers of that complexity being effective management of patient demand and payer systems.

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Aug 02, 2019

How medicine is Prepared in the factory. And there separate testing & storage.

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Aug 02, 2019

Have you heard of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, and do you realize how it is already impacting your pharmacy operation? This post kicks off a blog series  Preparing for Track and Trace that will help you understand the ins and outs of the legislation and what it means for your business.

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Aug 01, 2019

A human biospecimen is a potential font of biological data-data that when aggregated in enormous volumes and crunched by artificial intelligence drives the development of precision medicine. By analyzing genetic profiles of patients and tumors, and by matching mutations to targeted drugs, precision ...

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Jul 31, 2019

XANAX is the brand name for the drug Alprazolam, a drug belonging to the class of medications called benzodiazepines or “benzos”.

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Jul 31, 2019

In the UK, the NHS generates vast quantities of data, much of which remain unused or underused, despite the potential to drive better care. There are many reasons for poor use of data. One is poor interoperability; differing healthcare terminology can mean the same medicines are described in thousan...

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Jul 31, 2019

T-Systems launched a project for Zuellig Pharma. In just nine months, T-Systems Singapore experts transferred SAP HANA to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Around 10,000 employees of Zuellig Pharma are using SAP from the public cloud.

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Jul 30, 2019

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. And there are a range of options when it comes to treatment. Frequently, though, chemotherapy drugs, designed to hit fast-growing cells like cancers are used. But not all rapidly-growing cells are cancerous, so there are inevitably side e...

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Jul 30, 2019

Precision medicine is a young and growing field. Many of the technologies that will be needed to meet the goals of the Precision Medicine Initiative are in the early stages of development or have not yet been developed.

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Jul 29, 2019

However, there are cases when one drug has a higher list price but lower net price than another comparable drug by the same manufacturer. Therefore, the drug with a higher list price could be more affordable for patients.

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Jul 29, 2019

In the first half of 2019, major pharmaceutical companies have raised the price of 3,400 different medications, with several dozen of those price increases being in the triple digit percentage. The average cost has increased by more than 4 times the rate of inflation, and the only reason this is hap...

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Jul 29, 2019

The biologics drug development has stimulated innovations in novel injectable drug delivery systems. The conventional intravenous I.V. formulation is not suitable for biologics delivery due to its high viscosity, higher dosage volume, higher molecule size, protein stability issues and the need for t...

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Jul 25, 2019

Drug-nutrient interactions (DNIs) are defined as physical, chemical, physiologic or pathophysiologic relationships between a drug and a nutrient present in a food or a supplement.3

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Jul 25, 2019

In this infographic experts provide insight on the opportunities that exist in big data analytics for Pharma and how pharma firms can capitalise on cracking open their data silos.

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Jul 25, 2019

Industry sources say the Trump administration is looking into using an executive order to cut prescription drug prices.

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Jul 25, 2019

What does the future of pharma look like through the eyes of a technologists background? We were fortunate enough to find out at last month at our 2nd annual GNS Forum. Shahram Ebadollahi, PhD, MBA who is the Global Head of Data Science and AI at Novartis AG, joined us to share his thoughts on how t...

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Jul 24, 2019

TurtlePin® is designed to facilitate the absorption of liquid solutions in the skin. TurtlePin® helps the absorption of liquid solutions and stimulates the creation of collagen.

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Jul 24, 2019

Modern drug discovery is a complicated process that requires identification of disease targets, bioactive substances that act upon those targets, and finally optimization of those drug candidates. Each stage of the process is time consuming and costly with no guarantee of success.

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Jul 24, 2019

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are always dealing with the conflict of increasing productivity whilst following safe processes to produce safe products. Having an effective, reliable and outstandingly performing checkweighing system in place can reduce risks and help manufacturers in providing process...

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Jul 24, 2019

Rise and shine, everyone, the middle of the week is already here. And a hazy, muggy morning is unfolding here on the Pharmalot campus this morning, where the officials mascot is noisily snoozing and one of the short people is sleeping in. As for us, we are downing yet another needed cup of stimulati...

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Jul 23, 2019

A number of independent pharmacies have told Spectrum News they are now losing business and revenue because of PBMs, including Five Points Pharmacy in Cocoa, a pharmacy that has been welcoming customers since 1958.

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Jul 23, 2019

As the nutraceuticals market diversifies, the industry is pivoting to the latest packaging formats and innovations in the food, beverage and pharmaceuticals sectors.

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Jul 23, 2019

When it comes to safely and securely transporting high value pharmaceutical products, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Not only is a single consignment of high value drugs potentially worth upwards of $50 million, but, for those patients in need of these drugs, ensuring these products arrive on ...

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Jul 23, 2019

France-based Sanofi struck a deal for the over-the-counter rights to Roches Tamiflu. The company will now be responsible for seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the flu treatment without a prescription.

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Jul 23, 2019

Fosfomycin is indicated only for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (acute cystitis) in women due to susceptible strains of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis. Fosfomycin is not indicated for the treatment of pyelonephritis or perinephric abscess.

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Jul 22, 2019

Forbes predicts that AI in healthcare will top US$1.7 billion by the end of the year. Download our free whitepaper today and learn the top 5 ways artificial intelligence is driving exciting change that will improve patient outcomes.

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Jul 22, 2019

On July 18, 2019, the Second Circuit issued a summary order in United States v. Shkreli (Jacobs, Livingston, Bianco) affirming the conviction and sentence of Martin Shkreli after his highly publicized 2017 trial in which he was convicted on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy ...

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Jul 21, 2019

A win for DeepMind, the AI arm of Google’s parent Alphabet, at a biennial biology conference could upend how drugmakers find and develop new medicines, according to Bloomberg. It could also dial up pressure on the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to prepare for a technological ar...

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Jul 21, 2019

Bayer AG is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company that was founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayerand Johann Wescott in Barmen, Germany. The company is one of the largest producers of aspirin and enjoys selling variety of medications for diabetes, birth control and multivitamins. Although recently...

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Jul 20, 2019

We designed this guide in order to explain how the pharmaceutical industry in Ukraine functions — an innovative, dynamic, non-monopolized industry that creates high value-added products. Over the past three years, this industry has made significant progress: companies have received European ma...

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Jul 19, 2019

This Infographic reveals doctor’s opinion on OTC marketing practices.

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Jul 19, 2019

With the end of the Medical Device Regulation’s (MDR) transition period looming (May 26th, 2020), manufacturers of drug device combination products or companion diagnostics are under heightened time pressure to comply with the new Regulation. Any company manufacturing or distributing these pro...

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Jul 19, 2019

HOW BIG PHARMA’S ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES DRIVE UP COSTS FOR EVERYBODY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME STIFLING THE R & D THAT HIGH DRUG PRICES ARE SUPPOSED TO FUND. By now, most Americans understand that generic drugs and other biosimilars are not only safe, but tried-and-true. About three-quar...

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Jul 18, 2019

Pharmaceuticals contribute many positive outcomes to the health care process.

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Jul 18, 2019

Major issues facing the pharmaceutical industry and their relationship to clinical pharmacy. There are two major issues that have potential for positive interactions between the industry and clinical pharmacy. These are drug selection and reimbursement, and clinical research.

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Jul 18, 2019

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is gaining more attention in the pharma space these days. At one time evoking images from futuristic science fiction, it now plays a significant role in smartphones, cars, search engines, and financial transactions. But what, exactly, is artificial intelligence? It is...

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Jul 18, 2019

Pharmaceutical and clinical industries are facing fierce demands from insurers, regulators, independent groups and consumers every day. In order to improve clinical trials and the drug discovery process, it is important to build better communication and links between all the stakeholders. This means...

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Jul 18, 2019

Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ono Pharmaceutical have teamed up to study the most common type of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The three companies will collaborate to test Bayer’s kinase inhibitor Stivarga (regorafenib) and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s and Ono’s anti-PD-1 checkp...

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Jul 18, 2019

At the beginning of 2019, Takeda Pharmaceutical announced plans to sell about $10 billion worth of assets to offset some of the debt the company garnered in its $62 billion acquisitionof Shire. In May, the company sold off assets worth $5.7 billion and now, the company is looking to sell more.

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Jul 17, 2019

IoT technologies are proving to be of great benefit to pharmaceutical organizations that aim to innovate. The ability to integrate informatics solutions in pharmaceutical environments enables organizations to streamline and standardize connectivity from previously disparate equipment, networks, and ...

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Jul 17, 2019

Hamilton Community Health Network partners with NBC25 and FOX66 to bring awareness to the opioid epidemic with a series of PSAs.

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Jul 17, 2019

The development of a pharmacovigilance and risk management system to support a gene therapy for a rare genetic disease requires consideration of the specific challenges and nuances that novel therapies present throughout the lifetime of the product.

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Jul 17, 2019

You lead a busy life and have a busy schedule. Attending a pharmaceuticals or biotech industry conference requires time and resources, which are often in short supply. But carving out the few days and committing the funds can make a huge difference when you’re looking to grow professionally.

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Jul 17, 2019

Canada implemented its patent term extension program, the Certificate of Supplementary Protection (CSP) framework, on September 21, 2017.  The CSP regime is beneficial to qualifying pharmaceutical product developers because it can add up to two additional years of patent protection.  Notab...

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Jul 17, 2019

Medical communications can be challenging, even in English, as they often contain highly technical terminology which has to be clinically accurate and precise. When your communications need to engage and educate audiences on a global scale, it can be even more challenging. Medical translations requi...

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Jul 17, 2019

In pharma, the sales process often starts with content, or a relationship may have started with some form of content. Great pharma content marketing follows a set of connected principles. Content marketing is the building of a narrative that looks to speak to target audiences, segments and personas ...

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Jul 16, 2019

In this video, Dr. Mark Hashim of The Herbal Clinic, MD shares insight and information regarding the use of medical cannabis to help patients reduce and eliminate the need for dangerous opioids and other pharmaceutical drugs.