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ROCHE PREPARES TO LAUNCH COVID-19 ANTIBODY TEST SYSTEM article Apr 17, 2020 Swiss pharma giant Roche is joining the race to develop a test for COVID-19 antibodies in people who have been exposed to the disease. This morning, Roche announced the development and upcoming launch of its Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to detect antibodies in people who have been exposed t... Read More |
THE IMPACT OF RISING GENERIC DRUG PRICES ON THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN whitepaper Apr 16, 2020 Over the past two years, the pharmacy industry has seen unprecedented increases in the prices of generic drugs, causing unexpected cost increases for payers and consumers, and spurring an investigation by the United States Congress. High generic drug prices have had an adverse effect on almost every... Read More |
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LATEST IMPROVEMENT ON PHARMANEWS TO SERVE YOU BETTER infographic Apr 16, 2020 Poised to give our readers and advertisers better services in spite of the COVID19 pandemic, Pharmanews–your global health journal has continued to improve on its services in terms of healthcare information dissemination, by keeping readers abreast of latest development in public health, espec... Read More |
WHY THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A WAR ON PEOPLE video Apr 14, 2020 The War on Drugs was launched in the United States by former President Richard Nixon in 1971. This allowed for the criminalization of drug use, which led to the mass incarceration of millions of Americans, particularly for communities of color. Read More |
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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BRINGS HUNDREDS OF U.S. CLINICAL TRIALS TO A HALT article Apr 11, 2020 Rene Roach fired off a quick email in late March for an update on a colorectal cancer clinical trial for which she hoped to qualify. Worried about the coronavirus, she asked, almost as an afterthought, whether the study had been put on hold because of the pandemic.The answer crushed her: It had been... Read More |
HOW PHARMA CAN CONTINUE ENGAGING HCPS IN A WORLD GRIPPED BY COVID-19 article Apr 10, 2020 Medscape is the leading source of clinical news, health information, and point-of-care tools for healthcare professionals. Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the most robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. Medscape Education... Read More |
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SUPPORTING DRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR COVID-19 video Apr 08, 2020 In this challenging time, we need collaboration and innovation to address complex problems like the COVID-19 pandemic. At Certara, our global team is working with our partners to accelerate bringing scientifically-proven drugs to the patients who need them most. Read More |
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2020 PRESCRIPTION DRUG LIST whitepaper Apr 07, 2020 The information in this document is designed to help you understand the prescription drug benefits offered under this plan and to compare these benefits to those offered by other plans. Information contained in this summary is designed to help you compare both the value and scope offormulary benefit... Read More |
COVID-19 SUMMARY AS OF MARCH 13, 2020 infographic Apr 06, 2020 Biomedtracker and Trialtrove have a total of 307 clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19. 152 initiated trials for the treatment of COVID-19. 155 Trials have been announced but have not yet begun recruitment. Read More |
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COMPARING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TRIALS article Apr 01, 2020 One minor side effect of the pandemic is that perhaps more people will learn about what drug research and clinical trials can really be like. Today’s example: we have a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine from Wuhan that has just published on a preprint server. What’s good is that this ... Read More |
DO CLINICAL TRIAL DELAYS MEAN TROUBLE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL STOCKS? article Apr 01, 2020 Pharmaceutical stocks have been somewhat of a safe haven for investors as the coronavirus outbreak spread from China to the rest of the world. But as the pandemic deepened, now resulting in more than 782,000 cases worldwide, even these "safer" companies are beginning to feel the effects. T... Read More |
CLINICAL SUPPLY AVAILABILITY & SPEED TO STUDY START-UP article Mar 26, 2020 If you’re part of a clinical study team racing a new product to commercialization, you likely live by these two simple rules: time is money, and the first one to market wins. But just because it’s simple doesn’t mean it’s easy. That ticking clock is background noise to the re... Read More |
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ADVANCE YOUR PHARMA SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING DURING A PANDEMIC article Mar 20, 2020 One predominant and common element within our pharmaceutical industry, is our devotions to patients. Within supply chain there is always a focus on ensuring the right product is delivered to the right place at the right time in order to ensure patient safety and the continuity of medicinal supplies.... Read More |
CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT RISKS AND ISSUES IN A COVID-19 WORLD article Mar 20, 2020 Global clinical guidelines have shifted the industry toward risk-based approaches for the planning and execution of clinical trials. The ICH’s guidelines for Good Clinical Practice state that sponsors should evaluate identified risks against existing risk controls by considering “the lik... Read More |
THE FUTURE OF PHARMA BEYOND BLOCKBUSTERS article Mar 17, 2020 We’ve all heard the saying “treat the patient, not the disease”, and this couldn’t be truer in today’s ever-changing pharmaceutical landscape. We are living in a time of revolution – advancements in genomics and technology are improving our ability to develop prec... Read More |
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TOP SPECIALTY PHARMACY THERAPY AREAS article Mar 16, 2020 Accelerated by advancements in cancer treatments and a growing emphasis on personalized and precision medicine, specialty pharmacy represents a rapidly growing sector within the healthcare industry. In fact, the market is projected to grow to $500 billion by the end of this year—up from $200 b... Read More |
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PHARMA: UTILISING A VALUABLE RESOURCE article Mar 11, 2020 The pharmaceutical industry is set to greatly benefit from the use of artificial intelligence (AI), due to its wide range of applications. Sydney Tierney discusses how machine learning can enhance marketing, manufacturing and drug trials. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to nearly every a... Read More |
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CLINICAL TRIALS GO DIGITAL video Mar 06, 2020 Today, more than 90% of new drugs fail clinical trials in the US, and those that do succeed can take upwards of seven years to reach FDA approval. Yet clinical trials, unlike other areas of healthcare, remain relatively untouched by digital innovations that could improve their success and efficiency... Read More |
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PFIZER WON’T WIN THE CORONAVIRUS PHARMA WAR article Mar 06, 2020 Shares of Pfizer jumped more than 6% on Wednesday, after the company announced a plan to test some of its antiviral products as a potential treatment for the coronavirus from China. More than 35 million shares traded on the news — about 48% more than normal — as investors looked for any ... Read More |
MERCK’S PATIENT-CENTRIC CLINICAL TRIAL RECRUITING article Mar 04, 2020 Everyone in pharma knows that product success depends on the results of clinical trials — but we don’t usually hear from the people who are involved in running them. Recently, four Clinical Research Managers (CRM) from Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) discussed h... Read More |
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WHAT TO WATCH IN 2020: NON-SPECIALTY DRUGS article Mar 01, 2020 Pharmaceutical manufacturers are constantly working to develop new and improved medications. Join us as we explore the non-specialty drugs you should be watching in 2020. If you missed last week’s article about the most important upcoming specialty drugs, be sure to check it out here. Approxim... Read More |
DEVELOPING DRUGS FOR CANCER RESEARCH video Feb 27, 2020 The Medicines for All Institute at VCU (M4ALL) is an internationally distinctive facility equipped to manufacture large volumes of targeted therapeutics for the university to conduct research as well as develop new lower cost methods for the preparation of global health drugs. Through a collaborativ... Read More |
5 PHARMA TRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PACKAGING article Feb 27, 2020 The pharmaceutical industry is changing at an unprecedented pace. New biological treatments for cancer, and a dramatic rise of widespread diseases such as diabetes, call for new processing and packaging solutions to fulfill the different needs all over the world. Keep your eye on these five main pac... Read More |
PRICING OF DRUGS – AT WHAT COST? article Feb 27, 2020 We go into a doctor’s office and leave with a diagnosis and a prescription. Next we stop by the pharmacy. In Germany, if your insurance is not private, you mostly don’t even know the price of your drug because it’s paid for directly by your insurance. You only notice the 5-10 Euros... Read More |
CANCER DRUGS BRING IN MOST PHARMA REVENUE infographic Feb 25, 2020 Worldwide cancer drug sales are already way ahead of those of other drugs and the revenue generated by them is expected to grow even larger by 2024. This is according to a report recently released by consultancy Evaluate, which analyses trends in the pharmaceutical sector. According to Evaluate'... Read More |
PHARMACIST ECARE PLAN - THE NEWEST DISRUPTER IN HEALTH DATA EXCHANGE? article Feb 25, 2020 Every member of the health care team shares a common goal of optimizing patient outcomes. Yet each specialty and position of the healthcare team has a unique workflow facilitated by various tools, from an operative report to a progress note. In this regard the pharmacist plays a pivotal function in ... Read More |
TOP PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS URGE FDA TO ADOPT BLOCKCHAIN FOR DRUG TRACKING article Feb 25, 2020 Leading market participants in the United States pharmaceutical industry, logistics firms, distributors and other stakeholders in the pharma supply chain have come together to publish a report buttressing the need for industry players to adopt blockchain for tracking prescription drugs, following th... Read More |
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF PCD PHARMA COMPANY? article Feb 17, 2020 PCD Pharma stands for propaganda distribution. A PCD company gives brand name and support to its franchises. They also provide distribution rights and monopoly rights within a particular region. If a person wants to establish their business, it is a must for them to know the pros and cons of the bus... Read More |
TIPS FOR MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN BEYOND PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS article Feb 17, 2020 Painkillers like Oxycontin, Percocet, and Vicodin, have been prescribed by primary physicians, surgeons, dentists, and other healthcare providers to patients suffering from varying levels of pain. Though these medications have proven to be an effective source of pain relief, they have also proven to... Read More |
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY video Feb 11, 2020 What are drugs? What do they do? How do they do what they do? These questions are part of the field of pharmacology, and over this series we will learn all about a wide variety of different drugs that have clinical use. This will require a lot of prerequisite knowledge in other fields, so make sure ... Read More |
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WALGREEN’S IN HOT WATER OVER PHONY PHARMACIST article Feb 11, 2020 The drugstore chain agreed to pay $7.5 million in fines after an unlicensed pharmacist at several San Francisco Bay locations illegally filled more than 700,000 prescriptions over a ten-year period. According to California prosecutors, Kim Thien Le stole license numbers from other pharmacists to fil... Read More |
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CANCER DRUGS ARE THE MOST PROFITABLE FOR BIG PHARMA article Feb 07, 2020 The pharmaceutical industry's top earners are cancer drugs a sentence that will be read to the surprise of no one. When sussing out why oncological therapies cost so much, the usual suspect is research and development (R&D). It takes years to develop a drug, deep pockets to fund that develop... Read More |
BACTERIAL EVOLUTION OF ANTIBIOTIC ARSENALS PROVIDES NEW DRUG BLUEPRINTS article Feb 07, 2020 Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that two very different species of bacteria have evolved distinct, powerful antibiotic arsenals for use in the war against their bacterial neighbours. By blueprinting precisely how the antibiotics function against methicillin-resistant Staphyloc... Read More |
WHAT IS ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY? infographic Feb 05, 2020 A type of immunotherapy in which T cells are given to a patient to help the body fight diseases. In cancer therapy, T cells are usually taken from the patient’s own blood or tumor tissue, grown in large numbers in the laboratory, and then given back to the patient to help the immune system fig... Read More |
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WILL PHARMA’S RECORD-BREAKING RACE FOR A CORONAVIRUS VAX PAY OFF? article Feb 04, 2020 If a pharma company succeeded in developing a vaccine for the coronavirus in the timeframe many have promised, it would be a historic milestone for the industry. Since cases of the novel coronavirus in China were first reported over a month ago, the pharma world has been mobilizing at a breakneck sp... Read More |
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - HOW CAN HOSPITALS PROTECT PATIENTS AND STAFF? article Feb 03, 2020 First came SARS. Then came MERS. Now, a third deadly coronavirus strain — 2019-nCoV, originating in Wuhan, China — has jumped from animals to humans, and its infectious aerosols are travelling the globe with alarming speed. It took less than a month for the respiratory virus to spread to... Read More |
CAN WE USE MEDICINES DESIGNED BY AI ON HUMANS JUST YET article Feb 03, 2020 Artificial intelligence has been assisting humans in finding patterns in biological data in order to predict potential diseases. In a few cases, it is even outperforming prominent doctors in determining the ailments. However, with the latest advancements, pharma companies have turned towards AI to e... Read More |
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THE GROWING POSSIBILITIES FOR STEM CELLS IN PHARMA article Jan 28, 2020 Drug Target Review explores the latest applications of stem cells in modelling disease, drug production and the most recent steps in regenerative medicine provided by research.For decades, researchers have been investigating how to steer stem cell differentiation to create models and engineer tissue... Read More |
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HOW DOES COMPOUND MANAGEMENT INFLUENCE DRUG DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS? article Jan 22, 2020 Any compounds you use during drug discovery and development have started their journey long before they ended up in your lab. They have been collected, stored, processed, and then finally delivered to your bench. The process of compound management is highly complex and requires input from a number o... Read More |
WHAT PATIENTS AND DOCTORS CAN DO ABOUT THE RISING COST OF MEDICINE article Jan 22, 2020 No matter who you are or what your station in life may be, the dream of good health and longevity for ourselves and those we love is a dream we all share. Unfortunately, for far too many of us nowadays, that dream also comes with a hefty price tag, one that fewer and fewer Americans are able to pay.... Read More |
THE FUTURE OF AI IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY article Jan 20, 2020 Will AI be the 21st century's biggest cause of unemployment or the largest driver of sales growth? People in every industry are concerned that Artificial Intelligence will soon cause them to lose their jobs. Others say it will revolutionise the way we work. Who is right and what are the conseque... Read More |
GENERIC APIXABAN IS HERE! article Jan 20, 2020 The FDA has recently approved two generic versions of apixaban and from the amount of apixaban I’m seeing used in clinical practice, this is a great thing for overall healthcare and drug costs. Here’s the FDA’s statement. Because of this switch to generic apixaban availability as w... Read More |
DRUG STORE CHECK-IN article 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... Read More |
RNA TARGETING POISED TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH GENE THERAPY article 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... Read More |
USP 800 COMPLIANCE FOR COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES & LABRATORIES article 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 physi... Read More |
TOP 10 PBM INDUSTRY MACROTRENDS IN 2019 & WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2020 article 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... Read More |
SOFT WRITERS: GAYCO PHARMACY video Jan 13, 2020 We worked with pharmaceutical software company soft writers to go to georgia and create a couple lifestyle testimonials. Check it out. Read More |
DO PATIENTS ACTUALLY WATCH ALL THOSE PHARMA TV ADS? infographic 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... Read More |
HOW CELLULAR IS ENABLING THE DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN whitepaper 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... Read More |
PHARMACY INDUSTRY UPDATES: JANUARY article 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. Read More |
MEDICAL DEVICE REPS DO MORE THAN YOU THINK! article 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... Read More |
EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT GENERIC DRUGS COMING TO MARKET IN 2020 article 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, we save... Read More |
COLD AND FLU PREVENTION: FACT VS. FICTION article 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... Read More |
GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT FENTANYL article 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... Read More |
4 PERFORMANCE TRENDS TO GUIDE YOUR INDEPENDENT PHARMACY IN 2020 article 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 ... Read More |
THIRD-PARTY MEDICINE MANUFACTURER: EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW article 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... Read More |
HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE COLLECT MARKET INSIGHTS article 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 ... Read More |
DECK 7 WEBINARS AND VIRTUAL EVENTS whitepaper Jan 01, 2020 If you recognize some of these challenges, download the Deck 7 Webinar & Virtual Events overview to see how we make it easy for busy marketers to run highly successful webinars and virtual events.... Read More |
WHY DECK 7 whitepaper Jan 01, 2020 With over 2,800 campaigns each year delivered through a team of 300+ digital, data, and technology specialists, Deck 7 is a first resource for B2B demand generation services for marketers worldwide.Clients leverage Deck 7’s multichannel content marketing services and Media 7’s network of... Read More |
HOW IPD CAN DELIVER FOR LIFE SCIENCES whitepaper 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... Read More |
GET AWARE OF LUCRATIVE PCD PRODUCTS TO START COMPANY article 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... Read More |
CAN WE TALK? RETHINKING FDA COMMUNICATIONS WITH DRUG DEVELOPERS article 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... Read More |
POLYMER VIAL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR GENE THERAPY DRUG PRODUCTS article 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... Read More |
KRATOM – NEW DATA ON A CONTROVERSIAL DRUG article 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 ... Read More |
APPLICATION NOTES & WHITEPAPERS 2019 whitepaper 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. Read More |
INCREASING HCP ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SPEAKER PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY article 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... Read More |
EDUCATION AND TEAMWORK article 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... Read More |
PAVING THE WAY FOR PHARMA R&D TO USE FAIR DATA whitepaper 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... Read More |
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PROTECT YOUR WEBSITE FROM PHARMA HACK TRAFFIC article 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... Read More |
EFFECTS OF X-RAY INSPECTION ON PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS whitepaper 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... Read More |
SENIORS NEED MORE MEDICATION REVIEWS article 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 Treatment of Di... Read More |
5 ADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN ONLINE PHARMACY article 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... Read More |
HOW DOES PREVALENCE AFFECT PRICING OF RARE DISEASE DRUGS? article 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... Read More |
FIRST-EVER DECLINE IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES IN US IN 45 YEARS article 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 modest de... Read More |
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HOW AI IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY article 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... Read More |
TAKING PHARMACY BENEFITS ON A NEW RIDE infographic 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... Read More |
AI IN PHARMA video 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. Read More |
COULD AI CREATE A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF PHARMA R&D? article 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... Read More |
SILOS IN PHARMA – THE DATA ISSUE article 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... Read More |
MODERN PHARMA GROWS MORE COLOURFUL article 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... Read More |
A SAFER RIDE: THE LATEST INNOVATION IN TARGETED CANCER TREATMENT article 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 ... Read More |
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WHERE THE NURSE PRESCRIBES HEROIN article 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... Read More |
HOW DOES CBD AFFECT YOUR MEMORY? article 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 ... Read More |
ARE “UNSAFE” DRUGS BEING APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE? video 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. Read More |
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PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IS ADOPTING AI ON NUMEROUS FRONTS article 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... Read More |
4 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT COLD CHAIN LOGISTICS article 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... Read More |
PHARMA COLD CHAIN TRACKING : A PROTOTYPE article 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... Read More |
ARE MEDTECH COMPANIES READY FOR THE ROBOTICS DIGITAL DATA REVOLUTION? article 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... Read More |
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: A GUIDE FOR PHARMA MARKETERS article 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... Read More |
5 THINGS A LANDLORD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IN ILLINOIS article 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... Read More |
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT CANNABIS ADVERTISING IN 2020 article 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... Read More |
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PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES- IMPORTANCE. video 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. Read More |
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PHARMA CYBER SECURITY: HOW TO TACKLE MALWARE THREATS article 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 ... Read More |
SEARCHING CHEMICAL SPACES TO BOOST DRUG DEVELOPMENT article 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... Read More |
MINIMIZING RISK WITHIN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN article 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... Read More |
5 ESSENTIALS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PHARMACEUTICAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING article 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 manufacturers seek a... Read More |
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT video Nov 19, 2019 Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. Read More |
THE MEDICINE PLANT THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD. article 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... Read More |
FOUR PREDICTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF PERSONALISED MEDICINE article 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... Read More |
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF PHARMA article 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... Read More |
WHAT LOWER PRICES WOULD MEAN FOR DRUG COMPANIES? article 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... Read More |
HOW CAN BLOCKCHAIN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY? video 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... Read More |
HOW BIG PHARMA AND STARTUPS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER article 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... Read More |
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DOES YOUR SCIENTIFIC NARRATIVE RESONATE IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL ECOSYSTEM? article 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... Read More |
10 MUST-HAVE MARKETING TECHNOLOGY STACK FOR YOUR B2B TECH article Nov 13, 2019 Still think your current martech stack doesn't need an upgrade? Think again. 2019 is gradually coming to a close and marketing channels have shown no signs of slowing down. If you’re a marketer who’s part of a technology-dominated industry, you know well that it’s no longer a b... Read More |
PERILS OF THE OPEN OFFICE infographic 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... Read More |
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IS MEDICINE GOING VIRAL? video Nov 13, 2019 This video looks at the structure of bacteriophages, their mode of action and their potential to treat bacterial infections. Read More |
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IMPROVING MEDICINES ADHERENCE WITH VR article 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 ... Read More |
WHY ETHANOL WORKS SO WELL FOR CANNABIS EXTRACTION article 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... Read More |
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COULD CANNABINOIDS BE USED TO TREAT PTSD? article 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... Read More |
POLY HELPS EMPOWER CONTACT CENTER WORKERS article 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... Read More |
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FUTURE OF DRUG DESIGN video Nov 11, 2019 Our chemists share their perspectives on how data science, AI and computational methods can help transform drug design. Read More |
THE IMPACT OF SYNTHESIS INNOVATION IN DRUG DISCOVERY article 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... Read More |
COLLABORATION IS THE X FACTOR IN MAKING PRECISION MEDICINE A SUCCESS article 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... Read More |
INTELLIGENT DRUG DISCOVERY: POWERED BY AI article 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... Read More |
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VIRTUAL PHARMA – NOW FOR REAL? article 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... Read More |
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WHAT IS ALLOMETRIC SCALING AND HOW DOES IT SUPPORT DRUG DEVELOPMENT? article 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... Read More |
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FIRST NEW HIV STRAIN IN 19 YEARS IDENTIFIED article 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... Read More |
A PHARMA FIRST: FDA-APPROVED APP FOR TREATMENT OF ADDICTION article 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... Read More |
CANCER DRUG DISCOVERY: UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERIES OF HALICHONDRIN article 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... Read More |
MISTAKES TO BE AVOIDED WHEN PREPARING A DRUG LAUNCH article 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... Read More |
THE POWER OF DATA SCIENCE IN PHARMACEUTICALS article 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... Read More |
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WE NEED MORE THAN NEW ANTIBIOTICS TO FIGHT RESISTANCE article 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... Read More |
TACKLING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA OVERLOAD WITH DATA LAKES AND MACHINE LEARNING whitepaper 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. Read More |
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ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST SARTAN MANUFACTURERS article 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 taken enforc... Read More |
PRECISION MEDICINE: HOW FAR WE’VE COME article 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... Read More |
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THE BENEFITS OF LOW ENDOTOXIN PRODUCTS whitepaper 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. Read More |
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TECHNE PACKAGING - PHARMACEUTICAL video 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. Read More |
10 STEPS TO A LIFE WITHOUT MEDICINES video 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? Read More |
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IS SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGY THE AI SWEET SPOT FOR PHARMA? article 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... Read More |
PHARMACY 2030: 5 BOLD PREDICTIONS infographic 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... Read More |
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SNAPSHOT OF THE PATIENT-CENTRIC TRIAL LANDSCAPE infographic 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. Read More |
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DRUG HELPS PLANTS RESIST DROUGHT: STUDY article 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 ... Read More |
TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, SUICIDE PREVENTION video 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. Read More |
MULESOFT: HOW CAN API TOOLS SPEED UP DRUG DEVELOPMENT? article 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... Read More |
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA video Oct 23, 2019 Pharmacist Abigail Brooks and Courtney Kominek on their views of medical marijuana. Read More |
CHANNELING THE POWER OF AI INTO PERSONALIZING MEDICINE article 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... Read More |
DRUG DELIVERY article 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... Read More |
POLY STUDIO IS NOW CERTIFIED FOR MICROSOFT TEAMS article 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... Read More |
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DO PATIENTS CARE ABOUT WHAT YOUR DRUG DOES? article 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... Read More |
4 WAYS TO TALK WITH VACCINE SKEPTICS article 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... Read More |
WHY IS PHARMA SO BAD AT SHARING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA? article 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... Read More |
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND THE DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT article 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... Read More |
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STOELZLE PHARMA - MORE THAN JUST GLASS video 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. Read More |
COULD A UNIQUE NEW FUNGUS OFFER AN OPIOID ALTERNATIVE? article 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... Read More |
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CBD? article 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... Read More |
MAINTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITIES article 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. Read More |
WHICH BIG PHARMA FIRMS ARE BEST AT DIGITAL? article 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... Read More |
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DIY DRUGS: SHOULD HOSPITALS MAKE THEIR OWN MEDICINE? article 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... Read More |
FIVE THINGS FOR PHARMA MARKETERS TO KNOW article 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... Read More |
CYBER THREATS IN THE PHARMA INDUSTRY video 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... Read More |
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CLINICAL GENETICS: A PART OF PHARMA’S DNA article 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... Read More |
BIOPANDA DRUGS OF ABUSE RAPID TESTS video 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. Read More |
IOT AND DRUG ADHERENCE: DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO CONNECTED SOLUTIONS article 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 ... Read More |
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METHOD “MATCHES” MEDICINES TO THEIR UNIQUE PROTEIN RECEPTORS article 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... Read More |
MY PHARMACY PREREGISTRATION TRAINING PROVIDER WASN'T UP TO SCRATCH article 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... Read More |
DRUG PRICES KILLING OR DISEASES? article 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. Read More |
PHARMA QUALITY CONTROL TESTING whitepaper 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... Read More |
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SOLAR FOR BUSINESS: PHARMACEUTICALS article 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... Read More |
IMPROVING MEDICINES SAFETY AS A VOLUNTEER PHARMACIST IN CAMBODIA article 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... Read More |
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS infographic Oct 08, 2019 See the infographic for insights into Canadian physicians’ perspectives on the legalization of recreational cannabis. Read More |
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RECOGNIZING TEEN DRUG USE infographic 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. Read More |
DEMONSTRATING DRUG POTENCY EARLY IN CELL THERAPY DEVELOPMENT article 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... Read More |
SHORTAGE OF DRUGS HAVING A SERIOUS IMPACT ON PRIMARY CARE article 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... Read More |
HOW TECHNOLOGY IS FUELING THE FUTURE OF THE PHARMA SUPPLY CHAIN video 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... Read More |
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CRITICAL STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING YOUR PHARMA TEAM article 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... Read More |
TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT MONITORING OF CLINICAL TRIALS article 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 ... Read More |
RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED LAB-MADE THC AND CBD article 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... Read More |
PHARMA MARKETING’S EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP WITH AI article 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... Read More |
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NOVARTIS + MICROSOFT REIMAGINING MEDICINE USING AI video 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 ... Read More |
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THE MARKET FOR UNBORN CHILDREN: BIG PHARMA, VACCINES AND TRAFFICKING OF ABORTED FETUSES article 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 ... Read More |
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DIGITAL THERAPEUTICS: PHARMA’S THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY whitepaper 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... Read More |
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95% OF PEOPLE THINK THEY COULD DEVELOP DEMENTIA WITH AGE article 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... Read More |
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KNOW THE NEW RPH PHARMA video 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. Read More |
LEVERAGING ADVANCED ANALYTICS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY article 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... Read More |
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HOW WILL TECHNOLOGY AID AN AGEING WORLD? article 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... Read More |
THE 10 LATEST FDA ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENTS article 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... Read More |
HOW DOES A DRUG FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WORK? article 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... Read More |
COULD SMART PILL BOTTLES DISPENSE A SOLUTION TO DRUG NON-ADHERENCE? article 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... Read More |
WHY ARE DRUGS SO EXPENSIVE? video 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. Read More |
REVIVING A DISCONTINUED DRUG article 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... Read More |
WHAT IS DXM? article 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... Read More |
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HOW A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM CAN HELP SOLVE THE US OPIOID CRISIS article 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 ... Read More |
AI AND DRUG DISCOVERY, PROTECTING THE VALUE OF DATA IN COLLABORATIONS article 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... Read More |
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HOW ATTRACTIVE ARE BIO-SIMILARS FOR PHARMA COMPANIES? article 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... Read More |
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ZOLGENSMA – MORE THAN JUST THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE DRUG article 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 ... Read More |
BREXIT: WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY article 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... Read More |
HOW AMERICA’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS GOING GLOBAL video 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. Read More |
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THE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL OF AI FOR PHARMACEUTICAL article 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... Read More |
CAN-FITE BIOPHARMA: $9 PRICE TARGET FROM DAWSON JAMES video 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 ... Read More |
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CMA CGM PHARMA REEFER DIVISION video 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. Read More |
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPIOIDS AND OPIATES article 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... Read More |
CBD MARKETING: HIGH MARKS FOR THE NEXT “IT” PRODUCT article 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. Read More |
PHARMA ECOMMERCE: WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN ONLINE article 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... Read More |
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BUILDING THE SMARTEST PHARMA COMPANY IN THE WORLD article 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... Read More |
WHAT ARE REAL-WORLD STUDIES? video 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... Read More |
FOUR STAND-OUT SKILLS YOU NEED TO MOVE INTO THE PHARMA INDUSTRY article 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... Read More |
KEY OPINION LEADERS article 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... Read More |
5 MARKETING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR 2020 article Sep 13, 2019 The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.” Peter F. Drucker Tweet This! While selling is an art, it solely depends on the fact how much marketing efforts you have put in to make it possible. And when it comes to marketing efforts it will be incomplete unless you leverage modern tech... Read More |
US FINDS CONTAMINANT IN POPULAR HEARTBURN DRUG article 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... Read More |
VÉTO-PHARMA CDMO SERVICES video 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. Read More |
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MOVING MOLECULES INTO MEDICINES whitepaper 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. Read More |
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YOUR CANCER TARGETS MAY NOT BE REAL article 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... Read More |
MEDICAL WRITING - WHAT IS IT? article 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 ... Read More |
BIGTINCAN HUB OVERVIEW video 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. Read More |
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VALUATION OF PHARMA COMPANIES: 5 KEY CONSIDERATIONS article 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... Read More |
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IMPLEMENTING BUYER ENABLEMENT IN YOUR SALES ENABLEMENT STRATEGY (2019) article 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... Read More |
THE ROLE OF SALES IN SALES ENABLEMENT article 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... Read More |
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THE FUTURE OF PHARMA: HARNESSING AI TO DECENTRALISE DATA article 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... Read More |
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HOW A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY’S HIV RESEARCH BECAME IMMERSIVE THEATER article 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... Read More |
MEDIA MONITORING FOR PHARMA INDUSTRY video 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. Read More |
IT’S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO GO ALL IN ON DRUG PRICING REFORM article 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... Read More |
HOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WILL DRIVE PHARMA SECTOR? video 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... Read More |
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT article 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... Read More |
5 STEPS TO SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY FOR PHARMA article 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... Read More |
THE PROMISE AND PITFALLS OF SERIAL FEMTOSECOND X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY article 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... Read More |
NEW ALZHEIMER’S VACCINE MAY SHOW PROMISE. article 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... Read More |
MGH PREPARES: BUILD A PLAN video 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. Read More |
WHAT ARE “COSMECEUTICALS”? article 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... Read More |
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5 REASONS YOUR COMPANY NEEDS ACCOUNT-BASED MARKETING article 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... Read More |
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CAPTIVATING STATISTICS ON WHY YOU NEED ABM RIGHT NOW infographic 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 ... Read More |
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HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION IN THE PHARMA PRODUCTION video 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... Read More |
DEAL OR NO DEAL: HOW BREXIT IS IMPACTING PHARMA article 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... Read More |
THE PROMISE AND PITFALLS OF MOLECULAR TESTING IN ONCOLOGY article 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... Read More |
COST SAVINGS AND BUSINESS BENEFITS OF THE MADISON LOGIC PLATFORM whitepaper 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... Read More |
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NEEDLE FREE INJECTION TECHNOLOGY- AN OVERVIEW whitepaper 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. Read More |
A FIELD MANUAL FOR THE BATTLE OVER HIV PREVENTION DRUG PRICING article 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 ... Read More |
PRESCRIPTION 2020: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND DRUG PRICING article 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... Read More |
REAL WORLD EVIDENCE: A PHARMA-EVOLUTION article 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... Read More |
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WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO REDUCE DRUG PRICES article 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. ... Read More |
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TOP THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN PHARMA MACHINERY article 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 ... Read More |
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OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN UTAH infographic 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. Read More |
OVERCOMING DRUG SHORTAGES WITH TECH whitepaper 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... Read More |
SIX OF THE GREATEST THERAPEUTIC R&D CHALLENGES infographic 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. Read More |
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MARIJUANA IS GETTING MORE POPULAR IN AMERICA WHILE COCAINE DECLINES article 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 ... Read More |
THEA PHARMA - LETS OPEN OUR EYES video 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. Read More |
HAY FEVER: OTC MANAGEMENT infographic 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. Read More |
RANDOM DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING WITH PRECEDE article 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... Read More |
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PLAYERS IN PHARMA infographic 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. Read More |
CAN CBD BE USED TO TREAT DRUG ADDICTION? article 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 ... Read More |
ANATOMY OF TODAY’S GLOBAL TRAVELER infographic 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... Read More |
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CREATING CONTENT THAT IMPROVES CX: A Q&A WITH LIONBRIDGE & APRIMO article 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... Read More |
LIONBRIDGE BRAND VIDEO video 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.... Read More |
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WHY A NO-DEAL BREXIT MEANS MORE FAKE PHARMA article 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 ... Read More |
A BUYER’S GUIDE FOR LOCALIZATION SERVICES: whitepaper 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-... Read More |
WHY AI? HOW LANGUAGE & AI SERVICES GO HAND-IN-HAND whitepaper 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... Read More |
GOING GLOBAL 101: HOW YOUR COMPETITION CAN BE YOUR BEST RESOURCE article 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 this race. Yo... Read More |
FDA SENT THESE WARNING LETTERS TO PHARMA/DEVICE COMPANIES article 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 valsart... Read More |
Q10 ABSORPTION | PHARMA NORD video 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. Read More |
ALZHEIMERS DRUG REVERSES BRAIN DAMAGE DUE TO UNDERAGE DRINKING article 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... Read More |
MORALLY CORRUPT DRUG PRICING POLICY HURTS BLACK LGBTQ COMMUNITY THE MOST article 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... Read More |
5 POTENTIAL IMPACTS THE PHARMA INDUSTRY SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR article 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... Read More |
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LAUNCHING GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIALS whitepaper 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... Read More |
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PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PMP) OVERVIEW whitepaper 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... Read More |
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UNDERSTANDING AND REMOVING THE BARRIERS TO PATIENT RETENTION article 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. Read More |
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