A team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, along with colleagues in Europe, looked at blood samples from 265 men with advanced prostate cancer being treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide, either before or after docetaxel chemotherapy....
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State legislators in Massachusetts are preparing to review a slew of bills aimed at state-level drug pricing, and the pharmaceutical industry is opening its checkbook to fight back. The state’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on April 11 will examine 21 bills targeting price transparency and affordability for patients. State Sen. Cindy Friedman, the committee chair, told the Boston Herald that lawmakers will take a hard look at measures to open up drugmakers' pricing secrets a...
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A head-to-head study pitting Guardant Health’s lung cancer blood test against the standard, tissue-based testing found that the liquid biopsy was able to deliver similar results much faster and with more accuracy—which Guardant says makes the case for its blood-based genomic test to be performed first for all newly diagnosed patients. The study examined 282 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer over nearly two years, with each taking the Guardant360 liquid biopsy aimed at...
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6sense, a leading Account Based Orchestration Platform, powered by AI, extends its relationship with Salesforce to include an all-new integration with Pardot, Salesforce’s marketing automation solution. This integration combines marketing execution from Salesforce Pardot with the time-based predictions on prospect engagement from 6sense. Shared users can easily use 6sense to uncover demand and prioritize accounts with a high buying propensity while engaging buyers with personalized marketi...
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A novel drug based on capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their spicy burn, caused long-term weight loss and improved metabolic health in mice eating a high-fat diet, in new studies from the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy. The drug, Metabocin, was designed to slowly release capsaicin throughout the day so it can exert its anti-obesity effect without producing inflammation or adverse side effects....
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A low-cost, easy-to-replicate test for tuberculosis might help developing nations better identify and treat the infectious and sometimes deadly disease, new research suggests. A study of the $2 test in rural Malawi in southeastern Africa found that it was reliable and could be easily employed in areas with a high incidence of tuberculosis, said study author Jesse Kwiek, an associate professor of microbiology at The Ohio State University.
The TB CX-test is designed to not only detect tuber...
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