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Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug gets FDA approval in milestone for company and research

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Despite high demand for an option like Journavx, doctors fear the drug’s price could be a major hangup for insurers, potentially limiting patients’ ability to access it.

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Polar bear population decline the direct result of extended 'energy deficit' due to lack of food

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

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When is a Confirmatory Trial “Underway” or Conducted with “Due Diligence” Enough for Accelerated Approval? FDA Explains Its New Authorities

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

By Mark A. Tobolowsky & Charles G. Raver & James E. Valentine We recently blogged about a new December 2024 draft guidance about accelerated approval (the December 2024 draft guidance). That post largely focused on endpoints as well as the broader context for when accelerated approval is appropriate. However, as we note in that post, the design, timing of initiation, and timely conduct of confirmatory trials are also important considerations in FDAs determination of whether accelerated

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Antibody treatment prevents severe bird flu in monkeys

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Combination of Metabolomics and Bioinformatics to Reveal the Mechanism of Luteolin in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The remarkable therapeutic potential of luteolin against cervical cancer can be ascribed to its profound influence on amino acid and nucleotide metabolism, substantiated by the seamless integration of metabolomics, bioinformatics, and molecular docking techniques in this comprehensive investigation. ABSTRACT The incidence of cervical cancer is high among women globally.

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Opioid Painkillers Less Available To People Of Color

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- People of color now have less access to prescription opioid painkillers than white patients, an unintended consequence of efforts to stem Americas opioid epidemic.Communities of color have a 40% to 45% lower distribution.

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Freshwater alga could be the next superfood that feeds the world

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A green alga that grows in lakes and rivers could be the next 'superfood' -- helping scientists to tackle global food security challenges while promoting environmental sustainability.

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USDA Issues Health Alert Over Bone Fragments in Wegmans Nuggets

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- If you have a bag of Wegmans breaded chicken breast nuggets in your freezer, you may want to check the label before your next meal.The U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a.

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New light-tuned chemical tools control processes in living cells

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research group has developed new advanced light-controlled tools that enable precise control of proteins in real time in living cells. This groundbreaking research opens doors to new methods for studying complex processes in cells and could pave the way for significant advances in medicine and synthetic biology.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Weight-Loss Surgery Protects Liver Health

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- Weight-loss surgery can protect the liver health of patients with obesity and fatty liver disease, a new study reports.Patients had a 72% lower risk of developing serious complications of liver disease after undergoing.

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Generating electricity from tacky tape

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy. Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), mechanical energy can be converted into electrical energy using triboelectric effect static. Many TENGs contain expensive, specially fabricated materials, but one team has instead used inexpensive store-bought tape, plastic and aluminum metal.

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Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel 9H Purine Derivatives as Potent CDK9 Inhibitors

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

New 9H purine derivatives were designed and synthesized, and CDK9 inhibitory activity were evaluated. Compound B5 behaved as a highly selective inhibitors of CDK9. ABSTRACT Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is considered as an important target in the research of antitumor drugs. Taking the CDK2/9 inhibitor CYC065 as the positive control and an in-house library compound ( 64 ) as the lead compound, four classes of 22 target compounds with 9H purine as the core structure were designed to establish

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Earth scientists study Sikkim flood in India to help others prepare for similar disasters

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Heavy Weed Use Affects Young Adults' Short-Term Memory

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- Heavy weed use appears to dull the brains of young adults, particularly affecting their short-term working memory, a new study suggests.MRI scans showed less brain activation in heavy tokers performing tasks that tested.

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Why you shouldn't scratch an itchy rash: New study explains

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Your parents were right: Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model of a type of eczema called allergic contact dermatitis.

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Aryl Pyrazolopyrimidines as Toll‐Like Receptor 7 Agonists

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

A pyrazolopyrimidine, 2-((4-methoxyphenyl)amino)-7-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile exhibits TLR7 agonistic activity and stimulates an innate immune response in RAW264.7 macrophages. ABSTRACT Compounds containing pyrazolopyrimidine scaffolds were designed and synthesized as toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonists. Thirty-three compounds, including 22 novel compounds, were prepared, and their structures were identified using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spec

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Bat wings boost hovering efficiency

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have designed flexible, bat-like wings that boost lift and improve flight performance. This innovation could lead to more efficient drones or energy-harvesting technologies.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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23andMe considers a sale as cash runs low

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The testing company ended last year with $79 million and told investors it will need to raise money to fund its operations and financial commitments.

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Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted the analyses, which revealed that human activity in the region resulted in lead contamination of the environment approximately 5,200 years ago -- much earlier than previously known.

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Cholesterol Changes in Seniors Linked to Brain Health

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- Seniors whose cholesterol levels spike and plummet year-to-year could be at increased risk of dementia and failing brain health, a new study suggests.Those whose cholesterol fluctuated the most had a 60% increased risk of.

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Wildfire smoke can carry toxins hundreds of kilometers, depositing grime on urban structures, surfaces

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the environment.

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RFK Jr. fumbles Medicare basics during second confirmation hearing

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated to be health secretary, seemed unfamiliar with the particulars of the massive insurance program he'd oversee in exchanges with senators Thursday.

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A hearing aid for. your nose?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have discovered a feedback loop in the brain's odor center that seems to put smells and sounds into context. The feedback loop may help animals adjust their behaviors in response to new sensations.

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Metsera, Maze secure combined $415 million in IPOs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The offerings reflect an increase in IPO activity that could continue, as four other biotechs recently outlined plans to go public.

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Crisis Services Haven't Adapted To New 988 Suicide Hotline

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 -- Most community crisis services did not expand following the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, potentially blunting the effectiveness of the hotline, a new study says.Walk-in psychiatric services, mobile.

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Zika uses human skin as 'mosquito magnet' to spread virus further

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows.

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Christophe Weber, veteran Takeda CEO, to retire next year

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Julie Kim, currently Takeda’s U.S. head, will replace Weber in June 2026 and become one of the few female CEOs of a top drugmaker.

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Case study: gget’s new Open Target module

The Open Targets Blog

This blog post is part of a series that will explore applications and expansions of the Open Targets informatics ecosystem, particularly the Open Targets Platform and Open Targets Genetics through conversations with our users. Sam Wagenaar is a high school senior, who, during his internship last year with the Pachter Lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), developed the gget opentargets module under the mentorship of Laura Luebbert and Joe Rich.

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Optimism can boost saving, especially for lower-income individuals

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Being optimistic about the future may help people save more money, and the effect appears strongest among those with lower incomes, according to new research.

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Cargo to drop lead CAR-T therapy, lay off staff after study setback

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Safety concerns and disappointing efficacy results have led Cargo to stop testing the treatment, cut 50% of its workforce and evaluate strategic alternatives.