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Abeona sells speedy drug review voucher for $155M

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The biotech has quickly turned a cell therapy approval into one of the more lucrative recent sales for a priority review voucher, which companies can use to fast track drug reviews.

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Submarine robot catches an underwater wave

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Engineers have taught a simple submarine robot to take advantage of turbulent forces to propel itself through water.

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Current Challenges With Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and New Hope and Horizon With CRISPR‐CAS9 Technology for HIV Treatment

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

CRISPR-CAS9 is an innovative gene editing technology to precisely remove or incorporate into the gene of interest; CRISPR-CAS9 shows promising results in HIV treatment. ABSTRACT Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR/Cas system) is now the predominant approach for genome editing. Compared to conventional genetic editing methods, CRISPR/Cas technology offers several advantages that were previously unavailable.

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Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Flamingos have developed an amazing variety of techniques to create swirls and eddies in the water to concentrate and eat brine shrimp and other organisms, a biologist found. They stomp dance to stir organisms from the bottom and concentrate them in whorls. The organisms are then drawn upward by a head jerk that forms a vortex. Meanwhile, their beak is chattering underwater to create vortices that funnel prey into their mouths.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Innovating a healthier tomorrow: Entering a new era of medicine

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Explore the cutting-edge of science and learn how Danaher is advancing healthcare innovation

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Quantitative Methods for Portfolio Optimization

Drug Patent Watch

"Unlocking the Secret to a High-Performing Portfolio: How Quantitative Methods Can Revolutionize Your Investment Strategy As investors, we're constantly on the lookout for ways to optimize our portfolios and maximize returns. But what if I told you that there's a science-backed approach that can help you make more informed decisions and outperform the market?

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How Large PBMs Make Money Today: A 2025 Drug Channels Update

Drug Channels

During my PBM Industry Update: Trends, Challenges, and Whats Ahead video webinar, I explored the latest trends, emerging data, and strategic shifts transforming the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry. In the video clip below, I explain how PBM compensation models continue to evolve: Traditional profit sources , such as mail dispensing of nonspecialty drugs and retained rebates, have become less significant.

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Shaping The Future of Connected Product Innovation  

Perficient: Drug Development

We are thrilled to announce that Perficient has been recognized in Forrester’s recent report, “The Connected Product Engineering Services Landscape, Q2 2025.” Forrester defines connected product engineering services providers as: Firms that conceive, design, develop, launch, and scale new connected (or embodied) products that combine a physical product with digital applications to directly deliver new revenue for their clients.

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Built for the Journey: How Bridge Bank Builds Long-Term Banking Relationships in Life Sciences

Fierce BioTech

When a medical device company experiences remarkable revenue growth and expands nationally in just two years, its more than a business success storyit represents life-changing innovation that tra | Heres how experienced banking partnerships create value beyond traditional lending and why industry-specific expertise matters in navigating the complex life sciences landscape.

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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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FDA follows EMA in limiting use of Valneva shot

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Reports of severe adverse events in some people who received the chikungunya vaccine have spurred regulators in Europe and now the U.S. to suspend use in older adults pending an investigation.

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Zepbound Outperforms Wegovy in Head-to-Head Weight Loss Study

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 A new study has found that people taking Eli Lillys obesity drug Zepbound lost almost 50% more weight than those using Novo Nordisks Wegovy.The study published May 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine followed 751 p.

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Universe decays faster than thought, but still takes a long time

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The universe is decaying much faster than thought. This is shown by calculations of scientists on the so-called Hawking radiation. They calculate that the last stellar remnants take about 10^78 years (a 1 with 78 zeros) to perish. That is much shorter than the previously postulated 10^1100 years (a 1 with 1100 zeros).

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Medicaid 'Unwinding' Cost Kids Access To Asthma Inhalers, Other Chronic Disease Meds

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 Children and young adults formerly covered by Medicaid are losing access to medications needed to control conditions like depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy, a new study says.Young people need to take these m.

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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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Drug to slow Alzheimer's well tolerated outside of clinical trial setting

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a recent study, researchers found adverse events were rare and manageable among clinic patients with very mild or mild Alzheimer's disease who received lecanemab infusions.

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U.S. Illicit Opioid Use Could Be 20 Times Higher Than Previously Estimated

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 More Americans use illicit opioids like fentanyl than previously estimated, undercutting perceived progress in confronting the U.S. opioid crisis, a new study says.More than 1 in 10 American adults (11%) reported illicit o.

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From prehistoric resident to runaway pet: First tegu fossil found in the U.S.

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. But a recent discovery shows these reptiles are no strangers to the region -- tegus were here millions of years before their modern relatives arrived in pet carriers.

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FDA Approves At-Home Cervical Cancer Test for Women Ages 25 to 65

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 Women now have a new way to check their risk for cervical cancer from the comfort of their own home.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Teal Wand, an at-home test that screens for human pap.

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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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Vast Aztec trade networks behind ancient obsidian artifacts

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced this important material from at least eight different locations, including regions outside their political control. While 90% of artifacts were made from green obsidian from Sierra de Pachuca (especially for ceremonial purposes), the diversity of obsidian sources suggests sophisticated trade networks rather than just conquest-based acquisition.

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Birth Control Pill Increases Risk Of Asthma Attacks In Young Women

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 -- Young women taking the Pill might have an increased risk of asthma attacks, a new study says.Taking the progesterone-only form of the contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks among women under 35, researchers reported.

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Astrophysicist searches for ripples in space and time in new way

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational waves.

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Double Lung Transplant Saves Mother Of Twins

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 The timing of Cornelia Tischmachers pneumonia couldnt have been worse eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins.But the pneumonia just wouldnt go away, so Tischmacher went to a doctor in January 2018. Tests re.

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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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#WhyIScience Q&A: A systems biologist uses AI to understand how the genome controls cell fate

Broad Institute

#WhyIScience Q&A: A systems biologist uses AI to understand how the genome controls cell fate By Allessandra DiCorato May 12, 2025 Breadcrumb Home #WhyIScience Q&A: A systems biologist uses AI to understand how the genome controls cell fate Bo Xia leads a lab that uses machine learning to learn about fundamental biological processes in human health and disease.

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Researchers Say Dance and Lullabies Are Learned, Not Hardwired

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 Most parents know the soothing power of a lullaby like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. But a new study suggests that singing to babies and even dancing may not be natural behaviors for everyone.The study, published recently i.

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Shaping The Future of Connected Product Innovation  

Perficient: Drug Development

We are thrilled to announce that Perficient has been recognized in Forrester’s recent report, “The Connected Product Engineering Services Landscape, Q2 2025.” Forrester defines connected product engineering services providers as: Firms that conceive, design, develop, launch, and scale new connected (or embodied) products that combine a physical product with digital applications to directly deliver new revenue for their clients.

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Pregnancy Health Problems Increase Kids' Blood Pressure

Drugs.com

MONDAY, May 12, 2025 -- Children have an increased risk of high blood pressure if their moms suffered from health problems during pregnancy, a new study says.Children had higher blood pressure if their moms had obesity, gestational diabetes or high.

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ACTO ANNOUNCES NEXT-GEN LAICA™: THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND PERSONALIZED AI KNOWLEDGE ASSISTANT FOR PHARMA FIELD TEAMS

ACTO

LAICA LAICAs Expanded Knowledge Universe and Emotional Intelligence Will Deliver Sophisticated, Context-Aware Conversations BOSTON – Veeva Commercial Summit May 13, 202 5 ACTO, a long-standing Veeva Technology Partner and early member of the Veeva AI Partner Program, today announced the forthcoming release of next-generation LAICA (Life Sciences AI Conversational Assistant) the industrys first AI-powered knowledge assistant designed specifically for pharma field teams.

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Good Vibes Only: A Vibe Coding Primer

Perficient: Drug Development

In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, new terms and methodologies constantly emerge, reshaping how we think about and create technology. Recently, a phrase has been buzzing through the tech world, sparking both excitement and debate: “ vibe coding.” While the idea of coding based on intuition or a “feel” isn’t entirely new, the term has gained significant traction and a more specific meaning in early 2025, largely thanks to influential figures in t

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A New Look for Evidera and CorEvitas Solutions

PPD

Were evolving whats possible with real-world evidence (RWE), and we are thrilled to share the evolution of our Evidera and CorEvitas solutions to seamlessly support every phase of your products development and maximize its success. Previously standalone brands, both Evidera and CorEvitas offerings have evolved and adopted a new look as solutions of the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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Threejs the future of 3D web development

Perficient: Drug Development

Nowadays clients and users are more demanding, they want reactive, responsive and user-friendly web pages where they can interact and feel an experience like in the real-world. Here is when Three.js comes to a place, taking web development to the next level. Three.js Three.js is a cross-browser JavaScript library and application programming interface (API) agnostic to the framework used, to create and display animated 3D computer graphics in a web browser using WebGL Api.