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A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.

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AI tool could help doctors ID breast cancers vulnerable to Enhertu

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Tumors with low- and ultra-low levels of a protein called HER2 are treatable with Enhertu, but harder to identify. New research shows AI can improve diagnosis.

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Tapping into the World's largest gold reserves

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Earth's largest gold reserves are not kept inside Fort Knox, the United States Bullion Depository. In fact, they are hidden much deeper in the ground than one would expect. More than 99.999% of Earth's stores of gold and other precious metals lie buried under 3,000 km of solid rock, locked away within the Earth's metallic core and far beyond the reaches of humankind.

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FDA panel recommends keeping COVID shots targeted to same strain as last year

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The advisory committee, which met after the agency rolled out new vaccine guidelines, said companies should tailor their booster doses to the “JN.1” coronavirus lineage.

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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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Opal – Optimizely’s AI-Powered Marketing Assistant

Perficient: Drug Development

Overview Opal is Optimizelys AI assistant designed to accelerate and enhance the entire marketing workflow. Integrated natively across OptimizelyOne, Opal helps teams ideate, plan, generate, manage, and optimize content more intelligently and efficiently. This document outlines key features, current capabilities, upcoming enhancements, and how Opal fits into the broader AI-powered content lifecycle.

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Zepzelca, Tecentriq combo extends survival in hard-to-treat lung cancer

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Still, the therapies’ modest benefit as a maintenance therapy points to how better treatments are needed for small cell lung cancer, according to one physician.

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Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision goggles, the contact lenses do not require a power source -- and they enable the wearer to perceive multiple infrared wavelengths. Because they're transparent, users can see both infrared and visible light simultaneously, though infrared vision was enhanced when participants had their eyes closed.

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House passes reconciliation bill with massive Medicaid cuts

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Speaker Mike Johnson negotiated a number of last minute changes to the megabill to get it across the finish line, including moving up the start date for Medicaid work requirements.

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Data Cloud Workshop: From Readiness to Results

Perficient: Drug Development

Data is Everywhere but Actionable Insights Remain a Challenge According to Salesforce, 94% of business leaders believe they arent getting enough value from their data. Marketers want to personalize at scale. Sellers crave visibility into buying signals and win themes. Service agents need contextual understanding. Business leaders demand connected reporting for smarter decisions.

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Climate change poses severe threat to bowhead whale habitat

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per cent.

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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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Content Compliance Without the Chaos: How Optimizely CMP Empowers Financial Services Marketers

Perficient: Drug Development

In financial services, content isnt just about telling your story its about telling it right. Every blog post, product update, or social post is a potential compliance risk if not handled carefully. Regulatory bodies like FINRA, SEC, and GDPR arent known for leniency, and the cost of a misstep can be significant fines, reputational damage, and operational headaches.

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Sanofi gains experimental Alzheimer’s drug through Vigil buyout

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Already a Vigil Neuroscience investor, Sanofi has agreed to buy the rest of the biotech’s shares for $8 apiece, representing a total deal value of $470 million.

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Patient Guide: How March-In Rights Could Affect Your Prescription Costs

Drug Patent Watch

"The Prescription Price Pinch: How 'March-In' Rights Could Revolutionize Your Medication Costs As the cost of prescription medications continues to skyrocket, a little-known provision in US law may hold the key to affordable healthcare for millions. 'March-In' rights, a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act, allows the government to step in and license patented technologies at a lower cost when they're deemed essential for public health.

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Novo pressures GLP-1 compounders as FDA ban takes hold

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Danish drugmaker unveiled a series of initiatives to increase access to Wegovy and clamp down on use of the knock-off versions that have dented its sales forecasts.

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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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Perficient is Shaping the Future of Salesforce Innovation

Perficient: Drug Development

Perficients longstanding partnership with Salesforce is a testament to our belief in this platforms transformative power in solving complex business challenges and designing superior digital experiences. We strive to stay ahead of the evolving Salesforce ecosystem and actively shape its future. Our talented Salesforce professionals go beyond mere implementation; we focus on driving innovation, fostering connections, and creating meaningful change for our clients and the broader technology lands

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FDA advisers pan Pfizer’s PARP drug; Sarepta to resume Duchenne study

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

An eight-member panel voted unanimously against wider use of Pfizer’s Talzenna in advanced prostate cancer. Elsewhere, U.K. regulators cleared Sarepta to restart an Elevidys study and Altos Labs bought a startup.

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An artificial protein that moves like something found in nature

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Proteins catalyze life by changing shape when they interact with other molecules. The result is a muscle twitching, the perception of light, or a bit of energy extracted from food. The ability to engineer shapeshifting proteins opens new avenues for medicine, agriculture, and beyond.

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DrugPatentWatch Now Available on the Snowflake Marketplace

Drug Patent Watch

"Game-Changer for Life Sciences: DrugPatentWatch Now on Snowflake Marketplace The wait is over for life sciences professionals seeking to revolutionize their data management and analytics capabilities. We're thrilled to announce that DrugPatentWatch is now available on the Snowflake Marketplace, empowering users to unlock the full potential of their data and drive informed decision-making.

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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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Scientists say microplastics are 'silently spreading from soil to salad to humans'

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A review has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

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How to be successful in the Internet of Healthcare Things with Integrated Medical Device Data

Fierce BioTech

How Digital Health Solution Providers Connect to IoHT | Be successful developing Internet of Healthcare Things with realtime medical device data integration. Learn more.

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Could AI understand emotions better than we do?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Is artificial intelligence (AI) capable of suggesting appropriate behavior in emotionally charged situations? A team put six generative AIs -- including ChatGPT -- to the test using emotional intelligence (EI) assessments typically designed for humans. The outcome: these AIs outperformed average human performance and were even able to generate new tests in record time.

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Why leveraging real-time data and direct physician engagement transforms traditional physician identification to enable every patient to receive treatment

Fierce BioTech

Why leveraging real-time data and direct physician engagement transforms traditional physician identification to enable every patient to receive treatment scox Thu, 05/22/2025 - 16:21 Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00 Resource Type Webinar Jordan Clark Ken Ruppel At Diaceutics we are aware of the significant hurdles in identifying physicians treating patients relevant to their therapies our pharma and biotech customers face, particularly with rare biomarkers.

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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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New ketamine study promises extended relief for depression

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

For the nearly 30 percent of major depressive disorder patients who are resistant to treatment, ketamine provides some amount of normalcy, but it requires frequent treatment and can have side effects. Researchers now show in proof-of-concept experiments that it may be possible to extend ketamine's antidepressant effect from about a week to up to two months.

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Transforming Pharma CRM with Agentic AI and Salesforce

Fierce BioTech

Transforming Pharma CRM with Agentic AI and Salesforce pesurya Thu, 05/22/2025 - 14:42 Tue, 07/15/2025 - 11:00 Resource Type Webinar The pharmaceutical industry is at a turning point. Legacy CRM systems are struggling to keep pace with the increasing demand for personalization, data integration, and real-time responsiveness. In this webinar, we'll explore how Salesforce's Life Sciences Cloudcombined with the next generation of agentic AIcan revolutionize customer relationship management across c

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Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

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China Donates $500M to WHO as U.S. Pulls Back Support

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 China has promised to give $500 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the next five years, positioning itself to become the groups top donor.The pledge comes as the United States plans to leave the int.

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Why Europe's fisheries management needs a rethink

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Every year, total allowable catches (TACs) and fishing quotas are set across Europe through a multi-step process -- and yet many fish stocks in EU waters remain overfished. A new analysis reveals that politically agreed-upon catch limits are not sustainable because fish stock sizes are systematically overestimated and quotas regularly exceed scientific advice.

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Additional Breast Cancer Scans Can Triple Detection In Women With Dense Breasts

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 Louise Duffield, 60, was relieved to receive a normal mammogram result in 2023, but agreed to undergo an additional MRI scan recommended as part of a clinical trial.Her mammogram showed she had very dense breasts, which can.

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Saturn's moon: Mysterious wobbling atmosphere like a gyroscope

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles like a gyroscope, shifting with the seasons.

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Mouth Taping For Better Sleep? Little Benefit, Lots Of Risk, Review Says

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 Mouth taping is one of the latest health fads to swamp social media, driven by celebrity endorsements from the likes of Gwenyth Paltrow and Ashley Graham.The practice of taping your mouth shut as you sleep is meant to p.

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Looking to cut calories? Try adding chilies, study suggests

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Throwing a little heat on your meal might be an effective strategy for cutting back on calories, according to a new study.

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Social Media Increases Depression Risk In Pre-Teens

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 Social media does indeed appear to be making kids more prone to depression, a new study says.Preteens are more likely to develop symptoms of depression as their use of social media increases, researchers reported May 21 in J.

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