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Fluoride Ban Could Create Cavities For 1 Of Every 3 U.S. Kids

Drugs.com

MONDAY, June 2, 2025 Removing fluoride from the U.S. water supply could result in more than 25 million more decayed teeth in children and teenagers within five years, a new study warns.Thats the equivalent of a decayed tooth for 1 of every 3 kid.

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Advancing Covalent Ligand and Drug Discovery beyond Cysteine

Covalent Modifiers

Gibae Kim, R. Justin Grams, and Ku-Lung Hsu Chemical Reviews 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00001 Targeting intractable proteins remains a key challenge in drug discovery, as these proteins often lack well-defined binding pockets or possess shallow surfaces not readily addressed by traditional drug design. Covalent chemistry has emerged as a powerful solution for accessing protein sites in difficult to ligand regions.

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Shifting the ADC focus from antibody to payload

Drug Target Review

As antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) gain traction across oncology and begin to expand into other therapeutic areas, a persistent challenge remains: the design and optimisation of payloads. Across Sygnature Discovery , multidisciplinary teams in Canada and the UK are actively working to address these challenges. With an extensive background in small molecule chemistry, bioconjugation and protein science, these expert teams are leading efforts to place payload development at the centre of ADC innov

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Case Study: Two Examples of Successful Automation Integration at Altasciences for Pharmacokinetic Studies

Alta Sciences

Case Study: Two Examples of Successful Automation Integration at Altasciences for Pharmacokinetic Studies pmjackson Fri, 06/06/2025 - 09:01 By Martin Rougée, Optimization Scientist, Bioanalytical Operations Automation offers several advantages to any industry. For a contract research organization (CRO), it can play an integral role in increasing the quality and speed of drug development while reducing costs, repetitive manual tasks, and human error.

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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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Long-Lasting HIV Prevention Shot Headed Toward Approval

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 — A new injection to prevent HIV is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this month. If approved, the shot — lenacapavir — would be given twice a year and could be a big.

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Kinetic Modeling of Covalent Inhibition: Effects of Rapidly Fluctuating Intermediate States

Covalent Modifiers

Kyle Ghaby, Benot Roux bioRxiv 2025.05.28.656658; doi: [link] There is increasing interest in the discovery of small-molecule inhibitors that form covalent bonds with their targets for therapeutic applications. Nevertheless, identifying clear rational design principles remains challenging because the action of these molecules cannot be understood as common noncovalent inhibitors.

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At ASCO, Enhertu cements growing role in stomach cancer care

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s drug extended survival by 30% compared to a widely used regimen, further establishing its importance as a second-line treatment option.

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Why radiopharmaceuticals are gaining ground in the fight against cancer

Drug Target Review

In recent years, the field of nuclear medicine has undergone a quiet revolution, particularly in its application to oncology. At the forefront of this transformation is Dr Ebrahim Delpassand, a nuclear medicine physician and the driving force behind RadioMedix (RMX), a radiopharmaceutical company focused on developing targeted diagnostics and therapies.

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Vertex Highlights ALYFTREK® Data and Sweat Chloride Goals at European CF Conference

The Pharma Data

Vertex Showcases Robust Clinical Data Supporting ALYFTREK® and the Critical Role of Sweat Chloride Reduction at 2025 European Cystic Fibrosis Conference New findings reinforce the value of CFTR modulation and the potential of ALYFTREK to enhance health outcomes and quality of life in cystic fibrosis patients Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a global biotechnology leader in cystic fibrosis (CF) research and treatment innovation, presented a comprehensive body of new data at the 48th European

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The Eternal Life and Art of Maxwell Ardeen

Codon

The earliest painters worked as both chemists and materials scientists, discovering ways to combine natural pigments with fatty binders to yield vibrant paints. Renaissance painters moonlighted — quite literally — as anatomists. Leonardo da Vinci famously dissected some 30 corpses , in large part to aid in writing a treatise on painting , eventually compiling an understanding of human anatomy unequalled in his time.

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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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Deploying a Scalable Next.js App on Vercel – A Step-by-Step Guide

Perficient: Drug Development

In this era of Web development, Next.JS and Vercel is the powerful couple. Next.JS offers performance, scalability and flexibility in building web applications whereas Vercel provides the easy and smooth deployment experience tailored for it. Today, in this blog, we will cover the step-by-step process of deploying a Next.JS app on Vercel. We will also cover some best practices and key configurations to ensure the optimal performance in production.

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Bristol Myers allies with BioNTech on bispecific cancer drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The oncology giant will pay $1.5 billion to co-develop a BioNTech drug that targets the proteins PD1 and VEGF, following Merck, and Pfizer into what’s become a competitive development race.

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Otsuka’s Sibeprenlimab Shows Significant Proteinuria Reduction in Phase 3 IgAN Trial

The Pharma Data

Otsuka Unveils Promising Phase 3 Results for Sibeprenlimab in IgA Nephropathy, Marking Significant Proteinuria Reduction and Advancing a Novel APRIL-Targeted Therapy Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., in collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has announced encouraging interim findings from the pivotal Phase 3 VISIONARY trial evaluating sibeprenlimab in adults with Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), a rare and progressive autoimmune kidney disorder.

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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors

Codon

It was Victoria Gray’s first time in London and, despite a sleepless plane ride across the Atlantic Ocean, she wasn’t about to skip sightseeing. While crossing Trafalgar Square, Gray paused briefly to reflect on her experience. “I would never have been able to walk this long before,” she told a NPR reporter. “I feel like I got a second chance.” Four years earlier, in 2019, Gray had become the first patient with sickle cell anemia — a genetic disorder tha

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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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Pedal proof of concept study report

Predictive Oncology

This Executive Overview outlines the proof-of-concept study completed by Predictive Oncology to illustrate the power of our active machine learning (AI) platform paired with our biobank of over 150,000 primary patient dissociated tumor samples. The described validation results demonstrate the generation of a predictive model that was able to accurately predict drug response across 130 samples and 175 drugs.

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Vera drug scores in closely watched study in rare kidney disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Phase 3 results revealed Monday led shares to surge and should yield an approval application in IgA nephropathy, a competitive corner of drug research, later this year.

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Sanofi Showcases Rare Disease Pipeline Innovations at ISTH

The Pharma Data

Sanofi Highlights Robust Pipeline of Innovations in Rare Blood Disorders at ISTH 2025 Sanofi is poised to take center stage at the 33rd Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), set to be held in Washington, D.C., from June 21 to 25, 2025. At this premier global meeting focused on thrombosis, hemostasis, and bleeding disorders, Sanofi will present compelling data across 18 scientific abstracts, including five oral presentations.

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Strategic planning in ADC development: insights from Lonza

Drug Target Review

Bioconjugates are rapidly emerging as a key frontier in targeted therapies, particularly through Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) , which combine antibodies with cytotoxic drugs to deliver more precise and effective treatments. This fusion enables precise delivery of potent drugs directly to cancer cells or other targeted tissues, significantly improving the therapeutic impact while minimising harm to healthy cells.

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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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Dads Help Shape Eating Habits of Their Children

Drugs.com

MONDAY, June 2, 2025 A dads eating habits can have a profound effect on their kids diets, even when those children are nothing but a twinkle in his eye, a new study says.Men who established a healthy diet as teens were more likely to model healt.

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Sanofi to acquire Blueprint for up to $9.5B

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The pharma giant is betting that Blueprint, whose research revolves around a certain kind of tyrosine kinase, will be a boost to its immunology business.

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EU Approves Fixed-Duration Calquence Regimens for 1st-Line CLL

The Pharma Data

AstraZeneca’s Fixed-Duration Calquence Regimen Gains EU Approval for First-Line Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia AstraZeneca has received European Union (EU) approval for a fixed-duration combination therapy using its Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Calquence (acalabrutinib) for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

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Over The Air Updates for React Native Apps

Perficient: Drug Development

Mobile App development is rapidly growing and so is the expectation of robust support. “Mobile first” is the set paradigm for many application development teams. Unlike web deployment, an app release has to go through the review process via App Store Connect and Google Play. Minor or major releases follow the app review same process, which can take 1-4 days.

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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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Troubled Kids Wait a Half-Day — Or More — In ER To Get Mental Health Care

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 Troubled children and teenagers are languishing hours in chaotic hospital emergency rooms, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open, a new study says.About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health c.

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Genetics is a missing link in kidney disease drug development

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Genetic research is driving progress in kidney disease drug discovery.

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Brain training game offers new hope for drug-free pain management

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.

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The MAHA Assessment’s Implications: Drugs (Part One)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Mark A. Tobolowsky & Ricardo Carvajal Among other things, EO 14212 established the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission (with HHS Secretary Kennedy as its Chair) and tasked it with a tall order: submission to the President of an Assessment that tackled 10(!) complex public health issues within 100(!) days. Perhaps it was inevitable that the Commission would turn to AI for help, as seems to have been the case in light of media reports that the Assessment as originally published in

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Diabetes Drug, Dapagliflozin, Effective For Fatty Liver Disease

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 — A repurposed diabetes drug can be an effective tool against fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found. Dapagliflozin helped people reduce fat levels in their liver and avoid liver scarring that comes with the.

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FDA meeting gives window into gene therapy field’s angst

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Gene therapy experts and advocates warning of the sector’s many challenges found a receptive audience in FDA leadership at a regulatory forum Thursday.

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How to Choose the Right ELN or LIMS for Early-Stage Drug Discovery

Collaborative Drug

A practical guide to selecting the right ELN or LIMS for early-stage drug discovery, focusing on usability, structure search, and scalability.

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Accepting new applications for ACE program 2025

Predictive Oncology

Following the generation of successful results with the University of Michigan through the ACE program, Predictive Oncology is now actively calling for submissions for a new cohort of compounds to be tested in Q4 2025. ACE program participation is offered exclusively to academic institutions and provides access to the POAI proprietary active ML/AI and biobank of primary patient dissociated tumor cells (DTCs) at no-cost, with data and IP protection provided to participants.

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Moderna's New Lower-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine, mNexspike, Approved by FDA

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new lower-dose vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The new vaccine (mNexspike [COVID-19 Vaccine.

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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Despite recent advances in gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) , automated red blood cell exchange (aRBCX) remains a cornerstone therapy that plays a vital yet underutilised role in managing complications and enhancing quality of life for millions living with this devastating condition worldwide. Dr Aaron Haubner, Senior Manager of North America Medical Affairs and Market Access at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies , reveals that while promising new treatments emerge, urgent partnerships