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Senate Democrats release deal on drug price negotiations, Part D and Medicare Advantage cap

Senate Democrats released a deal Wednesday aimed at giving Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices and include inflationary caps on Medicare drug costs.

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AstraZeneca, GSK and more weathered Q2's economic headwinds, but Roche's stock took a hit: analysts

A set of economic headwinds, including the Ukraine War, COVID lockdowns in China, inflation, supply chain problems and the resulting rise in operational costs has led some companies to reconsider their projections for this year. With second quarter earnings reports due in the coming weeks, AstraZeneca and GSK appear to have survived the headwinds more successfully than most, according to a European Big Pharma report from ODDO BHF. But not so much for Roche.

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BeiGene's R&D chief knows PD-1 is crowded. But TIGIT, combos and a Novartis partnership put asset in play

With an FDA target decision date set for next week, BeiGene and Novartis’ tislelizumab has a real chance of becoming the first China-developed PD-1 cancer immunotherapy to reach the U.S. And BeiGene is already lining up potential combination approaches, including TIGIT.

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Sponsored: Decentralized clinical trials, patient experience and the role of supply chain management

The rise of clinical trial complexity has been well-documented but the impact on logistics is not well understood. Here, we look at decentralized trials, patient experience and the role of logistics.

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Labcorp launches monkeypox PCR tests through CDC initiative

Labcorp was tapped by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month to help make monkeypox testing widely available through its broad network of diagnostic labs.

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Pfizer gets access to Touchlight's 'doggybone DNA' tech to make vaccines, gene therapies and more

Pfizer will be able to use Touchlight's "doggybone DNA" technology to produce mRNA vaccines and more thanks to a new licensing agreement.

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Applied Molecular Transport’s UC drug hits roadblock after proving less effective than Humira

Applied Molecular Transport’s stock crashed down to earth this morning as the biotech’s inflammatory bowel disease drug failed to beat Humira in a phase 2 trial in ulcerative colitis.

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Watson Health, under new investment firm ownership, is reborn as Merative

Francisco Partners celebrated the close of its Watson Health transaction by relaunching IBM's ill-fated analytics business under a new name.

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Joining the resistance: Boehringer rounds up allies to build €40M anti-superbug startup

Boehringer Ingelheim is pumping 30 million euros ($31 million) into the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Working with Evotec and bioMérieux, the German drugmaker has set up Aurobac Therapeutics, a biotech that will take a precision medicine approach to diagnosing and treating infections.

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Fairtility welcomes EU approval for embryo assessment AI

The EU's new medical device regulation standards have given birth to a commercially available artificial intelligence tool that could potentially boost the success rate for in vitro fertilization procedures.

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Roche's Lunsumio eyes year-end FDA verdict to be first bispecific for non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Roche’s Lunsumio could soon become the first bispecific to join the U.S. treatment armamentarium for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, thanks to an FDA priority review that puts it on a collision course with CAR-T therapies.

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OBI Pharma culls early cancer asset as it focuses on later-stage bets

OBI Pharma is dropping its cancer antibody over cost concerns after a glimpsing preliminary phase 1/ 2 data and will focus on its late-stage oncology programs.

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Guardant Health takes its cancer blood tests to China through clinical trial partnership

With the Hangzhou-based clinical lab company Adicon, Guardant will offer its blood and tissue analysis portfolio to biopharma companies.

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Report: These are the factors impacting individual, small group premiums in 2023

The lingering effects of COVID-19, the end of enhanced subsidies for exchange plans and global inflation are among the key trends impacting premiums in 2023, according to a new report.

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Pfizer acquisition target ResApp reels in FDA nod for iPhone app to detect sleep apnea

While ResApp Health waits for a final decision on Pfizer’s acquisition proposal, the Australian tech developer isn’t just sitting around.

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Case Study: Roche cuts feasibility process by 36%

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Pharmaceutical development companies face several challenges when developing orally bioavailable formulations of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Up to 70% of new drug molecules are poorly soluble in gastrointestinal fluids and can exhibit poor absorption across the gut wall.

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