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    Specialized CROs aim to boost participation among women and other underrepresented groups

    Lindus Health’s women-focused CRO is the latest in a handful of research efforts to target specialized — and underrepresented — populations.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Nov. 27, 2024
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    Pfizer and Lilly’s telehealth prescribing platforms draw Senate scrutiny for ‘potential fraud’

    As Big Pharma embraces telehealth to sell medicines directly to patients, lawmakers wonder whether the programs skirt anti-kickback rules.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Nov. 12, 2024
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    Commercialization, marketing and social media

    As the pharma industry stares down a historic patent cliff, macroeconomic headwinds and challenging R&D costs for increasingly complex medicines, nailing the launch of new medicines has become increasingly critical. 

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    CEO with type 1 diabetes works to deliver ‘world’s first’ functional cure

    Sernova’s technology helped type 1 diabetes patients achieve insulin independence in early- and mid-stage trials.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Nov. 5, 2024
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    No more delays: Accelerating therapy starts by embedding hub services in provider workflows

    Integrating patient access programs with the systems healthcare providers use daily increases speed to therapy.

    By Shabbir Ahmed, Chief Commercial Officer at CareMetx • Nov. 4, 2024
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    A sickle cell cure exists. But patients need more than just gene therapy.

    Almost a year after two historic approvals, Pfizer is pulling a sickle cell disease treatment from the market, and the outlook for patients feels shakier.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Nov. 1, 2024
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    2024 PharmaVoice 100s: Rare Disease Warriors

    Pharma pros driving drug development and access for patients with high unmet needs. 

    By Oct. 29, 2024
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    Dengue is spreading and Sanofi is pulling the U.S. market’s only vaccine. What’s next?

    As Sanofi prepares to halt production on its dengue vaccine in 2026, locally acquired infections in the U.S. are raising the alarm.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 23, 2024
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    2024 PharmaVoice 100s: Patient Champions

    Leaders advancing health advocacy, DEI initiatives and better medicine access for patients.

    By Oct. 22, 2024
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    Clinical staff that feel like ‘tech support’ — and other issues a CRO exec contends with

    From tech-related challenges to an ongoing staffing crunch, Parexel’s CEO explains what the clinical trials industry is up against.

    By Oct. 18, 2024
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    BMS’ next act for Cobenfy — and other highs and lows in Alzheimer’s

    The Alzheimer’s space is booming, from a new use for a schizophrenia drug to discovered pathways linked to the disease — but there’s been stumbles too.

    By Oct. 11, 2024
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    How Madrigal plans to win on the market with the first MASH drug

    Despite the drug’s wide patient pool, Madrigal is taking a targeted approach with its first launch.

    By Oct. 10, 2024
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    Behind the rise of BMS’ Cobenfy, the first new schizophrenia drug in decades

    The FDA OK for KarXT, now known as Cobenfy, demonstrates Bristol Myers Squibb’s dealmaking prowess and marks a turning point for a new generation of treatments.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 26, 2024
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    Fresh data intensifies race for a major gene therapy target

    4D Molecular Therapeutics reported positive interim analysis in the high-potential wet AMD indication last week.

    By Sept. 25, 2024
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    Patient access: How Novartis, Eli Lilly, and other Big Pharmas measure up

    A new report examines the patient reach efforts of 20 of the world’s largest pharma companies in low- and middle-income countries.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 23, 2024
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    The hunt for game-changers against the deadliest form of brain cancer

    Treatments for glioblastoma have fallen short in the face of difficult challenges, but the pipeline is full of renewed attempts.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Agility in action: 5 ways to fast-track your clinical trial

    Five ways to beat study timeline pressures and get medicines to patients faster.  

    Sept. 16, 2024
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    Why pharma should redefine ‘women’s health’

    A broader approach recognizes the challenges disproportionately impacting women and could lead to better outcomes, according to Organon. 

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 11, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    A decade of cancer immunotherapy: Keytruda, Opdivo and the drugs that changed oncology

    Over the past 10 years, PD1-blocking medicines have transformed cancer care. But the steady expansion of their use has slowed and, despite much trying, pharmaceutical companies have largely failed to top the drugs’ successes.

    By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 10, 2024
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    Lessons from COVID: Tuskegee impacts still erode trust in healthcare, but hope shines through

    A long-time leader in public health and outreach to people of color, Dr. Reed Tuckson offers the lessons he learned from the COVID pandemic and how pharma can better serve those communities.

    By Aug. 15, 2024
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    Pfizer’s Bourla confident in company’s obesity drug position, despite delays

    The CEO noted how Pfizer's danuglipron could still be the second oral GLP-1 treatment to enter registrational tests after Lilly's orforglipron.

    By Jonathan Gardner • Aug. 1, 2024
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    As the GLP-1 market booms, other healthcare companies are cashing in

    With more Americans taking obesity medications, adjacent businesses are offering supportive services to offset side effects, collect data and foster new health benefits.

    By July 10, 2024
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    FDA approval is just the beginning. Now Lilly’s Kisunla faces the tough Alzheimer’s market.

    Recent history suggests an Alzheimer’s approval doesn’t necessarily translate to market triumph. Perhaps for Eli Lilly’s Kisunla, this time could be different.

    By July 9, 2024
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    The FDA pushes concrete plans to further diversity in clinical trials

    The long-awaited guidance offers a more detailed road map for pharma.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • July 8, 2024
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    Ahead of its upcoming decision date, a competitor takes aim at KarXT

    The FDA isn’t slated to render a decision about BMS and Karuna’s potential breakthrough schizophrenia med until September — but a biotech is already hoping to be hot on its heels.  

    By Kelly Bilodeau • June 25, 2024
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    Can Moderna’s COVID-flu combo shot improve flagging vaccination rates?

    A COVID and flu duo could ease manufacturing and administration, potentially driving higher vaccination rates, said Moderna’s VP of North American medical affairs.

    By June 25, 2024