Patient Centered Care

Collaboration to Study Antibody Drug, Keytruda in Lung Cancer

by Samantha McGrail

Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca recently entered into a second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck to evaluate an antibody-drug conjugate with Keytruda in patients with...

New Pilot to Leverage API, AI for Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy

by Samantha McGrail

VisualDx and Janssen Biotech recently partnered to pilot a new application programming interface (API) and equitable artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance diagnostic accuracy.   The...

Cerner Leverages Real-World Evidence to Advance Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Cerner recently launched a new operating unit, Cerner Enviza, that offers data-driven solutions and research services to clarify multi-dimensional data through real-world evidence and...

FDA Approves Expansion of Gilead’s HIV Drug in Pediatric Patients

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved a new low-dose tablet dosage form of Gilead’s HIV-1 drug, Biktarvy, in pediatric patients. The agency approved the new dosage for children weighing at least 30 pounds who...

CVS Health Says Pharmacists Key for Medication Adherence, Access

by Samantha McGrail

Patient access to care and medication adherence have been ongoing challenges in the healthcare industry, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But pharmacists can play a valuable role in connecting...

FDA Awards $25M in Grants to Clinical Trials Studying Rare Diseases

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently awarded 11 new clinical trial research grants, totaling $25 million over the next four years to support the development of medical products for patients with rare diseases.  The...

Merck Enters Into $11.5B Deal to Boost Cardiovascular Pipeline

by Samantha McGrail

Merck recently entered into an $11.5 billion pharma acquisition deal with biotechnology company Acceleron Pharma to strengthen its cardiovascular pipeline.  Acceleron focuses on transforming the...

J&J’s Early-Stage Compound Shows Promise Against Dengue Virus

by Samantha McGrail

Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson recently announced that an early-stage compound with a novel mechanism of action could potentially treat all dengue virus...

FDA Approves Kite’s CAR T-Cell Therapy For Leukemia

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Kite’s chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, Tecartus, to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia...

Johnson & Johnson Launches Phase 3 Trial of RSV Vaccine in Adults

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial to study its RSV vaccine's efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity against lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in adults. The...

FDA Approves Amgen’s Repatha for Autosomal Dominant Disease

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Amgen’s Repatha to treat pediatric patients ten and older with autosomal dominant disease, heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), to reduce low-density...

AstraZeneca Requests FDA EUA for COVID-19 Antibody Combination

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently submitted a request to FDA for an emergency use authorization for its long-acting COVID-19 antibody combination, AZD7442. AstraZeneca optimized AZD7442 using its YTE half-life...

J&J’s Xarelto Evokes Fewer Blood Clots in Patients Than Aspirin

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that Xarelto elicited fewer blood clots and clinical events strongly associated with blood clots in pediatric patients compared to treatment with aspirin. The...

Eli Lilly and Company to Drop Insulin Costs 40% in the US

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently announced it will lower the list price of Insulin Lispro Injection in the US by another 40 percent. Effective January 1, 2022, the new list price will be $82.41 for...

Improving Adult Vaccination Rates, Health Outcomes Globally

by Samantha McGrail

Nearly 44 percent of adults ranked staying up to date on vaccines as important before the COVID-19 pandemic, rising to 65 percent after the pandemic, according to a new survey by Kantar on behalf of...

SAS, UNC-Chapel Hill to Transform Antiviral Drug Development

by Samantha McGrail

SAS and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) recently partnered to transform the antiviral drug development process and prevent infectious disease threats from turning into...

AbbVie Helps to Advance Gene Therapy for Chronic Retinal Diseases

by Samantha McGrail

AbbVie and Regenxbio recently partnered to develop and commercialize RGX-314, a potential one-time gene therapy to treat various chronic retinal diseases.  Researchers are currently evaluating...

Pharma Companies Challenge Federal Plans to Lower Drug Pricing

by Samantha McGrail

PhRMA member companies encourage Congress to abandon old partisan ideas on drug pricing and pursue policies that address patients out of pocket costs, according to a new official letter.  The...

Resilience to Manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

National Resilience recently entered into a multi-year agreement with Moderna to manufacture drug substance mRNA for its COVID-19 vaccine.  Resilience is a manufacturing and technology company...

Moderna, ILCM to Develop mRNA Therapeutic for Ultra-Rare Disease

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna and the Institute for Life Changing Medicines (ILCM) recently collaborated to develop a new mRNA therapeutic (mRNA-3351) for ultra-rare disease, Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type 1...