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March 17, 2020___


Today's Rundown



Featured Story

New (old) CureVac CEO on non-COVID-19 medical leave as plot thickens

CureVac’s embroilment in a crazy story just got a lot weirder: It lost its CEO two weeks back, who was without warning replaced by its old CEO. Now, he’s out for the foreseeable future with an undefined (but not COVID-19-related) medical issue suddenly stopping him from being chief.


Top Stories

Pfizer, BioNTech strike COVID-19 deal, commit multiple R&D sites to vaccine development

Pfizer has teamed up with BioNTech to co-develop and distribute a mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 outside of China. The partners plan to use multiple R&D sites in the U.S. and Germany to accelerate the progress of a vaccine that is due to begin clinical testing in humans by the end of April.

Serious safety issue forces Novo Nordisk to hit pause on late-stage hemophilia trials

Novo Nordisk has halted one midstage and two late-stage tests of its bleeding disease drug concizumab after seeing blood clots in some patients.

[Sponsored] Biogazelle launches novel high-throughput RNA sequencing and data analysis services


Biogazelle NV, a CRO specializing in genomics and transcriptomics, announced the launch of HTPathwaySeq and HTTargetSeq, two cost-effective high-throughput RNA sequencing and data analysis services.

Merck hits goal in cough phase 3 but yet to quash tolerability concern

Merck has linked gefapixant to statistically significant improvements in chronic cough patients in two phase 3 trials. The results cement Merck’s status as the front-runner in the race to develop a P2X3 receptor antagonist but suggest there are enough chinks in its armor to encourage the chasing pack.

COVID-19 outbreak prompts Provention to pause diabetes trial

As the race toward a drug for COVID-19 heats up, some biopharma companies are feeling the heat from the outbreak. Provention Bio is one of them—the autoimmune disease player has hit the brakes on a phase 3 study for its diabetes treatment “out of an abundance of caution.”

Sigilon picks up $80M to test hemophilia cell therapy in humans

Sigilon raised $80.3 million to advance its encapsulated cell treatments. The funding will push its lead program, a treatment for hemophilia A, into the clinic in the first half of this year and bankroll IND-enabling studies for Sigilon’s earlier-stage programs.

FDA opens the gates to commercial coronavirus testing without agency review

In the face of urgent need, the FDA has opened its floodgates to commercial coronavirus testing. The agency is now allowing companies to proceed with their diagnostic tests without first submitting them for federal review or obtaining an official emergency clearance.

The top 10 drugs losing U.S. exclusivity in 2020

Each year, drugmakers lose their monopolies on a slate of big-selling old medicines. While top brands like Lyrica and Herceptin lost exclusivity last year—and more big rollouts are expected for 2021 and beyond—this year's exclusivity losses will cause some significant pain of their own. 


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Resources

[On Demand] Tufts-eClinical Solutions Data & Analytics Survey Results


Key findings from the 2019 Life Sciences Data & Analytics Survey conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development will be unveiled during this live webinar led by industry expert and study lead, Ken Getz, Director of Sponsored Programs and Associate Professor.

[eBook] Expecting the Unexpected: Strategies for Efficient Clinical Supply Management and Forecasting


Learn how to drive excellence within the forecasting process and utilize forecasting throughout the clinical study to better plan clinical supply budgets and project timelines. Explore how to identify potential supply-related issues before they can negatively impact your study.

[Fact Sheet] Forecasting to Optimize Clinical Trial Supply Management


Whether a study is simple or highly complex, forecasting and simulation reports serve as data driven communication tools to help minimize risks and keep the study on track. Learn more about forecasting solutions for informed decision making and supporting contingency planning for clinical study.

[Case Study] Establishing Parameters for Success


Learn about a real-world example of how clinical supply management expertise was applied to overcome inventory challenges for a complex, global study.

[Whitepaper] Why BioPharma Co’s Leverage the Cloud to Gain Competitive Advantage


See why innovative BioPharma’s are partnering with Cloud Service Provider’s to design, manage and implement cloud strategies to smooth the path to FDA approval and enhance their competitive prowess. 

[Whitepaper] Create A More Compelling Program Development Dossier With Metabolomics


Metabolomics can help you streamline your drug development process by providing the framework to make a stronger, more confident, and more valuable case for a molecule in a shorter timeframe.

[eBook] 9 Ways to Enhance Healthcare Customer Experiences


Download this e-book to learn 9 ways to enhance the customer experience within healthcare marketing.

[Whitepaper] The ROI of Document Delivery


3 ways you may be overspending on scientific literature access, and how to fix them.

[Whitepaper] Manufacturing Cytotoxic and Non-Cytotoxic


When different drug products are produced in shared facilities, potential for cross-contamination needs to be addressed.  Outsourcing to a CMO with experience in multiproduct facilities can be an option.

[Whitepaper] Measure the Right Things at the Right Time: Using A Metric Maturity Model to Optimize Performance Measurement


Ineffective measurement could mean wasting both time and money. This whitepaper showcases a custom-built Metric Maturity Model that helps illustrate and define the process for measuring the right things the right way.

[Whitepaper] Strategies for Improving Software Deployments and Business Processes Adoption Rates


Mediocre adoption rates aren’t due to poorly designed software or lazy users. They’re the result of how skills are trained. Achieve high adoption rates by implementing the right methodology with a focus on behavior change.

[Whitepaper] Navigating Today’s Healthcare Transformation: The Evolution of Payers


Read about the innovative ways payers are making smart moves in the healthcare game.

[Executive Summary] Strategies for Flexible Manufacturing


This whitepaper discusses the benefits of end-to-end solutions and share case studies on how flexible manufacturing strategies can accommodate the changing landscape of pharmaceutical products and help bring a drug to market.

[Whitepaper] Achieving Differentiation in the Complex Oncology Market


White paper describing how a biopharma company can successfully differentiate an oncology product when the clinical profile alone is not enough to get the job done.

[Presentation] Flexible Manufacturing Strategies


Get expert insights on strategies to implement flexible manufacturing and different technologies that are easily scalable and reproducible.

[Executive Summary] Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges for Accelerated Drug Development


Regardless of the assigned FDA expedited approval designation and approach, the key action items should be: the assurance of a detail-oriented plan and the adaption of a “forward-thinking” approach that will assist in any future challenges and opportunities for growth of each project.

[Executive Summary] Clinical Supplies - Made to Order


Learn how recent innovations in demand-led supply and direct-to-patient distribution are converging to create a next-generation clinical supply chain that is flexible, lean and most importantly patient-centric.

[Whitepaper] Digital Twins: Creating Digital Operations Today to Deliver Business Value Tomorrow


This whitepaper highlights the challenges of implementing the right digital twin strategy while providing key use cases in the manufacturing domain for which a digital twin is extremely useful and several examples of technology trends that will shape the future.

[Q&A] Embarking Upon the Commercial Manufacturing Journey for a Biologic


In this Q&A, four Catalent Biologics experts share how scale-up, regulatory expectations, demand forecasting and process validation all play a role in the success of a biologic when embarking upon the commercial manufacturing journey.


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