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- Clarivate Plc, a provider of trusted information and insights, today unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 Drugs to Watch report, shining a spotlight on 13 cutting-edge therapeutics poised to revolutionize healthcare in the coming year.
- These promising drugs span a diverse range of conditions, from debilitating diseases like sickle cell anemia and multiple myeloma to common ailments like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and age-related macular
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Labcorp & Hawthorne Effect Partner to Supercharge Decentralized Clinical Trials
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- Labcorp, a global leader in innovative laboratory services, and Hawthorne Effect, Inc., a pioneer in technology-driven clinical trial solutions, have announced a groundbreaking partnership to revolutionize clinical trials with a focus on decentralization.
- This collaboration aims to unlock unprecedented levels of patient diversity, reduce site burden, and accelerate study timelines for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device sponsors.
Decentralization: The
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Debiopharm and ThinkingNodeLife.ai Partner on AI-Driven Cancer Drug Development
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- Debiopharm, a leading independent biopharmaceutical company, and ThinkingNodeLife.ai (TNL), a pioneer in AI-powered drug discovery, today announced a groundbreaking partnership to propel the development of a cutting-edge cancer drug.
- This strategic partnership combines Debiopharm's deep pharmaceutical expertise with TNL's revolutionary AI Digital Cells Lab platform, unlocking new frontiers in cancer treatment innovation.
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of a
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Deepcell & NVIDIA Partner to Develop Generative AI Models for Single Cell Morphology
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Deepcell, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered single cell analysis to fuel deep biological discoveries, today announced a research collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced computer vision solutions in life sciences.Deepcell will incorporate NVIDIA AI into its single cell analysis technology, working collaboratively with NVIDIA to codevelop new uses for generative AI and multimodal applications in cell biology. The
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Clinical Trial Payments: Optimizing the Path Forward for Site Payments
Escalating competition for clinical trial sites, in tandem with other industry-wide challenges such as changing regulations; a lack of bandwidth and resources; identifying ideal sites and recruiting and retaining patients, are posing significant obstacles for sponsors and site teams within a global study portfolio, particularly in relation to clinical trial payments. Factors such as decentralized clinical trials, inflation and site attrition contribute to inconsistencies and financial confusion,
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Lessons Learned from the AIDS Crisis to Combat Congenital Syphilis
Public health learnings and data gathered over the 40 years of the AIDS crisis can help officials tackle the rise of congenital syphilis, which increased 755% from 2012 to 2021 and another 30% in 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently noted “missed opportunities for prevention, primarily timely testing and appropriate treatment of syphilis during pregnancy” as contributing factors to its meteoric rise.
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Veracyte Acquires C2i Genomics for $70M, Expanding into Minimal Residual Disease Detection
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- Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a cancer diagnostics company acquires C2i Genomics, Inc., a pioneer in minimal residual disease (MRD) detection.
- Under the terms of the agreement, Veracyte will pay $70 million in Veracyte shares at closing, and up to an additional $25 million based on the achievement of future performance milestones over the next two years, payable in Veracyte shares or cash at Veracyte’s election.
- This strategic move positions Veracyte to
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Caris & Flatiron Team Up: Next-Level RWD Supercharges Cancer Drug Discovery
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Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading next-generation AI TechBio company and precision medicine pioneer that is actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionise healthcare and improve the human condition using molecular science and AI, and Flatiron Health, a leading health-tech company transforming evidence generation through an engaged care network, oncology-specific expertise, and fit-for-purpose scientific methods and tools, today
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Atropos Health Partners With Every Cure: A New Lifeline For Underserved Populations Via Streamlined Drug Repurposing
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Atropos Health, the pioneer in translating real-world clinical data into personalized real-world evidence and insights, today announced a partnership with Every Cure, a nonprofit initiative on a mission to unlock the full potential of existing medicines to treat every disease and every patient they possibly can so that patients don’t suffer while cures hide on the pharmacy shelf.The collaboration allows Every Cure to leverage GENEVA OS™ and data from the
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Amgen Builds Generative AI Models for Human Data Analysis and Drug Discovery
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- Amgen, a global leader in biotechnology, is embarking on a groundbreaking venture: Project Freyja.
- The new initiative will harness the power of an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, christened after the Norse goddess of prediction, to accelerate drug discovery and development through AI-powered insights from one of the world's largest human datasets.
Advance Drug Discovery Using NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD-Powered Insight
Human Diversity Atlas: Freyja will map the landscape
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