Athira Alzheimer’s drug fails mid-stage, but the biotech isn't discouraged

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Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. TOP STORIES Athira Alzheimer's drug fails mid-stage, but the biotech still eyes a Phase 3 path An Alzheimer's disease drug from Athira Pharma has failed a Phase 2 clinical trial and the biotech has a surprising theory why. Athira says standard of care drugs Alzheimer's patients are already taking may diminish the effect of its small molecule and this finding could inform how the company proceeds with an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial. Sponsored Content Is it time to rethink how we apply AI to healthcare data mining? From Carta Healthcare and MedCity News Webinar Date: July 20, 2022 Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT This webinar discusses how a human-computer team takes advantage of the clinical expertise and complex problem-solving ability of humans for the more challenging clinical registry fields and the speed and accuracy of AI technology for the more straightforward fields. 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Scott Peters (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and John Joyce (R- PA) to clarify the meaning of medical device remanufacturing and empower the FDA to educate company technicians so they know if they've crossed the line into a regulated activity.  Read more » Novartis picks Precision Bio to bring in vivo gene editing meds to blood disorders By Frank Vinluan Wednesday, June 22, 2022 7:44 PM Novartis is paying Precision Bio $75 million up front to begin a partnership aiming to develop in vivo gene-editing therapies for serious genetic blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease. One of the goals of the alliance is to make genetic medicines more globally accessible. Read more » Google Cloud exec: Real-world data could eliminate the need for placebos in clinical trials By Katie Adams Wednesday, June 22, 2022 6:43 PM The speed of Covid-19 vaccine trials should inspire the pharmaceutical and medical device industries to accelerate its clinical testing, according to Shweta Maniar, Google Cloud's director for healthcare and life sciences. She argued that harnessing real-world data will make faster clinical trials achievable for all therapeutics and devices, possibly even eliminating the need to recruit a placebo arm. Read more » How to cure the system with data analytics By Liza Dzhezhora Wednesday, June 22, 2022 6:30 PM Collecting SDOH, adding this data to patient profiles, enabling health data analytics, and taking data-based actions has proven to help significantly. 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