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Konrad Werhahn from UCB discusses how disease-modifying solutions may introduce a new era in treatment for epilepsies

Alex Fong and Olivia Houselander from Owen Mumford Pharmaceutical Services consider the action needed to make drug discovery processes more sustainable

Rajul Jain from ProPharma considers how AI can be used in patient support, especially considering how it can be used to streamline operations and supplement human expertise

Betsy Goodfellow from Pharmafocus considers the details of the infected blood scandal, from its beginning to the outcome of the recent inquiry

Top news

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Page 10 – Evotec provides update in Bristol Myers Squibb neuroscience collaboration 

Page 12 – EyeBio to be acquired by Merck for an upfront $1.3bn

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