A lot has changed in the world since Bristol Myers Squibb first introduced its campaign on cancer survivorship in 2019. However, managing a cancer diagnosis, treatment and life after remains a personal and distinct experience – and that’s what BMS is continuing to center in its “Survivorship Today” campaign.

With spokesman and actor Sterling K. Brown often as interviewer, the video series in the effort focuses on what it’s like to live with cancer told through the experiences of real patients.

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While mRNA took center stage at yesterday’s FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting, Novavax announced its plans to deliver an updated protein-based vaccine based on new guidance.

Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) members voted unanimously in favor of “harmonizing” Covid vaccine compositions, meaning all future vaccine recipients would receive a bivalent vaccine, regardless of whether they’ve gotten their primary series.

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When it comes to customer service to healthcare professionals, pharma companies’ overall average rating is, well, average. Its industry customer experience score of 59 is at the lower end of “good” (rated as scores from 51-75) in DT Consulting’s annual assessment out now.

Topping the list of individual pharma companies was UCB with a 66 score on the consultant’s proprietary “Customer Experience Quotient” or CXQ scale. Novo Nordisk and Gilead Sciences followed, tied for second at 65, while Boehringer Ingelheim and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen tied for third with 64. Still, none of the top scores neared “excellent” territory of 76 or higher.

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Massachusetts-based iVexSol has secured funding to the tune of $23.8 million in its latest Series A round. The new investors include Bristol Myers Squibb, manufacturer Charles River Laboratories and Asahi Kasei Medical.

iVexSol is a manufacturer of lentiviral vectors (LVV), used in making gene therapies, and this latest round of fundraising brings its total Series A total over $39 million, which will be used to recruit more employees and bolster its technology.

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