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STAT+: Brain biopsies on ‘vulnerable’ patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA, documents show

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In March 2020, as Bauman was preparing to undergo the surgery at a Mount Sinai medical facility in midtown Manhattan, he said he was invited to participate in a research study — one only open to patients already committed to undergo DBS at Mount Sinai.

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ICYMI: Cancer death rate continues to decline due to treatment advances

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decrease between 2019 and 2020 alone, increasingly reflects advances in prevention and treatment—including new medicines which have improved survival across a range of cancers. This report is the latest to document this progress. The report notes the continued decline in death rates since 1991, including a 1.5%

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STAT+: Inside UnitedHealth’s strategy to pressure physicians: $10,000 bonuses and a doctor leaderboard

STAT

But the underlying message to doctors in late 2020 was persistent and urgent: Hit your targets to see more patients. But inside a UnitedHealth practice, the “#1 PRIORITY” became documenting older patients’ chronic illnesses to generate more revenue from the federal government, the emails show.

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5 Important Things To Know About Social Media As A Resource For Pharmacy Residency Recruitment – For Both Candidates And Programs 

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Since the news of virtual Midyear in 2020, many residency programs have created social media accounts, most often on the platform Twitter. Develop a manual or guidance document outlining the goals of the account. This type of document is especially helpful for account management transitions in resident managed accounts.

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Akorn files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, terminates all employees

Drug Store News

The company went bankrupt in 2020 after a $4.3 billion takeover offer failed, according to a Bloomberg Law report that cited court documents.

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Common pharma compliance concerns cited by FDA warning letters

European Pharmaceutical Review

A study of the causes of warning letters issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) between 2010 and 2020 revealed that poor current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) compliance and misbranding were the most common citations.

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Regulators questioned integrity of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaked files show

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In a review of the documents, the BMJ said they showed concerns over unexpectedly low quantities of intact mRNA in batches of the vaccine developed for commercial production. The documentation was not complete and the leaks did not show how the agency’s concerns were satisfied, the BMJ added.

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