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JANUARY 26, 2024

Compared to only 10% of primary and subspecialty visits, 34.5% of mental health visits took place via video in August 2023.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Pharmacists can also ensure proper education and selection of therapy before and after discharge.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Smartphone apps were effective at promoting weight loss and reducing BMI, but had no impact on HbA1c levels or waist circumference.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

By offering personalized guidance, promoting awareness, and fostering open communication, pharmacists can empower their patients to navigate the new year with a focus on both wellness and safety.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are more openly LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. than ever, but little is known about the unique health challenges they may face. That’s why some researchers are urging health systems to build the acronym SOGIE — for patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity and expression — into their data collection. In a paper published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology , a group of cardiologists write that there is an urgent need to begin collecting SOGIE data more systematically

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

These patients may have a similar genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

In hospital pharmacies, roughly 2% of pharmacy spend can be overcharge.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

To turn the tide around on the growing teen mental health crisis, the U.S. | Social media is cited as one of the drivers of the worsening crisis along with COVID-19, gun violence and the threat of climate change.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

Jennifer Marsh, PharmD, BCCCP, discusses the current standard of care for hepatic encephalopathy, highlighting challenges in treatment, prescription drug coverage, transition of care, and outpatient treatment access.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

Cognoa, maker of the first FDA-approved autism diagnostic tool, announced Highmark has signed on as its first commercial payer partner. | The tool, Canvas Dx, leverages AI to empower doctors to quickly and accurately diagnose developmental risk without bias, the company claims. It is the first FDA-approved autism diagnostic tool.

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Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.

STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

When I enter, “what is pediatrics?” into an image search engine, I get back dozens of stock photos with smiling physicians listening to beaming children’s hearts or looking in their ears. I love those images. They reflect the routine joy and trust that encompass many days in the life of a pediatrician. Increasingly, though, the answer to that question doesn’t quite match the happy imagery.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ co-founders and co-CEOs Josh Cohen and Justin Klee explain their approach to dual leadership and why it can be a good fit in life sciences.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

In the age of artificial intelligence, things are moving at warp speed, noted UNC Health CIO Brent Lamm. | “We have been very aggressive over the past 12 to 18 months at UNC Health to seek out any and every opportunity to try to remove or reduce the administrative burden for our provider teams," CIO Brent Lamm said.

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

WASHINGTON — Merck CEO Robert Davis and Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato have agreed to voluntarily testify before the Senate health committee, avoiding a threatened subpoena, the committee announced Friday. The decision by the executives came after a public pressure campaign by Sanders to get the two executives and Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Chris Boerner to testify about why prices for their drugs are higher in the United States than in other countries.

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Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 26, 2024

Merck’s unique approval for Keytruda as a postsurgical treatment for resectable kidney cancer has gained new backing in the form of data showing the PD-1 inhibitor can extend patients’ lives. | Merck’s unique approval for Keytruda as a postsurgerical treatment for resectable kidney cancer has gained new backing in the form of data showing the PD-1 inhibitor can extend patients’ lives.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

Compared to TACE alone, durvalumab plus TACE and bevacizumab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 23%; however, further research is needed to assess OS.

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

Covid vaccines saved nearly 20 million lives worldwide, by one estimate, and generated billions of dollars for several drugmakers. But investment in experimental vaccines for dozens of other diseases remains modest and should be much higher, according to a new biotechnology industry report. Even with the historic effort to develop coronavirus vaccines, including shots created by Cambridge, Mass.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

The combination resulted in numerically longer OS compared with an NSAI alone.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

State Medicaid agencies are required to cover Hepatitis C medications for people who have the disease or a substance use disorder, states were "encouraged" earlier this week. | State Medicaid agencies were reminded of their responsibility to offer Hepatitis C medications, or direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), to individuals with substance use disorder.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2024

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

JANUARY 26, 2024

Concerns regarding hypoglycemia potentially linked to a counterfeit version of Ozempic come at a time in which reports have grown regarding the improper use of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the purpose of cosmetic weight loss.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

Blue Shield of California is offering to foot the bill for Medicaid enrollees who want to earn a General Education Diploma and become high school graduates. | The program, being rolled out in Los Angeles and San Diego counties, addresses a trend of fewer people graduating from high school.

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Damian here with a look at a biotech rarity, a milestone on Wall Street, and pharma’s latest run-in with Washington.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JANUARY 26, 2024

Ozempic (semaglutide) is one of the most popular prescription drugs for treating Type 2 diabetes on the market. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2017 for blood sugar management, Ozempic has recently gained attention for its weight loss effects. Healthcare professionals prescribe Ozempic off-label for weight management for patients with obesity.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

JANUARY 26, 2024

Frontline staff are having to make compromises to treat patients appropriately. It’s scandalous nothing is being done Medicine shortages in the UK have been a regular feature on newspaper front pages in recent years. As a doctor on the frontline, I see how this instability in our medicine supply chain is playing out on the ground. I work in a large city hospital and am used to meeting disgruntled patients who have had to wait hours in clinic to receive treatment.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2024

AbbVie has broken ground on a new $223 million expansion of its biologics manufacturing facility in Singapore, creating around 100 new jobs

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Consumers can expect several launches across the brand's gel couture be-dazzled, expressive and regular polish lines.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2024

Report on UK biotech sector by Tony Blair and William Hague calls for an NHS trust to be set up to oversee and sell patient data

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is still shaping up. We do, however, plan to catch up on our reading, promenade with the official mascots, and hold another listening party with Mrs. Pharmalot. For now, the rotation will likely include this , this , this and this.

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Hispanic chain will now be part of the Fresco Retail Group, an investment group from Coral Gables, Fla. specializing in the food and grocery industries.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2024

Eli Lilly is weeks away from launching Mounjaro in the UK, after getting approval from the MHRA for a multi-dose injector version for diabetes and obesity

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STAT

JANUARY 26, 2024

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2024

ArriVent BioPharma completes the second biotech IPO of 2024, raising $175m that will help advance its late-stage lung cancer drug furmonertinib

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