Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
“Retail pharmacy is central to our future and to our overall customer and patient experience. It enables many other things, but it has to change,” said Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 27, 2024
HOPA’s DEI Advisory Board Chair discusses how creating safe environments, using correct pronouns, and being willing to talk about patients’ mental and physical needs are significant when providing care to LGBTQIA+ patients.
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Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
Two posters presented at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions looked at challenges of remote CGM in older populations and after discharge from the hospital.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 27, 2024
Laura Bray, founder of Angels for Change, explains that addressing the 4 key economic causes to drug shortages can also help lead to effective solutions long-term.
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
JUNE 27, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a controversial bankruptcy deal in which the owners of Purdue Pharma sought to contribute up to $6 billion in exchange for immunity from further lawsuits. The ruling means the company and its creditors — numerous states, cities and counties, as well as Native American governments — will have to negotiate a new settlement.
Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
The first-in-class selective dual PDE3 and PDE4 inhibitor from Verona Pharma is the first inhaled product with a novel mechanism of action approved to treat COPD in over 20 years.
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Pharmacy Times
JUNE 27, 2024
Tune into this episode of “Public Health Matters” to hear Dr. Bolu Oladini’s unconventional journey within pharmacy, his passion for mental health, and how artificial intelligence is beginning to be integrated into health care and everyday life.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
WASHINGTON — Mike Leavitt is in the small club of government officials who’ve led an avian flu response. The experience is still fresh in his mind nearly two decades later. When he first heard about the avian flu outbreak in 2005, he had been secretary of health and human services in George W. Bush’s administration for just a couple of months.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 27, 2024
A biologics license application (BLA) for patritumab deruxtecan receives complete response letter due to inspection findings at third-party manufacturer.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
WASHINGTON — A House committee overwhelmingly passed four bills on Thursday that would expand Medicare coverage of obesity drugs and cancer screening blood tests and place guardrails around Medicare’s discretion in covering drugs and devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The House Ways & Means Committee passed obesity drug coverage legislation that would offer a limited pathway for adults 65 and older to get their weight loss drugs paid for by Medicare.
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.
The Checkup by Singlecare
JUNE 27, 2024
Coenzyme Q10, also known as ubiquinol or CoQ10, is an antioxidant that the human body naturally produces. It’s present in all human tissues and organs but is most concentrated in the heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and skeletal muscle. CoQ10 is essential for your body to maintain healthy tissues and organs. Additionally, research shows it neutralizes free radicals and may help treat or prevent diseases, particularly heart disease.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
As a Canadian-born physician who has treated people with opioid use disorder on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, I know that if I ever needed addiction treatment I’d head to the Great White North. Deaths from drug overdoses are twice as high in the U.S. as in Canada. Some of that difference stems from how people with opioid use disorder are treated in the two countries.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute. | Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
Google’s recent integration of Gemini, its state-of-the-art large language model, into its search engine marks a significant step in AI-driven responses for digital health queries. Worldwide, users search Google with health queries 70,000 times per minute , so it has years of experience in communicating health information and a solid framework for producing high quality, authoritatively sourced responses for users.
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Outsourcing Pharma
JUNE 27, 2024
The pharmaceutical industry is making significant strides toward sustainability, with companies across the sector implementing various Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Fierce Pharma
JUNE 27, 2024
Years of negotiations and legal proceedings surrounding a high-dollar opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma have reached a dead end at the U.S. Supreme Court. | Years of negotiations and legal proceedings surrounding a high-dollar opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma have reached a dead end at the U.S. Supreme Court.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Artificial intelligence is increasingly infused into many aspects of health care, from transcribing patient visits to detecting cancers and deciphering histology slides. While AI has the potential to improve the drug discovery process and help doctors be more empathetic towards patients, it can also perpetuate bias , and be used to deny critical care to those who need it the most.
Fierce Pharma
JUNE 27, 2024
With Regeneron’s treatment delayed, AbbVie is expanding its T-cell engager competition against Roche in blood cancer with a new FDA approval. | With Regeneron's treatment delayed, AbbVie is expanding its T-cell engager competition against Roche in blood cancer with a new FDA approval.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
A startup selling elective whole-body scans for upward of $1,000 is launching a 10-year, 100,000 person study to attempt to settle doubts within the medical community about its value and potential consequences. Prenuvo, the Redwood City, Calif.-based startup touted last year by Kim Kardashian , is one of a handful of companies selling preventive MRI scans: images that aim to catch conditions like cancer, brain aneurysms, autoimmune disorders, and metabolic issues before they advance.
Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
During a session at McKesson ideaShare 2024, Martin Dennis of RxOwnership was joined by digital marketing experts to discuss key marketing tools for independent pharmacies.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 27, 2024
Verona Pharma has claimed FDA approval for its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug ensifentrine, which has been tipped as a future blockbuster.The first-in-class dual phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3/4 inhibitor – now given the somewhat tongue-twisting brand name of Ohtuvayre – is the first inhaled product with a novel mechanism of action available for the maintenance treatment of COPD in more than 20 years, according to Verona.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday released an opinion allowing emergency abortions in Idaho but avoiding the larger question of state abortion bans. It’s the final version of an opinion that was inadvertently released on Wednesday. The 6-3 decision lifts a stay on a previous court’s order to allow abortions in rare but life-threatening circumstances.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 27, 2024
Explore a methodological approach for discovering the emotional patient journey through patient insights. Understand the importance of emotional connections in healthcare.
Outsourcing Pharma
JUNE 27, 2024
Artificial intelligence is showing great promise in the quest to unearth new drug candidates and disease targets faster than ever before.
Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
The theme of this year’s National HIV Testing Day encourages individuals to self-test for HIV as a means of demonstrating their compassion for themselves.
Outsourcing Pharma
JUNE 27, 2024
Personalized medicine has evolved to the point where it is transforming areas of healthcare, bringing hope to patients across the world.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy? And what health care issues may be lightening rods in this election? STAT chief Washington correspondent Rachel Cohrs Zhang joins the podcast to talk about a new proposal for obesity drug coverage in Washington and what to expect from the first presidential debate. STAT health tech reporter Brittany Trang also guest co-hosts “The Readout LOUD” this week, where we discuss AI for drug development, the la
Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
Test your knowledge of migraine therapies.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. Read on today for some exclusive hiring news and a retraction of a high-profile paper on cancer detection.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 27, 2024
CSL Behring's gene therapy Hemgenix for haemophilia B has been backed for reimbursement in England and Denmark.
STAT
JUNE 27, 2024
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Hospital at home creeps towards commercial New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health this week announced it will gradually expand its hospital at home program from three of its larger facilitates, to its entire system of 18 hospitals, illustrating growing
pharmaphorum
JUNE 27, 2024
SCOTUS rejects bankruptcy deal that would settle opioid litigation against Purdue Pharma, but also protect the Sackler family from liability.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 27, 2024
Data showed that Ohtuvayre significantly improved dyspnea compared to placebo in as little as six weeks and maintained this over 24 weeks.
Drug Topics
JUNE 27, 2024
Two abstracts presented at ADA 2024 explored how positive user experiences with a CGM can lead to better patient outcomes.
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