Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Independent pharmacists, health care providers, community leaders, and law enforcement must all work together to address the fentanyl epidemic.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In her 20 years caring for children in Boston, she had seen hundreds of kids with suspected urinary tract infections. Each time, she’d turn to a calculator, used by all Boston Children’s Hospital clinicians, to judge the youngest childrens’ risk. Did the infant have a high fever?
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Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Patients with DLBCL on Medicaid had worse survival outcomes than those on commercial insurance, but there were no statistically significant differences in survival between races.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
I was in high school when I first encountered the ruthlessness of the number one killer in the U.S. A close friend of mine, then only 16 years old, witnessed his father having a heart attack while checking the mail. Despite desperate attempts at CPR on the driveway, he wasn’t able to save his dad, a seemingly healthy man in his early 40s. That event put me on a path to become a cardiologist.
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.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The protein-based vaccine includes a monovalent component corresponding to the Omicron variant JN.1 strain.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Kathy Giusti was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, when she was a 37-year-old executive at the drug company G.D. Searle. She was told she had three years to live. Twenty-eight years later, Giusti, 65, is thriving. One reason is the patient advocacy group she founded in 1998: the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. The group has raised more than $600 million for research, launched nearly 100 clinical trials, and helped bring more than 15 new drugs to market.
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Recursion Pharmaceuticals announced results of a clinical trial for its lead drug candidate Tuesday that, while a success on paper, likely won’t satisfy many investors closely watching the AI drug developer. The Salt Lake City company’s treatment is for cerebral cavernous malformation , or CCM, a potentially life-threatening condition that causes vessels in the brain to become enlarged and irregular, sometimes causing blood to leak into the brain or spinal cord.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A recent study found that a weight-adjusted waist index was an independent predictor of all-cause-, cardiovascular-, cancer-, and respiratory-related mortality in patients with asthma.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
It was created with the best intentions: a government policy asking researchers to collect racial data to help address health disparities. But it may have had an unintended opposite effect, paving the way for the problematic use of race in an array of medical decision-making tools. Starting in the 1990s, the National Institutes of Health began requiring the collection and reporting of racial data in its funded research.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
There's no shortage of attention on rising pharmaceutical costs, but policymakers need to have the full picture of trends in this space to work off of, according to a new study. | There's no shortage of attention on rising pharmaceutical costs, but policymakers need to have the full picture of trends in this space to work off of, according to a new study.
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.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
With new vaccine data released Tuesday, Vaxcyte, a San Carlos, Calif.-based firm, emerged as one of biotechnology’s hottest David-vs.-Goliath stories as the company seeks to challenge one of Pfizer’s biggest franchises: the Prevnar vaccine against pneumococcal disease. Shares in the company rocketed up 36% on the new data — released via press release — bringing the stock’s gain over the past 12 months to 115%.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The risk of late-stage diagnosis was higher for Asian, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Every day, physicians use clinical algorithms to make decisions about the patients in their exam rooms. To help weigh a patient’s surgical risk or likelihood of disease, they factor in attributes such as blood pressure, age, weight, surgical history — and in some cases, a patient’s race. Like many clinical researchers, bioinformatician Shyam Visweswaran started learning about those race-based tools in 2020, when a catalyzing New England Journal of Medicine paper laid out 13
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Australia-based startup Harrison.ai spent the past four years building out AI-powered medical diagnostic software and services. | Australian health tech company Harrison.ai has unveiled what it considers to be a "groundbreaking" radiology-specific vision language model designed to excel at radiology tasks. It's part of the startup's broader goal to use AI automation to scale the global capacity of healthcare.
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
LONDON — Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled that regulators overstepped in challenging the DNA sequencing behemoth Illumina’s acquisition of Grail, finding that the European Commission did not have jurisdiction over the deal. The decision won’t have a major impact on the Illumina-Grail relationship, with Illumina having divested the cancer screening company over the summer.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue, with 4 main treatment options available.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Algorithms are ubiquitous in medicine. They can take the form of a flowchart, a simple equation, or a complicated AI model, and are used to help clinicians diagnose diseases, predict the chances of survival, and determine if a patient is eligible for certain treatments. Many of these algorithms take a person’s race into account. For example, if the person is Black, a clinician may add or subtract a point from the patient’s score, which can affect their treatment.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Bezisterim acts on inflammatory signaling pathways and may be a viable treatment option for post–COVID-19 condition, or long COVID.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Greece’s antitrust regulator is investigating allegations that, over a nine-year period, Novartis paid doctors and institutions to prescribe a pricey treatment for a serious eye disease and also disparaged rival medicines. In a brief statement, the Hellenic Competition Commission disclosed it is probing evidence the company paid physicians for travel to conferences and participation in studies in order to boost sales of Lucentis, which is used to treat age-related macular degeneration, a
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Pharmacy students discuss how they use social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to reinforce their classroom learning.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 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! Today, we discuss the woman who spearheaded progress in multiple myeloma for decades, see mixed but promising results from Sanofi’s multiple sclerosis drug, and hear why All of Us should not be defunded.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Semnur Pharmaceuticals, which is working on a non-opioid prospect for sciatica, has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. | Semnur Pharmaceuticals is following in its parent company Scilex's footsteps with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Want to stay on top of health news? Sign up to get our Morning Rounds newsletter in your inbox. Good morning! You know that part of “Little Women” (2019) when Jo says “I can’t believe that childhood is over,” while collapsed on the ground at her sister’s feet? That’s how I feel about summer ending.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Ilisa B.G. Bernstein, President of Bernstein Rx Solutions, LLC, highlights the hard-hitting points that she anticipated will be covered during her session at the 2024 HDA Traceability Seminar.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
EU had no grounds to probe Illumina's takeover of Grail, says ECJ, but while spinoff has already taken place Illumina can now avoid a €432m fine
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Dr. Reddy’s has been cut off from China’s bulk-buy drug procurement program after an inspection turned up “serious defects” in the company’s manufacturing operations. | Following a remote inspection of a Dr. Reddy’s formulations production plant, China’s National Medical Products Administration has suspended the import, sale and use of the Indian drugmaker’s atomoxetine hydrochloride capsules for ADHD.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A digital version of the NHS Health Check offered to older people in the UK will be piloted in some areas of England early next year, according to the government.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said the digital alternative to the current system of in-person health checks will be ready for testing in early 2025, with pilots planned for Norfolk, Medway, and Lambeth in London.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Bezisterim, an anti-inflammatory insulin sensitizer, will be authorized to proceed to a phase 2 clinical trial.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Steward Health Care bankruptcy updates, Allstate's $2 billion employer voluntary benefits arm sell-off and more merger and acquisition news from August.
Outsourcing Pharma
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Dr Dawn Thompson has over 20 years of experience in building technology platforms that leverage genomics at scale to produce novel products.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
New data for Valneva and Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine bolsters the case for the shot as the results of a phase 3 programme are awaited.
Outsourcing Pharma
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Reimagine Care, the leading provider of on-demand cancer care, and Memorial Hermann Health System, one of Texas's largest not-for-profit health systems, have announced an ambitious multi-year expansion of their pioneering partnership.
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The UAE has partnered with Novo Nordisk Pharma Gulf to develop a national scientific guide for obesity management and weight control.
Outsourcing Pharma
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Global health technology company myTomorrows announced a new partnership on Tuesday (Aug 27) with Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE), a multi-stakeholder platform dedicated to improving care for pancreatic cancer patients.
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