Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
A study found that children aged 6 months or younger who are not eligible for vaccination were at the highest risk for hospitalization due to SARS-CoV-2.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Pharmacists can educate patients about how to recognize unsafe online sources of medications and ensure patients are properly educate on how to administer their medications.
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Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
New research presented at AMCP Nexus 2024 highlighted the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of various migraine treatments, including onabotulinumtoxinA and fremanezumab, as well as the importance of migraine education programs for improving patient outcomes.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Pharmacists will likely be the first contact for many affected patients, and they should be able to provide evidence-based advice on how to manage their infection.
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
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Linda Barbour thought she was more interested in the Change Healthcare cyberattack than most. Having worked as a medical director for several large health insurance companies and having suffered through the Change fiasco herself as a rehab doctor with a private practice in Kansas City, she figured that if her data had been exposed in that February breach, she would have been notified by now.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Benefits include reducing serious health consequences, such as hospitalization and death, as well as the economic burden on health systems due to influenza infection.
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Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Researchers addressed the association between sleep patterns and digestive diseases, as well as patients’ genetic likeliness of developing future digestive complications.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Mark Cuban is a man on a mission — to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry. Specifically, Cuban, the billionaire best known for his past role on the TV show “Shark Tank” and his minority stake in the Dallas Mavericks, is seeking to disrupt the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers. He’s done that in part with the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, which he launched in 2021 and which he says is a cheaper alternative to traditional PBMs.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Ginger Blackmon, PharmD, will discuss enhancing patient cancer care through implementation of medically integrated oncology team and NCODA’s PQI resources.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
LONDON — For the second time in a matter of months, the U.K.’s cost-effectiveness watchdog has said the limited benefits of a newly approved Alzheimer’s drug do not justify its costs, threatening the possibility of the medicine reaching patients. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said in draft guidance released Wednesday that the drug, Eli Lilly’s donanemab, “cannot currently be considered good value for the taxpayer,” given the
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.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The approval marks Abrysvo as the first and only RSV vaccine designated for adults younger than 50 that are at increased risk for LRTD.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Most state Medicaid programs don’t cover the new class of weight loss drugs for obesity, but that could soon change. Half of those that don’t are considering adding coverage, per a new KFF report. While all state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1 agonists for type 2 diabetes, it’s much less common for them to cover the drugs for obesity.
Fierce Pharma
OCTOBER 23, 2024
With an expanded recommendation from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) from Pfizer and | The CDC's immunization committee voted to expand the recommendation for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, including both Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 and Merck’s newer Capvaxive.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The opioid and overdose crisis is a national tragedy, claiming more than 1 million lives since 1999. In the past three years, more than $55 billion has flowed into state, county, and city coffers from opioid manufacturers, distributors, and chain pharmacies as a result of their collective role in instigating and perpetuating this public health crisis.
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.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Novo Nordisk has asked the FDA to stop compounding pharmacies making cheaper versions of its semaglutide-based therapies for obesity and diabetes, saying the drug is too complex to be made safely by these manufacturers.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
WASHINGTON — When Congress returns on Nov. 12 after the elections, lawmakers will have just over a month to fund the government. That deadline pressure creates an opportunity to potentially enact health care legislation. Regardless of what happens this year, next year will be huge for health care policy, in part because lawmakers need to address major expiring policies.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 23, 2024
LAS VEGAS — Demand for GLP-1s has not slowed, and employers still have not cracked the code on the perfect solution for medications that represent a growing portion of spend. | LAS VEGAS — Demand for GLP-1s has not slowed, and employers still have not cracked the code on the perfect solution for medications that represent a growing portion of spend.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Science Corporation published preliminary data from a late stage, multi-center clinical trial of a retinal implant that showed promising results Tuesday. Using this prosthetic, scientists partially restored vision to people whose central visual field has holes or blurry spots. Trial participants could read text and recognize playing cards when using the implant, even though they were legally blind.
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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry
OCTOBER 23, 2024
‘Surprising’ finding by Australian-led study is first recorded instance of one antibiotic causing resistance to another in a different class Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The rise of an almost untreatable superbug has been linked to a common antibiotic, an Australian-led study has found.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
This story first appeared in The Readout newsletter. Sign up for The Readout and receive STAT’s award-winning biotech news delivered straight to your inbox. Good morning. It’s been a while since I shared some local news: Chicago has yet again proved itself not only to be the best, but also the rattiest city in the U.S.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System have signed a merger agreement, the health systems announced on Wednesday, after first revealing their intent to combine in July. | Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System have signed a merger agreement, the health systems announced on Wednesday, after first revealing their intent to combine in July.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Does anyone here listen to Who Weekly? They sort celebrities into “Whos” (the not-as-famous) and “Thems” (the universally-well-known). So, like: RFK is a Them, while Casey and Calley Means are Whos. The study below on sense of smell and breathing made me think: What’s the Who-to-Them ranking of the five senses? First I thought smell was the Whoiest, but my editor wisely suggested touch as the sense people most often forget.
Fierce Pharma
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The war is on between compounding pharmacies making knockoff versions of popular weight loss drugs and pharma giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, who want to protect their right to sell their patent | Novo Nordisk has asked the FDA to prevent compounders from manufacturing copycat versions of its juggernaut diabetes and obesity treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, claiming the drugs are too complex to safely replicate.
STAT
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially since the middle of the week is upon us. After all, we have made it this far, so we are determined to hang on for another couple of days. And why not? The alternatives — at least those we can identify — are not so appetizing. And what better way to make the time fly than to keep busy.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 23, 2024
US lawmakers fear Pfizer and Lilly's recent forays into direct-to-consumer distribution of medicines via telehealth could violate anti-kickback laws.
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
In a comprehensive literature review, researchers addressed the impact cardiac surgery has on gastrointestinal outcomes.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Cabotegravir long-acting when used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) showed adherence, effectiveness, and improvements in quality of life by those who received the injection.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 23, 2024
A new FDA approval has given Pfizer a broader label for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Abrysvo than rival shots from GSK and Moderna, but it may not make much of a difference in the battle for market share.The US regulator has cleared Abrysvo for use in adults aged 18 to 59 at risk of RSV-related disease, extending its earlier label which covered the 60 and over age bracket.
Fierce Pharma
OCTOBER 23, 2024
While Regeneron may have lost its latest bid to block the launch of Amgen’s Eylea biosimilar Pavblu, the New York-based pharma isn’t throwing in the towel just yet. | Amgen is preparing to launch its Eylea biosimilar, Pavblu, after another victory over Regeneron in court. That said, Regeneron is appealing the decision and stressed that it continues to believe Amgen's copycat infringes multiple Eylea patents.
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The agency does not intend to take action against the plaintiffs for the violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including the compounding of tirzepatide.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York’s directory of doctors is thoroughly inaccurate and forces patients to seek costly out-of-network care and delay care, a class-action lawsuit alleges. | Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York is making it hard for members to receive care from mental health professionals due to poorly run provider directories, or ghost networks, a lawsuit claims.
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Abrysvo is the only RSV vaccine approved for use in this age group.
Fierce Pharma
OCTOBER 23, 2024
While Novo Holdings and Catalent continue to voice confidence that their planned $16.5 billion merger will go through before the year is out, the deal has received near-constant criticism over the | While Novo Holdings and Catalent continue to voice confidence that their planned $16.5 billion merger will go through before the year is out, the deal has received near-constant criticism over the past several weeks.
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