Drug Topics
MARCH 13, 2024
Recent studies on daylight saving time’s association with increased health risks have heightened the debate on whether to observe the biannual event or switch to one universal time.
PharmaVoice
MARCH 13, 2024
Biotech IPOs are off to the races in 2024, and investors are betting on horses that are derisked in targeted areas.
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Drug Topics
MARCH 13, 2024
Since changes in vaccine composition can sometimes lead to confusion or misinformation, effective communication is crucial to promote vaccine uptake.
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 13, 2024
Aspirin, known as acetylsalicylic acid, has been marketed in ways that have de-emphasized potential risks to children.
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
Drug Topics
MARCH 13, 2024
Cybin’s proprietary deuterated psilocybin analog, CYB003, provided robust and sustained improvements in depression symptoms in a phase 2 study.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
As a boy growing up with hemophilia A, Noah Frederick reserved the end of his annual checkups to talk about new technologies. His doctor walked through various experimental approaches for the bleeding disorder and, invariably, gene therapy. It was coming, he always said, in your lifetime. Last year, it finally arrived. But Frederick, now a 23-year-old software engineer, isn’t sure he’ll get it.
Pharmacy Technician Pulse brings together the best content for pharmacy technicians from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
A series of new studies are raising hopes that CAR-T , a process in which treatments are made by genetically editing a patient’s own white blood cells, can eventually be used to treat an incurable and deadly type of brain cancer, called glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. In the most dramatic result, from a three-person study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, a 72-year-old man saw his tumor shrink 18.5% in just two days and then decrease further over the next two mo
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 13, 2024
ORLANDO — A year ago, at HIMSS23 in Las Vegas, Epic announced it was working with Microsoft to integrate large language model tools and AI into its electronic health record software. | AI technology in healthcare is rapidly evolving, and the potential for generative AI to free up time to focus more on patients is getting clinicians excited about technology, said Jacqueline Gerhart, M.D., Epic clinician and vice president of clinical informatics.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
Rob Bart remembers what it felt like, the moment of discovery. As an intern at Duke University Medical Center in the ’90s, he’d sometimes be tasked with poring through a patient’s medical history to uncover the cause of their latest hospitalization. Back then, the stacks of paper records could tower 18 inches tall. “I can remember that needle in the haystack feeling,” said Bart, now chief medical information officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Cente
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 13, 2024
This podcast episode discussed the impact of celebrity endorsements on trends in weight loss drugs like Ozempic, body image issues, and the role of pharmacists in educating patients on appropriate use of GLP-1 medications for weight management and chronic diseases.
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
MARCH 13, 2024
Doctors have been eagerly waiting for data on Guardant Health’s new blood-based colorectal cancer screening test, the Shield test. The hope has been that Guardant would be able to achieve an elusive goal in colorectal cancer screening: catch incipient or early colorectal cancer using nothing more than two vials of blood. Those hopes were partially fulfilled on Wednesday.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 13, 2024
Eli Lilly is partnering with Amazon's pharmacy unit to offer home delivery for diabetes, migraine and obesity medications, including GLP-1 weight loss drug Zepbound. | Eli Lilly is partnering with Amazon's pharmacy unit to offer home delivery for diabetes, migraine and obesity medications, including GLP-1 weight loss drug Zepbound.
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 13, 2024
Furthermore, the study authors indicated that patients with lymphoma and community-acquired pneumonia have broader dysregulated responses.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
Speaking before a virtual audience of CommonSpirit Health employees, RaDonda Vaught, the former nurse who accidentally killed a patient by administering the wrong medication, listed the outside factors she claims contributed to her fatal error. Among them: a missing drug order, a faulty medication dispenser, and a hurricane that hampered the drug supply.
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.
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 13, 2024
The combination of GZ17-6.02 and bortezomib reduced of HDAC, and as a result ATG13 phosphorylation was enhanced, BAK levels increased, and BCL-XL levels were reduced.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 13, 2024
HiLabs, an AI-powered health tech company helping plans improve member experience, raised $39 million in a series B financing round, led by growth equity firm Denali Growth Partners and VC firm Eig | An AI-powered health tech company helping drive down operational costs for healthcare organizations and improving member experience for payers pocketed $39 million in fresh funding.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, an industry trade group, is cutting ties with Chinese company WuXi in response to increasing U.S. government scrutiny of it and other Chinese companies, according to a BIO press release shared with STAT on Wednesday. It’s an about-face for a lobbying organization that recently was willing to defend WuXi against attacks, and it’s a sign that the U.S. biotechnology industry will have to make do without a company that it h
pharmaphorum
MARCH 13, 2024
Transitioning patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from paper to digital (ePRO) is crucial for maintaining data integrity and improving the patient experience. Learn how to seamlessly make this transition and optimise your data collection process.
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STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
Developers of artificial intelligence models slowly making their way into medicine have long parried ethical concerns with assertions that clinical staff must review tech’s suggestions before they are acted on. That “human in the loop” is meant to be a backstop preventing potential medical errors conjured up by a flawed algorithm from harming patients.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 13, 2024
Digitalising supply chains may be the zeitgeist, but let’s not forget about the power of human partnerships Mike.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
In a setback to the pharmaceutical industry, a U.S. appeals court has upheld an Arkansas law that allows hospitals participating in a controversial federal discount program to ship medicines to certain pharmacies. As a result, other states can now be expected to pursue similar laws. The closely watched decision comes amid a long-running battle over the program, which was designed three decades ago to help hospitals and clinics care for low-income and rural patients.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 13, 2024
Amazon Pharmacy will provide dispensing for Eli Lilly’s recently launched direct-to-consumer LillyDirect channel, covering obesity, diabetes, and migraine drugs.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
Consider shopping for cereal in the grocery store. Buyers easily know how many grams of sugar and calories are in a serving, as well as how much the box costs, before they get to the checkout line. Yet in the U.S. health care market, this often isn’t the case. Prices are both high and highly variable as well as difficult to observe. I’m an economics professor.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 13, 2024
Basecamp Research launches BaseFold, a deep learning model that it says surpasses benchmark tool AlphaFold2 and should accelerate AI-based drug discovery
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it this far, and remember there are only a few more days until the weekend arrives. So keep plugging away. After all, what are the alternatives? While you ponder the possibilities, we invite you to join us for a delightful cup of stimulation. Our choice today is, once again, crème brûlée.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 13, 2024
A federal appellate court upheld an Arkansas law prohibiting drugmakers from restricting 340B drug discounts for providers using contract pharmacies, potentially setting up other states to pass sim | A pharmaceutical industry trade group had argued that the state's 2021 law was preempted by the federal legislation outlining the drug discount program.
Fierce Pharma
MARCH 13, 2024
As CDMO giants Wuxi AppTec and WuXi Biologics come under mounting scrutiny for their alleged ties to Chinese government officials, they are losing a key ally in Washington, D.C. | As CDMO giants Wuxi AppTec and WuXi Biologics come under mounting scrutiny for their alleged ties to Chinese government officials, they are losing a key ally in Washington, D.C.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 13, 2024
Insurtech Clover Health execs are reiterating their path to profitability is headed in the right direction. | Supported by a much-improved medical cost ratio, Clover Health execs expect to hit adjusted EBITDA profitability this year.
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 13, 2024
Study results indicate early swap to oral antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is just as effective.
Board Vitals - Pharmacist
MARCH 13, 2024
As candidates prepare for the rigorous residency interview season, it’s essential to anticipate the types of questions that may arise during these pivotal conversations. While the questions asked will vary by program and specialty, certain themes and questions tend to recur across the board, and there are some questions that appear more than others.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MARCH 13, 2024
Steven H. Collis, who currently holds the position, will transition to executive chair of the board.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 13, 2024
FDA reviewers seem unconvinced by Geron's data on myelodysplastic syndrome therapy imetelstat ahead of FDA adcomm meeting.
STAT
MARCH 13, 2024
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