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Turning Loss into Purpose: My Journey to a Pharmacy Career to Make a Difference

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

Meet Lila, a passionate fourth-year Pharm.D. student at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. During her APPE rotation with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy , Lila opened up about her inspiring journey to find the perfect pharmacy school and how, with the guidance of mentors, she discovered her true “Pharmily.” How did you choose your pharmacy school/college or graduate program?

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Q&A: The Importance of Vaccine Literacy, Uptake During Flu Season

Drug Topics

Ruth Carrico PhD, DNP, APRN, discussed the importance of annual vaccination and overall health awareness and literacy during the winter flu season.

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What really happens to drug prices when patents expire

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This is Part 5 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex world of patents and drug pricing. When patents for name brand medicines expire, the price of that medicine drops significantly as generic versions enter the market. Lower prices are good news for patients seeking more affordable medications, but the change can sometimes take a while.

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FDA Expands OA REMS, Mandates Mail-Back Envelopes for Opioid Analgesics

Drug Topics

The FDA has mandated that companies participating in the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program provide pre-paid mail-back envelopes for unused or expired opioid medications.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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How cinnamon lowers blood sugar

The Checkup by Singlecare

Diabetes is a medical condition that occurs when your body can’t regulate blood sugar levels. Consistently elevated blood sugar causes health problems, such as heart disease, kidney disease, and nerve damage, particularly in your feet and eyes. Diabetes treatment usually includes medications , such as oral medications, non-insulin injectable medicines, and sometimes insulin , depending on which type of diabetes you have as well as your blood glucose control.

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Q&A: Understanding the Cause of Declining Vaccination Rates Amidst Flu Season

Drug Topics

Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, APRN, discussed declining influenza and COVID-19 vaccination rates and how it has created a looming threat for public health officials.

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Pfizer’s quest for market share in the ‘high stakes battleground’ of oral GLP-1s

PharmaVoice

Pfizer’s second-to-market goals for its oral GLP-1 drugs underscore big opportunities in the space.

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Opinion: My son’s rare disease was renamed ASMD. Why are people still calling it Niemann-Pick?

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Recently, the smoldering embers of conflict in my family’s rare disease community have burst into flames over the use of an eponym: Niemann-Pick. An eponym is a name derived from a person who first discovered a disease or who was otherwise closely associated with its identity. Such was the case for a neurodegenerative condition observed in a child and documented by Alfred Niemann in 1914.

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Meta-Analysis Finds ICS-Formoteral and ICS-SABA Reduces Asthma Exacerbations, Improved Asthma Control

Pharmacy Times

Compared with a short-acting β agonist (SABA) alone, inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with formoteral and ICS with a SABA were associated with better asthma control.

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The biotech news roundup to start your week

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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.  Morning! Today, we see even further potential for GLP-1 drugs, this time in MASH. We look at China’s probe into AstraZeneca, and have a cool video on patent thickets.

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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.

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Is it safe to take Wegovy after bariatric surgery?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Until recently, there weren’t many medical treatments that could safely provide dramatic weight loss results for people with obesity, especially if you didn’t want or couldn’t qualify for bariatric surgery. “Even after trying bariatric surgery, some people don’t lose the weight they hoped to or gain some or all of it back after several years,” says J.

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No more delays: Accelerating therapy starts by embedding hub services in provider workflows

PharmaVoice

Integrating patient access programs with the systems healthcare providers use daily increases speed to therapy.

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Does Medicaid cover Trintellix?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Trintellix (vortioxetine) is a brand-name prescription medication that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2013 to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. It belongs to a class of drugs known as serotonin modulators and stimulators (SMS) that balance serotonin, a substance in the brain that affects mood. As an antidepressant, Trintellix regulates serotonin levels while helping reduce sadness, loss of interest in activities, and difficulties in thinking or concentra

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Report: 82.3% of Reported Vaccine Errors Reached the Patient

Pharmacy Times

The most commonly reported errors included administering the wrong vaccine or administering an expired vaccine.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

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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Does Medicaid cover Shingrix?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Shingles is a painful condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus , which is the virus that also causes chickenpox. The chances of getting shingles increase with age as the immune system gets weaker. Shingles can lead to severe complications, including long-lasting pain and, in rare cases, eye or hearing damage. Shingrix is a very effective vaccine recommended for adults 50 and older and those with weakened immune systems.

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Clofutriben Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation to Treat Endogenous Cushing Syndrome

Pharmacy Times

The randomized, placebo-controlled RESCUE phase 3 trial assessed clofutriben among individuals with ACTH-dependent endogenous Cushing syndrome.

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Hospital groups blast senators' site-neutral Medicare payment reform plan

Fierce Healthcare

Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. | The lawmakers argue that site-neutral Medicare payment reform would lead to lower healthcare costs for patients and save taxpayer dollars. However, hospital groups were quick to slam the proposal.

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NICE backs first ophthalmic bevacizumab for NHS use

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Outlook Therapeutics' Lytenava is the first ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab to be cleared for use by NICE for use in the NHS for wet AMD

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Pharmacy Students Prepare for Changing Health Care Landscape

Pharmacy Times

It is more important than ever to have pharmacists and pharmacy professionals practicing at the top of their license to assist patients in pharmacy deserts.

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Novo puts $285m into monthly GLP-1 based on Ascendis tech

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Novo Nordisk puts $285m into a once-monthly GLP-1 agonist for obesity using technology developed by fellow Danish pharma Ascendis

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Scientific sleuths, adults with cerebral palsy, and RFK, Jr.

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Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds.  Sign up here. Need a distraction from your election anxiety? May I suggest the new album from Québécois fiddle whizzes Alexis Chartrand and Nicolas Babineau, which dropped on Friday and has us trad heads abuzz?

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Accord will build £50m manufacturing plant in UK

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Accord Healthcare unveils £50m investment, backed by the UK government, that will see a new manufacturing facility built in Newcastle

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UnitedHealthcare grows ACA exchange footprint to 30 states for 2025

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare is growing its reach on the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) exchanges and will offer plans in 30 states for 2025. | UnitedHealthcare is growing its reach on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges and will offer plans in 30 states for 2025.

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The AI effect in pharma commercial strategy: From data to real-time insight & actions

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Discover how AI is transforming the pharma commercial strategy. Unlock real-time insights & actions from data. Click here for more.

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Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities develop Huntington’s therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers from Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities have developed a polymer therapeutic to treat Huntington's disease.

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NHS pilots iPhone app to rule out throat cancer

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NHS England starts pilot trial of an iPhone app and device that could be used by nurses to speed up reviews of suspected throat cancer cases.

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FDA grants fast track status to FELIQS’s FLQ-101 to prevent ROP

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has granted fast track designation to FELIQS’ lead product FLQ-101 for preventing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

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Incyte blocks US launch of Sun Pharma's alopecia drug

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US district court grants an injunction sought by Incyte on the launch of Sun Pharma's recently approved Leqselvi for alopecia areata

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BioNTech reports surprising COVID vaccine sales in Q3 but tempers expectations for annual sales

Fierce Pharma

BioNTech reported surprisingly strong sales of its COVID-1 | BioNTech reported surprisingly strong sales of its COVID-19 vaccine in the third quarter. Despite the performance, the company expects to be at the lower end of its revenue guidance window for the year of between €2.5 billion to €3.1 billion.

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Thermo Fisher integrates Labguru ELN for streamlined lab management

Outsourcing Pharma

Thermo Fisher Scientific has joined forces with Labguru to integrate Labguruâs Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) into Thermo Fisherâs Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and lab operations software.

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In defense of radioligand therapies, Novartis fired off patent lawsuits against Lilly and other rivals

Fierce Pharma

As Novartis builds an empire of radiopharmaceuticals, the Swiss pharma has ramped up legal actions against its competitors. | As Novartis builds an empire of radiopharmaceuticals, the Swiss pharma has ramped up legal actions against competitors.

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Combatting Medical Misinformation: Strategies for Patient Education, Curriculum Integration, and Social Media Engagement

Pharmacy Times

Julie Sibbesen, PharmD,

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Journey Medical, with FDA nod, won't stop believing it can establish new rosacea standard of care

Fierce Pharma

Dermatology drugmaker Journey Medical has trekked its Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories-partnered rosacea med across the FDA finish line as Emrosi. | The drug proved superiority in clearing lesions over Galderma's standard-of-care Oracea capsules in phase 3 studies, leaving Journey to deploy its dermatology sales force to establish Emrosi as a dominant treatment.

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