Drug Topics

MARCH 6, 2024

The statement says the agency is talking with CMS to initiate new flexibilities, but multiple advocacy groups have said it’s not nearly enough.

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MARCH 6, 2024

On Sunday, public health officials in two Michigan counties warned their residents that they may have been exposed to measles. In Wayne County , an adult who had contracted the virus abroad had been in health-related settings in Dearborn on two days last week — two urgent care clinics, a CVS pharmacy, and a hospital emergency department. Health officials in neighboring Washtenaw County issued a similar alert about a different case — also an adult, also infected abroad —

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 6, 2024

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, who has been critical of the U.K.’s business environment for the life sciences industry, is directing a big chunk of money into the Big Pharma’s home country. | AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, who has been critical of the U.K.’s business environment for the life sciences industry, is directing £650 million into the Big Pharma’s home country.

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STAT

MARCH 6, 2024

Micro and nanoplastics, tiny pieces of plastic scattered throughout the environment, have been increasingly found to be able to enter the body, raising questions about where they end up and how they affect people’s health. In a new study, researchers say they have for the first time detected these plastic pieces inside fatty plaques that accumulate in blood vessels and linked them to an increased rate of heart problems.

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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

Patient Care

Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

Findings emphasize the importance of further research on effective and safe alternative treatments for MDD in children and adolescents, specifically in patients who are refractory to nonpharmacologic treatment and/or standard of care antidepressants

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MARCH 6, 2024

WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program and will preview the plan in his State of the Union address, the White House announced Wednesday. While the current program will eventually allow Medicare to negotiate the prices of up to 20 drugs per year, Biden will propose increasing that number to 50, and bringing more drugs into the negotiation process sooner.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2024

One of the largest health IT conferences, HIMSS24, will kick off in Orlando on Monday as a revamped trade show following a deal with Informa Markets last fall. | One of the largest health IT conferences, HIMSS24, will kick off in Orlando on Monday as a revamped trade show following a deal with Informa Markets last fall.

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MARCH 6, 2024

What makes for good public health guidance? That’s the conversation I was having with a colleague in her 40s railing against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s erstwhile guidance about alcohol consumption for women of “childbearing” years. The guidance, if followed closely, would mean that all women ages 15 to 49 should fully abstain from alcohol consumption unless they’re using birth control.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

This episode highlights how celebrity endorsements and local influencers can be leveraged to address vaccine hesitancy by shaping attitudes, but also must account for factors like audience trust and the potential for both benefits and limitations.

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STAT

MARCH 6, 2024

Cerner may have ceded U.S. business to reigning electronic health records market leader Epic Systems, but new owner Oracle plans to close the gap with cloud services from supply chain management to claims processing, a top Oracle Health executive tells STAT.  Epic and Cerner have long been in a head-to-head race for medical software contracts. The playing field changed in 2022 when Cerner merged with cloud titan Oracle , coinciding with a loss in its large health system customers in the U.S

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 6, 2024

Demand for medicinal cannabis is increasing globally to treat a range of illnesses and conditions.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

The device conducts blood biomarker tests that accurately diagnose amyloid pathology and can assist in diagnosing Alzheimer disease in patients with cognitive impairment.

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STAT

MARCH 6, 2024

San Francisco startup Alumis Inc. has raised $259 million in a bid to best big pharma’s work in plaque psoriasis. Alumis announced its Series C round Wednesday and plans to move its lead drug into Phase 3 trials. Venture firm Foresite Capital, which incubated Alumis, co-led the financing with Samsara BioCapital and venBio Partners.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2024

Millions of cancer screenings were missed during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. As providers try to get more patients into preventive screenings, they lean on patient engagement tools to reach them.

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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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STAT

MARCH 6, 2024

Thinking about messaging your physician about a weird rash? You may want to hold off on it. Some hospital systems have started charging patients for digital messages to their doctors via the electronic medical record, either a flat rate (like a copay) or on sliding scale depending on the time or complexity of the physician’s response. Sometimes it’s billed through an insurer, sometimes as a direct cost to the patient.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2024

Federal regulators are weighing new safeguards against exploitative dealmaking by private equity firms within healthcare—and, so far, they aren't signaling any reprieve for the corporate investors | FTC, DOJ and HHS heads were receptive to testimonies given by providers and researchers Tuesday on the need for policy changes addressing private equity practices within the healthcare industry.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

Findings showed that pharmacists frequently communicated with patients to implement complex plans.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

Get to know Jorge Reis-Filho, Vice President of Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca, through this exclusive interview featuring 12 insightful questions. Gain insights into his role, career journey, and the latest advancements in cancer biomarker development.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

Diabetes is a known risk factor for cognitive decline and small vessel disease.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Headspace, which has built a growing digital health business around mindfulness, is joining forces with Meta to launch a meditation app for Quest, the social media giant’s virtual reality headset. Called Headspace XR, the newly launched VR app — developed with funding from Meta — guides users through meditation and other activities, like a Tai Chi-inspired movement game, meant to encourage mental wellbeing.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 6, 2024

Vitamin D preserved insulin-producing cells and cell function, which can reduce complications in young patients.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

Looking to automate your literature search and review process in pharmacovigilance? Learn how AI can streamline the detection and analysis of Adverse Events (AE) effectively.

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 6, 2024

GSK's antiretroviral HIV medicine Tivicay (dolutegravir) has been recommended by the World Health Organization since 2018 as a preferred treatment for the virus. | The World Health Organization (WHO)'s latest HIV Drug Resistance report showed that some patients are developing resistance to Tivicay, which has been recommended as a preferred treatment since 2018.

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Drug Store News

MARCH 6, 2024

Sandoz U.S. to pay $265 million in exchange for full release of all claims by the class.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

A £650 million investment package by AstraZeneca in the UK has been held up by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as a “vote of confidence” in the country’s life sciences sector. AZ is preparing to invest £450 million at its manufacturing site in Speke, Liverpool, to boost research, development and manufacturing of vaccines, including the construction of a new plant that will be powered by renewable energy, according to a government statement.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2024

Pittsburgh-based UPMC, a 40-hospital system, has reported a 2023 operating loss of $198.3 million (-0.7% operating margin) on r | Pittsburgh-based UPMC, a 40-hospital system, has reported a 2023 operating loss of $198.3 million on revenue of $27.7 billion.

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 6, 2024

Two biosimilars to Amgen’s lucrative bone drugs Prolia and Xgeva have clinched approvals at the FDA, though ongoing patent litigation makes launch timing uncertain. | Sandoz has clinched FDA approvals for biosimilars to Amgen’s denosumab. Sandoz’s drugs mark the first approved denosumab biosimilars and treat all indications of the reference products.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

NICE has turned down Sanofi’s Xenpozyme as a treatment for the rare disease acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), creating a situation where access to the drug in the UK will depend on a patient’s address.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 6, 2024

Ariceum Therapeutics has opened its new laboratory facilities at its Berlin headquarters. This allows in-house R&D for its next generation radiopharmaceutical pipeline candidates and support in the transfer of advancing products into the clinic. There is over ~200m² of laboratory space (cold biology/chemistry lab; radioactive lab) at the new site.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

Sandoz has claimed the first FDA approvals for biosimilars of Amgen’s blockbuster bone disease therapy denosumab, but has not said when it plans to launch them onto the US market.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

MARCH 6, 2024

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce video interview, Emma Banks, CEO of ramarketing, discusses how the balance between onshoring and outsourcing will evolve, how long will the current slowdown in biotech investment likely last, and what factors might influence its duration.

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Drug Store News

MARCH 6, 2024

Target carries an assortment of Naked Sundays’ product lines and two exclusive new launches.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 6, 2024

Bayer CEO says company is “badly broken” by patent losses, litigation, debt levels, and bureaucracy, limiting its options for a break-up of the group.

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