Drug Topics
APRIL 18, 2024
As the potential grows to use emerging bispecifics in earlier lines of myeloma therapy, so does the potential to induce better patient outcomes, said Kirollos Hanna, PharmD.
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
The results displayed well tolerability and safety with Abrysvo, meeting the study’s co-primary endpoint of immunogenicity and primary safety
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Drug Topics
APRIL 18, 2024
Nine pharmacists from 2 corporate locations in Wakefield and Westerly are seeking to join the Pharmacy Guild in an attempt to improve working conditions.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
With H5N1 bird flu spreading to more dairy cow herds, scientists and pandemic experts in this country and abroad are calling on the U.S. government to release more information to help them assess the risk the outbreaks pose to cattle operations and people. Three and a half weeks after first announcing the startling news that cows from a milking herd in Texas had tested positive for H5N1, the government agencies involved in the investigations have not yet revealed what research shows about whethe
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
APRIL 18, 2024
Patients in ED being treated for an opioid overdose were more likely to initiate medication for opioid use disorder after discharge when they received peer recovery support services.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
In the chaotic first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, stores faced shortages of all kinds — toilet paper, canned food, and especially, cleaning supplies. With everyone scrubbing their groceries, mail, even library books, good luck finding antibacterial wipes or disinfectant sprays back then. That’s because public health advice in early 2020 focused on sanitizing surfaces, not protecting against a virus that could be spread through the air.
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STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
As two former secretaries of Health and Human Services, we are all too familiar with the struggle of finding narrow openings for bipartisanship. Despite our different approaches, we believe that addressing health care costs is a truly bipartisan issue. To be serious about creating access for people to the best possible care, that care must be affordable for patients and taxpayers.
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
The results were the longest survival follow-up ever reported for a phase 3 trial for biliary tract cancer.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
An ongoing investigation into data integrity at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has resulted in a string of retractions, the latest of which is a 2006 Science paper co-authored by institute president and CEO Laurie Glimcher. The retraction notice, published in Science on Thursday, noted that the authors had become aware of discrepancies in key scientific images that led them to lose confidence in key figures in the study, although the study’s lead author opposed the retraction.
Fierce Pharma
APRIL 18, 2024
Novo Nordisk is receiving pushback from a trio of lawmakers over its decision to discontinue its long-acting insulin product Levemir, which was due for a steep discount at the start of the new year | Novo Nordisk is receiving pushback from a trio of lawmakers on its decision to discontinue its long-acting insulin product Levemir, which was due for a steep discount at the start of the new year.
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
APRIL 18, 2024
For a company moving as quickly as possible to build artificial intelligence into everything — including health care — Microsoft spends a lot of time talking about how to regulate it. The tech giant has helped organize four separate coalitions to devise guidelines and technical standards for AI in health care. It supplies these groups — composed of health systems, government regulators, and other health businesses — with top executives to serve on steering committees,
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
Tara Schneider, PharmD, and her husband, Chuck Schneider, MBA, offer expanded clinical services in their Louisville, Kentucky, pharmacy.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
A leading animal rights group has asked securities regulators to investigate Charles River Laboratories for allegedly misleading investors about its sales and purchases of long-tailed macaques, which are widely used in clinical research by pharmaceutical companies and universities, among others. The company, one of the largest clinical research organizations, was accused of failing to disclose purchases of thousands of non-human primates that should not have been imported into the U.S. and obtai
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
Eli Lilly and Company will submit results of the study to support tirzepatide (Zepbound) for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea later this year.
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
APRIL 18, 2024
A new startup focused on creating vaccines for cancers, influenza, and potentially even HIV launched Thursday with $54 million in funding. Corner Therapeutics’ Series A round was led by Ziff Capital Partners, a little-known family office started by billionaire Dirk Ziff. The biotech is also being led by Spark Therapeutics co-founder Steven Altschuler, who joined Ziff Capital in 2018 as its managing director of health care ventures.
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
Speaker Monica Diaz describes the detrimental impact climate change has on the transmission and increases in infectious disease cases.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
After a tumultuous experience on the public markets, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki is moving to take the company private. Wojcicki disclosed her plans in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday, saying that she intends to seek out potential partners and financiers to help. Wojcicki currently holds 49.99% of the voting power in the company, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the plan.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
Federal agencies want to hear from the public about monopolistic and anticompetitive behavior within the healthcare industry. | FTC, DOJ and HHS said that information and accounts received from the public could plant the seeds for formal investigations into healthcare companies' monopolistic or anticompetitive practices.
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STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
Cerevel Therapeutics, a neuroscience biotech that AbbVie is acquiring , reported that its drug for Parkinson’s disease improved motor symptom control as an add-on therapy in a late-stage trial. The 27-week study found that patients taking the drug, tavapadon, on top of a common Parkinson’s treatment called levodopa, experienced 1.7 hours of improvement in “on time” without dyskinesia, which is the amount of time patients function well without involuntary m
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 18, 2024
Outrun Therapeutics announced its launch with $10m seed funding to advance a protein stabilisation pipeline focused on E3 ligase inhibitors.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
Each day, more than 1,000 babies are born prematurely in America. Born before 37 weeks and often weighing less than five pounds, these infants are at greater risk for a suite of serious health problems, including life-threatening infections, chronic lung disease, blindness, and death. One of the leading causes of death is necrotizing enterocolitis. An inflammatory disease of the gut, necrotizing enterocolitis can kill up to 40% of the smallest — and most vulnerable — babies.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
At the House Energy and Commerce’s data privacy hearing April 17, lawmakers discussed for the first time Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ discussion draft of a new federal data privacy bill, the Ameri | House lawmakers revived discussions of a national data privacy law at an Energy & Commerce hearing Wednesday. Here are the key takeaways.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
These days, the surefire way to get ahead in health insurance is to become a health care provider, and Elevance just upped the ante. It’s joining with private equity to launch a $4 billion primary care company. Elevance leaders divulged more about the company’s venture with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its first quarter earnings call Thursday.
Fierce Pharma
APRIL 18, 2024
During a busy period of overhaul at Sanofi, the company is restructuring its U.S. vaccine commercial group. | During a busy period of overhaul at Sanofi, the company is restructuring its U.S. vaccine commercial group. A spokesperson said the company would offer affected employees a chance to apply for new roles, plus "outplacement services.
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
Through recognizing the importance of research in the scope of pharmacy practice by national pharmacy organizations, research can become a prominent role and responsibility of pharmacy.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 18, 2024
In a new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh welcomes Dr Carl Marci, chief psychiatrist and managing director of mental health and neuroscience at OM1 to discuss predictions for AI in mental health in the coming year, as well as what might truly make a difference in the field and lessen the mental health crisis.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
WASHINGTON — In the photo, the two men are grinning widely: the CEO of WuXi Biologics and the incoming CEO of the biotechnology industry’s largest trade group. The photo, posted to WuXi’s LinkedIn page , shows the pair in a firm, congratulatory glad hand over John Crowley’s appointment to lead the Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
Fierce Pharma
APRIL 18, 2024
History is coming full circle as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived cell therapy maker Shinobi Therapeutics links up with Panasonic and Japan’s Kyoto University, where the first mouse iPS | Shinobi Therapeutics has entered an accord with electronics powerhouse Panasonic and Kyoto University in a bid to develop a new closed-system manufacturing device for cheaper and more efficient production of cell therapies.
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 18, 2024
With the first FDA-approved option hitting shelves soon, pharmacists can advise patients on the best methods to prevent pregnancy
Fierce Pharma
APRIL 18, 2024
Amgen CEO Robert Bradway scored a 5.8% increase in overall compensation last year mostly thanks to the company’s acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics. | Amgen CEO Robert Bradway scored a 5.8% increase in overall compensation last year mostly thanks to the company's acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
After scouring 200 companies’ pipelines — including a few overlooked pharma shelves — a new company backed by investment firm Population Health Partners and ARCH Venture Partners is launching with one of the most wide-ranging pipelines yet for obesity drug development. Metsera came out of stealth mode Thursday with $290 million in seed and Series A financing.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 18, 2024
Embark on an omnichannel marketing odyssey by exploring the top trends reshaping the industry in 2024. Discover how chatbots, video content, and interactivity are transforming marketing strategies.
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Sadly, gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus again, but our spirits remain sunny, nonetheless. Why? We recall a bit of insight from the Morning Mayor, who taught us that “Every new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift.” To celebrate the notion, we are brewing still more cups of stimulation and inviting you to join us.
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