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Now Trending: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Vaccine Hesitancy

Drug Topics

Check out this recap of articles published on our sister sites during the past week.

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Opinion: Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold warn: Beware hospital consolidation

STAT

Rampant consolidation in health care has resulted in higher prices for patients. This consolidation — whether by private equity firms or other large health systems — has not resulted in higher quality care, and in some cases, it has made care quality worse. In September, Ellen MacInnis, a nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, trekked to Washington, D.C., to  testify before a Senate committee  about the extreme cost-savings measures mandated by the hosp

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Small Doses: September 30 to October 4

Drug Topics

Check out a recap of important pharmacy news you might have missed this week, dispensed in small doses.

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Opinion: First Opinion readers on Hatch-Waxman, new-patient visit times, mpox, and more

STAT

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them.

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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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Development and Manufacturing Advances for Microbiome-Derived Therapeutics (BIO 2024)

BioPharm

During Bio 2024, Aaron Cowley, PhD, chief technical officer and co-founder, Captozyme, discussed the advancement in development of microbiome-derived therapeutics.

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Pelabresib and Ruxolitinib Show Benefit in Treating Patients With JAK Inhibitor-Naïve Myelofibrosis

Pharmacy Times

Pelabresib, a BET inhibitor, demonstrated meaningful reductions in spleen inflammation and anemia.

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