July, 2023

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Pfizer's New Migraine Treatment Now Available in US Pharmacies: What You Need to Know

Drug Topics

Zavegepant (Zavzpret) is the first and only calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist nasal spray approved by the FDA for acute migraine treatment in adults.

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Community Pharmacists and Technicians: Impacting Public Health One Service at a Time

Pharmacy Times

Community-based pharmacy services are reaching new heights as pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are able to have a larger impact on patient care than ever before.

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The Not So New Role of Pharmacists: No Longer an Overlooked Health Care Provider

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists are critically important in care delivery in their ability to influence patient success, patient-reported outcomes, and quality of life while reducing the burden on physicians and their clinical support teams.

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New report shows high-impact R&D happens after cancer medicines are first approved

PhRMA

A new report showcasing nine critical oncology treatments, highlights the vital role of post-approval research and development (R&D) in advancing cancer treatment options and delivering unprecedented progress in the fight against cancer over the past 10 years.

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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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A pharma banking on the success of past blockbusters

PharmaVoice

180 Life Sciences is on a mission to see if the anti-TNF technology that produced a blockbuster could work for a range of other conditions.

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Opinion: Why the aspartame in Diet Coke and Coke Zero probably isn’t worth worrying about

STAT

This essay was originally published on Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz’s Medium blog. A spartame is an artificial sweetener that is used in a lot of products, including Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Like most artificial sweeteners, we have a wonderful love/hate relationship with it. It’s sweet but doesn’t have any calories, so it’s great for people who want to lose a bit of weight.

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Bernie Sanders proposes price caps on drugs developed with federal funds

Fierce Pharma

After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. | After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont—a longtime opponent of Big Pharma—has become even more ubiquitous in his efforts to reduce drug prices.

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Study Finds Comorbidities, Pre-Existing Disease Have Significant Impact On COVID-19 Outcomes

Pharmacy Times

The study also found significant evidence of outcomes disparities between minority populations and White populations.

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New studies add to body of evidence questioning 340B efficacy

PhRMA

Recent studies add to the growing body of evidence questioning the value of the current 340B program and whether it’s benefiting patients as Congress intended.

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With the neuro tide rising, could a breakthrough for Parkinson’s be next?

PharmaVoice

Amid a wave of neuro R&D, scientists are taking an Alzheimer’s-like approach to developing the first disease-modifying treatments for Parkinson’s.

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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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Digital health tech: a solution to substance use disorders?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Substance use disorders leave people with long-term negative mental and physical health implications and can lead to death.

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Senate Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Continued Access to Pharmacist Care, Services for Seniors

Drug Topics

The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacy Services legislation was introduced earlier this year in the House of Representatives.

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Moderna mounts 2 new patent lawsuits against mRNA rivals Pfizer, BioNTech: report

Fierce Pharma

Caught in a litigation crossfire, Moderna has reportedly opened two new fronts in its COVID-19 vaccine patent war with Pfizer and BioNTech. | Moderna has lodged two new lawsuits at the High Court in Dublin, Ireland, and the Brussels Commercial Court in Belgium, Juve Patent first reported. This adds to a complex web of ongoing mRNA patent litigation.

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Potential Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Long Term Use of Acid Reducing Medications

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists can use their knowledge and professional judgment to educate patients about when it is appropriate to take these medications and when to avoid them.

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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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Key considerations as Congress works towards PAHPA reauthorization

PhRMA

This week, PhRMA submitted comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) regarding the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization draft. In our comments, we expressed our strong opposition to policy proposals that would inhibit the biopharmaceutical industry partnering with the government to address pressing public health needs.

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A leading CRO’s chief exec on why a ‘brave new world’ of clinical research is here

PharmaVoice

Peter Benton, co-CEO of Worldwide Clinical Trials, explains how the rise of the mid-sized pharma company has changed drug R&D.

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Most ambulances ‘run hot’ with lights and sirens blaring. But that’s starting to change

STAT

Jonathan Studnek knows some people imagine that driving an ambulance at high speed with lights flashing and sirens wailing — racing through messily parted traffic to the scene of a crisis — is the best part of being an emergency medic. For him, that couldn’t be further from the truth. “If you’ve been in the industry for any length, you know innately: When you’re in the front of an ambulance and the lights are on, that’s the most dangerous situatio

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Do’s And Don’ts: Social Media Tips for Pharmacists

Drug Topics

Social media marketing is a powerful tool that pharmacists can use.

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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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Novo Nordisk brings new round of lawsuits against compounded versions of Ozempic and Wegovy

Fierce Pharma

As demand skyrockets for GLP-1 drugs that can trigger significant weight loss, unauthorized versions of the treatments have started to fill pharmacies. | In late May, the FDA warned of illegal knockoffs of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy. And now, the Danish company has filed its second wave of lawsuits against pharmacies in the U.S. that are producing the copycats.

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Parents Show Willingness to Participate in Mental Health Screenings for Children in Primary Care Settings

Pharmacy Times

The benefits of the survey can stretch beyond assessing the parental acceptability of mental health screenings in children and can suggest areas of optimization in providing these screenings more widely and effectively in the future.

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Between hope and despair: Improving cancer outcomes

PhRMA

I can still see everything in the hospital room in my mind’s eye, the night — 13 days before Christmas — a neurologist delivered the news to my mother and me that she had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, an aggressive tumor lodged in her brain. It threw our little family into a panic and into a search for the best treatment available in the subsequent 8 months before her death.

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FDA’s upcoming psychedelic review looms large for a budding industry

PharmaVoice

A new psychedelic guidance from the agency gives a clue into how it could analyze drugs in the space, but industry leaders are eager for more.

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Digital health app users report increased bipolar depression correlated with worsening air quality

Fierce Healthcare

Air pollution shown to increase depression symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder, a new study published by Cambridge University Press found.

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What You Need to Know About the Albuterol Shortage

Drug Topics

The FDA is working quickly to address shortages of the form used in nebulizers.

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Teva weighs sale of $2B API business as CEO Richard Francis embarks on 'Pivot to Growth' strategy: reports

Fierce Pharma

Less than two months into its "Pivot to Growth" strategy under a new CEO, Israeli-American generics giant Teva Pharmaceutical could be weighing a major shake-up of its key drug ingredients business | Teva is looking at strategic options for its active pharmaceutical ingredient unit, with a potential sale on the table, BNN Bloomberg and Benzinga have reported.

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Lifestyle Medicine Presents Unexpected Opportunity for Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times

Pharmaceuticals are a critical and often lifesaving tool for managing disease, but we will never solve our chronic disease crisis through a mindset of mere management.

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Three things to know from the latest Patient Experience Survey

PhRMA

Most insured Americans believe insurance should provide affordable access to health care (93%), but only a third (34%) say it does, according to the fourth installment of the Patient Experience Survey (PES). The survey — based on interviews with 5,000 Americans — explores this disconnect, detailing the challenges insured Americans face affording care and how practices by health insurers and middlemen put patient lifelines to access at risk.

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Threads joins the social media fray. Here’s what it means for pharma marketers

PharmaVoice

Meta’s new platform is drawing Twitter comparisons and could hold potential for pharma marketers in patient and HCP communication.

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The AI Revolution Has Arrived: Shaping the Next Generation of Pharma Marketing

PharmExec

Join five industry leaders as they unpack the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry, offering insights into real-world applications and the future of life sciences marketing in an era shaped by rapid technological evolution.

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DSCSA is Coming. Are you Ready?

Drug Topics

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act has been a decade in the making. Pharmacists must be prepared to comply by November 2023.

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Eli Lilly’s retatrutide sets new record for weight loss in obesity space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pipeline developments within the obesity space have recently garnered interest following recent results published on Eli Lilly’s retatrutide.

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Patients With HIV Have Low Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease After Donating Kidney

Pharmacy Times

Patients with HIV can donate a kidney to others with HIV who have a low risk of developing end-stage renal disease or other kidney problems for 2 to 4 years following donation.

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Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 drugs under review in Europe after reports flag possible suicide risks

Fierce Pharma

Two cases of suicidal thoughts and one case of self-harm from users in Iceland of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and obesity drugs have prompted the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to review the blockbust | Two cases of suicidal thoughts and one case of self-harm from users in Iceland of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and obesity drugs have prompted the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to review the blockbuster products.

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