August, 2022

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What is a 340B covered entity?

PhRMA

We are committed to engaging a wide range of audiences and having a dialogue on opportunities to create a better health care system. We believe health literacy can not only help patients make appropriate decisions about their own health but also help enable constructive conversations on how we can support a regulatory and policy environment that helps patients access life-saving medications.

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Current, Emerging COVID-19 Variants and the Testing Landscape

Drug Topics

Drug Topics® is joined by Joseph Mann, MSN, FNP-C, to discuss pharmacy’s fast-expanding role in COVID care, variant BA.5’s diagnostic impact, and the benefits of different tests available — including how technology behind a smartphone-integrated home test creates a fluid experience for patients.

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Study: Acupuncture Dynamically Alters Brain Activity for Those With Migraine Without Aura

Pharmacy Times

Analysis is based on functional magnetic resonance imaging to provide insight into the effective connectivity.

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Dismay as UK ‘drags its heels’ on AZ’s COVID antibody Evusheld

pharmaphorum

Half a million people in the UK with conditions like blood cancer that prevents them being protected from COVID-19 vaccines are facing another winter shielding, because the government has shelved plans to offer treatment with AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy Evusheld. That’s the position of multiple patient organisations, clinicians and medical groups, who have criticised the Department of Health’s decision to defer procurement of Evusheld supplies until cost-effectiveness agency

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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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Blister material as a source of nitrosamine impurities

European Pharmaceutical Review

Following numerous recalls, the industry is striving to investigate the causes, sources and ways to mitigate carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities. In a recent paper, published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics , researchers identified nitrocellulose blister packaging as a potential source of N -nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N -nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) impurities.

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The potential of virtual reality-based therapy for serious mental disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

In June this year, it was announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted UK-based OxfordVR a breakthrough device designation for its gameChangeVR treatment to deliver immersive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to people suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. The FDA’s breakthrough device programme is for medical devices or device-led combination products that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of diseases.

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As Flu Season Approaches, Prepare to Vaccinate This Fall

Drug Topics

This National Immunization Awareness Month, prepare your pharmacy to offer important vaccines.

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Study: Myocarditis Risk Is Significantly Higher After COVID-19 Infection Vs After Vaccine

Pharmacy Times

Analysis includes nearly 43 million individuals aged 13 year and older who received at least 1 dose in England between December 1, 2020, and December 15, 2021.

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Digital health app linked to better outcomes in heart failure

pharmaphorum

A study of a mobile health app used to support patients hospitalised with heart failure has concluded that it provided a modest improvement in quality-of-life scores, as well as better clinical outcomes. The finding comes from the large-scale CONNECT-HF cluster study, which looked at various patient engagement and education interventions to see if they could help patients with heart failure do better after discharge from hospital.

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This Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Went Viral On Social Media – You’ll Never Guess Why

IDStewardship

In this short special interest piece, an infectious disease pharmacists who went viral with one of his social media posts is interviewed. Interview with: Michael Bosco, Pharm.D., BCIDP, AAHIVP. Interview by: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 29 August 2022. A few years ago we posted an article about someone who is pharmacy famous.

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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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A Pharmacist’s Path Towards Developing Medical Strategy for Field-Based Teams

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

There are so many different types of careers within the field of pharmacy—from research and drug development to pharmacy informatics! To highlight some of the more unique career settings in the industry, we’re introducing a new page on our website— Novel Pharmacy Practice Settings —where you can explore these unique career pathways. In addition to learning more about unique pathways on our new webpage, we’ll also be featuring pharmacists who work in these unique settings on our blog.

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This week’s reading list: All the reasons the Senate-passed drug pricing bill is bad policy

PhRMA

Last weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act which includes dangerous price-setting provisions. The bill now heads to the House for consideration, where it is not too late for them to stand up for patients and medical innovation by opposing the bill.

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Examining Lifelong Statin Therapy in Patients at Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Drug Topics

New research looks at the potential benefits of long-term statin use in patients who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

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Combination Flu, COVID-19, RSV mRNA Vaccine Could Change Immunizations Landscape

Pharmacy Times

Francesca Ceddia, MD, senior vice president of respiratory vaccines at Moderna, said the company is in early stages of development for a combined mRNA vaccine for influenza, COVID-19, and RSV.

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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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Long COVID but short on treatment options

pharmaphorum

With COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics developed in rapid time, Ben Hargreaves investigates why this has not been the case with the creation of a treatment for Long COVID. The condition is more common than might be thought and presents a significant burden to patients, and yet the pipeline of potential therapies remains relatively sparse. When the pandemic first struck, the gravity of the situation did not take long to set in.

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Top Five Reasons Pharmacy Preceptors Fail

IDStewardship

In this article a pharmacist with experience in didactic and experiential education discusses top five reasons pharmacy preceptors fail. . Authored By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 28 August 2022. Sometimes the best way to learn is to fail. I have learned a lot, as I have failed my fair share of times while serving as a pharmacy student preceptor, PGY-1 pharmacy resident preceptor, PGY-2 pharmacy resident preceptor, medical fellow preceptor, and pharmacy residency

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Non-viral CRISPR could overcome cell and gene therapy bottlenecks

European Pharmaceutical Review

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) say a new variation of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system enables especially long DNA sequences to be introduced to precise locations in the genomes of cells with remarkably high efficiency without the need for viral vectors. “One of our goals for many years has been to put lengthy DNA instructions into a targeted site in the genome in a way that doesn’t depend on viral vectors,” commented Alex Marson, MD

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ICYMI: New research builds upon growing body of evidence on value of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines

PhRMA

Innovative biopharmaceutical research companies have been dedicated to fighting COVID-19 for over two years. Since the start of the pandemic, America’s biopharmaceutical companies have worked around the clock to research, develop and manufacture treatments and vaccines to fight COVID-19. We’ve made unprecedented progress in a short time thanks to decades of experience having produced over 14 billion vaccines globally to date.

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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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Inflation Reduction Act Benefits Medicare Patients

Drug Topics

Medicare users will see prescription drug pricing reform thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Study: Green Tea Extract Reduces Blood Sugar Levels, Improves Gut Health

Pharmacy Times

Investigators found that the health risks linked to the condition known as metabolic syndrome could be diminished by green tea’s anti-inflammatory benefits in the gut.

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Connecting EHR to clinical trials: How to embrace the promise of real-world data

pharmaphorum

We all know that real-world data (RWD) from electronic health records (EHR) could boost clinical trial efficiency and improve patient outcomes – so what’s holding us back? It’s been more than two decades since the ground-breaking potential of using electronic health records (EHR) to inform clinical research was first mooted. Since then, progress has been slow, but the industry now has everything it needs to close the feedback loop between science, evidence, and care, said speakers at a recent Co

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A List Of Medication Inspired Names For Dogs & Other Animals

IDStewardship

In this article a list of medication names for dogs and other animals is provided. Composed By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 20 August 2022. Recently @HaPhanPharmD asked the twitterverse for good medication names for dogs. Many people commented, sharing some actual names of their pets (see below) or hypothetical names that would be a possible name for a dog (or pair of dogs).

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MHRA approves Pluvicto® and Locametz® for prostate cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for Pluvicto ® (lutetium [ 177 Lu] vipivotide tetraxetan), for the treatment of adult patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have been treated with androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibition and taxane-based chemotherapy or who are not medically suitable for taxanes.

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Making coupons count for patients with HIV

PhRMA

Despite having insurance, too many patients with HIV face high out-of-pocket costs for brand medicines. This is largely driven by insurer-imposed barriers that shift the cost of life-saving care onto patients.

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Leukemia Patients Turn to Online Pharmacies Due to Escape High Drug Prices

Drug Topics

Researchers report that half of the online pharmacies are rogue operations that may operate without a license or have other serious shortcomings.

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Pharmacists and Deprescribing in a Palliative Care Setting

Pharmacy Times

As pharmacists take on new responsibilities, researchers have been studying the effects of pharmacists on interprofessional care teams.

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The 5 Stages of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Did you know that most cases of thyroid disease are autoimmune in nature? (1). Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition that happens to affect the thyroid gland. This means that our immune system recognizes the thyroid gland as a foreign invader and begins to attack it, eventually leading to the destruction of our thyroid tissue. When this destruction goes on long enough, the person will lose their ability to produce thyroid hormone.

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Top 5 Tips On How To Run Successful Meetings As A Pharmacist

IDStewardship

In this article tips for running successful meetings as a pharmacist are provided and discussed. . Authored By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 21 August 2022. Meetings are a part of life in the professional world, particularly for pharmacists that work in administrative, clinical, or industry positions. This includes having internal pharmacy department meetings as well as coordinating inter-professional institutional meetings such as a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Commit

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Bristol Myers Squibb aims to improve disability diversity in clinical trials

European Pharmaceutical Review

Dubbed Disability Diversity in Clinical Trials (DDiCT), the initiative aims to provide recommendations on how to improve access, engagement, speed of enrolment and participation of people with disabilities in clinical trials. The goal is to “ensure all patient groups are reflective of the real-world population and aligned with the epidemiology of the disease studies,” a statement said.

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New survey: Voters seriously concerned about fine print in reconciliation bill

PhRMA

With a final vote in Congress expected on a reconciliation spending bill, a new Morning Consult survey explores what this legislation actually does – and does not do – and finds that voters are skeptical of its impact on inflation, worried about the consequences of Medicare “negotiation” and concerned the bill doesn’t do enough to help make medicines affordable for patients.

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Patients Turning to Medical Cannabis for Menopause Relief

Drug Topics

More women are using medical cannabis for menopause-related symptoms.

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Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Increase Risk of Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease

Pharmacy Times

Use of hormone therapy to treat prostate cancer may require more consideration by health care providers as new study shows the therapy may increase the risk of heart disease.

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Welly debuts OTC medicine, dietary supplements

Drug Store News

Welly Remedies is a line of over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements.

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