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A Great Pharmacy Technician Resume

Pharmacy Tech Scholar

Writing a great pharmacy technician resume is important to highlight you as a qualified job applicant. Here are some tips and a free template. The post A Great Pharmacy Technician Resume appeared first on PharmacyTechScholar.com.

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Pilot study backs Kaia Health app for back pain relief

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An app developed by Kaia Health to help people suffering from back pain who may not want to take painkillers has shown its worth again in a study conducted with a health benefit plan in the US. The pilot study of the app – which combines physical therapy, relaxation exercises and medical information to help back pain sufferers manage their condition – showed it was able to reduce self-reported pain and sleep quality.

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Novateur study points toward potential COVID-19 treatment

Outsourcing Pharma

Researchers at Novateur Ventures have released a strategy that examines leukotrienes as the cause for hyperinflammatory response in severe cases.

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5 Ways That Digital Signage Improves a Doctor’s Office

Pharma Mirror

When you many patients think of a doctor’s office, hospital, or healthcare facility, they picture a stuffy, cold, and outdated facility that increases your anxiety. Offices with old decor prevent patients from visiting the doctor regularly and feeling relaxed. But what if there was a way to modernize the office affordably to make it more. The post 5 Ways That Digital Signage Improves a Doctor’s Office appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.

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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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First trial participant gets GSK's 5-in-1 meningitis jab

Pharma Times

The Phase III study is evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of GSK’s MenABCWY vaccine candidate compared to Bexsero and Menveo

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Pharma improves HCP engagement during COVID-19 – report

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Pharma companies have improved how they engage with healthcare providers as a result of COVID-19, according to a new survey of HCPs. This has resulted in pharma companies being more relevant and providing more value in closing the care gap, the report says. The Accenture survey of 720 general practitioners, oncologists, cardiologists and immunologists globally found that this is in turn helping HCPs better serve patients.

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Quinine for leg cramps | Alternative treatment options

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Leg cramps are defined as sudden, involuntary and painful muscle spasm, which usually affect calf, but may also affect foot or thigh (NICE, 2018). Leg cramps which happen at night (nocturnal leg cramps) are a common condition, with increased occurrence among the elderly population (ibid). This post summarises the use of quinine for leg cramps. In summary, I will discuss the following: causes and symptoms of leg cramps treatment recommendations for leg cramps – how leg cramps are treated

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3 Key Takeaways: DHC Group Omnichannel Roundtable August 2020

Pharma Marketing Network

In the wake of the sales field disruption, DHC Group’s Mark Bard held a roundtable with several physician communication experts to discuss how marketers should move forward to insulate against channel dependence in the future. While the phrase “ Our expert panel focused on that reality and what the omnichannel of the future might look like.” is not new, the concept of building an HCP communication plan that isn’t significantly impacted by the loss of one channel or another is less developed.

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Swittons Introduces Smart IoT Devices for Pharmaceutical Lab Digital Transformation Initiatives

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Swittons , a P360 company, has announced a new line of Internet of Things (IoT) enabled smart devices built specifically for pharmaceutical labs. The fully customizable devices align with strategic Lab of the Future (LoTF) initiatives and help automate various laboratory workflows between people and existing digital lab equipment, systems and solutions.

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Ajinomoto grows small-molecule capabilities in India

Outsourcing Pharma

The CDMO is expanding its small-molecule manufacturing capacity with a new 8,500-square-meter production facility at its Visakhapatnam, India site.

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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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Survey reveals Britains welcome shift to virtual healthcare

Pharma Times

Findings also show increased trust in pharma and healthcare

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The FAB Benefits of House Plants

Dr. Jamie Hardy: The Lifestyle Pharmacist

Have you noticed all the posts on social media and on blogs of pictures of FABULOUS houseplants? I’ve certainly seen them. House plants are on trend! My favorite interior designers and creatives are posting photos of their #plantbabies and I’m here for it. You may be wondering what the reason for all the public displays of plant affection is. Take a wild guess.

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Sanofi adds BTK inhibitors to pipeline with $3.68bn Principia Biopharma acquisition

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Sanofi is to buy Principia Biopharma for up to $3.68 billion, adding a potential multiple sclerosis drug to its pipeline. The French pharma said it will pay $100 per share in cash for San Francisco-based Principia, which specialises in Bruton’s kinase (BTK) inhibitor drugs, after the deal was unanimously agreed by both boards of directors. Sanofi’s acquisition builds on a partnership to develop central nervous system drugs that began in late 2017.

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Illingworth: mobile nursing can reduce trial patient burden

Outsourcing Pharma

A leader from home-based clinical services firm Illingworth Research Group talks about the evolution of mobile nursing and how it can keep trials going.

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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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Gov announces expansion of UK's ONS COVID-19 survey

Pharma Times

Plans have been announced to test 150,000 people per fortnight across the UK from October

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Ramadan: Preparing Patients with Diabetes for a Better Fast

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During the month of Ramadan, Muslims practice an act of worship to build empathy for the world’s less fortunate, for whom hunger is not a choice. Muslims get a chance to reflect, deepen spiritually, and strengthen bonds with family and friends. Ramadan is divided into three parts, each of which consists of ten days. The first ten days are referred to as the mercy days; where Muslims seek God’s mercy and share it with others, especially towards family-bondage.

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Pfizer/BioNTech say COVID-19 jab on track for approval by year-end

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Pfizer and BioNTech have said their COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for regulators to review by October and approved by the end of the year after releasing more favourable data from an early-stage trial. There are no vaccines approved for COVID-19 and governments across the world are striking deals with various manufacturers to get early access once regulators give them the rubber stamp.

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Mission Bio raises $70m to develop cancer therapies

Outsourcing Pharma

The company has landed $70m in Series C funding, with the purpose of accelerating development of cancer therapies with single-cell multiomics.

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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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Ingenza meets a key milestone in the deployment of novel cost-effective COVID-19 vaccine technology

Pharma Mirror

Edinburgh-based biotech company Ingenza Ltd. has made a significant breakthrough in the race to develop and manufacture a cost-effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic. Ingenza has been working closely with researchers at Oxford University and the UK CPI, Wilton, since the start of the outbreak, and the collaboration is.

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Things I've Learned

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I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them; I’ve learned that no matter how much you care, some people just don’t care back; I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it; I’ve learned that you can get by on charm, for about fifteen minutes.

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Why the next blockbuster in mental health might be a video game

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David Keene looks at the difficulties faced in treating mental health patients and how digital technologies are changing the game. In 1919 a young Dwight Eisenhower participated in a cross-country road trip to deliver tanks from Fort Meade in Maryland to San Francisco. Most of the roads on the journey were muddy, rut filled trails, and after 62 days at an average speed of 5 miles per hour, the convoy finally arrived.

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Inato: insightful data can boost clinical trial diversity

Outsourcing Pharma

A leader from the clinical research technology firm talks about the importance of a diverse patient population and ways to hit the target.

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What Does A Pharmacist Do Every Day?

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Pharmacists who work in inpatient hospital and infusion pharmacies have many responsibilities. They balance patient safety with pharmacy knowledge and with the needs of their customers (nurses, physicians, pharmacy staff, etc). Whether you’re considering a career in pharmacy, or just genuinely curious about what pharmacists do on a day-to-day basis, we have some answers!

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Healthcare with no Limits

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Bekhal was fading fast. The 25-year old woman, trapped in her native Kurdistan in northern Iraq, had unknowingly taken counterfeit medications, given to her by doctors, and as a result the Leukemia in her bones continued to spread. Standing frailly in a doorway of her family home, Bekhal listened as her father told me about the investigation into the phony drugs.

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Could AI avert a future coronavirus pandemic?

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Could AI prevent future pandemics by developing an armoury of drugs that work against all coronaviruses? This is a question that a consortium of European pharma companies hopes to answer as it aims to rapidly develop new therapies to combat the pandemic. The Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe (CARE) has been hastily set up by Europe’s Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), focusing on tackling the pandemic that has wreaked so much havoc across the world this year.

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BBK Worldwide on navigating patient travel in COVID-19 era

Outsourcing Pharma

A leader from the clinical trial patient engagement specialist discusses how clinical trial teams can tackle tricky travel issues in the face of the pandemic.

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Study confirms link between SABA inhalers and asthma exacerbations

Pharma Times

High SABA inhaler use was associated with around twice the number of exacerbations, the SABINA study found

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Addressing Cultural Competency: Healthcare for Refugees & Minority Populations

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Fatima, mother of eleven children, had watched as her town in northern Kurdistan was turned from a small river community into a combat zone. With foreign armies marching through her city and one son taken into captivity, her family fled to a refugee camp in the bordering region. Years of economic sanctions and multiple home displacements had already made life difficult.

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Healthcare tech firms team up on consultation tools for GPs

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Three UK companies have combined their digital health technologies into a single remote consultation service for GP surgeries combining triage, video calls, patient messaging and treatment information. The platform combines eConsult’s digital triage tool – which was added to the NHS app a few weeks ago – with video consultation provided by Q Doctor and Cognitant’s health information service Healthinote.

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Drug discovery platform aims to accelerate rare-disease therapies

Outsourcing Pharma

An online patient community specializing in rare diseases has launched Xperiome, a knowledge platform aimed at speeding development of treatments.

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Single radiotherapy shot proves effective in breast cancer

Pharma Times

The treatment, developed by UCL clinicians, allows for surgery and radiation therapy at the same time

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Weight Gain With Mirtazapine – The Heavy Truth

Med Ed 101

As previously discussed, mirtazapine can be more sedating at lower doses. Mirtazapine has a high affinity for the H1 (histamine) receptor. This histamine blockade is thought to increase appetite and sedation. Weight gain with mirtazapine can be advantageous or a negative for some patients. One may ask, does weight gain follow a similar dose-dependent effect?

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Mission successful for Novartis after FDA approves ofatumumab in MS

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It’s mission accomplished for Novartis after the FDA approved ofatumumab for multiple sclerosis, completing a project where the former cancer drug has been repurposed. The FDA approved ofatumumab under the brand name Kesimpta for people living with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Kesimpta will have a list price of around $83,000 a year, which the company argues will make it one of the lowest-cost branded options in a highly competitive market where drugs like Sanofi’s Aubagio and Roche’s

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