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What is 340B? Exploring Pharmacist Contributions, its Important Role in Hospitals

Pharmacy Times

The impact of pharmacist on reducing medication expenses cannot be overstated as they leverage their medication management expertise within hospital settings through collaboration with the 340B program.

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Calm Health working with Mayo Clinic to develop cancer-specific mental health program

Fierce Healthcare

Calm Health, the mental health offering of meditation app Calm, is tapping the Mayo Clinic to help design digital mental health programs to help cancer patients manage anxiety, depression and menta | The upcoming digital mental health program will be available to Calm Health customers and “will be designed for all adults with cancer,” according to the announcement.

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Patient Treatment Costs to rise 7% in 2024, Report Finds

Drug Topics

The increase is expected to be somewhat offset by the impact of biosimilars coming to market and more care being provided in outpatient settings.

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Factors Impacting Biosimilar Coverage by Commercial Health Plans 

Drug Topics

Although biosimilars have been introduced with the aim of competing with expensive biologic therapies, their adoption has been more gradual than expected.

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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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Synthetica Bio Announces Funding for Biopharma AI Platform

PharmExec

Venture designed to streamline drug development and clinical trials.

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Assessing Medicaid Policy Barriers to Gene, Cell Therapies

Drug Topics

Researchers of a new paper discuss the inconsistencies between gene and cell therapy indications and payor coverage.

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Race, Ethnicity Among Factors Associated With Unmet Care Needs and Greater Risk of Hospitalization in Patients With Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Race, ethnicity, years after diagnosis and mental and physical stress are among factors associated with unmet supportive care needs and a higher risk of hospitalization among patients with cancer.

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Headspace partners with Virgin Pulse to build out digital mental health services for employers, health plans

Fierce Healthcare

Companies continue to ramp up investments in resources to support employees' mental health and wellbeing as workers grapple with work-related stress, burnout, depression and anxiety. | Digital mental health company Headspace is building on its partnership with Virgin Pulse to make it easier for employers and health plans to provide a range of mental health resources to their employees and plan members.

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Illegal Online Pharmacies Are Putting Patients at Risk

Pharmacy Times

The growing volume of drugs sold through illegal online pharmacies are estimated to generate 10 times higher adverse event rates than drugs sold through legal pharmacies.

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Lantidra Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Approved by FDA

Drug Topics

The approval was based on safety and efficacy data from 30 participants in 2 open-label, single-arm studies that received 1 to 3 infusions of donislecel.

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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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More than 60 researchers ask Congress to support innovation

PhRMA

Earlier this month, 62 researchers from our member companies came to Washington, DC to meet with congressional offices during our annual fly-in event. This year included a record-breaking number of meetings — 145 over the course of the day.

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A pharma summer — how leaders unwind and recharge their teams in the warmer months

PharmaVoice

Vacation is calling, but so are patients. Here's how the industry adjusts in the summer.

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Pursuing a Career in Pharmacy: Empowering LGBTQIA+ Students through Advocacy and Diversity

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

Join us as we explore the inspiring journey of Cayden Miller, a passionate pharmacy graduate from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville School of Pharmacy. Cayden’s experience as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community has shaped his path in pharmacy, driving him to become an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the profession.

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Why Artificial Intelligence is Critical to the Success of Value-Based Care

Drug Topics

Employing AI-driven technology ensures accurate and timely compliance with industry regulations, mitigates audits and fines, and helps forecast accurate reimbursements.

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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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A conversation with Dr. Mike Ybarra on the current state of COVID-19

PhRMA

On May 11th of this year, the COVID-19 national public health emergency (PHE) officially ended, marking an incredible milestone in the fight against COVID-19. While the end of the PHE signals a new chapter in the fight against COVID-19, the biopharmaceutical industry’s work continues to ensure our health care system is well-prepared for any curve balls this virus might throw as well as staying ahead of the next pandemic.

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Major clinical trial trends transforming life sciences research

PharmaVoice

From AI to diversity and decentralized trials, here’s how clinical trial operations are evolving.

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STAT+: Grail faces uphill battle to get Medicare to cover its cancer screening test

STAT

WASHINGTON — Grail is aggressively lobbying to get Medicare to pay for its cancer-screening test Galleri — but experts tell STAT that the company has a far more complicated path to that end than the makers of most medicines or medical devices. Grail’s controversial blood test Galleri screens for multiple cancers. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved it, so Medicare hasn’t had to make a decision on whether to cover it or not.

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Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Inconsistent Around United States

Drug Topics

At the state level, medication treatment rates ranged from 17.7% in Kansas to 82.8% in Maine.

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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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CDC Announces Recommendation for RSV Vaccine in Older Adults

Pharmacy Times

The new RSV vaccines are expected to be available in fall 2023.

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Transgender patients are rarely included in clinical trials. Can pharma fix it?

PharmaVoice

Transgender and nonbinary patients suffer more adverse health outcomes than the general population, yet are often underrepresented in clinical research. Now, there’s momentum to change the status quo.

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STAT+: Illumina to lay off 10% of research and development team in bid to cut costs by $100 million

STAT

SAN DIEGO — Months after announcing plans to cut costs by $100 million, DNA sequencing giant Illumina has begun to lay off 10% of its research and development team, according to internal emails obtained and reviewed by STAT. The layoffs, which began last Wednesday, impact research teams across the company’s California sites in San Diego and Foster City, as well as locations in Madison, Wisconsin; Singapore; and the United Kingdom.

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5 Ways AI Pricing Offers Predictable Profitability

Drug Topics

With high-deductible health plans on the rise, pharmacists need a cash pricing plan now. Artificial intelligence, or AI, could be the answer. Learn more about this innovative technology and how it could impact your bottom line.

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FDA Approves BioMartin’s Roctavian for Treatment of Severe Hemophilia A

Pharmacy Times

Valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox (Roctavian; BioMarin) is a one-time gene therapy product administered as a single dose by intravenous infusion for hemophilia A.

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A unique study on COVID shows how machine learning can help personalize medicine

PharmaVoice

Based on real-world data from patients in China, researchers were able to pinpoint factors that led to recurring infections — and which drug combos helped.

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ADA says all diabetes patients should be screened for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

STAT

SAN DIEGO — The American Diabetes Association said Sunday that all adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes should be screened for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, an increasingly prevalent condition that can lead to serious liver damage. There are no approved medications for the disease, but among available diabetes drugs, the ADA singled out GLP-1 treatments as an option doctors could consider, according to recommendations published during the annual ADA conference.

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Could a Cash-Based System Help Eliminate Health Care Barriers?

Drug Topics

Disadvantaged groups are feeling the sting of health care costs—so much so that many are foregoing health care because they can’t pay for it.

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Why Independent Pharmacies Remain a Pillar for Access, Community Health

Pharmacy Times

Independent pharmacies can provide more personalized care to individuals with behavioral health conditions or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Pharma is still figuring out how to make DEI work. Here are some of the strategies companies are trying

PharmaVoice

Although DEI efforts have ramped up, the industry is still searching for proven ways to get results.

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Malaria cases in Florida and Texas: Here’s what you need to know

STAT

The five cases of malaria diagnosed in Florida and Texas in recent weeks — the first cases of local transmission in the United States in 20 years — have worried some residents and led state and federal officials to issue public alerts about the cluster of infections. But scientists and public health officials, while advising people in the affected areas to take precautions, say there is little cause for alarm, for several reasons: The number of cases is very low; there are easy, lo

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NDA for Givinostat to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Accepted by FDA

Drug Topics

The acceptance comes 5 days after the agency approved delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl to treat ambulatory pediatric DMD patients aged 4 to 5 years.

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Study: Vitamin D Exposure May Increase Development of Dopamine Neurons, Indicating Mechanism of Schizophrenia

Pharmacy Times

Evidence shows vitamin D deficiency is linked to abnormal dopamine signaling disorders in neurodevelopment, including schizophrenia.

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Intercept’s NASH retreat is the latest setback for a challenging liver disease

PharmaVoice

Intercept Pharmaceuticals has stepped out of the race to the first U.S. approved treatment for the complicated liver disease NASH, leaving room for other pharmas to get their foot in the door.

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NASH drugs race to cross the finish line

Pharmaceutical Technology

After Intercept’s Ocaliva rejection, multiple companies are taking aim at becoming the first US-approved NASH therapy.

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