Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
A co-administration option for both vaccinations can increase the likelihood of older adults completing the vaccination series and improve health outcomes for the patient population.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Reasons include fear of adverse effects, lack of education, polypharmacy, and others
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A second health worker who cared for a person hospitalized in Missouri with H5N1 bird flu developed mild respiratory symptoms but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. The CDC said Missouri health officials didn’t learn that the health worker had symptoms until after the individual had recovered, too late to run a diagnostic test.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is suing the titans of the pharmacy benefit manager industry for anticompetitive practices and artificially raising the price of insulin drug prices, the agency announc | As expected for weeks, the Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against the biggest three PBMs and its related group purchasing organizations.
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
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The health care giant’s pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary filed a lawsuit claiming that the FTC’s recent 6(b) report was false and misleading.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The authors also found that there was a higher frequency of miscarriages compared with women who did not have asthma.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Major Indiana managed care organizations and health systems are blamed for defrauding the state Medicaid system by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars, says a newly unsealed whistleblower | A newly unsealed lawsuit alleges major health insurers and health systems defrauded Indiana Medicaid by hundreds of millions of dollars, with the government office likely influenced by corporate lobbying.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Following the Federal Trade Commission’s interim report on PBMs, legislators are galvanized to make change happen.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) will soon mandate end-to-end tracking of pharmaceuticals throughout the supply chain, with numerous benefits for health systems.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved AstraZeneca’s bid to allow its nasal spray influenza vaccine, FluMist, to be sold for home administration. Starting next flu season, people who want to order the vaccine to give it to themselves or their children at home will be able to do so.
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.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry. | Express Scripts is suing the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In its first move since the July interim report detailing pharmacy benefit manager practices, the FTC is now suing CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The rare disease can result in progressive neurological symptoms and organ complications.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease , addiction , and even Alzheimer’s. Now, three scientists who played key roles in their invention have won a prestigious Lasker Award for biomedical research. Announced on Thursday in New York, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award will be shared by Svetlana Mojsov and Joel Habener , who identified and characterized the GLP-1 hormone in the 1980s whil
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.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Three months ago, startup Hippocratic AI released its first commercial product, a generative AI-based, task-specific healthcare agent. | Nvidia's venture capital arm, NVentures, along with Greycroft and Lee Shapiro of 7Wire Ventures, backed a $17 million investment in Hippocratic AI to fuel its product development of generative AI "agents.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
“By encouraging active self-management using health coaching principles, the WalkBack intervention might be able to reduce the prevalence of recurrent low back pain and associated burden on health care systems,” wrote investigators.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Analyzing consolidation of 8 drug pump libraries into 1 IV infusion library in a 9-hospital system: from standardization to implementation.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
At the recent annual International AIDS Conference, a startling presentation about the newest wonder drug in HIV prevention brought a raucous standing ovation. Lenacapavir, a novel drug given as an injection under the skin every six months, was 100% successful in preventing HIV in adolescent girls and young women in two countries in Africa. It felt to many like a generational moment.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
CVS' Oak Street Health unit has agreed to pay a $60 million settlement to resolve kickback allegations, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. | CVS' Oak Street Health unit has agreed to pay a $60 million settlement to resolve kickback allegations, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Patients who completed electronic patient-reported outcome measures said they made them feel more involved in their care and better supported.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The approval is based on positive results from the phase 2/3 IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Last year, a Springer Nature journal published a study surveying 1,700 parents of adolescents and young adults with gender dysphoria. Just a few months later, the study was retracted because there had been no formal process for those parents to consent to the study. But the story didn’t end there. Ongoing fallout from the paper and its retraction has opened up an internal rift among academic editors and journal staff that led to one editor’s resignation, as first reported by Retrac
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Health plans are set to rake in $11.8 billion in Medicare Advantage quality bonus payments, according to a new analysis from KFF.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
With its latest acquisition, women’s health outfit Organon is bringing its dermatology business to the U.S. with a potential blockbuster in tow. | Organon is set to acquire Roivant’s immuno-dermatology subsidiary Dermavant for up to $1.2 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. The crown jewel of the deal is undoubtedly Vtama, Dermavant’s steroid-free cream for plaque psoriasis, which is looking at a major expansion opportunity in eczema.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Shifting from a vertical, isolated care model into a collaborative approach can improve the clinician and patient experience.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
More work needs to be done by the agricultural sector to get to the bottom of — and put a stop to — transmission of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle in the United States, a senior World Health Organization official said over the weekend. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s acting director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said the world is watching how the U.S., with its advanced scientific expertise, is responding to this outbreak.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Health tech startup Dandelion Health launched a clinical artificial intelligence marketplace that merges third-party algorithms and Dandelion's data platform and model validation capabilities | Through a new solution, Dandelion Health can bring together AI developers and life sciences companies to answer questions in a fraction of the time as a randomized controlled trial.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A study from The BMJ indicates that the newest class of migraine drugs—which includes Pfizer’s Nurtec, AbbVie’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow—is less effective in the acute treatment of migra | A study from The BMJ indicates that the newest class of migraine drugs—which includes Pfizer’s Nurtec, AbbVie’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow—is less effective in the acute treatment of migraines than a previous class of medicines.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
These pharmacies address cost, understanding, and safety concerns through high-touch support and coordination.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from concern that a doctor’s focus on weight could inadvertently plant the seed for stigma or eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health is teaming up with K Health to launch a new 24/7 virtual primary care service to provide easier access to the health system's clinicians. | New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health is teaming up with K Health to launch a new 24/7 virtual service to provide easier access to the health system's clinicians for primary care.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
After more than a decade without any therapeutic advancements in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), people with the progressive disease suddenly have two new options, with more likely o | Regeneron and Sanofi have announced that the FDA has expanded the label of megablockbuster Dupixent to treat COPD. With the nod, Dupixent becomes the first biologic treatment for COPD patients in the U.S.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The decision expands treatment options for patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM).
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