Drug Topics
JUNE 13, 2024
Patrick Alonso, PharmD, CPh, discusses how pharmacists can support men dealing with mental health issues and lifestyle changes he recommends to male patients to improve overall health.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 10, 2024
A slew of major companies, including BMS, have announced cost-cutting measures in recent months. What will it take to turn the tide?
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Pharmacy Times
JUNE 13, 2024
The autoinjector will provide another option for adults in addition to the prefilled syringe that is currently available.
STAT
JUNE 13, 2024
LONDON — Seth Berkley, a longtime and widely respected global health leader , said Thursday that it has been “shocking to watch the ineptitude” of the U.S. response to the avian influenza outbreak among dairy cattle , adding his voice to a chorus of critics. In a presentation in London about vaccine development, Berkley, the former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, raised the issue of H5N1 bird flu when discussing whether the world was ready for another pandemic following i
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
JUNE 10, 2024
Researchers addressed the use of cannabis to treat cancer symptoms in rural and urban areas, as well as patients’ comfortability discussing it with their providers.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 12, 2024
Small biotechs are saving time and money leveraging AI to develop new drugs, but incomplete data and disease complexity remain hurdles for the space.
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STAT
JUNE 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released two reports Thursday that lay out what has been learned about how H5N1 bird flu is moving among dairy cow herds in the United States. The reports do not shed much new light on the situation. Instead, they sum up what is known: that the outbreak was probably the result of a single “spillover” of the virus from wild birds into a dairy herd, likely late last year, and that movement of cows, farmworkers, and shared equipment appears to be res
Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2024
In a session presented at the 2024 Heart in Diabetes Conference, Matthew Weir, MD, discussed the potential benefits of GLP-1s and SGLT2 inhibitors for improved chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular outcomes.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 14, 2024
While researchers gain ground understanding long COVID’s impact, viable treatments could still be a long way off.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 13, 2024
The SCDM model demands more than the traditional roles assigned to pharmacists, requiring an enhanced level of patient engagement, medical knowledge, and legal authority to implement effectively
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.
STAT
JUNE 12, 2024
The ongoing legal dispute involving Johnson & Johnson has again thrust the topic of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) into the spotlight. Ann Lewandowski, a J&J employee, sued the company for overpaying for its employees’ prescription drugs through its PBM, Express Scripts, claiming that these overpayments resulted in higher health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket drug costs for employees.
Drug Topics
JUNE 11, 2024
The new task force highlights a stronger government focus on curbing the risks of e-cigarettes for young people, especially after sustained calls for stricter action on the public health issue by lawmakers and the public.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 11, 2024
With more drugmakers getting into the antibody-drug conjugate game, emerging innovations signal a bright future for the technology.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2024
Researchers are working to solve consistency and ecological and ethical concerns in pharmaceutical formulations
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.
STAT
JUNE 12, 2024
For weeks now, as the H5N1 bird flu has been spreading into dairy cattle herds in more and more places, one state continues to lead the pack. With reports of infections in 25 herds, Michigan currently accounts for about one-third of the country’s confirmed cases in livestock. And of the three people known to have contracted the H5N1 virus from sick cows since the outbreak began, two of them are farmworkers in Michigan, including one who experienced respiratory symptoms.
Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2024
The CDC released an alert encouraging pharmacists and providers to counsel patients around the harms of illegal stimulant medications.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JUNE 13, 2024
Tell us about Ocugen’s lead programme, OCU400. What’s the latest and what’s next? OCU400 is a modifier gene therapy aimed at treating retinitis pigmentosa and Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). In April 2024, Ocugen received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to initiate the Phase III liMeliGhT clinical trial for OCU400 for retinitis pigmentosa.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 12, 2024
AI deal activity is dominating healthcare investment with one in four dollars invested in healthcare going toward companies leveraging AI, according to a new report. | So far, in 2024, $2.8 billion has already been invested in AI healthcare companies, with SVB projecting the sector to see $11.
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STAT
JUNE 13, 2024
Early in her pregnancy in 2015, Nicole Hashemi wanted to know how much caffeine was safe for her to consume. “I was actually advised not to drink a lot of caffeine,” Hashemi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, told STAT. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, for instance, advises that pregnant people consume no more than 200 milligrams per day to reduce the risk of miscarriage or preterm birth.
Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2024
Patrick Alonso, PharmD, CPh, provides some tips for men looking to improve their overall mental health.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 11, 2024
Speakers at American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Pharmacy Futures 2024 discuss the significant increase in published clinical literature during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the evolving role and reliability of AI tools such as ChatGPT in providing accurate medical information.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 10, 2024
Microsoft will offer nonprofit pricing and discounts for its security products optimized for smaller organizations, providing up to a 75% discount.
STAT
JUNE 12, 2024
Although a third U.S. dairy worker has been confirmed to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu, many dairy farms are still unwilling to use even freely offered personal protective equipment (PPE). This is cause for alarm. Working with a pathogen assigned a biosafety level of 3 — meaning it “can cause serious or potentially lethal disease through respiratory transmission” — with at best BSL 2 level protections is playing with fire.
Drug Topics
JUNE 12, 2024
CDC researchers reported on the improvements and inaccuracies of assays within the Vitamin D Standardization-Certification Program.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 13, 2024
Anti-amyloid antibody administration decreased plaque volume in clinical trials of patients with early AD, indicating that passive immunotherapies could be a promising treatment for the disease.
Fierce Pharma
JUNE 11, 2024
Right after signing on to help with bird flu pandemic preparedness efforts in the U.S., CSL Seqirus has agreed to do the same in Europe through a vaccine supply pact. | The vaccine maker will deliver 665,000 doses of its avian flu-matched pre-pandemic vaccine. Under a 4-year contract, authorities can purchase up to 40 million doses.
STAT
JUNE 11, 2024
When Alexander Morris, a member of the Motown group The Four Tops , visited a Detroit-area Ascension hospital with chest pain and trouble breathing, he said the staff assumed he was mentally ill after he told them he was a famous singer. Instead of treating Morris, a white security guard told him to “sit his Black ass down” and he was placed in a straightjacket, Morris claims in a new lawsuit.
Drug Topics
JUNE 12, 2024
As the opioid crisis and injection drug use continue, pharmacists can look to previous outbreaks to guide their responses to the HIV–injection drug use syndemic.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 13, 2024
Kenneth Mills will become chair of the gene therapy developer's board while Curran Simpson, the current chief operating officer, will take his place as company head.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 13, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appears poised to rework Medicare Advantage (MA) quality ratings for this year, The Wall Street Journal
STAT
JUNE 14, 2024
News watchers around the U.S. have likely seen the warnings: without certificate of need (CON) laws, hospitals will be forced to close their doors when for-profit organizations open and cherry pick commercially insured patients, leaving those in rural areas without care. The reality is that even with certificate of need laws in place, rural patients are already without care.
Drug Topics
JUNE 10, 2024
The vaccine, mRNA-1083, elicited noninferior responses vs individual COVID-19 and flu vaccinations.
PharmaVoice
JUNE 13, 2024
Lilly is the latest to approach the coveted Alzheimer’s approval, but a slate of drugmakers are lining up clinical trials in amyloid and tau to take a shot at improving patient outcomes.
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