Drug Topics

AUGUST 6, 2024

From expanding vaccination coverage to battling with PBMs, the community pharmacist has the ability to promote change like never before.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 9, 2024

Here’s what the leaders of the companies with the 10 drugs in the first wave of price negotiations with Medicare said about how the new prices will impact their portfolio.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 9, 2024

neffy is an epinephrine nasal spray for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions in adults and pediatric patients.

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STAT

AUGUST 9, 2024

Noah Lyles, a 27-year-old from Gainesville, Florida, has had himself quite an Olympics. He won a gold medal in a photo finish in the 100-meter dash on August 4. He went on to win a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash four days later, then collapsed in a heap and needed a wheelchair to get off the track, suggesting that sports officials and team doctors have put athletes’ health last, not first, during the Paris Olympics.

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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

Patient Care

Drug Topics

AUGUST 6, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased pharmacist burnout and workforce shortages. The impact is still being felt today.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 8, 2024

The top drugs at each of the world’s most valuable pharma companies tell the story of just how much the industry has changed over the course of a few years.

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STAT

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new risk assessment of the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating in dairy cows on Friday, increasing slightly its estimate of the chance it poses of triggering a pandemic. The new assessment , developed using the CDC’s influenza risk assessment tool or IRAT, gauged the risk the virus might someday cause a pandemic at 5.79, up from a previous score of 5.12 from an assessment of a related virus conducted in April 2023.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 3, 2024

Health care professionals all agree that a healthy diet is the foundation of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health, but follow-through on the population level is lacking.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 6, 2024

An advisory committee’s age group recommendations look like a major setback, but executives are painting a rosier picture.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 5, 2024

Customers report that their communication is strong with their pharmacists, but only 51% said their pharmacist was trustworthy.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2024

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first needle-free treatment for adults and kids with severe allergic reactions. The approval introduces a competitor from ARS Pharma to older epinephrine products, like the EpiPen. Neffy, as the product is called, is a nasal spray that delivers the same drug used to treat anaphylaxis. It is ARS’ flagship product.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 9, 2024

A cohort study was conducted to address the association between patients with cannabis-related disorders and their risk of developing head and neck cancer.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 5, 2024

The company’s cell therapy recently showed positive results from a mid-stage trial.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 3, 2024

In addition to a rapid deterioration, psychosis in Alzheimer disease can also lead to poorer quality of life, damaging patients’ relationships with caregivers, and increases isolation.

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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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STAT

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration rejected MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder on Friday, in a blow to drug activists and veterans who’ve long campaigned for the psychedelic treatment. Although two Phase 3 trials suggested the treatment was effective, strong opposition by an agency scientific advisory committee in June and allegations of missing adverse event data and research bias may have doomed the application by Lykos Therapeutics.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 9, 2024

The composition of the latest flu vaccine has changed. Here’s what pharmacists need to know.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 4, 2024

Medical records software giant Epic has rolled out a new feature that makes it easier for patients to release their medical records to the health or wellness apps they use. | The new capability is part of a wider effort by the healthcare industry, facilitated by new health tech policies from the federal government, to advance data-sharing at scale.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 9, 2024

Statins and non-statin cholesterol-lowering agents show potential in reducing the risk of liver cancer.

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STAT

AUGUST 8, 2024

Where you live has a relationship to your odds of getting cancer and surviving cancer. Epidemiologists studying this link they see in the data have focused on so-called social determinants of health — poor access to transportation, for example, could make it harder for residents to see a doctor. Places lacking grocery stores with fresh food could mean worse nutrition for locals.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 8, 2024

Researchers conducted a systematic review of literature exploring the misuse of opioid prescriptions for patients with chronic non-cancer pain.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 6, 2024

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision that struck down key parts of legislation aimed at reforming surprise medical billing. | A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision that struck down key parts of legislation aimed at reforming surprise medical billing.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2024

Significant commonalities between type 2 diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders suggest that treatments effective for one condition may benefit the other.

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STAT

AUGUST 8, 2024

Since its emergence in 2020, Covid has jumbled the list of the 10 leading causes of deaths in the United States. It roared into third place in 2020 but has now fallen to 10th place, the National Center for Health Statistics reported Thursday.  Heart disease and cancer remained the first and second leading causes of death, followed by unintentional injuries as No. 3.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 9, 2024

Findings from the study conducted by 3 Axis Advisors confirm that PBM practices have an impact on pharmacies.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services’ technology office dropped a new proposed rule on Thursday that would require healthcare entities that contract with HHS to use government-cert | The newly rebranded Office of the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy released a proposed rule Thursday that could expand the use of government-certified health technology.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2024

Cholesterol-lowering agents, like statins, reduced the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV.

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STAT

AUGUST 7, 2024

The nation’s largest health care company pressed thousands of its clinicians to use a thinly tested medical device to screen people for artery disease, dramatically boosting payments from the federal government for years even though many of the patients were not sick, a STAT investigation found. The result was a torrent of sometimes questionable diagnoses of peripheral artery disease.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 4, 2024

In case you missed it, this week we had news about CVS in the spotlight of PBM reform, landmark FDA approvals in synovial sarcoma, liraglutide for dementia, and more.

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Fierce Pharma

AUGUST 5, 2024

While Pfizer’s German mRNA partner BioNTech has high hopes for its post-COVID future, the company continues to feel the squeeze from the changeover to a seasonal vaccine market. | While Pfizer’s German mRNA partner BioNTech has high hopes for its post-COVID future, the company continues to feel the squeeze from the changeover to a seasonal vaccine market.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 5, 2024

A pharmacy's relationship with its state board(s) of pharmacy is crucial for its operation and success, yet it is often overlooked due to the complex demands on pharmacists and pharmacy owners.

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STAT

AUGUST 5, 2024

Federally funded research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) is a crown jewel of American higher education that confers enormous benefits upon the U.S. and the world. The integrity of the processes by which funding decisions are made is critically important to the success of the enterprise and its support by the public who pay for this research.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 5, 2024

A study found that test products purchased from illegal online pharmacy operations had lower purity levels and significantly more semaglutide content than what was advertised on the label.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 6, 2024

FDA releases roster of digital health advisory committee, chaired by American College of Cardiology innovation officer ebeavins Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:26

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