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How Well Does Disease-Modifying Therapy Work for Older Adults with MS?

Drug Topics

Researchers concluded that older patients with stable MS can stop taking disease-modifying therapy because risk of relapse is so small.

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Bernie Sanders proposes price caps on drugs developed with federal funds

Fierce Pharma

After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. | After becoming chairman of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont—a longtime opponent of Big Pharma—has become even more ubiquitous in his efforts to reduce drug prices.

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CMS proposes $375M cut to home health Medicare payments in 2024

Fierce Healthcare

The Biden administration issued a proposal Friday to cut reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2% next year, or an estimated $375 million less than 2023 payment levels. | The Biden administration issued a proposal Friday to cut reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2% next year, or an estimated $375 million less than 2023 payment levels.

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Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning to Aid in Skin Cancer Diagnoses

Drug Topics

How does AI help reduce the burden on specialist dermatology services and help simplify the screening process?

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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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VA, Stanford Medicine unveil plans to develop new comprehensive cancer center in Palo Alto

Fierce Healthcare

Stanford Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled plans Friday to collaborate on a project that will bring a new National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and rese | Stanford Medicine and the VA unveiled plans on Friday to collaborate on a project that will bring a new National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and research center to the VA Palo Alto campus.

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Health Equity in Pharma: Communities Most Impacted by Racial Bias

PharmExec

Rose Blackburne, MD, MBA, vice president, global head, general medicine, PPD Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses health equity in pharma, specifically racial biases, and how the industry can address inequities in access and care going forward.

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Eli Lilly’s retatrutide sets new record for weight loss in obesity space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pipeline developments within the obesity space have recently garnered interest following recent results published on Eli Lilly’s retatrutide.

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Johnson & Johnson unloads eye drops line to acquisitive Bausch + Lomb as Brent Saunders' deal streak rolls on

Fierce Pharma

During the first earnings call Brent Saunders led since his return at Bausch + Lomb, the CEO laid out what he believes is the company’s biggest issue: underutilization of existing infrastructure. | During the first earnings call Brent Saunders led since his return at Bausch + Lomb, the CEO laid out what he believes is the company’s biggest issue: underutilization of existing infrastructure.

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Study Finds Comorbidities, Pre-Existing Disease Have Significant Impact On COVID-19 Outcomes

Pharmacy Times

The study also found significant evidence of outcomes disparities between minority populations and White populations.

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Most ambulances ‘run hot’ with lights and sirens blaring. But that’s starting to change

STAT

Jonathan Studnek knows some people imagine that driving an ambulance at high speed with lights flashing and sirens wailing — racing through messily parted traffic to the scene of a crisis — is the best part of being an emergency medic. For him, that couldn’t be further from the truth. “If you’ve been in the industry for any length, you know innately: When you’re in the front of an ambulance and the lights are on, that’s the most dangerous situatio

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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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Digital health tech: a solution to substance use disorders?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Substance use disorders leave people with long-term negative mental and physical health implications and can lead to death.

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Teva weighs sale of $2B API business as CEO Richard Francis embarks on 'Pivot to Growth' strategy: reports

Fierce Pharma

Less than two months into its "Pivot to Growth" strategy under a new CEO, Israeli-American generics giant Teva Pharmaceutical could be weighing a major shake-up of its key drug ingredients business | Teva is looking at strategic options for its active pharmaceutical ingredient unit, with a potential sale on the table, BNN Bloomberg and Benzinga have reported.

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Parents Show Willingness to Participate in Mental Health Screenings for Children in Primary Care Settings

Pharmacy Times

The benefits of the survey can stretch beyond assessing the parental acceptability of mental health screenings in children and can suggest areas of optimization in providing these screenings more widely and effectively in the future.

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Digital health app users report increased bipolar depression correlated with worsening air quality

Fierce Healthcare

Air pollution shown to increase depression symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder, a new study published by Cambridge University Press found.

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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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What the end of affirmative action means to a fourth-year medical student

STAT

When the U.S. Supreme Court released its landmark ruling overturning the use of race-conscious college admissions, LaShyra Nolen was on clinical rotation. For Nolen, a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, the news sent a chill down her spine even though she had been anticipating it. “It felt very lonely,” said Nolen, who is Black and the first in her family to get a bachelors of science degree and attend medical school.

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Novo Nordisk brings new round of lawsuits against compounded versions of Ozempic and Wegovy

Fierce Pharma

As demand skyrockets for GLP-1 drugs that can trigger significant weight loss, unauthorized versions of the treatments have started to fill pharmacies. | In late May, the FDA warned of illegal knockoffs of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy. And now, the Danish company has filed its second wave of lawsuits against pharmacies in the U.S. that are producing the copycats.

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Potential Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Long Term Use of Acid Reducing Medications

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists can use their knowledge and professional judgment to educate patients about when it is appropriate to take these medications and when to avoid them.

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Psychedelics and mental health: The time is now?

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Psychedelics and mental health: The time is now? Nicole.

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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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HITLAB summit warns that digital health for all will need careful investment

Fierce Healthcare

“Digital health will cease to exist,” read large on the screen behind Merck Global Health Initiative Fund President Bill Taranto at the second annual HITLAB Innovators Summit in New York City. | Columbia University hosted the second annual HITLAB Innovators Summit in New York City where industry insiders trumpeted the potential for digital health interventions while warning of the dangers of unchecked tech implementation.

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With full Alzheimer's approval in hand, Eisai and Biogen kick off Leqembi's launch in earnest

Fierce Pharma

It’s official: Roughly half a year after the FDA granted an accelerated nod to Eisai and Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s disease med lecanemab, the companies have converted that green light into a full-fl | With a full approval in hand, Leqembi has become the first treatment shown to reduce the rate of disease progression and slow cognitive and functional decline in adults with Alzheimer’s disease under the FDA's traditional approval pathway.

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How a Rebirth Toward Preventing Inflammation Will Positively Impact Age-Related Diseases, Extend Longevity

Pharmacy Times

Diagnostic technologies are advancing quickly, which may lead to therapeutics for age-related diseases to safely reduce chronic low-grade inflammation generated by the immune system.

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Rationing strategies proliferate with cancer drugs in short supply

Pharmaceutical Technology

While drug shortages have been a major cause for concern over the past few years, medications to treat cancer are in particularly short supply.

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Hospital outpatient departments charging 'roughly double' for biologics compared to physician offices: report

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital outpatient departments are marking up the prices for biologic medicines more than physician offices, particularly for “innovator biologics” that have clinically equivalent and lower cost a | Consistently higher markups among hospital outpatient departments hamstring potential savings payers may hope to see down the line as more biosimilars become available, warned the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

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GSK's ViiV explores novel pathway to bring long-acting HIV med Cabenuva to tough-to-treat patients

Fierce Pharma

GSK’s Cabenuva made history in 2020 as the world’s firs | GSK's long-acting Cabenuva is currently approved only as a switch therapy for patients who already have undetectable HIV levels in the blood. Trying to reach some tough populations who have difficulty adhering to existing daily oral therapies, GSK is getting creative.

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Expert: Newly Approved Alzheimer Disease Drug is a "First Step"

Pharmacy Times

Expert Nikhil Palekar, MD, said that although the treatment is far from a cure, it is a vital first step toward other treatments for Alzheimer Disease.

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Lifera, Sanofi and Arabio boost vaccine manufacture in Saudi Arabia

Pharmaceutical Technology

Lifera, Arabio and Sanofi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bolster manufacturing of vaccines in Saudi Arabia.

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Medicare Advantage's quality bonus program needs an overhaul: Urban Institute

Fierce Healthcare

The quality bonus program (QBP) that rewards Medicare Advantage (MA) plans fails to achieve its two main goals: fairly rewarding MA insurers that actually improve quality and encouraging beneficiar | The Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program suffers from what some experts call the “Lake Wobegon Effect”: Too many plans are rated above average. A new Urban Institute report suggests some cures.

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ISO publishes standard on bacterial endotoxin testing

European Pharmaceutical Review

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published its new standard Sterilization of health care products — Microbiological methods — Part 3 Bacterial endotoxin testing ( ISO 11737-3:2023). The document contains requirements and guidance for testing for bacterial endotoxins. This includes products that must be non-pyrogenic based on either intended use or non-pyrogenic label claim, or both.

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The Journey to Becoming a Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist

Pharmacy Times

Oncology pharmacy is best learned in real time with real oncologists and real patients.

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Opinion: We finally have new Alzheimer’s drugs. How do we decide who gets them?

STAT

The recent FDA approval of Leqembi , the latest anti-amyloid drug, is undoubtedly a breakthrough for the field, providing a new way to slow the advancement of mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. As a practicing geriatrician who has treated Alzheimer’s patients for more than 40 years and the co-founder and chief science officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, I have never been more optimistic about our potential to transform how we trea

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Haleon reportedly evaluating sale of certain smoking cessation products

Drug Store News

The business could be worth as much as $800 million.

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Healthcare Dealmakers—Amedisys agrees to Optum's $3.7B cash offer, UPMC's latest affiliation and more

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Bright Health exits insurance business, Vandalia Health to add three hospitals, Centene divests AI platform and more M&A news from the month of June.

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Cognitive Consequences of Benzodiazepine Use: Is it Worth Losing Our Mind Over?

Pharmacy Times

The safety and efficacy of long-term benzodiazepine use beyond the recommended timeframe is not well understood.

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