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Unveiling Progress and Challenges: C diff Awareness Among Medical Professionals

Pharmacy Times

Christian John Lillis, co-founder and executive director at Peggy Lillis Foundation, discusses the role of the pharmacist in education that advances C diff awareness in the medical community.

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Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Heart Attack, Cardiovascular Events

Drug Topics

Study authors recommend that healthcare personnel consider prioritizing influenza vaccination for patients with recent cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in light of new evidence.

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Pandemic-related immunity gap in kids explains surge of respiratory infections in children in China, says WHO

STAT

Reports this week that China is experiencing a surge in respiratory infections in young children triggered flashbacks of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic among infectious disease watchers. But a rapidly organized meeting Thursday between the World Health Organization and health officials in China assuaged much of that concern. The evidence presented to the WHO team pointed to what’s sometimes called an immunity gap that was created by the pandemic.

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Moderna loses a COVID vaccine patent in Europe amid heated clash with BioNTech, Pfizer

Fierce Pharma

With litigation spanning many countries, the COVID-19 vaccine giants remain engaged in a heated patent war. | Moderna pledged to appeal after the European Patent Office ruled one of its patents invalid in the intellectual property battle that spans multiple countries.

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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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Pharmacists Can Educate Patients About Smoking Cessation Technology Options

Pharmacy Times

Free apps can help patients track cravings, monitor triggers, and stay motivated

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Coffee May Be Unexpected Protectant Against COVID-19 Infection

Drug Topics

Rich in polyphenolic compounds like chlorogenic acid (CGA), coffee may help ward off COVID-19 infection in the post-pandemic era.

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Texas AG sues Pfiz­er and Tris Phar­ma for adul­ter­at­ed ADHD drug

Pharmaceutical Technology

Texas AG has sued Pfizer and Tris Pharma for providing adulterated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug, Quillivant XR, to children.

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Pharmacy Technician Roles Are Growing and Expanding

Pharmacy Times

The rapidly changing environment is creating new responsibilities for all staff, including technicians

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Prepregnant Energy Drink Consumption Increases Gestational Hypertension Risk

Drug Topics

Reproductive-aged women who consume energy drinks should be aware of the potential risks, as energy drink consumption has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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STAT+: Antitrust lawsuit alleges UnitedHealth’s Optum pressured a California hospital to stop competing over physicians

STAT

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is already the largest employer of physicians in the United States, but allegations in a new lawsuit suggest Optum is hungry for more. Emanate Health, a nonprofit group of hospitals and physicians in California, filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging Optum pushed it to agree not to compete for primary care physicians, a violation of antitrust law.

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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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Talking techbio with NVIDIA: Accelerated computing, NLP, and GenAI in drug discovery

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Talking techbio with NVIDIA: Accelerated computing, NLP, and GenAI in drug discovery Mike.

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Prevention, Treatment for Migraine Rapidly Evolves, Calling for Development of Novel Drugs

Pharmacy Times

Zavegepant (Zavzpret; Pfizer) is the first and only only CGRP receptor antagonist as a nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine in adults with and without aura approved by the FDA.

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Racial Discrimination in Cancer Care Setting Impacts Black Patients Long-Term

Drug Topics

Black patients reported associating negative emotions with experiences of racial discrimination long after the experience concluded, raising concerns about long-term health outcomes.

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Invisible in the data: Broad ‘Asian American’ category obscures health disparities

STAT

They have roots in 50 countries that cover more than half of the globe’s surface. They make up more than 60% of the world’s population. They speak more than 100 different languages. Yet in medical research and public health in the United States, people with Asian ancestry are almost always grouped into a single racial category. Nearly 25 million Americans — from Hmong to Laotians, and Koreans to Indonesians — have been given the same label by the U.S. government despi

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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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With filing in Sanofi and Mylan insulin lawsuit, FTC amps up scrutiny on pharma's patent tactics

Fierce Pharma

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission isn’t letting up in its effort to crack down on pharma’s alleged misuse of a patent mechanism in the FDA’s regulatory process. | The U.S. Federal Trade Commission isn't letting up in its effort to crack down on pharma's alleged misuse of a patent mechanism in the FDA's regulatory process. And it's Sanofi’s turn to land in the crosshairs.

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Current Trends, Treatment Strategies for C diff Infection

Pharmacy Times

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses insights in current treatment practices for CDI at the Peggy Lillis Foundation’s 2023 State of C diff Virtual Town Hall.

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How Prisma Health unified digital health tech to boost patient engagement, slash no-shows

Fierce Healthcare

Navigating the healthcare system often requires using different websites, mobile apps and phone calls to find providers and make appointments. | The health system has seen a 10x increase in downloads of the Prisma Health Go app, from 40 to up to 400 downloads per day. The health system also reports a 33% reduction in patient no-shows in one year and estimates $8 million in cost savings as a result of slashing the no-show rates.

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Opinion: Physician and Rep. Raul Ruiz: The infectious disease doctor shortage threatens future pandemic preparedness

STAT

In 2009, I was practicing in the emergency department when the H1N1 pandemic emerged. Then, I saw firsthand the vital role infectious disease physicians played in not only facilitating a coordinated public health response, but also helping patients, providers, and the public navigate the uncertainty that comes with confronting a novel virus. While on the frontlines of that pandemic, I depended on our community’s infectious disease specialists as I worked in real-time to provide patients w

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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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To address shortage, Novo Nordisk will cut production of Victoza to boost supply of Ozempic

Fierce Pharma

Unable to scale up its manufacturing fast enough to meet the spiraling demand for its GLP-1 weight loss products, Novo Nordisk is employing a new strategy—reducing production of diabetes drug Victo | Unable to scale up its manufacturing fast enough to meet the spiraling demand for its GLP-1 weight loss products, Novo Nordisk is employing a new strategy—reducing production of diabetes drug Victoza to make more Ozempic.

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Telemedicine Shows Increase in Curing Hepatitis C Virus Related to Opioid Use Disorder

Pharmacy Times

The results suggest that telemedicine could be used to help improve access for other populations that might be stigmatized, beyond hepatitis C virus and opioid use disorder.

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Medicare paid out $31.2B in improper payments for FY23, CMS says

Fierce Healthcare

Traditional Medicare paid out an estimated $31.2 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2023, according to new data from the federal government. | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its annual look at improper payments and found that the overall rate in Medicare was 7.38%, which sits below the 10% level mandated in statute.

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Respiratory viruses, thrown out of whack by Covid, appear to be falling back into seasonal order

STAT

In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, something strange happened: For a year or two, illnesses that used to emerge like clockwork when fall and winter arrived — flu, RSV, and the myriad viruses that cause colds — did not sicken us. The cause now appears clear: The measures we took to avoid the new disease, including isolating and social distancing, muscled most other respiratory pathogens out of the cold-and-flu-season picture.

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Pfizer's cost-savings mission continues with office shuffle, job cuts in Ireland

Fierce Pharma

Pfizer, working through a $3.5 billion cost-cutting drive, is not done yet making changes to its workforce in Ireland. | Pfizer's commercial office in Citywest, Dublin, will move to its Ringsend office building, the Irish Independent reports. The moves could end in more job cuts in the company's commercial division.

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Addressing Burnout: When the Body Says ‘Enough’

Pharmacy Times

In part 2 of this series, trauma-informed pharmacist Helen Sairany, PharmD, MBA, discusses the physical manifestations of burnout.

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AstraZeneca joins KRAS push in cancer with Chinese deal

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AstraZeneca joins KRAS push in cancer with Chinese deal Phil.

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STAT+: CRISPR’s pioneers reflect on the first gene-editing treatment

STAT

The revolution started in silence. Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, now Nobelists , published their first paper announcing a new enzyme for editing DNA in Science in June 2012. It was called CRISPR-Cas9. It wasn’t until January 2013 that the first paper showing the enzyme would work in cells, from Feng Zhang, was published, also in Science.

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Texas accuses Pfizer and contract manufacturer of providing ineffective ADHD drug to state's Medicaid program

Fierce Pharma

Texas has accused Pfizer and manufacturer Tris Pharma of knowingly providing compromised ADHD medicine to a state Medicaid program for children of low-income families. | In its lawsuit, Texas says the companies knew that deficient manufacturing processes compromised the effectiveness of Quillivant XR. The lawsuit further accuses the companies of manipulating quality-control testing from 2012 to 2018 to ensure samples received passing grades.

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Holiday Gift Ideas for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Times

For pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, who work diligently to ensure our health and well-being, choosing the perfect holiday gift can be a thoughtful way to express gratitude and brighten their season.

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4.5M have signed up for coverage on the ACA exchanges so far in open enrollment: CMS

Fierce Healthcare

Open enrollment on the insurance marketplaces began on Nov. | Open enrollment on the insurance marketplaces began on Nov. 1, and more than 4.5 million people have selected plans in the early weeks of the process, according to new federal data.

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How the shakeup at OpenAI underscores the need for AI standards in health care

STAT

The leadership turmoil within OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is triggering calls for stepped-up efforts to establish standards for how generative AI is used across the health care industry, where experts worry that one or two companies could end up with too much control. Microsoft was already a driving force behind efforts to deploy generative AI in health care.

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10 folate-rich foods

The Checkup by Singlecare

Folic acid is the synthetic form of vitamin B9 often added to processed food products like cereal and multivitamin supplements. In its naturally occurring form, vitamin B9 is called folate. “ Folic acid plays a critical role in our health by promoting the formation of new, healthy red blood cells, which are vital for oxygen transportation in our bodies,” says Kelsey Costa , MS, RDN, a registered dietitian and nutrition consultant for Consumer Health Digest.

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Expert Discusses Biosimiliars Influencing Pricing of Biologic Drugs

Pharmacy Times

Denise Giambalvo, director of Member Engagement & Business Strategy at the Washington Health Alliance and recently led a biosimilars initiative for the coalition, discusses biosimilar influence of pricing for biologic drugs, trends to expect in 2024, and why education on biosimilars are important for patients, pharmacists, prescribers, and more

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Ayble Health, Mayo Clinic collaborate to treat high-acuity patients in person

Fierce Healthcare

Ayble Health, a digital health platform for patients with chronic gastrointestinal conditions, has announced a new collaboration with the Mayo Clinic. | Ayble is working with the Mayo Clinic Complex Care Program to offer a hybrid care model to match patients with the appropriate virtual and in-person care based on acuity and need.