Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
More than half of health system and health plan executives say AI is an immediate priority, and 73% are increasing their investments in the technology, a new C-suite survey finds. | More than half of health system and health plan executives say AI is an immediate priority, and 73% are increasing their investments in the technology, a new C-suite survey finds.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Public health and infectious disease experts offered their perspectives on the 2024 US bird flu outbreak and its potential of becoming a greater public health crisis.
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STAT
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a new medicine from BridgeBio for patients with a progressive heart disease — the first new treatment for the condition in over five years and the company’s first significant commercial product. The drug, known scientifically as acoramidis, will be sold by BridgeBio under the brand name Attruby.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The indication is for adults with previously treated unresectable or metastatic HER2+ (IHC+) biliary tract cancer (BTC) as detected by an FDA-approved test.
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
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Oura is partnering with medical device maker Dexcom to integrate data from glucose biosensors with the Oura Ring, which tracks sleep, heart rate and activity. | Oura is partnering with medical device maker Dexcom to integrate data from glucose biosensors with the Oura Ring.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Investigators said there is an imperative to optimize medication utilization and explore the consequences of medication burden on treatment outcomes in patients with long COVID.
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Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
In this episode of Public Health Matters, Christina Madison discusses pharmacist-physician collaborations with Amina Abubakar and Stephen Lewis.
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
As a council of outside experts prepares to meet Thursday to discuss AstraZeneca’s Andexxa, the FDA has flagged “major safety findings” linked to the British drugmaker’s bleeding reversal agent.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is considered a psychiatric disorder and is associated with moderate to severe physical, affective, and behavioral symptoms.
STAT
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
WASHINGTON — People close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are exploring a proposal that could upend how physician payment is determined in America, four sources familiar with the process told STAT.
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.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Increased global capacity for surveillance could help monitor seasonal influenza to reduce the risk of vaccine mismatch and inform effective interventions.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
The FDA will hold its first Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) meeting to discuss how the agency should review medical devices that rely on generative AI, like chatbots. | The FDA seeks advice on regulatory challenges it has identified for generative AI used in medical devices, which include uncertainty about the foundation model, hallucinations and the ability to define intended use.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Investigators evaluated the role that cannabis plays in pain management in different populations with rheumatic diseases.
STAT
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
A version of this essay first appeared on Janet Freeman-Daily’s blog, Gray Connections. I’ve been living with and communicating about lung cancer for over 13 years. Since 2011, the year I was diagnosed, I’ve been active in one or more online lung cancer patient groups. Since 2012, I’ve been blogging and on social media, connecting with the lung cancer community and learning/sharing developments in cancer 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.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
This is the first trial that tested the effect of any medication on major heart failure outcomes in patients with HFpEF and obesity, according to investigators.
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Johnson & Johnson and Merck are laying off workers in Chi | Johnson & Johnson and Merck are laying off workers in China, according to a story from Bloomberg which cites reports from Chinese news outlets.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The Mediterranean diet is largely considered one of the healthiest diets.
STAT
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Doctors have been using needles as a way to inject people with drugs since the 1600s. Today they’re often used for biologic drugs, which are too large to deliver via pills because they would be dissolved by stomach acid. Now a group of bioengineers is hoping to give drug delivery an update with a device that draws inspiration from cuttlefish and other sea creatures.
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Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The disorder presents as severe lung disease, with lung transplantation as the only current therapeutic option for long-term survival.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Legislation that gives a president wide-reaching power to financially harm any nonprofit an administration deems as terrorist supporting passed out of the House of Representatives Nov. 21. | H.R. 9495 passed in the House on Thursday. If signed into law, a president would be able to take a nonprofit's tax-exempt status away without due process, critics say.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Research presented at American Heart Association’s 2024 Scientific Sessions examined the SGLT inhibitor’s effect on systolic blood pressure.
STAT
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The genetic sequence of the H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia shows that the virus had undergone mutational changes that would make it easier for that version of H5N1 to infect people, scientists who have studied the data say. There’s currently no evidence the teenager, who remains in critical condition in hospital, infected anyone else.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
No acute serious bacterial infections were observed in a trial of patients with the debilitating immune disorder, a strong mark of safety and tolerability.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers and group purchasing organizations are going on offense against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). | Major PBMs are countersuing the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the agency is biased and has too much authority to upend the industry.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
On the most recent episode of Over the Counter, James Rider, PharmD, joined Drug Topics to discuss his career journey as a chain pharmacist.
STAT
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
If he can make it past the Senate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the next secretary of Health and Human Services. Since the position was created, each secretary has had significant experience in public health, health care administration, or related government work. None has listed “spreading vaccine misinformation” as their primary health care experience.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
If approved, RAG-21 can offer improved outcomes in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), particularly those with aggressive subtypes.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of November 2024. | In this month's payer roundup, a man was charged with insider trading for purchasing Oak Street Health stock before CVS made public the acquisition, the DOJ is honing in on pharmacy benefit managers and OIG found Medicare improperly paid acute-care hospitals by $190 million.
PharmaVoice
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
A subcutaneous version of Merck’s Keytruda was as effective as the infused version in a late-stage study, but the company won’t be the first to market.
STAT
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took leave as chairman of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit known for spreading doubt about vaccines, to run for president last year. But he is still fighting in court alongside the group, putting him in an unusual position for someone nominated as Secretary of Health and Human Services. If confirmed by the Senate, Kennedy will have power to guide the agencies he oversees toward his priorities.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Christine Formea, PharmD, MHI, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, discusses the need for standardized pharmacogenomics education in pharmacy, highlighting opportunities for collaboration, professional growth, and integration of key competencies across curricula to advance the profession.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Not-for-profit hospital and health systems are slowly recovering from their worst year financially in 2022. | If federal lawmakers don't act to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, which expires at the end of this year, it could dampen not-for-profit hospitals' nascent financial recovery, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A bispecific antibody has entered the HER2 fray with a differentiated profile from traditional agents and a chance to challenge AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s star antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu | A bispecific antibody has entered the HER2 fray with a differentiated profile from traditional agents and a chance to challenge AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s star ADC Enhertu.
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