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Digital natives: are pharma companies ready?

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Engaging digitally native healthcare professionals requires companies to challenge existing business ethos and commit to the customer experience in an increasingly digital world.

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As clinical trials face a hiring crunch, here’s how research organizations can pivot

PharmaVoice

Staffing shortages are causing inefficiencies in clinical trials, but one leading CRO is finding ways to adapt.

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FDA turns down Cytokinetics’ once-promising heart failure drug omecamtiv

Fierce Pharma

FDA turns down Cytokinetics’ once-promising heart failure drug omecamtiv kdunleavy Tue, 02/28/2023 - 18:55

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News Roundup: February 27 to March 3

Drug Topics

Your weekly roundup of the latest news from Drug Topics®.

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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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Why Congress should prioritize fixing the 340B program

PhRMA

Nearly all Americans nationwide agree: Lowering out-of-pocket costs for health care should be a top priority for policymakers. Luckily, there are commonsense policies Congress could implement to meaningfully address the cost burdens Americans face. These include things like making sure patients aren’t paying more for their medicines than their health insurance company or requiring first-dollar coverage, so insurance companies cover the cost of certain lifesaving medicines from day one of the pla

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Woman of the Week: Denali Therapeutics’ Cindy Dunkle

PharmaVoice

As chief people officer, Dunkle is harnessing the company’s unique culture to foster innovation.

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Eli Lilly Slashing Insulin Prices, Capping Monthly Out of Pocket Costs For Many

Drug Topics

The pharmaceutical giant announced a 70% price reduction for most of its commonly sold insulin.

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Celebrating 40 years of the Orphan Drug Act on Rare Disease Day

PhRMA

For over a decade, Rare Disease Day has been celebrated on February 28 to raise awareness and generate change for the more than 30 million patients in the U.S. living with a rare disease. This year’s Rare Disease Day is particularly special because this year also marks the 40 th anniversary of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), allowing us to celebrate all the progress that’s come to patients because of it.

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Multimillion-dollar therapies are changing how payers foot the bill

PharmaVoice

With more gene therapies headed to market, novel payment methods are emerging from regulators and academia.

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Report: Obesity could cost the world over $4 trillion a year by 2035

STAT

The costs of obesity are projected to soar globally, in step with rising prevalence, according to a new report from the World Obesity Federation, the only group focused solely on tracking global obesity trends and a partner of the World Health Organization. Over half the world’s population will be either overweight or have obesity by 2035, the report projected, while the economic impact of a high BMI could reach $4.32 trillion annually, if current trends continue and policy inertia around

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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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Rates of Sadness, Violence Increased in Teenage Girls

Drug Topics

A recent CDC report detailed the increased rates of sadness and violence among teenage girls.

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Insurer and PBM tactics are shifting higher costs to patients with chronic and complex conditions

PhRMA

Health plans are increasingly using deductibles and coinsurance to shift more of the cost of care to chronically ill patients taking brand medicines. As data from IQVIA show, this alarming trend is especially burdensome for patients with cancer, who pay nearly 10X more on average per year for their medicines when they face deductibles and coinsurance versus patients with only fixed copays.

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Launched with a ‘pioneer’ in RNA, aTyr Pharma is charting a new course in immunology

PharmaVoice

With a focus on rare and hard-to-treat diseases, aTyr is banking on its head start in tRNA and vast IP portfolio to build a billion-dollar company.

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Pfizer, Viatris and more must face 'overarching conspiracy' claims in generic price-fixing suit

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Pfizer, Viatris and more must face 'overarching conspiracy' claims in generic price-fixing suit aliu Wed, 03/01/2023 - 10:03

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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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CMS Not Willing To Expand Alzheimer's Drug Coverage

Drug Topics

CMS has no plans to change their coverage and approval process, which the Alzheimer's Association believes is standing between patients and treatment.

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PhRMA's Change Agents bring awareness and value of HBCUs and their impact to STEM

PhRMA

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (“HBCUs”), federally designated as any college or university established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating Black Americans, play a pivotal role in the education of people of color and in our society. In 1837, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania made history by becoming the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the United States.

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PharmaVoice 100 honorees: Where are they now?

PharmaVoice

How some of our past PharmaVoice 100 honorees are transforming the life sciences industry in new roles.

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STAT Madness 2023

STAT

Welcome to STAT Madness, a bracket-style contest to find the best innovation in science and medicine. Click on each matchup for a short summary of each school’s pioneering research. Then pick your favorites. Help us crown a champ!

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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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The Cost of Keeping Proper Inventory

Drug Topics

How can technology help pharmacists manage inventory—and the associated costs?

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FDA-USPTO collaboration initiatives should be evidence-based, prioritize innovation

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are in the process of considering new collaboration initiatives aimed at biopharmaceutical patents. As outlined in a recent public statement and written comments , PhRMA appreciates the agencies seeking public participation on important innovation policy issues and we strongly support the agencies stated commitment to “ensuring our innovation system strikes the appropriate balance—encouraging me

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DEA's proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities

Fierce Healthcare

DEA's proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities aburky Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:17

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The ‘recovering academic’ leading Allogene to the next stage of cell therapy

PharmaVoice

Zachary Roberts joined Allogene at the beginning of this year to lead the company's R&D and bring allogeneic cell therapy to the forefront.

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DEA Proposes New Telemedicine Regulations

Drug Topics

The DEA is hoping to expand health care accessibility while also safeguarding from incorrectly prescribing medication.

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The FDA has cleared the first home flu and Covid test — but its maker just declared bankruptcy

STAT

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for the first at-home test that can detect flu and Covid-19 — but for the test’s maker, Lucira, the long-anticipated authorization may have taken too long. The company filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 22, directly blaming the “protracted” FDA authorization process for the over-the-counter combination test for its financial troubles.

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Experts push to remove barriers for physician-owned hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

Experts push to remove barriers for physician-owned hospitals fdiamond Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:42

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Do R&D costs justify the price of drugs? Nope, new study says

PharmaVoice

A BMJ study found that spending on drug sales vastly outstripped spending on drug development.

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Is ChatGPT Health Care’s Next Big Thing?

Drug Topics

Artificial intelligence has many applications in health care, but hurdles to widespread adoption remain.

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Lilly cuts insulin prices, caps out-of-pocket costs

Drug Store News

Lilly also will automatically cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 at participating retail pharmacies for people with commercial insurance using Lilly insulin.

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Hospitals' margins ticked downward in January but are still better off than much of 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals' margins ticked downward in January but are still better off than much of 2022 dmuoio Tue, 02/28/2023 - 15:07

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Raeta’s stock plummets amid sudden FDA neuro office shakeup

PharmaVoice

The FDA’s longtime neuroscience head Billy Dunn stepped down, leaving industry reeling over how the agency’s new acting director could handle upcoming approval decisions.

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Placental Derived Burn Care Device Approved By FDA

Drug Topics

Convatec’s InnovaBurn is the first product of its kind intended to help patients manage burns and wounds.

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Same patient, same drug, same insurer — coverage denied

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Janice Morales-Ferrer is a planner. It’s helped her get ahead in her career and in raising three young kids. But it’s hard to plan when you’ve got a rare disease, especially one with no standard treatment regimen or predictable outcome. “I’m a data-driven person,” said the 46-year-old Boston area resident. “It’s frustrating for me to not be able to plan how long I can live for my kids.

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Cleveland Clinic closes Q4 strong but ultimately logs $1.2B net loss for 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Cleveland Clinic closes Q4 strong but ultimately logs $1.

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