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Walgreens expands specialty pharmacy business to gene and cell therapy services

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to offer gene and cell therapy services, supported by a dedicated 18,000-square-foot center in Pittsburgh, the company announced Thursday. | Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to offer gene and cell therapy services, supported by a dedicated 18,000-square-foot center in Pittsburgh, the company announced Thursday.

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American Heart Association Launches Initiative to Include Pharmacists in Atrial Fibrillation Care

Drug Topics

Despite a wealth of knowledge, pharmacists are frequently not consulted as part of the decision-making team in atrial fibrillation management.

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Vistagen’s on-demand nasal spray could provide a novel option for social anxiety

PharmaVoice

The fast-acting medication is one of a few new approaches being tested for the crippling condition.

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Advocate for Greater Pharmacy Technician Roles

Pharmacy Times

Multiple state and federal laws since the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the growing role of technicians

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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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Cattle testing for H5N1 bird flu will be more limited than USDA initially announced

STAT

New federal rules aimed at limiting the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cattle go into effect Monday, but detailed guidance documents released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveal its mandatory testing order is less stringent than initially described. While that is easing concerns from farmers and veterinarians about the economic and logistical burden of testing, it leaves questions about how effective the testing program will be at containing additional outbreaks.

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Optimizing Bispecific Antibodies in Multiple Myeloma for Efficacy, Safety

Drug Topics

A Q&A with Kirollos Hanna, PharmD, director of pharmacy at Minnesota Oncology, on the current and future landscape of bispecific antibodies in myeloma treatment.

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Optical Sensor Shows Promise in Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Pharmacy Times

Optical glucose sensing techniques have been reported, but they require complex optical instrumentations found in laboratories, so feasibility for patient use has been challenging.

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Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread

STAT

Andrew Bowman, a veterinary epidemiologist at Ohio State University, had a hunch. He had been struck by the huge amounts of H5N1 virus he’d seen in milk from cows infected with the bird flu and thought that at least some virus was getting off of farms and going downstream — onto store shelves. He knew the Food and Drug Administration was working on its own national survey of the milk supply.

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FDA Issues CRL for Epidermolysis Bullosa Gene Therapy

Drug Topics

Abeona Therapeutics’ pz-cel is an investigational autologous, COL7A1 gene-corrected epidermal sheet therapy for the treatment of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

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Neuroscience has entered a new era. Now it’s time for a ‘moonshot’ approach.

PharmaVoice

Dr. Jeremy Levin, CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, explains how scientific advances have converged to create a new era of drug development potential.

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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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FDA Approves Ankiva Plus Bacillus Calmette-Guérin For Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Pharmacy Times

The approval was based on the QUILT-3.032 study, which included 77 adults with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors after a transurethral resection.

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USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu

STAT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to try to limit spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cattle on Wednesday, issuing a federal order that will require an animal to test negative for the virus before it can be moved across state lines. It also requires laboratories and state veterinarians to report to the USDA any animals that have tested positive for H5N1 or any other influenza A virus.

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Recreational Marijuana Laws Did Not Increase Substance Use Among Adolescents

Drug Topics

With more states allowing the use of recreational marijuana than ever before, researchers examined its effects among youth populations.

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Biogen: Don’t expect any big acquisitions this year

PharmaVoice

While the company is eager to diversify, CEO Chris Viehbacher said that in the near-term any dealmaking would likely focus on collaborations and early-stage assets.

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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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Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Exclusive: MSF calls for transparency after its bill for a trial of TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharmaceutical companies Doctors have for the first time released details of their spending on a major clinical trial, demonstrating that the true cost of developing a medicine may be far less than the billions of dollars claimed by the pharmaceutical industry.

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Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?

STAT

The unsettling reality of H5N1 bird flu circulating in dairy cow herds in multiple parts of the United States is raising anxiety levels about whether this dangerous virus, which has haunted the sleep of people who worry about influenza pandemics for more than 20 years, could be on a path to acquiring the ability to easily infect people. To be clear, there is no evidence that this is currently the case — the sole confirmed human case reported in Texas three weeks ago was in a farm worker w

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Voices in Pharmacy: April 2024 Expert Interviews

Drug Topics

Check out these featured Drug Topics expert interviews from April 2024.

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FDA Approves Pivmecillinam for Treatment of Female Adults With Urinary Tract Infections

Pharmacy Times

Pivmecillinam (Pivya) tablets were approved for female adults with uncomplicated urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Staphylococcus saprophyticus.

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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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Joint Commission launches new telehealth stamp of approval for virtual healthcare providers

Fierce Healthcare

The Joint Commission announced Tuesday a new set of accreditation standards for telehealth and remote patient monitoring companies. | A third-party healthcare accrediting organization will offer a new program for telehealth and remote monitoring platforms to build patient trust and ensure high-quality virtual healthcare.

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H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe

STAT

WASHINGTON — Testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency confirmed Tuesday. But the testing, done by polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, cannot distinguish between live virus or fragments of viruses that could have been killed by the pasteurization process.

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Bird Flu Samples Found in Dairy Products Across the US

Drug Topics

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread across dairy cattle in the US, researchers and government health officials are ramping up testing to stop the spread.

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Study Finds Relationship Between Uncontrolled Severe Asthma, Exacerbations and Health Care Resource Use

Pharmacy Times

The findings emphasize a need for guideline-based care delivery for patients with severe asthma, particularly for patients who are facing social disparities within health care.

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Amae Health picks up $15M to scale in-person clinics providing care for severe mental illness

Fierce Healthcare

Amae Health launched in January 2022 to improve care for individuals with severe mental illness through a community-based, integrated approach. | Amae Health, which opened its first outpatient clinic in Los Angeles 18 months ago, closed a $15 million series A round to fuel its growth as it plans to open new clinics in four markets.

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Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought

STAT

The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows in the United States has likely been going on for months longer than was previously realized, and has probably spread more widely across the country than the confirmed outbreaks would imply, according to an analysis of genetic sequences that were released Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The genetic data point to a single spillover event that probably occurred in late 2023, Michael Worobey, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Ariz

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In Depth Perspectives: Psychedelic Medicine, Scope Creep, And More

Drug Topics

Check out these top featured stories from Drug Topics in April 2024.

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Pharmacy Focus - Pharmacist-Led Initiatives on C diff Rates

Pharmacy Times

On this month's episode Laura Gillespie, PharmD, discusses her paper “Impact of Pharmacist-Led Initiatives on Health Care–Associated Clostridioides difficile Rates.

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FTC votes 3-2 on final rule to ban noncompete agreements, but legal challenges expected

Fierce Healthcare

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 Tuesday to issue a final rule striking new noncompete agreements for all workers and phasing out existing noncompetes for all but senior executives acro | The final rule, which does not apply to nonprofits, forbids noncompete contracts for all new hires and winds down existing noncompetes for all employees who are not senior executives.

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STAT+: In a scientific first, researchers use CRISPR base editing to treat liver disease in fetal monkeys

STAT

The ambitious idea of using CRISPR to cure genetic diseases before birth is one step closer to reality. Scientists reported on Monday that they used a form of the technology known as “ base editing ” to alter the DNA of laboratory monkeys in the womb, substantially reducing the levels of a toxic protein that causes a fatal liver disease before the animals had even been born.

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The Stages of Shingles

Drug Topics

The clinical manifestations of shingles can be divided into 3 phases.

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Study Finds Many Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease Consume Twice Daily Recommendation of Sodium

Pharmacy Times

Investigators found that 89% of individuals with cardiovascular disease consumed more than 1500 mg of sodium daily.

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As Lilly and BMS invest in manufacturing, demand for drugs still outweighs supply

PharmaVoice

From popular weight loss drugs to lifesaving cancer therapies, recent pharma deals show the industry is doubling down on manufacturing capacity to meet demand.

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USDA releases H5N1 bird flu genetic data eagerly awaited by scientists

STAT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has been under pressure from scientists both at home and abroad to share more data on the H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in dairy cows, uploaded a large number of genetic sequences of the pathogen late Sunday. Access to the 239 genetic sequences will help scientists assess whether the dangerous virus has acquired mutations that might make it easier for it to spread to and among mammals, and whether additional changes have been seen as it moves from cow to cow a

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Scott Soefje, PharmD: Take a Site-Specific Approach to Optimize Care Delivery, Finances

Drug Topics

According to Scott Soefje, PharmD, understanding nuances across sites of care can help health care providers optimize patient care delivery while ensuring financial viability across all settings.