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Supporting the Next Era of Independent Pharmacies in the US & Abroad

Drug Topics

The future of independent pharmacy requires the combination of what makes independent pharmacy special and the digital landscape found elsewhere in retail.

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New Report: Nearly 800 medicines in development to treat chronic condition

PhRMA

Chronic conditions impose a substantial health and economic burden that affects millions of patients, families and communities across the United States each day. While these conditions come with different origins, symptoms and treatments, they each can have a negative impact on a person’s physical and emotional well-being, quality of life and productivity.

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Why precision medicine could be the next frontier in treating autism

PharmaVoice

Swiss-based Stalicla is banking on an AI-driven precision medicine discovery platform to deliver needed therapies in the autism space.

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Genomic Testing Framework for Chronic Kidney Disease Continues to Grow

Pharmacy Times

Investigators combine research discovery with technological development to determine whether the role of genomics in nephrology should remain with subspecialists or be integrated into general nephrology.

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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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Evaluating Severe COVID-19 Incidence After Initial, Booster Vaccination

Drug Topics

Data from periods of Delta and Omicron variant predominance were evaluated in a retrospective cohort study.

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Fungi find their way into cancer tumors, but what they’re doing there is a mystery

STAT

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that’s not so. When Ravid Straussman, a cancer biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, looked deeper, he and several other research groups around the world found bacteria in the milieu of tumors.

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Expert: Alcohol Dependence Is an Epidemic, Yet Treatments Exist

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists play an important role in the recovery journey for patients who decide medication assisted treatment is right for them.

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Improved Glycemic Control, Time in Target Range Found with iLet Bionic Pancreas

Drug Topics

The iLet Bionic Pancreas was associated with improved glycemic control and time in target glucose range compared to standard care in a cohort of people with type 1 diabetes aged 6-79 years of age.

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Opinion: Doctors who knowingly spread Covid-19 lies should be held accountable

STAT

The California State Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that strengthens discipline for doctors who knowingly spread Covid-19 misinformation. Legislation like this is sorely needed across the country. More than two years into the pandemic, Covid-19 misinformation still runs rampant. Some comes from doctors spreading lies about unproven — and actually harmful — “treatments” for Covid-19 and promoting anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

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Mass producing biodegradable stem cell therapy microrobots

European Pharmaceutical Review

Professor Hongsoo Choi’s team at The Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Korea, developed revolutionary technology that produces over 100 microrobots per minute. The collaboration with Professor Sung-Won Kim’s team at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea and Professor Bradley J.

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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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New Bivalent Omicron-Containing Booster Vaccine May Elicit Higher Antibody Response Against COVID-19

Pharmacy Times

Patients could have a better immune response against the omicron variant of COVID-19 with a second booster of the bivalent mRNA-1273.214 vaccine at a 50 ?g dose.

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Lecanemab Hopes to Succeed Where Aduhelm Failed

Drug Topics

The announcement of positive phase 3 results for the investigational Alzheimer’s disease drug comes against a backdrop of Aduhelm flaming out. Both drugs are predicated on the theory that Alzheimer’s is caused by beta-amyloid deposits.

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On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

STAT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre is on a scouting mission. The Alzheimer’s disease researcher is driving through Southmost, a Mexican American neighborhood just north of looming sections of the border wall and a checkpoint that leads to Mexico. She passes barking dogs and “no trespassing” signs, but doesn’t see a single person outside, despite the comfortable stuffed recliners, refrigerators, and shade canopies that furnish many yards.

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FDA drops PreCert report, new digital health guidances

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The US FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) dropped a bevy of new digital health guidances and reports today and yesterday, providing some long-awaited clarity and peeks into the agency’s future plans. . The Pre-Cert pilot report. The push started yesterday with the 31-page key findings report from the FDA Pre-Certification Program pilot.

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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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FDA Approves Dupilumab for Adult Patients With Prurigo Nodularis

Pharmacy Times

Dupilumab is the first and only medicine approved specifically for the treatment of prurigo nodularis in the United States.

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September Month in Review: Top Stories on Drug Topics®

Drug Topics

Take a look back at our most popular news from September 2022.

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Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses

STAT

HARLINGEN, Texas — Here in the Rio Grande Valley almost everyone knows, or cares for, someone with dementia. It’s not a surprise. The region has some of the nation’s highest rates of the disease. But what’s less appreciated is the enormity of the burden carried by the mostly Mexican American caregivers. In a culture where caregiving is a family affair, it’s almost unthinkable for children and spouses to place loved ones in nursing facilities or ask for outside

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Woman of the Week: Pepper Bio’s Samantha Dale Strasser

PharmaVoice

The co-founder of Pepper Bio entered the biotech world three years ago with the goal of transforming drug discovery through the emerging discipline of transomics.

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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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Monkeypox in Populations Presenting with Neurologic Syndromes Require Diagnosis

Pharmacy Times

Included in the literature review were the known neurologic complications of smallpox, including encephalitis, transverse myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

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Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab and Lucentis for Wet AMD Compared

Drug Topics

The authors noted that the proportion of patients losing fewer than 15 letters from the baseline BCVA score in the study eye was comparable between the two groups.

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Ebola experimental vaccine trial may begin soon in Uganda

STAT

A clinical trial of one or perhaps two experimental vaccines designed to protect against the Ebola Sudan virus could soon begin in Uganda, as long as the country agrees to allow the research to take place, an official of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The trial could get underway within a couple of weeks and definitely before the end of October, said Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, who heads WHO’s R&D Blueprint effort to develop drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines to respon

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Compass has the most advanced psychedelic drug in trials — but it needs a new approach to rollout to make it a success

PharmaVoice

The company's CEO, Kabir Nath, discusses potential roadblocks to commecialization that await its psilocybin treatment for depression.

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Study: Multivitamin Mineral Supplements Have Potential to Improve Cognition

Pharmacy Times

In a study of 2262 individuals, investigators also found that cocoa extract had no effect on cognition.

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Increased Menstrual Cycle Length Tied to COVID-19 Vaccine

Drug Topics

In a recent study, participants who had received a COVID-19 vaccine saw an average increase in menstrual cycle length of less than 1 day.

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STAT+: Biotech turns to new and strange viruses to overcome gene therapy’s limitations

STAT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The fluorescent orange sticker atop the white machine reads “BIOHAZARD,” but it’s a bit of a misnomer. Although Earth abounds with pathogens that can maim, kill, paralyze, and poison, the specimens inside this machine — being pipetted left and right behind glass for sequencing — are probably the most innocuous human viruses you will ever encounter.

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That’s not Angry Birds — that’s your doctor learning about novel drugs through gaming

PharmaVoice

How pharma companies can teach physicians about mechanism of action and other medication lessons with interactive mobile games.

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FDA Fast Tracks Treatment for for Select Stage IIB to IV Malignant Melanoma

Pharmacy Times

KIN-2787 is a potential treatment for BRAF class II or III alteration-positive and/or NRAS mutation-positive, metastatic or unresectable, stage IIB to IV malignant melanoma.

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The Effects of Psychedelics in Healthy Participants

Drug Topics

In a well-blinded study, researchers investigated and directly compared the acute effects of LSD and psilocybin in healthy participants.

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‘Disaster to disaster’: Underinvestment in public health systems obstructs response to Covid, monkeypox, Walensky says

STAT

For the record, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would take the job again.   “I’m a clinician, a physician at heart,” she said Friday. “And when somebody calls you for help, you run.

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

After several setbacks, bluebird bio bounces back with two major FDA gene therapy approvals. Last month, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), or beti-cel, was approved as a one-time potentially curative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. Shortly after this, the FDA announced the accelerated approval of bluebird's Skysona (elivaldogene autotemcel), or eli-cel, on 19 September.

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Pharmacists Are Empowered Yet Again

Pharmacy Times

FDA revises emergency use authorization to grant prescribing authority for Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

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Extend Care and Expand Revenue at the Total Pharmacy Solutions Summit

Drug Topics

Tune in on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

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Early analysis suggests monkeypox vaccine is reducing risk of infection in U.S.

STAT

A very preliminary analysis of data from 32 states appears to suggest that the monkeypox vaccine being used in the United States is reducing the risk of infection among vaccinated people, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday. Walensky said the analysis showed that people who were eligible to be vaccinated against monkeypox because of their personal level of risk but who had not received the vaccine were 14 times more likely to contract

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