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Breaking the Mold: Unveiling the Dynamic Role of Community Pharmacists in Ambulatory Care

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

There is a common misconception that all community pharmacies are alike, and that most of what community pharmacists do is count pills. This could not be further from the truth and Dr. Mohanad Znbaqa’s story will demonstrate just how versatile a career practicing in a community pharmacy can be! Expanding Horizons: A Pharmacist’s Journey in Ambulatory Care Dr.

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Full Scope of Pharmacy Practice: Reinventing the Future and Overcoming Barriers

Pharmacy Times

The full scope of pharmacy practice offers a transformative approach to health care delivery, promising improved patient outcomes, greater access to care, and efficient utilization of health care resources.

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2024 Pharmacy Forecast: A Focus on Mental Health

Drug Topics

Mental health challenges in the United States were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and pharmacists are poised to help pick up the pieces.

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What are consumers’ attitudes about OTCs?

Drug Store News

Recent data from YouGov Profiles reveals that nearly half of Americans (47%) buy OTC drugs as required rather than stocking up, followed by 39% who keep a stock of medications but buy others when necessary.

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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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Stealing With Our Eyes Open

Drug Topics

How much longer can independent pharmacists survive with the current method of reimbursement?

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Behind the breakthrough cancer therapy that just won a historic FDA nod

PharmaVoice

The first-of-its-kind TIL therapy for solid tumors developed by Iovance Biotherapeutics won FDA approval last week.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack cripples pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

STAT

Hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers are getting stuck in an insurance processing logjam after UnitedHealth Group disclosed a cyberattack within a recently acquired subsidiary that serves as a central hub for payments across the industry. The cyberattack and subsequent system outage within UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare has caught the attention of federal law enforcement agencies.

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Repeat Dosing Study Demonstrates Positive Data for Neffy Epinephrine Nasal Spray

Drug Topics

Manufacturer ARS Pharma will submit the data as part of a response to a CRL received in 2023.

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For Moderna, COVID vaccines were a ‘proof of concept’ — now comes the big test

PharmaVoice

Following Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine success, therapeutics head Dr. Kyle Holen discusses scaling mRNA development to bring candidates to the finish line in oncology and more.

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California Passes First-in-Nation Law to Reduce Medication Errors, Address Pharmacy Staffing Concerns

Pharmacy Times

California's Stop Dangerous Pharmacies Act aims to improve patient safety by establishing new pharmacy staffing regulations and a medication error reporting system, arising from understaffed conditions.

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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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Florida policy set amid measles outbreak alarms vaccination proponents

STAT

A Florida state policy set amid a measles outbreak in Broward County has vaccination proponents aghast, with many saying it leaves unvaccinated children especially vulnerable to the highly contagious disease. In a letter dated Tuesday about an outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, located northwest of Miami and west of Fort Lauderdale, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, said that while it is normal policy to tell unvaccinated children to stay home during an outbrea

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What to Expect at Outcomes 2024 SYNC National Conference

Drug Topics

Drug Topics sat down with Jude Dieterman, CEO of Outcomes, to discuss the value and uniqueness of the company in the pharmacy market, what’s next on the horizon, and the upcoming event.

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Value and potential of IoT and AI for chronic diseases treatment

PharmaVoice

A significant growth is predicted for both AI and IoT in healthcare. By 2030, the AI market is expected to reach $187.95 billion USD, while the IoT market is projected to climb even higher to $312.7 billion USD.

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All Pharmacies Are Not the Same: Community Pharmacy Quality

Pharmacy Times

Patients and other stakeholders need to be able to compare pharmacies based on standardized, transparent metrics with a measurement system to make informed decisions.

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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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Presidential age debate obscures a simple fact: Some cognitive skills improve as we get older

STAT

When a psychology professor in Michigan looked through his data on interpersonal conflict a decade ago, he discovered something unexpected. The study , which examined differences across cultures and age groups, seemed to show Americans got wiser as they got older. Richard Nisbett was used to research showing poorer mental skills among elderly adults, but his work found they were better at recognizing multiple perspectives, encouraging compromise, and acknowledging the limits of their own knowled

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Breakthrough Vaccine for Chronic Hepatitis B Enters First In-Human Trial

Drug Topics

With over 3% of the world’s population affected by chronic hepatitis B, TherVacB has the potential to address a critical unmet need for a cure.

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4 biotechs to watch in 2024

PharmaVoice

A splashy IPO, first-in-class treatments and upcoming approval dates are a few reasons we’ve got our eyes on these biotechs this year.

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The Pharmacy Industry Then and Now: How the Field Has Evolved Over Time

Pharmacy Times

The evolution of pharmacy, as a practice and profession, is unique in that its evolution has quickened exponentially in just the past 20 years.

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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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Opinion: The Alabama IVF ruling uses faux scientific language to justify a religious position

STAT

Imagine having 15 miscarriages. Maybe you can shrug off the first one or two and keep trying to have children, to create a family. But soon every positive pregnancy test brings a sense of dread, of sad inevitability. Your body becomes your enemy.

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How Technology Has Changed the Pharmacy Landscape

Drug Topics

During a session at the Outcomes 2024 SYNC National Conference, Pacience Edwards, PharmD, manager of compliance at Outcomes, discussed the impacts that advancements in technology have had on pharmacy.

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Kite’s next-gen CAR-T aims include quicker production and more disease targets

PharmaVoice

While buzz builds around “off the shelf” CAR-T cell therapies, Kite is staying competitive with a shorter manufacturing turnaround and a focus on broadening applications.

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Pharmacists Play Vital Role in Improving Vaccine Equity

Pharmacy Times

Investing in community relationships and health literacy are key steps pharmacists can take to improve equity.

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NIH study of ME/CFS points to immune dysfunction and brain abnormalities at core of long-dismissed disease

STAT

Alison Sbrana was in the belly of an opera when her life changed. Down in the pit, surrounded by fellow orchestra members, she’d been straining to play her flute for half the show. As performers overhead enveloped the audience in arias, Sbrana felt like the Hulk was pulling on the tendons in the right side of her neck. “I begged anybody for meds at intermission,” she said.

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Heart Attack Linked With Higher Risk of Other Long-Term Health Conditions

Drug Topics

After myocardial infarction, all-cause mortality was the most frequent event, followed by heart failure, renal failure, and atrial fibrillation.

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Abridge clinches $150M to build out generative AI for medical documentation

Fierce Healthcare

Investors continue to pour money into generative AI startups and Abridge is riding this wave as it rapidly scales its technology across U.S. health systems. | Along with the funding round, Abridge also announced an enterprise agreement with Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System to give thousands of clinicians access to its AI-powered clinical documentation technology.

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Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 Expands Access

Pharmacy Times

Four years after congress passed it, the Hannon Act is helping veterans get better care

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Meet the fetal surgeon forging CRISPR’s next frontier: curing diseases in the womb

STAT

SAN FRANCISCO — Outside, the August sun wasn’t yet visible through the thick folds of fog blanketing the San Francisco skyline. Its warmth did not reach the operating room tucked into the sprawling Parnassus Heights hospital complex. In there, the light was all cold and blue fluorescence washing over the sea of scrub caps huddled around an anesthetized young woman on a gurney.

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Elranatamab-bcmm Approved for Adult Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Drug Topics

The novel drug elranatamab-bcmm (Elrexfio) received accelerated FDA approval on August 14, 2023, for treating adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Optum's Change Healthcare responding to 'cybersecurity issue'

Fierce Healthcare

Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant. | Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant.

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Study: Gastric Bypass Surgery Put Approximately 75% of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission

Pharmacy Times

Nearly 60% of patients who regained all the weight stayed in remission at 5 years post-surgery, according to study results.

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Opinion: New CMS rules will throttle access researchers need to Medicare, Medicaid data

STAT

Groundbreaking research more than a decade ago showed that almost one-fifth of people enrolled in Medicare were being readmitted within 30 days after being discharged from the hospital, harming patients and increasing costs. That study led to a sea change in health care. The government started closely monitoring readmission rates and imposing fines on hospitals with high rates.

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Lecanemab-irmb Approved for Alzheimer Disease

Drug Topics

On January 6, 2023, the FDA granted lecanemab-irmb (Leqembi) accelerated approval for treating mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia in patients with Alzheimer disease.

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The opportunities and challenges facing rare disease therapies developers

pharmaphorum

Explore the opportunities and challenges facing rare disease therapies developers, including the impact of Rare Disease Day, FDA regulations, and cutting-edge technologies like CRISPR gene therapy.

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