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Wholesalers Aim to Support Pharmacy Partners Amid Shifting Pharmacy Landscape

Pharmacy Times

Claire Biermaas, President of Corporate Partnerships at Cencora, discussed how her team is working with their partners to address new challenges amid the shifting landscape of pharmacy.

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Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Significantly Protected Children, Adolescents During Pandemic

Drug Topics

The estimated efficacy of the vaccine against documented infection for children and adolescents during the Omicron wave was 74.3% and 85.5%, respectively.

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PharmaVoice’s Crystal Ball: What’s next in drug innovation and clinical trials

PharmaVoice

As advanced therapies and patient perspectives strengthen their foothold in R&D, pharma is poised to deliver impactful treatments in record time.

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As she drives research on structural racism in health care, Rachel Hardeman faces a painful reckoning

STAT

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been almost four years since George Floyd was murdered here at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, a South Minneapolis corner anchored by a convenience store, its red awning still achingly familiar from once-saturating news coverage. Now, the legions of teddy bears placed in Floyd’s honor are dusty, the paint on street murals has chipped away, and community-built planters are overgrown.

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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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FDA Approves BrainSee, First-in-Class Test to Predict Progression of Alzheimer Disease

Pharmacy Times

BrainSee creates a new standard for progression prediction in Alzheimer disease, marking a step forward in brain health management with non-invasive screening.

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Advocacy Key For Supporting Transgender Rights in Health Care Settings

Drug Topics

Advocates can amplify the voices of transgender patients as they overcome barriers to health care, said Molly Crowther in a conversation at the 2023 Healthcare Advocate Summit.

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Opinion: Pumping milk at JPM was a nightmare. It’s part of a bigger problem in the industry

STAT

Since having a baby 10 months ago, I’ve learned many things. Chief among them: Pumping sucks. But skipping a session ends up being even more painful. Naturally, I expected navigating the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco would be more complicated this year. Somehow, between back-to-back meetings and presentations, I’d have to bust out that abominable contraption and do my thing.

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Pharmacist Prescribing Helps Pave the Way to PrEP Access in Several States

Pharmacy Times

Variations and conditions included in existing state bills, however, limit the effectiveness of this approach.

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Reduced Drug Use Could Help Patients With Stimulant Use Disorders Achieve Recovery

Drug Topics

A recent study found that reduced drug use was associated with a decrease in cravings, drug seeking behaviors, and depression severity.

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Pharma execs sound off on trends and policies they’re tracking in 2024

PharmaVoice

From regulatory concerns to leadership skills, pharma leaders at JPM shared how they’re approaching the coming year.

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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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Patients’ social needs often get lost in health records. Generative AI could help

STAT

Generative AI’s earliest applications in medicine have largely focused on curing not patients, but the plague of productivity physicians lose to digital documentation. Now, research suggests a way that large language models like ChatGPT could benefit both patients and providers: by automatically extracting a patient’s social needs from reams of text in their clinical records.

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Difficulty Administering OTC Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen in Children Leads to Dosing Errors

Pharmacy Times

Community pharmacists have a unique opportunity to counsel caregivers on liquid OTC children’s products.

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Loneliness Associated With Greater Burden of Care Among Caregivers of Children With Type 1 Diabetes

Drug Topics

These findings can help health care professionals develop a family-centered treatment plan for pediatric type 1 diabetes, considered a “family disease” by study authors.

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Regulatory twists and turns are coming for biopharma in 2024

PharmaVoice

New FDA requirements and the IRA will create complexity in the coming year. Here’s how the industry can navigate the changes.

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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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Opinion: Addressing the Black youth suicide crisis requires a new approach to licensing clinical social workers

STAT

In the spring of 2020, Jamal Clay , a gifted young man who grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, died by suicide. He was 19 years old. Jamal’s loved ones describe him as creative and talented, a leader in different youth-focused organizations in his community who supported and cared for those he loved. He was just as brilliant as he was kind.

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Pharmacy Focus: A Glimpse into Independent Prescribing

Pharmacy Times

Tune in to this episode of Pharmacy Focus for a deep dive into the world of independent pharmacists prescribing, featuring insights and expertise from Deeb Eid.

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How Pharmacists Can Successfully Navigate the FDA’s New DSCSA Stabilization Policy

Drug Topics

In August, the FDA issued a 1-year stabilization policy on the final enhanced drug distribution security requirements under the DSCSA. What exactly does that mean for pharmacists?

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Believe the hype? Mixed signals from AI’s impact on drug development

PharmaVoice

Although AI’s failure rates in drug development still leave room for improvement, today’s missteps feed tomorrow’s successes.

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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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STAT+: Contributors to psychiatry’s bible, the DSM-5, got $14 million from industry

STAT

Amid ongoing concerns over conflicts of interest, a new study found that 60% of the physicians who served as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association’s official manual of psychiatric disorders received payments from industry totaling more than $14 million. And the authors argue the findings raise questions about the editorial independence of the reference book.

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Researchers Find RSV Could Cause Inflammation by Infecting Nerve Cells

Pharmacy Times

RSV could interact with nerve cells, causing nerve damage and possible entry to the spinal cord.

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Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Impact on Risk of Pregestational, Gestational Diabetes

Drug Topics

A study found that patients living in a food desert and in a less walkable neighborhood had an increased risk of gestational diabetes.

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PharmaVoice’s Crystal Ball: Perspectives on the financial future

PharmaVoice

Industry leaders predict what it will take for pharma to defeat its financial foes in 2024.

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Opinion: Americans are obsessed with health and fitness tracking. It’s time for a data diet

STAT

Turn on your TV or open a web browser this January, and you’ll be bombarded with ads for fitness trackers, smart scales, health apps, and other digital innovations promising to streamline your journey to a happier and healthier you. It’s the time of year when we’re most susceptible to such messaging: Surveys show that at least one-third of our New Year’s resolutions focus on exercising, losing weight, or eating better.

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Here’s to Our Local Heroes: America’s Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times

We owe it to our seniors to listen to their needs and ensure pharmacists have the support they need to continue to play a vital role in our communities as frontline providers of essential health care.

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Embecta Submits 501(k) Filing to FDA For Proprietary Disposable Insulin Delivery System

Drug Topics

The proprietary disposable insulin delivery system promises to be a more convenient, individualized, and accessible treatment option for patients with diabetes.

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UnitedHealth Group kicks off payer earnings, reports $5.5B in Q4 profit

Fierce Healthcare

Industry giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off fourth-quarter earnings for major payers on Friday morning, where it reported $5.5 billion in profit. | Industry giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off fourth-quarter earnings for major payers on Friday morning, where it reported $5.5 billion in profit.

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STAT+: Doudna institute hatches plan to ‘cure hundreds of diseases’ left behind by CRISPR revolution

STAT

Researchers attending gene therapy meetings over the past couple years were liable to bump into a svelte, graying scientist explaining in emphatic, Russian-inflected English that the U.S. was wasting the grand potential of CRISPR gene editing. Fyodor Urnov, the scientist in question, estimates he gave the talk 30 to 40 times: to fellow researchers, pharma executives, Food and Drug Administration officials, congressional staff, journalists, patient advocates.

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Purchasing Discounted Medications Online Can Pose Dangers for Patients

Pharmacy Times

With the increase in counterfeit GLP-1 and GLP/GIP medications available online, education may be needed for patients around the dangers of unregulated medications.

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Wastewater Surveillance Key Tool in Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission Risk at Schools

Drug Topics

A new study found that SARS-CoV-2 RNA was correlated with incident COVID-19 cases at the school level.

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JPM24: Amazon rolls out service to connect customers with digital health benefits, taps Omada Health as launch partner

Fierce Healthcare

SAN FRANCISCO—Amazon plans to collaborate with digital health companies to connect customers with virtual care benefits for managing conditions like diabetes and hypertension. | Amazon plans to collaborate with digital health companies to connect customers with virtual care benefits for managing conditions like diabetes and hypertension. The online retail giant tapped virtual-first chronic care provider Omada Health as its first partner.

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The Afghan father aided U.S. soldiers. Now Texas Medicaid won’t pay for his son’s gene therapy

STAT

On a sweltering day in August 2021, as the engines of a hulking C-17 cargo plane drowned out pops of gunfire and Taliban rocket explosions around them, the young Afghan couple looked down at their 4-month-old son, Mohammad, and felt a shuddering wave of relief. But as the plane lifted above the dusty peaks that hug Kabul like a fortress of sandstone and schist, that feeling grew heavy with grief — for the parents and siblings they were leaving behind, and for Afghanistan, the only home th

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Behind the Counter: Unveiling the Multifaceted Role of Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists in community and retail practices are stepping out from behind the counter and becoming more involved in patient care.

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Understanding Prior Authorization to Ensure Timely Medication Access

Drug Topics

According to Tyler Miliken, education about prior authorization, along with other insurance processes and policies, is critical for advancing patients down their path to care.