Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 22, 2024

Regardless of a pharmacist’s practice site or type, they play an integral role in ensuring the treatment success of patients with HIV.

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Pharmacy 50 program, launched in 2021 by The Pharmacy Podcast Network, is recognizing individuals that have had a significant impact on the accomplishments of others in pharmacy.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 24, 2024

On this episode, Dae Lee, Pharm.D., Esq., CPBS , and Harini Bupathi, Esq, attorneys at Frier Levitt, engage in a thought-provoking conversation on the evolving landscape of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) audit strategies, regulations, and enforcement.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 25, 2024

An ‘ambitious and exciting’ vision for consultant pharmacists to be leaders within the profession has been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). The vision sets out a multifaceted approach under five strategic pillars to help to ensure consultant pharmacists are an integral part of the pharmacy and wider healthcare team in all sectors of the UK by 2030.

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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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Drug Topics

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act seeks to ensure that seniors in rural and underserved communities have access to care and services from pharmacists for common infectious diseases.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 24, 2024

Executives on the healthcare giant’s full-year earnings call highlighted a strong cash position and incremental dealmaking as a way to get past incoming competition.

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STAT

JANUARY 25, 2024

A historic new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. Many previous studies have shown that HPV vaccines are extremely effective in preventing cervical cancer.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 25, 2024

A study found that patients with type 2 diabetes who showed evidence of any remission had a 33% lower rate of chronic kidney disease, and a 40% lower rate of the composite cardiovascular disease measure.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 23, 2024

What started as an examination of the Human Foods Program has expanded into an agency-wide overhaul.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

Pharmacists can also ensure proper education and selection of therapy before and after discharge.

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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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JANUARY 25, 2024

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday jabbed the CEO of Merck for telling congressional staff that he didn’t have the expertise to testify at a Senate hearing on prescription drug prices because he’s a tax attorney. Sanders, who has threatened to subpoena the CEOs of Merck and Johnson & Johnson over their refusal to testify at a hearing on why drug prices are higher in the United States than other countries, told reporters the reasons the companies gave ranged fro

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 24, 2024

Patients who received oral simnotrelvir recovered up to 1.5 days faster from COVID-19 compared to patients who received a placebo in the new study.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 24, 2024

The most studied diseases last year included three types of cancer as research into COVID-19 fell sharply in the post-pandemic era.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

By offering personalized guidance, promoting awareness, and fostering open communication, pharmacists can empower their patients to navigate the new year with a focus on both wellness and safety.

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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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STAT

JANUARY 24, 2024

You’ve heard of long Covid, a condition in which the acute infection subsides but troubling symptoms persist. Less well known is chronic Covid: The virus just doesn’t leave, sometimes staying in patients’ bodies long enough to mutate into new variants. This happens to people whose immune systems are compromised, whether through disease or treatment, leaving them vulnerable to infections that last weeks, months, or, in one known case, a year.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 24, 2024

As per US law Section 505(o)(4), the manufacturers are required to make the requested changes, respond with a modified version of the requested changes for review, or respond with a rebuttal within 30 days of the FDA's ask.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 22, 2024

Demand for infectious disease treatments is projected to grow and challenge trials, when done right, could speed drug development.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 24, 2024

According to the FDA review, patients with CKD receiving denosumab for osteoporosis who are on dialysis or have CKD-MBD are at the highest risk of severe hypocalcemia.

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STAT

JANUARY 22, 2024

America is over the Covid vaccine. Frantic lineups for scarce doses when Covid vaccines first became available have long since given way to widespread indifference. Each new round of boosters has drawn fewer bared arms than the round before it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, as of Jan. 6, a mere 21.5% of Americans aged 18 and older and 11% of children have been vaccinated with the latest Covid vaccine.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 23, 2024

The lawsuit claims several pharmacy benefit managers, including Express Scripts and OptumRx, collaborated with manufacturers in “deceptive” and “dangerous” marketing.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key trends on the horizon in the life sciences this year.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 25, 2024

Treating older patients requires a greater focus on treating their AD without exacerbating their comorbidities.

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STAT

JANUARY 21, 2024

LONDON — Starting Monday, a new, highly effective malaria vaccine will be rolled out for the first time, as an immunization campaign for children kicks off in Cameroon — a day that global health officials say marked a historic step in the decades-long quest to protect people from one of the world’s deadliest infections. The vaccine drive in Cameroon — the first launch of the vaccine outside of clinical trials and pilot programs — comes as some 20 African countr

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 25, 2024

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic, progressive disease thought to be responsible for damaging the esophagus, and it can severely impact a child’s ability to eat.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 25, 2024

Humana primed the pump last week for a disappointing fourth quarter call, and its stock again dropped Thursday morning as the company posted a $541 million loss. | Humana primed the pump last week for a disappointing fourth quarter call, and its stock again dropped Thursday morning as the company posted a $541 million loss.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 22, 2024

The IQVIA Global Use of Medicines report for 2024 predicts that loss of brand exclusivity will negatively impact global market growth.

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STAT

JANUARY 24, 2024

If you want an argument in favor of teaching the humanities, I suggest you ask a medical educator. Across the U.S., the age-old debate about the value of a liberal arts education has seemingly devolved into mortal combat, leaving the humanities in dire straits on college campuses. For example, the Atlantic recently reported on West Virginia University’s decision to gut its humanities programming, and the New York Times wondered whether the liberal arts will exist after the budget cuts hap

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 22, 2024

Of the 2596 patients included in the study, the hospitalization rates were 31.5% for Omicron, 27.7% for influenza, and 81.7% for RSV.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) has published voluntary cybersecurity performance goals tailored for healthcare organizations, the first move in the administration’s

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

These patients may have a similar genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes.

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STAT

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the spring of 2020, my almost 4-year-old daughter Livie sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when a tree branch fell on her head in our backyard, devastating our whole family. Returning home after five months in the hospital, the real journey began : How do we best care for and support our daughter, who cannot do any daily activities on her own, cannot walk or talk, and has become cognitively impaired?

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Compared to only 10% of primary and subspecialty visits, 34.5% of mental health visits took place via video in August 2023.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 26, 2024

As artificial intelligence advances in different areas of healthcare, there are concerns that technology and AI-based chatbots will replace the human connections between patients and practitioners. | A new study finds promising potential for AI and large language models to enhance mental health therapy at scale by being able to analyze millions of text-based counseling messages to shine a light on what works.

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