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There Are Increasing Opportunities for Community Pharmacies to Help Patients With Anemia in Condition Management

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacies have the potential to introduce testing services, promote public health campaigns, collaborate with anemia-led clinics, and get more prescribing rights to diagnose anemia.

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Continuous Glucose Monitors May Help Alleviate Care Burden for Parents of Young Children with T1D

Drug Topics

A new study found that glucose monitoring devices can help significantly improve the sleep of both parents and children.

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How to succeed in biotech: A serial entrepreneur’s tips for surviving tough times

PharmaVoice

John Mulligan, founder of biotechs like Good Therapeutics and Bonum Therapeutics, discusses how biotechs can thrive when the market is against them.

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Learning Clinical Microbiology Using Podcasting: The Let’s Talk Micro Podcast

IDStewardship

In this article the host of the Let’s Talk Micro Podcast (Luis Plaza Rios) is interviewed about his experience and learning clinical microbiology using podcasting via the Let’s Talk Micro podcast. Interviewee: Luis Plaza Interviewer: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP Article Posted 1 December 2023 Podcasting has emerged as an incredible way to reach a global audience and discuss scientific information.

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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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Independent Rx Forum: NCPA Priorities, Legislative Updates for Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

Tune in to this episode of the Independent Rx Forum for a comprehensive overview of the National Community Pharmacists Association's legislative priorities, updates on critical pharmacy-related bills, and insights into the legislative process.

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Pharmacists in California Stop Flavoring Medication for Children Due to New Rules

Drug Topics

Federal guidance from the United States Pharmacopeia characterizes the practice as drug compounding, which pharmacists fear may drive up prices.

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Five Things To Know About Beta-Lactam Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)

IDStewardship

In this article 3 clinical pharmacists provide insights, pulling from their advanced experience with beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Photo pending Authored By : Kathryn DeSear, PharmD; Barbara Santevecchi, PharmD; Veena Venugopalan, PharmD; Lisa Vuong PharmD Article Posted 28 November 2023 Beta-lactam antibiotics are time-dependent antibiotics, which means that by increasing the time the free drug concentration remains above the minimum inhibitory concentration (% f T>MIC) of

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Peanut Protein Therapy Provides Safe and Effective Treatment for Peanut-Allergic Children

Pharmacy Times

Peanut sublingual immunotherapy offers a practical treatment option for peanut-allergic toddlers, reducing symptoms in 80% of children.

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COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Could be More Accurately Predicted With Wastewater Data

Drug Topics

A new study found that models that included wastewater data were 15% more accurate when compared to models that only included clinical case data.

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Pharma benefited from basing business overseas. An international tax effort could spur a rethink.

PharmaVoice

U.S. tax law changes six years ago slashed large pharma companies' rates and saved them billions. Now, a push for an international floor could disrupt their R&D accounting.

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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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STAT+: Critics say HCA’s cost-cutting is endangering Appalachian patients — a warning for the whole U.S. health care system

STAT

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — There was the beeping of monitors, the stiff sheets, the sterile smell of the hospital room. Mostly, there was pain. Sharp, relentless pain. Mike Messino was recovering from a successful surgery, but the nerve blocks had worn off. He spent two full hours waiting for a nurse to inject pain medication. When he’d worked in this hospital, he’d made sure patients didn’t wait longer than 15 minutes for that kind of care.

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Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury May Be Informed By Glucose Variation

Pharmacy Times

Patients hospitalized for traumatic brain injury have different brain injury biomarkers and rates of glucose variation.

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Walking at Faster Speeds Could Significantly Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Drug Topics

A new systematic review and meta-analysis found that the risk of type 2 diabetes decreased significantly at walking speeds of 4 km/h or above.

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Biopharma’s top 5 IPOs of 2023 (so far)

PharmaVoice

Despite one major outlier, 2023’s IPOs haven’t hit the heights of the past three years.

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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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STAT+: Mayo Clinic to spend $5 billion on tech-heavy redesign of its Minnesota campus

STAT

Mayo Clinic will spend $5 billion to reinvent its flagship medical campus in Rochester, Minn., infusing digital technologies into several new buildings designed to present a 21st-century vision of clinical care, the organization said Tuesday. The project, to include five new buildings with 2.4 million square feet of space, will merge Mayo’s traditional medical services with its increasing investments in artificial intelligence and digital tools.

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Addressing Burnout: Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever

Pharmacy Times

Many workers don’t advertise their level of loneliness, nor do they know the impact of loneliness on their well-being.

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Early CT Screening Linked to Improved Lung Cancer Survival

Drug Topics

Although early computed tomography (CT) screening was associated with improved cure rate for patients with lung cancer, less than 6% of the population that is eligible receives it.

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FDA investigates 'serious risk' of secondary cancer following CAR-T treatment

Fierce Pharma

In a blow to CAR-T therapies, the FDA is investigating a “serious risk” of patients developing new cancers after treatment with these highly efficacious oncology drugs. | In a blow to CAR-T therapies, the FDA is investigating a “serious risk” of patients developing new cancers after treatment with these highly efficacious oncology drugs.

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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+: FDA investigating whether CAR-T, a treatment for cancer, can also cause lymphoma

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating whether CAR-T therapy, which uses genetically modified white blood cells to attack tumors, can in rare cases cause lymphoma, a blood cancer. “Although the overall benefits of these products continue to outweigh their potential risks for their approved uses, FDA is investigating the identified risk of T cell malignancy with serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death, and is evaluating the need for regulatory

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FDA Issues Warning Of Antiseizure Medications Causing Rare, Serious Reactions

Pharmacy Times

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms can start as a rash and quickly progress, affecting the internal organs and requiring hospitalization, even resulting in death.

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FDA: Roflumilast Cream sNDA Accepted for Atopic Dermatitis

Drug Topics

The treatment from Arcutis Biotherapeutics has a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date of July 7, 2024.

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Pfizer site in Connecticut in line for layoffs amid $3.5B cost-cutting campaign

Fierce Pharma

With layoffs hitting employees on both sides of the Atlantic, Pfizer’s $3.5 billion cost-cutting spree has kicked it into high gear this month. | The company's Groton, Connecticut, research site is the latest to fall victim to job cuts as part of Pfizer's massive $3.5 billion cost-cutting mission, following layoffs across the U.S. and the U.K.

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STAT+: Colon cancer prevention paradox: Higher-risk patients pay more for colonoscopy

STAT

Ashley Conway-Anderson was prepared for a lot of things when it came to her first colonoscopy. She sought out tips to make the daylong prep more bearable. She braced herself mentally for what the doctors would find; her mother, after all, was just a couple years out of recovery from colorectal cancer. When she awoke from the procedure, she said, things seemed relatively fine.

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Barriers to PrEP Access Continue to Grow Among Those Most at Risk of HIV

Pharmacy Times

Although social determinants of health (SDOH) have been a major barrier to access of preexposure prophylaxis for those who are at risk of HIV, commercial determinants of health pose a similar barrier.

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2022-2023 Influenza Season Classified as High Severity by CDC

Drug Topics

This season marks the fourth to be classified as high severity since the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic.

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‘They thought I had cancer’: painkiller banned in UK linked to Britons’ deaths in Spain

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Patients’ group says reactions to metamizole can cause sepsis and organ failure – and British and Irish people are at higher risk A patients group representing several British victims has launched legal action against the Spanish government over claims it failed to safeguard people against the potentially fatal side effects of one of the country’s most popular painkillers, involved in a series of serious illnesses and deaths.

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Opinion: The next Census could undercount the number of disabled Americans by 20 million

STAT

About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be counted as disabled by the new questions the Census is proposing to use starting in 2025 with the annual American Community Survey (ACS). As disabled people, and as scholars who study disability measurement and use disability data for our research, we have grave concerns about this proposed change.

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Progressions in HIV Research Compromised by COVID-19 Pandemic

Pharmacy Times

Study results indicate that outcomes were worse among those who inject illicit drugs and Black patients living with HIV.

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The Importance of Pharmacists in Care Teams for Pregnant People with Diabetes

Drug Topics

A Q&A with Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, FCCP, director of education and training in diabetes technology at the Cleveland Clinic.

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Analysts say a Cigna-Humana merger is likely to face major antitrust opposition. But here's how the payers could eke out a win

Fierce Healthcare

Analysts say a Cigna-Humana merger is likely to face major antitrust opposition.

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With latest tranche, U.K. Biobank has genome sequences from 500,000 people available for research

STAT

LONDON — Data from half a million people’s whole genome sequences are now available to researchers worldwide, as the U.K. Biobank on Thursday debuted the latest addition to what it aims to be the world’s most comprehensive health data resource. The Biobank has been building its collection over 20 years, with 500,000 volunteers recruited to provide survey responses about their health, medical records, tests of molecular markers, and imaging scans.

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Survey Results Find High Rate of Inadequate Health Care Coverage Among US Children

Pharmacy Times

There is a great need to protect families and children that are commercially insured following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pharmaceutical Compounding, Storage of Faricimab Preserves Stability, Binding Properties

Drug Topics

Maintaining the structure and function of antibody biologics like faricimab is critical for their administration via intravitreal injection (IVI), a common treatment approach for retinal diseases.