Roots Analysis

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As per United Nation’s report, the current global population stands at around 8 billion and expected to reach 9 billion by the end of 2030. This increase in population is accompanied with a rise in the incidence of several chronic disease indications. In fact, as per a report published by National Association of Chronic Disease Director , by 2030 this increase of the chronic condition would cost the US economy about USD 2 trillion.

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PhRMA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

State legislative sessions across the country are in full swing, and many state officials have made lowering the cost of medicine for patients a top priority. If policymakers are serious about addressing high out-of-pocket costs for patients, they should start by taking steps to finally hold pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Pharmacists generally agree that domestic production of the commonly used antibiotic could prevent more shortages from happening in the future

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Fierce Pharma

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Moderna pays US government $400M 'catch-up payment' under new COVID-19 vaccine license esagonowsky Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:18

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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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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Major coalition of health groups aims to combat health misinformation rking Fri, 02/24/2023 - 11:17

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PhRMA

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There have been some alarming stories uncovered by the media on ways nonprofit hospitals — many of which participate in the 340B drug pricing program — are taking advantage of the system and their tax-exempt status to boost their bottom lines, at the expense of patients.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A bedrock of the U.S. mental health system — a nine-item questionnaire used to spot depression — began not with a doctor, but with a marketing man. Howard Kroplick, now 73 years old and living on Long Island, is obsessed with antique racing cars and, in his storied career in the pharmaceutical industry, crucially urged Pfizer to avoid the word “impotence” when promoting Viagra.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The UK medicinal cannabis sector has witnessed important regulatory advances in recent years. After the substance became legal in the UK in 2018, pharmaceutical companies have faced numerous obstacles to attain a fairer position in the industry. Crucially, January 2023 marked a key moment: the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted Celadon Pharmaceuticals the first good manufacturing practice (GMP) registration since legalisation in 2018 for high Δ9-tetrahydrocannabin

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PhRMA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

PhRMA responded to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) request for comments regarding USPTO initiatives to ensure the robustness and reliability of patent rights.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The vaccine would be administered to pregnant people to protect newborns from RSV.

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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.

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Google, Microsoft execs share how racial bias can hinder expansion of health AI rking Thu, 02/23/2023 - 12:36

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

University Hospital Erlangen in Germany is the first in the world to use chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells to successfully treat a patient suffering from a severe case of muscle inflammation (myositis). The researchers noted that risk of developing a very severe form of the autoimmune inflammatory disease is high. The patient who received the CAR T treatment was diagnosed with anti-synthetase syndrome.

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PhRMA

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

People around the country say they are paying too much for their prescription medicines. State policymakers could help address this problem now. Doing so starts with stopping pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from taking advantage of the health system and patients.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The once-daily, triple-combination gel led to a marked reduction in moderate to severe acne.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Amazon closes $3.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A classic warning in public health goes like this: “A society that spends so much on health care that it cannot or will not spend adequately on other health enhancing activities may actually be reducing the health of its population.” No nation is as guilty of this practice as the United States, with its extremely high health expenditures alongside abysmal population-level health outcomes.

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Drug Store News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The affordable project in Brush Park will feature 53 units, with many as low as 30% AMI or below.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Previous surveys suggested care disparities. Investigators compared these outcomes because of a lack of research in this space.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Optum report: Alzheimer's drugs key for payers to watch in Q1 pminemyer Fri, 02/24/2023 - 16:18

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Advances with microbiological methods are providing more accurate and sensitive datasets at a faster rate, relating to bacterial identity, numbers, responses to environments and so on. Recent years have seen progress with applying a long-established spectrophotometric phenomenon – Raman spectra – to advance our understanding of bacterial populations, including differentiating between living and dead cells and interpreting phenotypic variations to different environmental stressors.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As a health policy wonk and health economist who has worked in pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, I’ve seen vast volumes of data generated, gathered, aggregated, analyzed, shared, and resold by health care companies and organizations. In my studies with the world’s top medical statistics experts at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, I’ve also seen how flawed many datasets are, missing critical data pie

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the CDC recommend different doses when it comes to vaccine protection against the human papillomavirus (HPV).

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Hospital lobby urges FTC to withdraw or add healthcare exceptions to sweeping noncompete ban dmuoio Wed, 02/22/2023 - 15:55

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Fierce Pharma

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Merck's COVID pill Lagevrio takes another hit with thumbs-down from EU regulator kdunleavy Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:38

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STAT

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ever since fentanyl entered the U.S. drug supply, many Americans seeking treatment for opioid addiction have found that only a single medication is effective at easing cravings and withdrawal: methadone. But even though the drug is widely considered to be safe and effective, there’s not much data about how methadone stacks up against its main alternative, buprenorphine.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

More traditional health care coverage will begin when the U.S. public health emergency response to COVID-19 ends on May 11.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Humana to shed employer group commercial business pminemyer Thu, 02/23/2023 - 11:23

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

GenScript ProBio has announced a strategic collaboration with RVAC Medicines to manufacture GMP-grade plasmid DNA (pDNA) for the latter’s RVM-V001, an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Under the agreement, GenScript ProBio will offer GMP plasmid manufacturing service for the RVM-V001 programme. This collaboration is expected to help expedite the clinical manufacturing of RVM-V001 and future mRNA-based vaccines that target infectious diseases such as Clostriodioides difficile infection (CDI) and R

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STAT

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroke risk prediction tools are meant to guide how doctors approach a potentially deadly condition, using factors like heart disease and high blood pressure to get a handle on which patients might benefit from a particular treatment. For years, doctors have used several different algorithms to try to capture the true risk of stroke, including newer models that use machine learning.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The vaccine was 73.2% effective in children aged 6 months to 4 years when administered during the Omicron-dominant phase.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Costly discharge delays highlight need for more downstream care options, New York group's analysis shows dmuoio Wed, 02/22/2023 - 12:48

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Included in this issue of European Pharmaceutical Review : FOREWORD Accelerating drug development David Elder, David P Elder Consultancy RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Shining a light on Raman for microbiological analysis Tim Sandle, Bio Products Laboratory LIMS Overcoming barriers to capturing data in a laboratory Samantha Kanza, University of Southampton ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Endotoxin trends: sustainability, automation and beyond Miriam Guest, AstraZeneca UK REGULATORY INSIGHT UPC opt-out – a strateg

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Moderna is aiming to build a gene editing franchise powered by some of the same technologies used in its COVID-19 vaccines. The Cambridge biotech company announced Wednesday that it will partner with Life Edit Therapeutics to develop potentially permanent treatments for rare genetic diseases and other conditions. Life Edit is the North Carolina subsidiary of ElevateBio, a cell and gene therapy manufacturing firm in Waltham.

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