Sat.Sep 07, 2024 - Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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From Opioids to Cannabis: The Impact of Cannabis Rescheduling on Pharmacy Revenue Streams

Pharmacy Times

The DEA will have a hearing in December 2024 regarding the potential reclassification of cannabis to Schedule III, which could significantly impact the regulatory environment for pharmacies and their involvement in the cannabis market.

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Chronic Hand Eczema Studies Show Condition is Common, Burdensome

Drug Topics

LEO Pharma presented data from 2 of the largest multinational real-world studies on the prevalence, severity and treatment of chronic hand eczema at the European Society of Contact Dermatitis congress.

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Who’s winning in biotech’s tight market?

PharmaVoice

Three of the largest fundraising rounds in 2024 show where investors are willing to place their bets in biotech.

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Early Warning & Scenario Planning Toolkit

Fuld

Competitive intelligence and scenario planning tools help companies stay ahead of market trends and outsmart the competition In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world, your business needs more than just reactive strategies—it needs a proactive approach. Fuld’s Scenario Planning Toolkit helps executives to anticipate external threats and seize opportunities before they materialize and is your go-to resource for staying ahead of the competition.

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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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New Frontiers in Technology: AI Use in Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment in Health Systems

Pharmacy Times

AI is significantly enhancing the efficiency of identifying and enrolling patients.

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Lenacapavir for PrEP Demonstrates Strong Efficacy in Second Phase 3 Trial

Drug Topics

Gilead said data from the study will support global regulatory filings that the company plans to begin by the end of the year.

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Navigating Pharmacy School: Tips for Success

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

Written by: Toni Mikhael, PharmD, Touro College of Pharmacy Class of 2024. PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, Ephrata, PA Edited by: Anastasiya Shor, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy school is a challenging but rewarding journey. As students embark on this demanding path, it becomes crucial to equip themselves with a toolkit for success.

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Experts Develop Multimodal Approach for Treating Long COVID, Other Post-Acute Infectious Syndromes

Pharmacy Times

In the absence of a common treatment for long COVID, researchers from around the world documented the best currently available therapies.

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Discussing the Current Landscape of PBM Reform Legislation

Drug Topics

During an interview, Joseph Shields of TransparencyRx discusses the PBM legislation that is expected to move forward in Congress in the next few months.

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3 FDA approval dates to watch in the year’s final push

PharmaVoice

A handful of potential blockbusters are marching toward FDA review.

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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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Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact

STAT

A close contact of the person in Missouri who had an unexplained H5N1 bird flu infection last month was also sick around the same time, but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.  The CDC revealed the previously undisclosed information in FluView , its weekly report on influenza activity.

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Patients With Difficult-To-Treat Asthma Require Different Intervention Methods Based on Comorbidities

Pharmacy Times

To help with treatment response and compliance as well as optimize treatment, communication between patients and health care providers is necessary.

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New Study Examines Potential of Oxytocin as Pain Management Adjunctive, Addiction Treatment

Drug Topics

The “cuddle hormone” plays a powerful role in human behavior and may be an additional option to treat pain and manage opioid addiction.

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Why pharma should redefine ‘women’s health’

PharmaVoice

A broader approach recognizes the challenges disproportionately impacting women and could lead to better outcomes, according to Organon.

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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+: A new drug offers a rare option for brain cancer treatment — and inspires hopes for more

STAT

For more cancer coverage, sign up for STAT’s pop-up newsletter focused on this weekend’s European Society for Medical Oncology conference, one of the biggest oncology meetings of the year. Details here. When Rachel Guberman found out she had brain cancer, she did so much reading and Googling about the disease that she joked she had reached the end of the internet.

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Japan approves updated Covid-19 vaccine to tackle JN.1 variant

Pharmaceutical Technology

Distribution of the self-amplifying mRNA vaccine Kostaive is set to align with a planned October 2024 Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

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Visual Art Therapy Significantly Improved Patients’ Mental Health Outcomes

Drug Topics

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis detailing previous patient outcomes in response to visual art therapy interventions.

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A new way of determining a drug’s value — with health equity in mind

PharmaVoice

Quality-adjusted life years are an important tool to frame a drug’s cost effectiveness, but they leave out other determinants of health.

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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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Cause of Missouri H5 bird flu case remains a mystery, CDC says

STAT

Disease investigators have not been able to determine how a person in Missouri with no known exposures to animals or poultry became infected with an H5 bird flu virus, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. But Nirav Shah said the ongoing investigation has turned up no evidence of onward spread of the virus, suggesting this case may turn out to be a one-off infection that defies explanation.

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Remote Interventions From Pharmacists Shown to Improve Blood Glucose Control for Type 2 Diabetes

Pharmacy Times

Data show the value of the pharmacist is clear for patients with type 2 diabetes, as their role can have a significant impact on reductions in hemoglobin A1c.

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Community Pharmacist Education to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy

Drug Topics

Researchers explored an alternative pharmacist education intervention as a way of improving pharmacist-patient conversations and decreasing vaccine hesitancy among patients.

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A decade of cancer immunotherapy: Keytruda, Opdivo and the drugs that changed oncology

PharmaVoice

Over the past 10 years, PD1-blocking medicines have transformed cancer care. But the steady expansion of their use has slowed and, despite much trying, pharmaceutical companies have largely failed to top the drugs’ successes.

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How a government scientist is pushing to supersize research into ultra-processed foods

STAT

CHICAGO — The last place you might have expected Kevin Hall to make a plea for help was at a conference of scientists who work for global food conglomerates. After all, the government researcher is the leading scientific voice in the United States warning that a steady diet of these engineered products might be a crucial driver of the nation’s epidemic of overeating.

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FDA Authorizes OTC Hearing Aid Software Compatible With Apple AirPods

Pharmacy Times

The Hearing Aid Feature can be customized to the user’s needs by amplifying sounds for individuals 18 years or older who have perceived mild to moderate hearing impairments.

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Semaglutide Therapy Associated With Fewer COVID-19–Related Deaths

Drug Topics

Data from the SELECT clinical trial were analyzed to evaluate the role of semaglutide therapy on all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How Lilly’s sustainability goals come face to face with massive growth

PharmaVoice

Eli Lilly’s head of ESG is maintaining a focus on sustainability even as the company’s expansion plans in weight loss drive a larger footprint and more social scrutiny.

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Medicine struggles to define chronic Lyme. Long Covid has only made it harder

STAT

Going to the doctor is already tricky enough for people with chronic symptoms of Lyme disease. Their concerns often dismissed by mainstream medicine, those patients now face an additional hurdle: ruling out long Covid.  The two illnesses — one seeping in over the course of decades and another suddenly springing to life on a massive scale — share many qualities, including being widely misunderstood.

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Increased Psychological, Cardiovascular Risks in Relatives of Patients With Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Parents of children with cancer had the highest risk of developing mental illness and cardiovascular diseases.

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Education Is Crucial to Close Gaps in Colorectal Cancer Risk Awareness

Drug Topics

The #MyCRChistory campaign encourages the public to share their family history of colorectal cancer.

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Half of women skip or delay care due to 'triple threat' of factors, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Half of women in the U.S. skip or delay medical care due to the “triple threat” of affordability, access challenges and past negative experiences, a new Deloitte report finds. | The Deloitte report, based on a survey of more than 2,000 consumers, found that 50% of women report skipping or delaying medical care and are 35% more likely to skip care than men.

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5 burning questions about Missouri’s mysterious H5 bird flu case

STAT

News that a person in Missouri contracted H5 bird flu despite having no known contact with infected animals or birds — in other words, no evident route of infection — raises pressing questions public health officials are surely scurrying to answer. The rationale for that urgency is this: An unexplained H5 infection raises the possibility of person-to-person spread of a flu virus that has never before circulated in humans, and to which people would not have immunity.

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HIV Infections Significantly Reduced With Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir in Cisgender Men, Gender-Diverse Participants

Pharmacy Times

These results build off the PURPOSE 1 trial, contributing to the wealth of evidence surrounding lenacapavir’s positive effects in patients with HIV.

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Small Doses: September 2 to September 6

Drug Topics

Check out a recap of important pharmacy news you might have missed this week, dispensed in small doses.

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