PBM Reform Law Aims to Support Local Pharmacies in Pennsylvania
Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2024
House Bill (HB) 1993 seeks to increase PBM transparency and accountability in an effort to combat the rising cost of prescription drugs.
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Has pharma emerged from the ‘age of uncertainty’?
PharmaVoice
JULY 16, 2024
An industry reeling from a precarious market is showing signs of stabilizing as the future becomes a little less cloudy, an Evaluate report suggests.
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Vonoprazan FDA Approved for Heartburn Relief Associated with Non-Erosive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
A large portion of the population of patients in the United States with GERD have the non-erosive type of the disease.
Wastewater surveillance group funded by Google founder, Bloomberg sheds dozens of testing sites
STAT
JULY 19, 2024
WastewaterSCAN, one of the United States’ largest private entities that provide real-time data on pathogens in wastewater, has stopped collecting data from 43 facilities due to “resource constraints,” according to emails the company sent to staff overseeing these sites. The group — based at Stanford University, in partnership with Emory University — had been collecting samples from 194 sites in 41 states and the District of Columbia, a swath including 39 millio
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
The Girls Are Back: One Pharmacist’s Journey to Save His Community Pharmacy
Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2024
Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, sat down with Drug Topics on part 1 of an episode of Over the Counter to share his experiences transforming a shuttered independent pharmacy into a thriving community hub.
Gilead eyes ‘ending the HIV epidemic’ via incremental progress
PharmaVoice
JULY 18, 2024
With a long elusive HIV cure ever on the horizon, Gilead’s latest long-acting PrEP study shows that every step counts.
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Vaccination slashes risk of long Covid, says large study tracing cases through Delta and Omicron variants
STAT
JULY 17, 2024
Vaccination lowers the chance of developing long Covid, according to a large new study that also found that the risk of serious complications has diminished but not disappeared as new coronavirus variants emerged. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine , compared the health records of more than 440,000 Veterans Affairs patients who were infected with Covid-19 with records of more than 4 million uninfected people.
COVID-19 Cases Rise as Omicron-Derived FLiRT, LB.1 Variants Take Hold
Drug Topics
JULY 15, 2024
Updated vaccines are expected to be available in the coming months.
Kyverna follows oncology’s CAR-T cell playbook for an ultra-rare autoimmune disorder
PharmaVoice
JULY 19, 2024
The pharma company is tackling the “stiff person syndrome” that afflicts Celine Dion in a phase 2 trial for its lead CAR-T candidate.
Researchers Identify the Neurological Mechanism Behind Anorexia Nervosa
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
Acetylcholine deficit observed in patients with anorexia nervosa suggest potential targeted treatment options.
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.
As GLP-1 sales surge, insulin users fear Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly will move on without them
STAT
JULY 17, 2024
Around the world, patients suddenly can’t find enough of the insulins made by companies they have long relied on to do so. In the U.S., Novo Nordisk’s recent decision to discontinue a product has left patients with fewer options. At the same time, patients are encountering shortages of other products from Novo and Eli Lilly. For months, pharmacies have been running out of vials of certain insulins that patients use to fill the pumps they wear on their body.
Rite Aid Addresses Cyberattack: 2.2 Million Customers’ Data Breached
Drug Topics
JULY 17, 2024
The retail pharmacy chain issued an alert to its customers that purchasing data from 2017 to 2018 may have been breached by a third party.
Is a better CAR-T cell therapy option on the horizon?
PharmaVoice
JULY 15, 2024
In vivo CAR-T cell technology has the potential to solve some major issues in the field and could enter the clinic this year.
Optum lays off more employees at Landmark, OptumInsight
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 18, 2024
The sprawling enterprise that is UnitedHealth Group is undergoing more layoffs under its Optum umbrella. | UnitedHealth's Optum is again laying off workers, with the scope unconfirmed. Landmark Health is downsizing once again and leaving major metropolitan areas.
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.
Microsoft global outage forces health systems to cancel appointments, delay procedures
STAT
JULY 19, 2024
On Thursday, a widespread outage to Microsoft systems took down computers in health systems around the globe, leading many to cancel non-urgent medical appointments and surgeries as they encouraged patients to make plans for disrupted travel and delays in care. “A major worldwide software outage has affected many of our systems at Mass General Brigham,” the hospital system shared in a statement on Friday.
Q&A: What the NCPA is Doing to Fight Back Against PBMs
Drug Topics
JULY 19, 2024
Steve Postal, JD, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), discussed pharmacy benefit managers and vehicles necessary to induce reform.
Gilead’s CMO to depart next year
PharmaVoice
JULY 19, 2024
Merdad Parsey joined Gilead as its chief medical officer in 2019 and has helped lead the company’s expansion into oncology, with mixed success.
Nonprescription Products Can Safeguard Against Skin Damage From Excessive Sun Exposure
Pharmacy Times
JULY 19, 2024
The importance of protecting the skin is often underestimated by patients
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At an Iowa county fair, a tradition carries on despite bird flu anxiety in the dairy barn
STAT
JULY 16, 2024
DECORAH, Iowa — It was livestock check-in day at the Winneshiek County Fair, and the dairy barn was consumed with a kind of pre-prom anxiety. A cow named Daiquiri was lumbering back from the milking parlor, adjusting to a new schedule that would have her “mammary system” bulging for showtime. Kennedy was getting a fresh shave, tufts of udder-fuzz drifting to the floor, revealing her resplendent venation.
Overcoming PTSD: Farron Dozier Discusses His Experience in the US Army
Drug Topics
JULY 15, 2024
Farron Dozier, former sergeant first class in the US Army, sat down with Drug Topics on a recent episode of Over the Counter to discuss his experience with PTSD.
FDA’s lab developed test rule could be first check on agency’s power post-Chevron
PharmaVoice
JULY 16, 2024
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine would make it easier to challenge agency regulations, such as the LDT final rule.
Lomecel-B CLEARMIND Phase 2a Trial Results to Be Presented at AAIC
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
Safety and efficacy findings on Lomecel-B will be presented at the upcoming 2024 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, which will be held July 28 to August 1.
USDA maintains bird flu can be eliminated from dairy cows, even as doubts mount among experts
STAT
JULY 16, 2024
Facing increasing doubts that the U.S. can control the outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle, federal officials reiterated on Tuesday that they believe the country can still eliminate the H5N1 virus from dairy cows, even as it continues to spread to new herds. “All the signs that we have are, with good biosecurity, with good farmer participation, we will be able to eliminate this,” Eric Deeble, the acting senior adviser for the H5N1 response at the U.S.
Bird Flu Virus Spreads in Dairy Cattle, But Human Health Risk Remains Low
Drug Topics
JULY 16, 2024
The CDC issued a report on the state of the avian influenza, or bird flu, at the end of last week.
Mining clues from a library of brain tissue samples, Cerevance takes a precision approach to CNS disorders
PharmaVoice
JULY 15, 2024
Mid-stage data from the company’s lead candidate in Parkinson’s is expected later this year and could tee up an IPO.
G900 Region In Th2 Differentiation May Have Significant Implications in Asthma, Other Conditions
Pharmacy Times
JULY 15, 2024
The findings demonstrate that the mG900 region plays a significant role in Type-2 helper T (Th2) cell differentiation and enhances allergic airway inflammation.
Opinion: Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covid
STAT
JULY 15, 2024
Long Covid — the name adopted for cases of prolonged symptoms after an acute bout of Covid-19 — is an umbrella diagnosis covering a broad range of clinical presentations and abnormal biological processes. Researchers haven’t yet identified a single or defining cause for some of the most debilitating symptoms associated with long Covid, which parallel those routinely seen in other post-acute infection syndromes.
COVID-19 Infection Associated with Long-Term Impact on Immune System
Drug Topics
JULY 16, 2024
COVID-19 patients had reduced absolute granulocyte, monocyte, and lymphocyte counts at 10 months post-infection compared to noninfected individuals.
Global IT outage takes down health system EHRs, forces hospitals to cancel non-emergency services
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 19, 2024
A widespread outage to Microsoft systems has impacted health systems, hospitals and clinics as electronic health record software has been knocked offline, forcing providers to cancel non-emergency | A widespread outage to Microsoft systems has impacted health systems, hospitals and clinics as electronic health record software has been knocked offline, forcing providers to cancel non-emergency procedures and services.
Study: Omega 3 With Mediterranean Diet Could Possibly Aid Acne Severity
Pharmacy Times
JULY 19, 2024
Individuals that followed the Mediterranean diet with EPA-DHA supplements displayed an increase in omega-3 levels which improved clinical appearance.
Bird flu snapshot: As the number of infected dairy herds mount, so too does pessimism about driving H5N1 out of cows
STAT
JULY 15, 2024
Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on the H5N1 flu outbreak in dairy cows that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings. To read future updates, you can also subscribe to STAT’s Morning Rounds newsletter. There are more human cases of H5N1 bird flu infection, and another state has joined the list of those with infected dairy cow herds.
Long COVID Risk Reduced by 70% Following Vaccination
Drug Topics
JULY 17, 2024
“If people think COVID is no big deal and decide to forgo vaccinations, they’re essentially doubling their risk of developing long COVID,” wrote investigators.
Atropos compares how well leading LLMs generate clinical evidence
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 15, 2024
A new study released by healthcare AI company Atropos found that general purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are not fit for use in clinical decisionmaking. | Healthcare AI company Atropos conducted a study to test how reliably ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, OpenEvidence and its own model, ChatRWD, answer clinicians' questions. General use LLMs did not fare well.
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