Wed.Mar 26, 2025

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Recap: Pharmacists Share The Biggest Takeaways from APhA 2025

Drug Topics

Experts discuss what they learned at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025.

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Rx-to-OTC rule gets pushed back — again

PharmaVoice

A delay of the prescription-to-OTC rule signals health agencies’ ongoing reluctance to implement new regulations.

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Q&A: Pharmacy Closures, PBM Reform, and How Pharmacists Can Effectively Advocate

Drug Topics

A conversation with Rob Frankil, RPh, executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly rescinding $11.4 billion in funds to states, cities and organizations receiving grants for COVID-19 efforts.

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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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Expert Discusses Role of the Pharmacist in Reproductive Health | APhA 2025

Drug Topics

Jasmine Cutler, PharmD, CPh, assistant professor in the department of pharmacy practice at the Taneja College of Pharmacy, discusses role of education and accessibility in reproductive health.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

To prepare for the expansion, Two Chairs has added new clinicians to its team, including some who are cross-licensed to treat in multiple states. To date, the company focused on building its presence in California, Florida and Washington, where it also has in-person clinics.

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Character raises $93m for eye drugs, plus other financings

pharmaphorum

Recent financings in the biotech space include rounds for Character Bio, Tempero, Epicrispr, Hillstar Bio, and Ampersand Biomedicines

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Long-Term Follow-Up Data from the CASSIOPEIA Trial Show Continued MRD, PFS Benefit in Multiple Myeloma

Pharmacy Times

Adding daratumumab improved minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity rates, leading to superior progression-free survival (PFS).

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Fierce Healthcare

Dual-eligible beneficiaries are among the most expensive and complex patients out there. | Pair Team supports community-based organizations via California's Medi-Cal Community Care Hubs model.

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48-Week Data Show Efficacy of Valbenazine in Patients With Tardive Dyskinesia and Schizophrenic, Mood Disorders

Pharmacy Times

About 59.2% of patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) who completed the 48-week trial achieved remission.

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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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GSK ends decades-long hiatus in oral antibiotics for UTIs

pharmaphorum

The FDA has approved GSK's Blujepa, the first new-mechanism oral antibiotic for uncomplicated UTIs in nearly 30 years, after a priority review

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The Future of PBMs in 2025: AI, Regulations, and Transparency Initiatives

Pharmacy Times

Will traditional PBMs adapt, or will disruptors take over?

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UK sets aside £2m for digitally-enhanced dementia tests

pharmaphorum

The UK is providing 2m in funding to allow digital assessment to be added to a highly-anticipated trial of blood tests for diagnosing dementia

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AIM Test Could Help Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Response in Patients With CLL

Pharmacy Times

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) show weakened T-cell memory responses to COVID-19 vaccination.

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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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Pharma Pulse 3/26/25: Balancing Technological & Human Support in Medication Access, How PBMs’ Vertical Integration Impacts Health Care & more

Pharmaceutical Commerce

The latest news for pharma industry insiders.

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Thrombosis, Major Bleeding Events More Frequent in Myelofibrosis Compared With Other Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Pharmacy Times

Using Janus kinase inhibitors, having experienced a previous thrombosis episode, and higher age were associated with a heightened risk of a new thromboembolic event.

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Adios to Synthetic Colors in Food?

The FDA Law Blog

By Ricardo Carvajal Our good friends Virginia and West Virginia have become the first states in the nation to restrict the availability of foods containing certain synthetic colors (or in FDA parlance, certain colors subject to certification ). You can read more about the particulars here and here. Although the states cited concerns over safety, FDA had continued to stand behind the safety of synthetic colors including the recently banned Red No. 3, which fell victim to the Delaney clause.

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APhA 2025: Training Pharmacy Technicians as Community Health Workers

Pharmacy Times

Community health workers improve patient care and address health care access gaps.

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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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Hubs East 2025: Navigating Specialty Medication Onboarding

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Jen Butler, chief commercial officer, Pleio, discusses how the companys GoodStart programs help patients navigate specialty pharmacies.

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HBcrAg Rapid Diagnostic Test Shows Potential in Timely Detection of HBV DNA Concentrations

Pharmacy Times

The hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg) rapid diagnostic test was more timely and showed a stronger sensitivity and specificity compared with other testing methods.

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EU Health Data Space strikes a chord in EU harmonisation plans

Pharmaceutical Technology

EU member states are set to launch the EU Health Data Space Regulation for harmonised data transfer on 26 March.

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Cabozantinib Gains FDA Approval for Patients With Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Pharmacy Times

Patients achieved statistically significant benefits in progression-free survival and overall response rates.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

Private equity's track record in healthcare could best be described as "mixed," with high-profile failures like the implosion of Steward Health Care setting a poor example. | Private investment will be even more critical for healthcare organizations in a political environment where public funds are likely to shrink.

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Moderate Aerobic Exercise Improves Hematological Parameters in Sedentary Young Adults

Pharmacy Times

In previously sedentary young males and females, 14 days of moderate aerobic exercise increased red and white blood cell counts and hemoglobin concentrations without altering key cardiometabolic enzymes.

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AstraZeneca Financially Commits $2.5B Toward New R&D Center

Pharmaceutical Commerce

The Beijing location represents the sixth worldwide.

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Researchers Identify Key Signaling Pathway Disruptions Driving Breast Cancer Treatment Resistance

Pharmacy Times

The findings provide a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying breast cancer progression and treatment resistance.

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FDA Approves GSK’s Blujepa for Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Interplay of Community, Treatment, and Patient Factors Critical for Improving Joint Outcomes in Severe Hemophilia

Pharmacy Times

Older age and being insured with Medicare or Medicaid were associated with heightened annual joint bleeding rates, whereas treatment in the Northeast United States improved outcomes in both hemophilia A and hemophilia B.

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Updated Trial Results Support Tagrisso as Standard-of-Care for EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer

PharmExec

Results from multiple clinical trials showed that Tagrisso demonstrated survival benefits in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, both as monotherapy and in combination therapies.

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Unmatched quality in pharmaceutical logistics: Why it matters

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ensuring the highest standards in pharmaceutical logistics is crucial for patient safety and treatment efficacy.

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Ethical Considerations for AI Use in Medication Access

PharmExec

Kimberley Chiang, vice president of biopharma commercial solutions at CoverMyMeds, discusses ethical considerations surrounding AI use in medication access and how the industry can ensure that these technologies are used responsibly and equitably.

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Cassava ends simufilam Alzheimer’s programme after second Phase III failure

Pharmaceutical Technology

While Cassava is stopping investigations into simufilam in Alzheimers disease, the therapy is now being evaluated in TSC-related epilepsy.

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Inspiration and Problem Solving: Condor's Core Functionalities

PharmExec

Jennifer Kyle, CEO and founder of Condor, discusses the inspiration behind creating a financial cloud platform specifically for biopharma R&D.

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