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Evaluating Changes in Systemic Anticancer Therapy Use Between 2015 and 2019

Drug Topics

While the use of chemotherapy at end of life is decreasing, the use of immunotherapy is increasing.

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Emergency Visits in Canada Tripled After Legalization of Edible Cannabis

Drug Topics

Emergency department visits tripled by December 2022 compared with the pre-legalization period from January 2015 to September 2018.

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OIG audit: Aetna may have raked in $25.5M in MA overpayments in 2015, 2016

Fierce Healthcare

million in overpayments from Medicare Advantage in 2015 and 2016. | million in overpayments from Medicare Advantage in 2015 and 2016. A new federal audit estimates that Aetna may have received at least $25.5 A new federal audit estimates that Aetna may have received at least $25.5

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McKesson Is Ready to Help Customers Navigate DSCSA

Drug Topics

The company has been working since 2015 to implement the track and trace elements required by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act.

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GARDASIL 9 Shows Positive Results in Phase 3 Study Against HPV-Related Cancers

Drug Topics

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tens of thousands of HPV-related cancer diagnoses were given per year from 2015 to 2019.

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Chronic Kidney Disease Rates in People with Diabetes Considered "Troubling"

Drug Topics

An analysis of data from more than 640,000 people with diabetes recorded between 2015-2020 is providing new insight into what study investigators are calling "troubling" trends in the incidence of CKD in the face a growing diabetes epidemic.

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Biosimilars: Are They Delivering the Cost Savings Promised?

Pharmacy Times

Since the first FDA biosimilar approval of filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio) in 2015, a total of 44 biosimilars for 15 originator products have been approved and more than 20 are marketed.

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