STAT

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Federal health technology regulators on Wednesday finalized new rules to force software vendors to disclose how artificial intelligence tools are trained, developed, and tested — a move to protect patients against biased and harmful decisions about their care. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Health care leaders and technology companies are investing heavily in large language models, a powerful class of deep learning models that are trained on vast troves of data. But while enthusiasm for generative AI is high and research is booming, it’s just starting to gain a toehold in clinical settings.

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STAT

MARCH 25, 2024

The regulations were put in place to ensure public and patient safety. Until recently, most people had to visit a methadone clinic in person for an initial exam and then come in five to six days a week to take their doses under the watchful eye of a health care professional.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Chan School of Public Health, preventive cardiologist Stephen Devries enlisted two dozen students in the mission to integrate nutrition into clinical medicine — changing the way medicine is taught and health care is delivered in the process. But during a recent weeklong course at Harvard T.H.

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STAT

MARCH 5, 2024

In the two decades since, the overdose crisis has morphed into a full-fledged public health emergency, with 80,000 Americans dying from opioid overdoses each year. In 2003, the year Nora Volkow was appointed director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, roughly 4,000 Americans died of opioid overdose. treats opioid addiction.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Today, it is no longer a new public health enigma, but the outlook for sufferers is no better than when the condition was first recognized in early 2020. Long Covid still looms as the national health disaster many predicted.  Long Covid goes by  many names. On the research side, the U.S. Read the rest…

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STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Alphabet’s life sciences company Verily has scored its first Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contract, a high profile job leaders hope will boost its brand in public health as well as its nascent wastewater surveillance business, executives told STAT.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 10, 2023

With decades of experience in public health, Boone is leveraging RWE to move the needle within clinical development.

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STAT

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration is following through on its promise to regulate more health software tools, starting with a public reprimand of Johnson & Johnson’s heart pump company, Abiomed. Abiomed, which was bought by Johnson & Johnson late last year for $16.6 The FDA has not regulated them, historically.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This public health strategy includes efforts designed to reduce, though not eliminate, risks for people who engage in harmful behaviors. Harm reduction supports methadone treatment for opioid addiction, for example, which is closely regulated in clinic settings. Read the rest…

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IDStewardship

MARCH 23, 2023

In November 2022, #ASPchat partnered with bioMérieux and their experts, Patrick McDaneld, Brian Raux and Katherine Perez to address the gravity of this worldwide health concern in a real-time, open Twitter forum, highlighting microbiology labs and how they can impact antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) successes.

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IDStewardship

JUNE 5, 2023

BCPS, BCIDP Article posted 6 June 2023 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a global healthcare crisis, threatening our ability to effectively treat infections and safeguard public health. Is antimicrobial stewardship important to human health worldwide? Gauthier, Pharm.D.,

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 25, 2024

The pillars focus on improving the process of credentialling, supporting the workforce in research and professional development, and building the evidence base around the positive impact of consultant pharmacists on public health outcomes. This will be backed by a robust evidence base showcasing the impact of their role, the RPS said.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 17, 2023

New research published in JAMA Health Forum has documented that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $8.1 billion for phased clinical trials of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs between 2010-2019. percent) related to phased clinical development, the study identified. billion (3.3

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Atropos Health, maker of a real-world data platform, has launched a new operating system and a chatbot interface to help generate observational studies rapidly and at scale. Leveraging generative AI, the system helps non-technical users query real-world clinical data and get publication-grade results in minutes.

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MAY 11, 2023

In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration announced a pandemic enforcement policy allowing mental health app developers to release certain treatment products without seeking authorization from the agency. Regulators have been discussing plans for how to eventually rein in the loosened rules since late 2021.

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STAT

AUGUST 8, 2023

In exchange, they are required to aid their surrounding area through public health programs and providing free or discounted care to low-income patients.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In draft guidance published late last week, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence stated that a groundbreaking treatment called Trikafta and two other cystic fibrosis medications sold by the company offer notable clinical benefits, but are not cost-effective.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A viral hurricane is making landfall on health care systems battered by three pandemic years. A storm of these proportions should demand not only crisis clinical measures, but also community prevention efforts. Yet instead of deploying public health strategies to weather the storm, the U.S. is abandoning them.

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STAT

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Revenue cycle management company Waystar filed for an initial public offering Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company lists ATI Physical Therapy, Cleveland Clinic, Providence, Mount Sinai, and Adventist Health among some of its clients on its website. billion market cap. billion market cap.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

APRIL 4, 2024

The scheme aims to support UK advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) clinical trials. UK Health Minister Andrew Stephenson commented on the news, stating that the investment “reaffirms the UK’s position as a global leader in clinical research”.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Seven pharmaceutical CEOs from AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Samsung Biologics and Sanofi have announced joint action to achieve near-term emission reduction targets and fast-track the roll of net zero health systems. The Task Force will partner with the Alliance for Transformative Action on Health and Climate (ATACH).

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Joining the Family Medicine Clinic during his residency provided Mohanad with exposure to ambulatory care, where he found his impact and strong fit immediately. These encounters can take place in the clinic, via telephone, or through Telemedicine.

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STAT

JUNE 30, 2023

Bright Health Group has agreed to sell its Medicare Advantage plans to its publicly traded peer Molina Healthcare. But the pending sale of its Medicare Advantage business means the financially distressed Bright has exited the health insurance market that the company was founded on. Regulators must approve the deal.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

AUGUST 17, 2023

Health officials support proposal for private provision of vaccines after age limit on NHS booster programme raised to 65 Covid booster vaccines are expected to become available for the UK public to buy for the first time after health officials supported the proposal.

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The FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Claud — The Office of Compliance (OC) at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) had a role in many of the major public health enforcement matters you may have read about last year. But its Annual Report is a helpful tool to highlight CDER’s post-pandemic public health enforcement priorities. Clinical Trials.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Strengthening partnerships with healthcare professionals and driving awareness on the clinical benefits of dermatological skincare is the key to success in the public health space.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

But the suggestions were not supported by a clinical trial cited in the promotional material, according to the FDA. “No conclusions about the effect of Breztri on all-cause mortality,” which refers to the rate of death due to any cause in a population, “can be drawn from the (clinical) trial,” the FDA wrote.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Becerra has sent shudders down public health’s spine. Similar to earlier contraceptive mandate cases, Braidwood involves plaintiff-employers who object to paying for health insurance that includes coverage of disease screenings and PrEP for HIV on moral grounds. Their legal claims challenge the U.S.

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STAT

APRIL 17, 2023

For patients of the Community of Hope and Mary’s Center clinics in Washington, D.C., getting to their medical appointments can be a challenge — many live far from public transit or lack cars. free rides to appointments in 2021 and 2022. free rides to appointments in 2021 and 2022.

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STAT

JANUARY 11, 2023

The pandemic has long been in its fatigue phase , making it hard for public health departments to have the return on investment to keep testing clinics open — and making it all but impossible to know, in real time, how many people in a certain area are sick.

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Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

JULY 27, 2023

Ya-Feng (Jay) Wen, PharmD, PhD palap005 Thu, 07/27/2023 - 11:26 Expand all + Biography Bio Summary Ya-Feng (Jay) is currently a Clinical Pharmacologist at Gilead Sciences. He supports clinical development in the oncology area, including protocol planning, study execution, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics data collection and analysis.

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Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Athena Cannon, PharmD eomizowh Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:27 Expand all + Biography Bio Dr. Athena Cannon is a Clinical Pharmacist with the Federally Qualified Urban Health Network (FUHN) and practices comprehensive medication management (CMM) at two Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Minneapolis.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of regulatory decisions, the quest for safeguarding public health remains paramount. million patients were registered with GP practices in England, which hold health information about each person “from the cradle to the grave”. As of October 2023, 62.93 As of October 2023, 62.93

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STAT

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An organization that promotes and studies clinical trial disclosure has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to take several steps to boost its enforcement of wayward trial sponsors and investigators that fail to register studies and report results. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The move comes after Merck filed for emergency approvals of molnupiravir in the US, Europe and Canada on the back of clinical trial data showing it was able to halve the risk of hospitalisation or death in people with mild to moderate COVID-19 compared to placebo, cutting the rate to 7% from 14%. billion order for 1.7 to produce.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Health tech companies that have taken advantage of the possibility to prescribe controlled substances online during the pandemic may soon find their businesses — and their ability to care for patients — in jeopardy.    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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