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Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure

STAT

Part of it was the patients’ presentations: Some didn’t have the classic symptoms of the condition. LONDON — There was something odd about these Alzheimer’s cases. But it was also that the patients were in their 40s and 50s, even their 30s, far younger than people who normally develop the disease.

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Victor Alves Presenting at the 2022 Northeast Conference

OctariusRx

OctariusRx President and Consultant Pharmacist Victor Alves is presenting “Medication Management: Acing your next Survey” at the 2022 Northeast Conference, presented by the Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers. The post Victor Alves Presenting at the 2022 Northeast Conference appeared first on OctariusRX.

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GMP Update: CDER Official Explains, Advises, and Predicts

The FDA Law Blog

Farquhar — Francis Godwin, Director of the Office of Manufacturing Quality of the Office of Compliance at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research provided useful information (presentation attached here ) Tuesday at the GMP by the Sea Conference.

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STAT+: DaVita faces another probe over ties to kidney care charity

STAT

attorney general is specifically looking at “communications with AKF, documents relating to donations to the AKF, and communications with patients, providers, and insurers regarding the AKF.” ” The probe covers everything from January 2016 to the present day. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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How should cleaning validation sampling locations be chosen?

European Pharmaceutical Review

A recent paper outlines a process that can be used to select and document worst-case sampling locations to validate cleaning processes. To overcome these concerns, Pluta presents the process and documentation activities undertaken by one company.

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Opinion: Generative AI’s three possibly insurmountable challenges for health care

STAT

However, with the arrival of large language models like GPT-4, Bard, and LLaMA, there is growing enthusiasm for how AI might reshape the more mundane aspects of clinical practice: clinical documentation and electronic health records. And it’s obvious why. It really takes the feeling of care out of health care.

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EMA guidance aims to prevent medicine shortages

European Pharmaceutical Review

A new document published by European Medicines Agency (EMA) makes ten recommendations and outlines good practices “to ensure continuity in the supply of human medicines, prevent shortages and reduce their impact.” Medicine shortages are a global health problem and are increasingly affecting European countries, according to EMA.