Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Innovation in the vaccine area continues. In 2023, the FDA approved six vaccines, including several important firsts. But they face a difficult landscape where federal policies dictate coverage.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
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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STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
WASHINGTON — A new trove of internal emails and other documents from the e-cigarette maker Juul reveals the company’s extensive behind-the-scenes efforts to promote its interests in Washington — a rare insight into the otherwise opaque methods corporations use to influence the government. It’s well documented that Juul spent significant sums on registered lobbyists and political donations back in 2018 and 2019, when the head of the Food and Drug Administration declare
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The meeting provided a brief overview of California's new Stop Dangerous Pharmacies Act, the benefits of e-prescribing for improving patient safety and outcomes, and New Jersey's pilot program for anonymous dispensing of opioid antidotes from pharmacies.
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.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
More than 100,000 doctors have left private practice and become employees of hospitals and other corporate entities since 2019. Today, nearly three in four physicians are employees of larger health care entities or other corporations — a record high. As an independent physician, I know exactly why so many are making that choice.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Sustained cognitive improvement is likely a result of lower inflammation, remission of comorbidities, higher physical activity, and better mood.
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Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
A new study found that opioid morphine milligram equivalents dose prescribed in the 60 days prior to delivery date was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of spontaneous preterm birth.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it is filling eight vacancies, including the chairmanship, on an important advisory panel on vaccine policy that was down to less than half of its normal roster for months. It’s still not clear why so many positions were left unfilled on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Seven durable medical equipment companies cost the Medicare system $2 billion in payments, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) told the federal government in recent months. | ACOs could face lasting financial difficulties because of a recent, alleged $2 billion Medicare catheter fraud scheme. Experts worry this could be just the beginning.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
With the Supreme Court just a month away from hearing arguments over access to the abortion medication mifepristone, a new study published on Wednesday in Nature Medicine offers additional evidence that abortion pills are safe to prescribe — even remotely. Researchers looked at the records of more than 6,000 patients who received medication abortion — a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol — through pills delivered via mail after a telehealth consultation conducted in
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.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Changing a clinical trial’s statistical analysis plan on the cusp of a readout? | Changing a clinical trial’s statistical analysis plan on the cusp of a readout? That’s exactly what Alnylam just did for a closely watched study of its next-generation RNA interference therapy Amvuttra in a rare heart disease.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on websites that claim to sell the underlying chemicals of popular diabetes and obesity drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound, saying that the websites are selling unapproved and misbranded drug products. The regulator this week posted warning letters that it sent to two websites, Synthetix Inc. DBA Helix Chemical Supply and US Chem Labs.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Even as Catalent moves toward a $16.5 billion sale to Novo Holdings, hundreds of the CDMO's former staffers won't be in the mix going forward. | A recent buyout announcement didn't spare Catalent staffers from layoffs after the company this week revealed it's trimmed hundreds of jobs over the last few months. The move forms part of an ongoing restructuring scheme at Catalent.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
For several years , some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies that participate in a U.S. drug discount program overcharged the federal government and numerous hospitals by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to claims made in a recently unsealed lawsuit. The allegations, which were made by Adventist Health System, turn on the complicated, behind-the-scenes calculations used to provide medicines to what is known as the 340B program.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Nema Health, a virtual clinic focused on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, has announced a partnership with a Blues plan in New Jersey. | Nema is now in-network for commercial members with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Through this and another contract with a major national payer, Nema will reach about 3.6 million lives in the state.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The HHS provides guidance on using online tracking technologies in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Learn how to ensure your analytics practices align with healthcare regulations and protect patient privacy.
Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Even during times of peak transmission, individuals preferred in-person screening over video or telephone screening for depression.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Remote patient monitoring coding reforms tabled again Earlier this month, an American Medical Association -anointed panel was set to consider proposed changes that would have simplified and broadened applicability of billing codes governing wearables and other devices d
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Healthtech specialist Innsena has committed funding and expertise to CancerX, launched last year to encourage the use of digital health technologies to overcome challenges in cancer care.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
With a $93 million settlement, Pfizer can wash its hands of more than a decade's worth of antitrust litigation over the once-lucrative cholesterol med Lipitor. | Purchasers have long accused Pfizer—and Sun Pharma's Ranbaxy—of conspiring to keep Lipitor generics off the market with a "reverse payment" agreement. After the Pfizer settlement, the class action lawsuit against Ranbaxy will continue.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Exercise matched psychotherapy and was more effective than medication as a treatment for #depression in a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
As stripped down and divested Alkermes enters 2024 as a “pure-play neuroscience company”—as described by CEO Richard Pops on a conference call on Thursday—much will depend on the success of new sch | As Alkermes enters 2024 as a “pure-play neuroscience company”—as described by CEO Richard Pops on a conference call on Thursday—much will depend on the success of new schizophrenia and bipolar disorder drug Lybalvi.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
This week, a preview of the TUDCA study in ALS and thoughts on how it might impact Amylyx Pharmaceuticals. Also, I chatted with CRISPR Therapeutics CEO Sam Kulkarni about its new investor. Read to the end for some burning questions, random thoughts. The next ALS data readout — overdue but important A European academic consortium is expected to announce results soon from a clinical trial investigating the use of a widely available nutritional supplement called tauroursodeoxycholic acid, or
The Checkup by Singlecare
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Psoriasis is an inflammatory condition affecting millions of Americans. The symptoms of psoriasis can overlap with other skin disorders such as eczema , and skin types, like dry skin. However, psoriasis isn’t just a skin condition—it’s an autoimmune disease. The most common type of psoriasis is plaque psoriasis, which is characterized by a buildup of skin cells that form plaques, or thick, scaly areas on the skin.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The FTC is investigating wholesalers and other middlemen in the pharma supply chain to assess their possible role in worsening shortages of generic medicines
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Damian here with a look at a complicatedly important ALS study, biotech’s latest volatility, and some green shoots for a downtrodden part of the industry.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Gene-editing biotech Prime Medicine has priced an initial public offering, hoping to raise $140 million to advance its pipeline of one-shot therapies for severe genetic disorders. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company is offering 19.2 million shares at $6.25 each and expects to start trading on the Nasdaq on 20th February under the PRME symbol.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Finding simple solutions to improve movement during the day can make important differences to their overall health
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The success of recent trials treating mental health problems with psychedelic therapies has driven a rapid rise in investment in the area.
STAT
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Has PhRMA lost its fangs? Are 11th-hour changes ominous for clinical trials? And what’s next in pain medicine? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. The pharmaceutical industry, in court and in Congress, is working to water down legislation that will let Medicare negotiate certain drug prices.
The Checkup by Singlecare
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Have you ever noticed those well-behaved dogs walking through the grocery store or perhaps an airport, wearing a red vest and heeling perfectly alongside their owner? The chances are the dogs you’ve seen are service animals. There are an estimated 500,000 service dogs in the United States. And although dogs are more common, miniature horses can also be service animals.
European Pharmaceutical Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
A clinical trial in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has demonstrated the first successful combination of chemotherapy with a drug targeting cancer’s metabolism developed for the asbestos-induced disease in two decades. The anti-cancer treatment combines the new drug ADI-PEG20 and traditional chemotherapy. The Phase III ATOMIC-meso trial was led by Queen Mary University of London in the UK and studied 249 patients with the disease.
The Checkup by Singlecare
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Having a scratchy or irritated throat can be a real pain—in more ways than one. But the good news is, it won’t last forever. Generally, most sore throats resolve within two to seven days. Some of the most common causes of sore throats are viruses like the common cold, allergies, or bacterial infections like strep throat. Lifestyle or environmental factors like cold, dry air, or smoking are a few other reasons a person may experience a sore throat.
Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
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