Drug Topics

JUNE 23, 2023

The Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act will help to secure Medicare patients’ freedom to receive medications and care from the pharmacy of their choice.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Friday that, over a year after receiving the company’s stem-cell therapy, two type 1 diabetes patients no longer need to take insulin injections and saw stark reductions in a biological marker of disease.  The results, presented at the American Diabetes Association conference in San Diego, bolstered experts’ hopes that the treatment could provide a functional cure for some patients.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 23, 2023

Pending authorization of the XBB.1.5 vaccine, the company said that doses would be available in time for fall vaccination.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Pharmacists can recognize evidence of successful interventions and learn how to integrate them into their own practice.

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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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Drug Topics

JUNE 23, 2023

The accelerated approval of delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl is “based on expression of Elevidys micro-dystrophin observed in patients treated with ELEVIDYS,” according to Sarepta Therapeutics.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 23, 2023

Generative Health: A new standard of care Mike.

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JUNE 23, 2023

GSK reached a settlement with a man who claimed its Zantac heartburn medication caused his cancer, avoiding the first such case that was about to go to trial in the U.S. In a brief statement , the company disclosed that it reached a settlement with James Goetz, who filed a lawsuit in a California state court. The deal reflected its desire “to avoid distraction related to protracted litigation in this case.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2023

Amazon Web Services launched a new innovation center focused on generative AI backed by a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race. | Amazon's cloud unit launched the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center with a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Dr Haumschild opens the discussion with Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, and Gabe Hinojosa, PharmD, BCOP, regarding various states of relapse in multiple myeloma.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 23, 2023

Psylo and Daiichi Sankyo have signed a sponsored research deal to advance the development of non-hallucinogenic psychiatric therapies.

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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.

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Community health workers can address issues of health equity to enhance the services of the pharmacy and support a value-based care model.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Polio eradication is a delicate dance. And one of the biggest challenges facing the people trying to choreograph its final steps is how to phase out use of oral polio vaccines. The oral vaccines have brought the paralyzing viruses to the brink of  annihilation; so far this year there have only been six cases detected, five in Afghanistan and one in Pakistan.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Approximately every 2.2 minutes, a new diagnosis of lung cancer is registered.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 23, 2023

Gaps in breast cancer care in Europe and the importance of genomic testing Mike.

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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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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Medical experts discuss treatment options for indolent and aggressive relapse multiple myeloma.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 23, 2023

AI in healthcare Mike.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2023

Several workplace risk factors, including safety concerns going unaddressed, predicted suicidal thoughts.

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JUNE 23, 2023

SAN DIEGO – An experimental pill from Eli Lilly led to 14.7% weight loss on the highest dose in a 36-week trial, heating up the growing competition among drugmakers to develop an effective oral obesity therapy. The mid-stage results for orforglipron match the estimates of 14-15% weight loss that Lilly gave in an investor call late last year. The full   results,  published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, were presented here to a packed conference room at the Americ

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2023

The need for capable healthcare staff was an urgent concern for me as my surgery for a major medical condition was placed on hold. | Unless we commit to a reliable and robust measurement system of hospital-acquired infections, we will continue to have a stressed workforce and need to rely on data generated in other countries.

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Drug Store News

JUNE 23, 2023

The Disney100 Collectible candy dispensers and Disney Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse gift set will be ready for shipping in late summer/early fall.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Color Health wants to take away any reason you might have for skipping screenings for cancer.  The Silicon Valley company, which pivoted from cancer genomics to Covid-19 testing on a large and hugely profitable scale, has a new program that incorporates both its roots in cancer testing and its logistical experience from the pandemic. Called, simply, the Cancer Prevention and Screening Program, and built in partnership with the American Cancer Society, the program aims to make it easy to get

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2023

Optum Rx will add two more Humira biosimilars to its formulary later this summer. | Optum Rx will add two more Humira biosimilars to its formulary later this summer.

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JUNE 23, 2023

The burden of high health care costs and medical debt in the U.S. is no secret. Medical debt affects one in five adults in the U.S., with an average burden of more than $20,000 for each medical debtor. As primary care physicians, we frequently witness the effects of these financial burdens, particularly for our older or sicker patients with expensive medical conditions.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 23, 2023

Study data from a major trial has demonstrated RNA CAR-T (rCAR-T) therapy Descartes-08 facilitated significant and long-lasting clinical improvement in generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG). This is the first clinical trial using rCAR-T to treat autoimmunity. It is also the first successful Phase II trial using an engineered cell therapy for autoimmunity.

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STAT

JUNE 23, 2023

Anti-trans legislation and rhetoric frequently suggest that taking gender-affirming hormones is a big health risk. But at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society last week, researchers presented swaths of evidence on the benefits of gender-affirming hormones and the harms of trans discrimination, with the hopes of combating unscientific opposition.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 23, 2023

The first gene therapy has been approved for certain patients from four to five years old with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Elevidys has been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for individuals with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene without a pre-existing medical reason preventing treatment with this therapy. “Today’s approval addresses an urgent unmet medical need and is an important advancement in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy,” reported Dr Peter M

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Drug Store News

JUNE 23, 2023

Zeiss Warm Eye Masks can be a solution for dry eyes, excessive screen use, airborne pollution or air conditioning, the company said.

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JUNE 23, 2023

LONDON — Back in the 1950s, Battersea Power Station, a towering brick structure on the south bank of the Thames, supplied a fifth of London’s electricity, an economic engine that even powered Buckingham Palace. The coal-fired plant was decommissioned decades ago. But on Thursday evening, in an art deco, gold-and-glass control room in the recently retrofitted power station — now a multi-use development complete with apartments and a cinema — the U.K. government and the

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 23, 2023

ASCO 2023 – Warner Biddle Mike.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JUNE 23, 2023

The UK should introduce routine vaccination for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to protect babies and older adults, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended. It has made the early recommendations after reviewing several vaccines currently in development to allow sufficient lead time for the Government to get a policy and programme in place, a statement said.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 23, 2023

Intercept changes course as OCA is rejected for NASH again Phil.

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JUNE 23, 2023

LONDON — European regulators are on the verge of rejecting an ALS drug from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, all but dooming the medicine’s chances of entering the E.U. market for now. The negative recommendation issued Friday by a European Medicines Agency committee is not a surprise. Last month, Amylyx said that the agency was headed toward a negative review.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2023

Clover Health has reached a settlement in lawsuits alleging that the Medicare Advantage insurtech had not been forthright with investors when the company went public, the company announced in a

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