Fri.Oct 27, 2023

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Flip the Pharmacy Award Winners Recognized for Pharmacy Transformation Excellence

Drug Topics

The awards recognize the teams, coaches, and pharmacies that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to transforming community pharmacy practice.

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The 2023 Red Jacket honorees

PharmaVoice

This year's inductees to the PharmaVoice 100 "hall of fame" are leaders who have been at the forefront — and will stay at the forefront — of industry change.

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Long COVID More Likely to Impact Patients With Severe Disease

Drug Topics

Patients who were bedridden for 7 days or longer had the highest prevalence of symptoms, which included fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, and trouble sleeping.

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Red Jacket: Ken Getz, a champion of clinical trials

PharmaVoice

Ken Getz has spent his career improving clinical research for the benefit of patients, the life sciences industry and other R&D stakeholders.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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COVID-19 Pandemic Altered Some Parents’ Views of Routine Childhood Vaccines

Drug Topics

A new study adds to previous research that has found religious and political correlations between vaccine beliefs and hesitancy, which have geographical links.

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Red Jacket: Helen Sabzevari, an immunotherapy pioneer

PharmaVoice

Precigen’s CEO is pushing for her next therapeutic breakthrough with innovative cell and gene therapy platforms.

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Red Jacket: Dr. Jeremy Levin, a transformational leader

PharmaVoice

A consummate life sciences executive who has led with boldness and devotion, Dr. Jeremy Levin considers himself a participant as well as a leader.

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CPESN Names 2023 Outstanding Network Facilitator

Drug Topics

The CPESN Outstanding Network Facilitator Award is sponsored by Compliant Pharmacy Alliance.

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The Evolving Role of the Pharmacist in Opioid Use Disorder

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists’ pharmacotherapeutic expertise helps them advocate for their patients and assist providers.

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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Patients

Drug Topics

The first part of the series features HCP education on key facts about vaccine hesitancy. A simulated pharmacist/patient encounter is also included which highlights key methods for HCPs to get patients to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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.

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FDA Approves Mirikizumab for Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis

Pharmacy Times

Mirikizumab-mrkz (Omvoh; Eli Lilly and Company) is the first IL-23p19 antagonist approved for adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

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Identifying High-Risk Patients for COVID Complications

Drug Topics

The second part of the series features HCP education on high-risk patients for COVID-19 complications. A simulated pharmacist/patient encounter is also included which highlights best practices for HCPs to communicate with high-risk patients for COVID-19.

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Red Jacket: Dr. Mark Goldberg, a clinical innovator

PharmaVoice

Dr. Mark Goldberg has continually been at the cutting edge of technologies and ideas, including now as chairman and CEO of Allucent.

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Updates in the Management of COVID-19

Drug Topics

The third part of the series features HCP education on key updates in the management of COVID-19. A simulated pharmacist/patient encounter is also included which highlights best practices for incorporating FDA and CDC recommendations for patients with COVID-19.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

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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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Pharmacists and Communities Unite for Safer Communities

Pharmacy Times

A critical aspect of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is the focus on Naloxone training.

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Influence and Clinical Continuum of Cancer Inequity in the United States

Drug Topics

Some factors that influence the inequities in cancer care include historical, structural, systemic, and interpersonal factors.

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STAT+: In major test for prime editing, scientists successfully correct mutations in monkeys

STAT

Prime Medicine said Friday it successfully used a new, ultra-versatile form of genetic surgery called prime editing to edit liver cells in monkeys. The results, presented at the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy meeting in Brussels, are a major step for a technology that could transform treatment of numerous diseases. “I think the big celebration here is we’re showing, in primates, for the company, that we have a delivery system that is working and is safe,” said J

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Effects of Pharmacological, Nonpharmacological Interventions on COPD

Drug Topics

Future disease-modifying interventions for COPD may greatly affect quality of life and survival.

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Arexvy Shows Non-Inferior Immune Response Against Lower Respiratory Tract Disease From RSV

Pharmacy Times

Arexvy shows efficacy in helping protect adults aged 50 to 59 years with an increased risk for respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract disease.

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STAT+: FDA has some safety concerns about CRISPR-based sickle cell treatment, documents show

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it has some safety concerns about an experimental CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease, citing the methods used by its makers to evaluate the risk of inadvertently making unwanted changes to patients’ DNA. None of the concerns raised by the FDA on Friday, however, suggest the agency is reluctant to approve the treatment, called exa-cel, which is being developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics.

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Data Show Rectal Administration of Fecal Microbiota for Recurrent CDI Safe, Simple for Routine Clinical Practice

Pharmacy Times

With a new administration protocol created specifically for the routine clinic, infectious disease physicians can treat recurrent clostridioides difficile infection in less than 3 weeks.

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Industry Voices—Why older adults are adopting health technology at a higher rate

Fierce Healthcare

Older adults are adopting digital health tools at a higher rate than ever before. | At Elevance Health, we are seeing an increasing acceptance of virtual care and technology by older adults to help manage their health.

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Emergency medicine is grappling with a surprising problem: The prospect of too many physicians

STAT

While much of the health care workforce is battling staff shortages, the emergency medicine field is trying to figure out how to manage a potential oversupply of physicians. The American College of Emergency Physicians predicted in a 2021 study that there would be a surplus of nearly 8,000 emergency physicians by 2030.

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Forces for good

Drug Store News

Sheryl Burke, SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility & Chief Sustainability Officer of CVS Health, shines a light on the retailer's efforts to help communities at the local and national levels.

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Senate committee plans Nov. 8 vote on wide-ranging health care package

STAT

WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote Nov. 8 on legislation that includes substance abuse and mental health policies, reforms to drug middlemen’s business practices, and extensions to provider payment policies in Medicare and Medicaid, according to five health care lobbyists. The legislation would package together versions of health care policies that the committee has been working on for some time.

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HRSA reinstating 340B program's registration requirements for off-site hospital facilities

Fierce Healthcare

The federal government is rolling back a pandemic-era waiver that lowered the bar for 340B hospitals to dispense discounted drugs across additional outpatient sites, a decision hospitals said will | HRSA is giving hospitals 90 days to bring any off-site, outpatient facilities using 340B drugs into compliance with requirements that had been waived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Red Jacket: Adele Gulfo, a commercialization guru

PharmaVoice

With a knack for melding science and patient-focused marketing techniques, the CEO of the biopharma commercial unit at Sumitomo Pharma America has notched blockbuster successes throughout her career.

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Payers shortchanged $1.1B in ACA risk adjustment payments as Bright, Friday fail to meet obligations: CMS

Fierce Healthcare

Bright Health Group and Friday Health Plans are both unable to pay their dues into the 2022 Affordable Care Act risk adjustment pool, costing their peers more than $1 billion, according to a notice | Bright Health Group and Friday Health Plans are both unable to pay their dues into the 2022 Affordable Care Act risk adjustment pool, CMS said.

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FDA Approves Faricimab for Macular Edema Following Retinal Vein Occlusion

Pharmacy Times

Faricimab is the first and only bispecific antibody granted FDA approval for treatment of the eye.

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Longevity Health Plan now covering therapeutic music platform SingFit

Fierce Healthcare

SingFit, a therapeutic music health platform for people struggling with cognitive and mental health conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, will now be provided under Longevity Health Plan’s instit | Deemed a significant advancement for music as medicine treatment, a new partnership will provide members in skilled nursing facilities with access to therapeutic health platform SingFit.

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Parenting and Pharmacy Residency: 4 Tips and Tricks for Success

Pharmacy Times

Although everyone’s residency looks different, it is important for mothers to assess childcare options, be transparent about their schedule, and take care of themselves.

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DOJ charges former HealthSun executive for role in Medicare fraud scheme

Fierce Healthcare

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed charges against a former HealthSun Health Plans executive as part of an alleged multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. | The Department of Justice has filed charges against a former HealthSun Health Plans executive as part of an alleged multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme.

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STAT+: Why Sanofi got shellacked

STAT

Sanofi, the Paris-based drug giant, announced Friday that it would spin out its $5 billion consumer health division, which is exploring over-the-counter moves for the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis and the flu treatment Tamiflu. Investors reacted swiftly, bidding Sanofi’s American depository receipts on the New York Stock Exchange down nearly 18% to less than $44 in morning trading.

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