PhRMA
JUNE 14, 2023
The 340B Drug Pricing Program has grown yet again , exceeding $100 billion in sales in 2022 when 340B-priced medicines are measured at wholesale acquisition cost. Recent data from IQVIA shows 340B grew 12.2% year-over-year in 2022, continuing a trend in which 340B sales have almost doubled since 2018, outpacing growth of the total U.S. drug market.
Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2023
Drug Topics spoke to father and son pharmacist duo Grant and Austin Brown for a conversation about the evolution of the practice, the importance of holding elected officials accountable, and more.
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Pharmacy Is Right For Me
JUNE 14, 2023
When it comes to pursuing a career in pharmacy, some may assume that it’s exclusively suited for those who have a strong scientific and mathematical background and analytical personality. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, creative individuals can also find fulfilling careers in pharmacy, and here are a few reasons why.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2023
Pharmacogenomics is gaining support in mental health and polypharmacy, where the data make a strong case for improvements in clinical and economic outcomes.
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.
Fierce Pharma
JUNE 14, 2023
Sanofi is jumping on the artificial intelligence boat with a new app and a pledge to become “the first pharma company powered by artificial intelligence at scale.” | Sanofi's new app, plai, provides teams with a “360° view" to aid decision-making. The platform is one step in the company's digital transformation and goal to become the "first pharma powered by AI at scale.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2023
In-person visits to receive oral therapy, outpatient infusions, and inpatient infusion for the treatment of hematologic neoplasms declined in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while telemedicine use increased slightly in the same period but remained low overall.
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Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2023
Greg Mitchell joined Drug Topics to talk about the importance of community when you are a rural pharmacy, what challenges he's faced, and the power of joining a cooperative.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
Digital health companies should brace for a shake-up as COVID-era contracts inked with hospitals will soon be up for renewal, according to the results of a recent survey. | Numerous digital health contracts signed by hospitals reacting to COVID-19 are nearing their conclusion, giving many providers a chance to reevaluate their options, a recent executive survey suggests.
Drug Topics
JUNE 14, 2023
The FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee decided to recommend nirsevimab (Beyfortus) for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in infants.
Fierce Pharma
JUNE 14, 2023
An FTC lawsuit aimed at blocking Amgen’s $27.8 billion buyout o | An FTC lawsuit aimed at blocking Amgen’s $27.8 billion buyout of Horizon Therapeutics has raised concerns that the United States’ antitrust watchdog is tightening the screws on major M&A moves in the biopharma industry. A month later, according to an SEC filing, Pfizer has withdrawn its notification for its proposed $43 billion acquisition of cancer drug specialist Seagen and will submit another later in the day.
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 Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
While national health spending growth slowed in 2022, that trend isn't likely to stick around. | While national health spending growth slowed in 2022, that trend isn't likely to stick around, actuaries at CMS said Wednesday.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
Endometriosis, a common gynecological condition, is one of health’s great mimickers. It can manifest as a variety of painful symptoms but evade detection on scans and examinations. And for the estimated 10% to 15% of women with endometriosis, it can take over a decade to get a diagnosis. Part of the lag is because researchers still don’t know exactly how endometriosis occurs, except that the flow of menstrual blood backward through the fallopian tubes plays a role in some cases.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group's stock was down Wednesday after executives warned that higher medical costs are likely for the second quarter. | Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group's stock was down on Wednesday after executives warned that higher medical costs are likely for the second quarter.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
For three years, nine months, and one week, Ram Sasisekharan lived under a gag order. In 2019, some of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor’s peers publicly accused his lab of falsifying research, setting in motion a lengthy internal investigation that sidelined his work, decimated his team, and barred him from speaking out in his own defense.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
Cerner brought in $1.5 billion in revenue in the latest quarter, boosting strong growth for enterprise software giant Oracle. | Cerner brought in $1.5 billion in revenue in the latest quarter, boosting strong growth for enterprise software giant Oracle. But hospital CIOs who use Cerner continue to have reservations about the future of the EHR company, citing the lack of a concrete road map.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2023
There are a multitude of benefits to smoking cessation, along with novel resources to make cessation more manageable.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
Two Chairs, a hybrid behavioral health provider, launched a customized clinician dashboard for delivering measurement-based care. | The therapist-facing platform analyzes patient data with the goal of enabling therapists to quickly adjust treatment plans and improve outcomes.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2023
Social norms appear to influence individual behavior more than personal attitudes among people living with HIV.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
The country’s largest physician organization is taking a strong stance against noncompete contracts for physicians and is redoubling efforts to urge Congress to boost Medicare payments. | The country’s largest physician organization is taking a strong stance against noncompete contracts for physicians and is redoubling efforts to urge Congress to boost Medicare payments.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
A top executive at UnitedHealth Group said Tuesday that the health insurance and services conglomerate has noticed “a meaningfully higher number” of outpatient visits among Medicare patients in the second quarter of this year. The trend indicates a lot of older adults are getting care they had previously put off, which would eat into insurers’ earnings.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 14, 2023
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have been hit with a class-action lawsuit for allegedly failing to secure the personal information of over 2.5 million people. | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to secure the personal information of over 2.5 million people.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
In the middle of the night, you’re jolted awake by a throbbing pain in your mouth that is radiating down your neck and behind your eyes. Earlier in the week, it was just a small toothache, but now over-the-counter remedies can’t even begin to address the excruciating pain. Knowing you will not be able to get any sleep tonight, let alone concentrate on work tomorrow, you head to the emergency room, where they suspect you have an infection inside of your tooth or an abscess.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
JUNE 14, 2023
In this latest Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A, Susan Wilner Golden, DSC, lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, reveals an untapped $22 trillion global opportunity for all companies and others supporting healthy aging and longer life spans.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 14, 2023
At ASCO 2023 last week in Chicago, Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock caught up with Dr Corina Dutcus, SVP clinical development at Eisai US, to talk about the CLEAR trial, one of Eisai’s major abstracts being presented at the show.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
Just days after the end of Roe v. Wade, Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN in Indiana, told the Indianapolis Star a heartbreaking story: She had recently been asked to perform an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio girl who had been raped. The end of Roe had ushered in a six-week abortion ban in Ohio, and the girl was just past that mark in her pregnancy, meaning she could not access care in her own state.
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JUNE 14, 2023
With increasing evidence that cannabis use is associated with adverse cardiovascular effects, questions are undoubtedly being asked about the safety of the drug for medical uses. Rod Tucker investigates. Cannabis was one of the first plants cultivated by man, and its first use can be traced to ancient China where evidence suggests it was used for medical purposes from around 2,700 BC and for textiles and other uses as early as 4,000 BC.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
Rise and shine, everyone. The middle of the week is upon us. Have heart, though. You made it this far, so why not hang on for another couple of days, yes? And what better way to make the time fly than to keep busy. So grab that cup of stimulation — our flavor today boasts the aroma of pumpkins — and get started. To help you along, we have assembled another menu of tidbits for you to peruse.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 14, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for CellCentric’s inobrodib (CCS1477) to treat relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients. Inobrodib is an oral first-in-class cancer drug, indicated for patients who have previously received four or more lines of therapy, including an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, an immunomodulatory agent and a proteasome inhibitor.
STAT
JUNE 14, 2023
Every medical device has its own unique code, allowing manufacturers to keep track of their products once they enter the market. But while these codes are critical for recalling faulty devices or issuing updates, they rarely make their way into health records. For years, experts have argued for a simple fix: adding device identifiers to insurance claims forms, which doctors use to request reimbursement for medical services.
Drug Store News
JUNE 14, 2023
This settlement will resolve opioid-related claims and litigation by states, territories and political subdivisions such as counties and cities in the United States.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 14, 2023
Achieving MRD flow cytometry negativity is crucial in monitoring and predicting survival outcomes.
Drug Store News
JUNE 14, 2023
David Simnick, co-founder and CEO of Soapbox, shares how the beauty industry embraces all kinds of hair types and why consumers seek personalized ingredients for their tresses.
PioneerRx
JUNE 14, 2023
Pharma1 Pharmacy & Wellness Center in McKinney, TX is not your average pharmacy. As soon as you step through the door, you get a relaxed, spa-like feel from.
Drug Store News
JUNE 14, 2023
Sun Pharma's board of directors recently approved the appointment of Rolf Hoffmann and Aalok Shanghvi to its board.
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