Drug Topics
MAY 9, 2024
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc has reported 224 injuries associated with a software malfunction in a companion insulin app, leading the company to issue a recall of the technology.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Twenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked a fever, and started to cough. Six days later, he was hospitalized; six days after that, he died of acute respiratory distress caused by viral pneumonia. Testing showed the toddler, who’d had contact with sick chickens before becoming ill, had been infected with H5N1 bird flu.
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Fierce Healthcare
MAY 9, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it has established a new task force to take on healthcare monopolies and collusion. | The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it has established a new task force to take on healthcare monopolies and collusion.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
When it comes to federal agencies communicating to the public about H5N1 bird flu, it feels like a classic case of Yogi Berra’s déjà vu all over again. In the wake of pointed criticism about its failure to release new information about the growing H5N1 outbreak in livestock, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S.
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
MAY 9, 2024
A clinical pharmacist discusses his work in the mental health space while stressing the importance of advocating for and checking in with one another’s emotional well-being.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Weeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera vaccine, the World Health Organization moved to prequalify a new cholera vaccine last month. The vaccine is a simplified version of the two existing oral vaccines, both produced by Korean vaccine manufacturer EuBiologics Co. The company will begin making the new vaccine, called Euvichol-S, this year.
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STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Even with the recent awareness that clinical trials often lack the diversity that would make them representative, women and people of color remain underrepresented in studies. The work of bringing diversity to research is complex, and several experts gathered at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Wednesday to discuss potential strategies to make progress, starting with ways to build trust among the communities that have a history of being mistreated or exploited by the scientific communit
Pharmacy Times
MAY 9, 2024
This study is the first to preliminarily show that a community pharmacist intervention can produce a positive effect on reducing SABA reliance and improvement of ICS adherence in patients with asthma.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
U.S. legislation that would sever ties with Chinese drugmakers would jeopardize the drug supply for millions of American patients if it’s passed, the biotechnology industry’s main trade group has told Congress. Congress is considering legislation, called the BIOSECURE Act, that would make it difficult for Chinese contract development and manufacturing organizations to do business with biotechnology companies that work with the U.S. federal government.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 9, 2024
One physician is making the case that prior authorization for procedures should be reported to insurance plans as a CPT code—and the proposal could pass this week at an American Medical Association | A New York urologist believes prior auth CPT codes will realign incentives and better support patients and physicians.
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.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
A host of hurdles are slowing the adoption of the new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, experts involved in the treatment of patients said Wednesday, from complicated logistics to the fact that many people don’t recognize that their memory loss is a disease soon enough. Some patients still grapple with whether they want to be diagnosed, even though a treatment exists, the experts said, speaking during a STAT virtual event.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 9, 2024
Medicare Advantage plans have come under fire for upcoding that can increase the payouts they receive, and regulators point to health risk assessments as a likely culprit in this increase in coding | Medicare Advantage plans have come under fire for upcoding that can increase the payouts they receive, and regulators point to health risk assessments as a likely culprit in this increase in coding intensity.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
The intersection of the mental health crisis among young Americans and the growing burden of unpaid caregiving is generating an expanding, particularly vulnerable, and unacknowledged population: young people who act as caregivers for siblings with special health care needs, physically or mentally ill parents, ailing grandparents, or other loved ones.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
A UK report has said that inflation and geopolitical instability have led to a “dramatic drop” in investment in smaller companies developing new medicines, with a knock-on effect on the entire life sciences industry.
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STAT
MAY 9, 2024
What happens when a common virus jumps from birds to cows? And should we be concerned? This week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT senior infectious diseases reporter Helen Branswell walks us through ongoing H5N1 outbreak in the U.S. and issues with monitoring the spread.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 9, 2024
A slew of bills targeting enhanced access to care within rural communities have, to the applause of the hospital industry, passed through committee to the full House of Representatives. | A handful of bills sent to the full House Wednesday would extend or expand greater funding for various types of rural hospitals. In statements to the legislative committee, AHA and FAH broadly applauded the bills but outlined some suggestions that would preserve hospital lobby interests.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Exact Sciences reported first-quarter revenues this week that beat market expectations, and the cancer detection company’s executives still believe they’re on track to meet expected 2024 revenue. That’s usually good news. Yet Exact shares are down nearly 11% on Thursday, dipping to $53.12 within the first few hours of trading. During after-hours trading on Wednesday, shortly after Exact released its financial updates, shares tumbled as low as $47.24.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
A new metric developed by Phesi can predict the burden that clinical trials will impose on patients, allowing amendments that can improve the design, efficiency and cost
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
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Drug Topics
MAY 9, 2024
Since biosimilars first launched, unique pricing incentives and strategies have been created to incentives adoption.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
BALTIMORE — Gene and cell therapies have transformed a handful of devastating disorders in the U.S. and Europe, with more treatments on the way. But those technologies have largely failed to reach most of the world. These lags are ubiquitous in the current drug development system, where new therapies are approved in wealthy countries and then slowly leak out to low- and middle-income countries, many years later.
Drug Topics
MAY 9, 2024
Researchers analyzed the prior authorization requirements of private insurers applied to various Medicare services.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a new subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered every Thursday to their inbox. I love the Cytokinetics story. There’s so much at stake with aficamten, not to mention all the ups and downs from previous drug-development efforts and now the speculation about a possible takeover.
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
How have drug container closure testing methods changed over time? This post explores the history and development of techniques to evaluate container integrity.
STAT
MAY 9, 2024
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because countless birds are chirping outside our window, the pace of motor vehicles passing by our window is picking up, and the official mascots are busy foraging for snacks on the official grounds. As for us, we are engaged in the usual ritual of brewing cups of stimulation. Our choice today is orange cream.
Pharmaceutical Commerce
MAY 9, 2024
In an interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Cathy O'Brien, VP of Sales, UPS Healthcare discusses her masterclass on delivering agility in supply chains by building a multimodal cold chain network while also reducing risks at LogiPharma Europe 2024.
Drug Topics
MAY 9, 2024
One of the biggest issues pharmacists are watching is the Medicare Part D redesign and copay smoothing policy.
Pharmacy Times
MAY 9, 2024
With worsening news from accounting, where does community pharmacy go from here?
pharmaphorum
MAY 9, 2024
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs' newly launched AlphaFold 3 extends the power of the AI model to 'all life’s molecules'
The Checkup by Singlecare
MAY 9, 2024
Amoxicillin , an antibiotic in the penicillin family, is commonly prescribed to treat a variety of bacterial infections, such as ear infections, pneumonia, strep throat, and urinary tract infections. It’s a broad-spectrum treatment that works by breaking down the walls that shield bacteria, neutralizing their ability to grow and spread, and allowing your immune system to clear infections.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 9, 2024
Community Health Systems (CHS) is the latest health system to allege that MultiPlan’s data-driven claims repricing business meets the bar for antitrust violation. | CHS is the third health system to allege that MultiPlan's claims repricing business and deals with major payers are anticompetitive.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 9, 2024
Five months out from their twin FDA approvals in sickle cell disease (SCD), who’s winning the race to treat patients with their respective gene therapies—bluebird bio or partners Vertex Pharmaceuti | Five months out from their twin FDA approvals in sickle cell disease (SCD), who’s winning the race to treat patients with their respective gene therapies—bluebird bio or partners Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics?
Drug Topics
MAY 9, 2024
Test your knowledge of allergy and asthma clinical guidelines.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 9, 2024
After telegraphing more than a hundred potential layoffs in March in connection with plans to stop construction of a massive Seagen facility, Pfizer is plowing ahead with efforts to streamline its | Pfizer has proposed another round of staff reductions and role changes at legacy Seagen, this time hitting Seagen’s European headquarters in Switzerland, where 74 positions could be up for the chop.
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