Drug Topics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Readers, we want to hear from you.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Companies like Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi and BMS are diving into the world of digital therapeutics while recognizing the limitations of the young field.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Make mental health a priority.

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IDStewardship

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In this article a pharmacist with specialized training in infectious diseases discusses five key areas of study to master in the field of antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, to become an antibiotic ninja. Authored By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 11 October 2022. It is commonplace for learners such as students and residents to struggle with infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A look at what’s to come in the October issue of Drug Topics®.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 10, 2022

While LSD and psilocybin steal the spotlight, drug developers are also exploring MDMA for a wide swath of neurological illnesses.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 10, 2022

While there are many sources of real-world evidence, there’s growing interest and focus on capturing patient generated insights to capture a more specific level of understanding for a given therapy.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Technlogy could greatly improve drug absorption.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Watch Dr. Preeti Parikh, executive medical director at GoodRx, explain how she sees parallels between her mother’s challenges to promote health equity as a physician, and current diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) challenges in the workplace.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Inhibiting the calcium release-activated calcium channel found to be an effective approach to limit allergic asthma without affecting the body’s defenses against influenza.

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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.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

I first met Wes Ely in 2016, when I wrote about ICU delirium and Ely’s attempts, as a critical-care physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to urge fellow health care workers to rethink the use of heavy sedation in ICUs. His research was an attempt to limit the crippling cognitive and physical impairments he saw develop in many critical-care patients long after they left the hospital, something he came to call post intensive care syndrome, or PICS.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

New research finds that mental health has replaced COVID-19 as the top health concern among Americans, but deeper analysis needs to be done into whether depression and anxiety are truly becoming more widespread.

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With Anthos, Rite Aid’s more than 2,350 pharmacies will have cloud computing capabilities on-site.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Intravenous immunoglobulin was more effective than placebo, but not more effective than plasmapheresis and corticosteroids.

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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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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For the 32 million individuals in the US with food allergies, more research into symptoms, causes, and treatments has been long sought after, but historically underfunded. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which oversees disease research, has a total annual budget equivalent to $120 per person, with only $0.19 per person being spent on food allergy research.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Furosemide injection 80 mg/10 mL (Furoscix; scPharmaceuticals) is indicated for the at-home treatment of congestion caused by fluid overload in adult patients with New York Heart Association Class II/III chronic heart failure.

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STAT

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Merck said Monday the key drug from its $11.5 billion purchase of the biotech Acceleron met its main goal in a key clinical trial. The medicine, sotatercept, is meant to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, a disease in which high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs leads to difficulty breathing and walking. Merck did not disclose detailed results in its press release, but said that the medicine resulted in a “statistically significant and clinically meaningful” increase

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Male students admitted into a high-performing public charter school found to have better physical health and lower body mass index than their female counterparts.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ Boostrix vaccine for use in pregnant woman in their third trimester, to prevent against whooping cough (pertussis) in infants up to two months of age. Boostrix (Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed [Tdap]) boosts antibodies in individuals administered with the vaccine, which are then transferred to the growing foetus.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Keeping up with the latest immunizations and being prepared for this year's flu season is essential to staying on top of your health.

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STAT

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The U.S. is about to have not just one, but two, standalone publicly-traded oncology providers. Florida-based American Oncology Network, a company with more than 100 affiliated doctors across 18 states, announced last week it plans to go public. The news comes about a year after another large oncology provider chain hit the stock market. Its shares have since lost roughly half their value.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jeanine Singer, senior vice president of Field Sales and Operations at McKesson, discusses being appointed to the NCPA Innovation Center Board of Directors.

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STAT

OCTOBER 10, 2022

After three years of probing, the European Commission has reached a preliminary decision that Teva Pharmaceuticals illegally used different strategies to prevent rival companies from introducing versions of a top-selling medicine. The review found that Teva used various patent maneuvers to thwart generic manufacturers from being able to market copycat versions of the Copaxone multiple sclerosis treatment.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

New research about the risks of dementia in patients with non-affective psychotic disorders could help shape new life course models for prevention.

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ISPE

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Meet the 2022 FOYA Honorable Mention Winner: lovance. Trudy Patterson. Mon, 10/10/2022 - 10:16. iSpeak Blog. iSpeak. Meet the 2022 FOYA Honorable Mention Winner: lovance. Marcy Sanford. 10 October 2022. Honorable Mention recognizes projects that did not win a specific category but were clearly successful projects that overcame significant challenges in planning, execution, and delivery.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) was granted £10.65 million to support its work in development, scale-up and manufacture of RNA therapies and finance the training centre already established at the site, which aims to upskill the future RNA workforce. The RNA Centre of Excellence is the only UK site equipped to develop and manufacture millions of doses of a messenger and self-amplifying RNA vaccines.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Scientists ditch plans to develop nasal spray version of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in its current form Hopes of distributing the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a nasal spray have been dealt a blow after researchers said it performed poorly in its first clinical trial. The underwhelming results have led scientists to abandon plans to develop the spray in its current form, with hopes now resting on different formulations of the vaccine and more complex delivery devices, such as nebulisers th

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

CareCentrix CEO John Driscoll will join WBA to lead U.S. Healthcare, including Walgreens Health.

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Board Vitals - Pharmacist

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You hear it over and over when flying: “When the oxygen masks drop, put your own mask on first, before assisting others.” Why is this such critical advice? Because if you can’t perform it, you can’t help others. The same stands true in life as a healthcare worker. If you don’t take care of yourself and practice well-nurtured types of self-care, you can’t help others.

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Kroger is hiring for salaried and hourly roles in retail, e-commerce, pharmacy, and more.

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PharmExec

OCTOBER 10, 2022

There has been a push to implement NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, across many verticals, but there is still much to learn about their potential uses in healthcare and its brands.

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

OPI xPress/On consists of 33 press-on gel-like salon manicures that come in 15 of the brand’s iconic shades.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The combination of loop diuretics with other drugs that act at different pharmacologic targets has been shown to improve diuretic response in patients with heart failure.

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