Drug Topics

MAY 5, 2023

A new study investigates whether GPT-4 can provide more in-depth analysis than medical professionals.

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MAY 5, 2023

A new study sheds light on what may be causing very rare cases of heart inflammation in young men after receiving an mRNA Covid vaccine. Early hypotheses as to what was driving the heart inflammation, called myocarditis , included an allergic response to the vaccine, vaccine-induced antibodies, or an autoimmune response in which the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy tissue by mistake.

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Drug Topics

MAY 5, 2023

Inhaled corticosteroids were observed to be associated with increases in rates of pneumonia and tuberculosis, according to a recent study.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 5, 2023

There are still significant unresolved issues in artificial intelligence and machine learning, which must be addressed before they can be safely and effectively used more broadly in medicine.

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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

Patient Care

Drug Topics

MAY 5, 2023

WHO ends COVID-19 public health emergency, privacy concerns around mental health apps, and astronomical interest with medical credit cards.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 5, 2023

Verizon will supply VA with mobile devices, emergency tech in $448M deal aburky Fri, 05/05/2023 - 16:17

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PharmaVoice

MAY 5, 2023

The biotech CEO is bullish on the company’s pioneering T cell receptor platform and innovating new immunology-based treatments.

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Drug Topics

MAY 5, 2023

While acknowledging remaining uncertainties posed by potential evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the organization advised it’s time to transition to long-term management of the pandemic.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

The ending of the public health emergency for Covid-19 will force the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cut back on the data it collects to analyze how much illness the SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing in the future, the CDC announced Friday. But some of the data metrics the CDC will no longer be able to collect are of lesser value now than they were at earlier points in the pandemic, agency officials explained in a press briefing Thursday in advance of Friday’s release of two arti

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pharmaphorum

MAY 5, 2023

Digitisation is fundamental to unlocking a patient-centric industry Mike.

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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

MAY 5, 2023

The study shed light on the importance of the source of vaccine information and other factors that prevent lifesaving vaccination.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 5, 2023

OIG flags $580M in improper Medicare payments for psychotherapy, with the bulk billed for telehealth services aburky Fri, 05/05/2023 - 15:03

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 5, 2023

Data from the expanded trial suggests that the NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine protects against multiple viral variants.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 5, 2023

California lawmakers greenlight $150M of emergency loans for struggling hospitals dmuoio Fri, 05/05/2023 - 15:30

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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

MAY 5, 2023

The study will be conducted in Brazil, where PrEP use for HIV continues to be lower than desired.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 5, 2023

Cigna boosts guidance as it reports $1.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 5, 2023

Illegal online sellers threaten the health, privacy, and security of patients by failing to comply with the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are located, or the jurisdiction in which they are selling their medicines.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

The World Health Organization ended the Covid-19 global health emergency on Friday, saying it was time for countries to transition from treating Covid as an emergency to dealing with it as a disease that is here to stay. The decision was made on the advice of a panel of independent experts, the so-called Covid-19 emergency committee, which met Thursday.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 5, 2023

Mental health interventions are a critical part of the global response to HIV, with multiple potential roles for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

The sunscreen is designed to eliminate the white cast that is commonly associated with other all-mineral sunscreens, the company said.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 5, 2023

The 2022-2023 COVID-19 season did not have a significant surge of COVID-19 like it did early on in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Honest Apothecary

MAY 5, 2023

Do you find yourself frequently needing to remind your boss about something they were supposed to do? Or are you, perhaps, frequently guilty of dropping the ball on a piece of a project that you needed to get done? Maybe your particular struggle is in responding to requests for information or feedback. Or do people need to reach out to you 2, 3, 4 times or more to try and get your input or advice?

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

The packs will swap the brand's signature rainbow for original designs by artists within the LGBTQ+ community.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, announced Friday that she will leave the agency at the end of June. “I took on this role with the goal of leaving behind the dark days of the pandemic and moving CDC — and public health — forward into a much better and more trusted place,” Walensky said in an email to her staff, a copy of which was obtained by STAT.

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

The new formula is available in Soothing Hydration and Pure Clean.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

This week, the “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton made news when he left Google and aired his concerns about how powerful artificial intelligence has become. In the last few months alone, ChatGPT has fueled frenzied efforts to use AI in nearly every industry — including health care. “In the last 10 years we’ve seen very steady acceleration of the technology,” said Suchi Saria, CEO and founder of Bayesian Health, at the STAT Breakthrough Summit in San Fran

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

The subscription is designed to help individuals create a personalized health and wellness plan.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

“I cannot tell you how much it means to me that my extra chromosome might lead to the answer to Alzheimer’s,” Frank Stephens, a self-advocate with Down syndrome, told Congress in 2017. His heart-wrenching comment, which was followed by thunderous applause and a standing ovation, got it exactly right. People with Down syndrome have an extra copy of the 21st chromosome — the chromosome on which the gene that codes for amyloid precursor protein is located.

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

Diazepam injection is indicated for the management of anxiety disorders as well as for symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

As soon as she heard the Supreme Court decision, LaVarne Burton began to worry. As CEO of the nonprofit American Kidney Fund, she knew that the court’s ruling on Marietta v. DaVita last June — which allows employer-sponsored health insurance plans to limit outpatient dialysis coverage — was going to put the health of kidney failure patients at risk.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 5, 2023

Researchers have developed a physics-enhanced autocorrelation-based estimator (PEACE) machine learning algorithm that can extract the particle size distribution (PSD) of a pharmaceutical powder surface from its laser speckle. The method provides a real-time, non-invasive, far-field optical probe to monitor particle size distributions quantitatively.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

Jennifer Doudna may be just months away from seeing the first CRISPR-based therapy gain approval, but sitting on stage Thursday, the Nobel laureate sounded as ambitious and hungry as ever. “How do we make sure that a technology like CRISPR — you know, no offense intended — is not just going to make a few people rich?” she told a room full of executives and investors at the STAT Breakthrough Summit in San Francisco, “but it’s going to actually have a broa

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Drug Store News

MAY 5, 2023

The move will help provide a fully integrated shopping experience for consumers searching for healthier options, the company said.

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