PhRMA

APRIL 4, 2023

This week marks a somber anniversary for patients with Alzheimer’s. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a national coverage determination (NCD) that, for the first time ever, uses a coverage with evidence development (CED) policy that forces Medicare patients into highly restrictive research studies to simply gain access to new Alzheimer’s medicines that have been approved by the U.S.

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Drug Topics

APRIL 4, 2023

During a session at the 2023 HOPA Annual Conference, Rebecca Champion, PharmD, BCOP, highlighted new therapies in the market for hematologic malignancies with a focus on bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies.

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PhRMA

APRIL 4, 2023

Recently, Arkansas became the latest state to enact a law so that many patients aren’t paying more for their medicines than their insurance company or pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). The policy, commonly referred to as “share the savings,” requires insurers and the PBMs they work with to share the rebates, discounts, and other price concessions they receive from manufacturers directly with patients at the pharmacy counter.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

APRIL 4, 2023

There are so many different types of careers within the field of pharmacy—from research and drug development to pharmacy informatics! To learn about some of the more unique career settings in the industry, check out the Novel Pharmacy Practice Settings page —where you can explore these unique career pathways such as integrated health-community paramedicine.

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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.

Drug Topics

APRIL 4, 2023

Health care advocates provide a vital service for patients who are managing chronic conditions.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

For the first time, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is selling medicines made by a large drug manufacturer directly to consumers at a greatly reduced price, the latest sign that the billionaire is trying to make good on his vow to disrupt the opaque pharmaceutical supply chain. Until now, the company has focused on selling generic versions of brand-name medicines.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

Health tech companies are still plagued by a sluggish funding environment and a wobbling economy this quarter. Already this year, the industry has seen  the demise of once-prominent mental health startup Mindstrong , and layoffs from the likes of Color and Cerebral. Still, startups have found opportunity in the world of AI medical scribes , buoyed by investor excitement in tools like ChatGPT.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2023

6 megadeals made up 40% of digital health funding in Q1 as smaller startups face rough waters: Rock Health hlandi Tue, 04/04/2023 - 14:40

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

DSN spoke to Katerina Schneider, founder and CEO of the brand, about how the partnership with Target came to fruition, which was part of its plans to expand to mass retail.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2023

From 'transformative' to 'tremendous fear': Takes on ChatGPT in healthcare at ViVE 2023 hlandi Tue, 04/04/2023 - 06:25

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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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Drug Topics

APRIL 4, 2023

Masking, social distancing, and school closures all contributed to children being exposed to fewer environmental triggers of asthma.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 4, 2023

FDA authorizes InflaRx's anti-inflammation drug for most serious COVID despite phase 3 miss aliu Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:48

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

LOS ANGELES — On an unusually cold and rainy Los Angeles afternoon, physician assistant Robert Finch is crouched in front of a man living in a pedestrian tunnel. It’s the first time they’ve met, after  a local nonprofit asked Finch and his colleagues on a street medicine team to check in on the man’s mental and physical health.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2023

Providers, payers press CMS to get rid of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment changes entirely rking Tue, 04/04/2023 - 15:08

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences.  Sign up to get this newsletter  delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

Nair Prep & Smooth Face is available in two fragrance variations—soothing coconut milk and collagen and hydrating watermelon extract and hyaluronic acid.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

It started with mice molars and a hunch. The New York University College of Dentistry team that won 2023’s STAT Madness competition developed a gel that could eventually replace painful cleanings for gum disease. The gel blocks receptors for a metabolite called succinate, reducing bone loss and inflammation and also changing the makeup of the bacteria found in the mouth.

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

Until April 30, customers can round up their purchases to the nearest dollar amount at checkout to benefit WWF, with Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation matching customer donations up to $50,000.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

“Living With”  explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis to new patterns of living, to wrestling with big questions about illness and health. As Catherine Ames described it, this was quite a scene. She was hospitalized (again), and so weak and full of pain that she could barely walk. It took three Navy men holding her up to complete her daily walk around the ward.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

The FDA has seen a record surge in review designations being awarded over the last two years for Alzheimer’s indications, with 12 review designations being awarded to drugs between 2020 and 2022. This coincided with the much-anticipated wave of monoclonal antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) such as Eisai/Biogen’s Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) and Eli Lilly’s donanemab, which are predicted to provide significant improvement on previous AD therapies.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

At 14, after nearly three years of haunting the local urgent care clinic because of my intense menstrual periods, a doctor wrote a script that would alter the course of my life. It was for the birth control pill.

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

The committee voted 16 to 1 that available data support the safety and effectiveness of Paxlovid for treating mild to moderate COVID-19 in adult patients at high risk for progression to severe illness.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

A new biotech VC firm started by veterans of the industry began around a whiteboard in two public libraries in suburban Massachusetts. David Fallace, Richard Lim, and Lou Tartaglia began gathering at the Newton and Wellesley, Mass. libraries in 2021 — locations away from the prying eyes of the Boston biotech ecosystem that also happened to be open during the pandemic — where they could dissect what worked, and what didn’t, in venture capital.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 4, 2023

Pfizer moves on up to the West Side, establishing new nerve center at Hudson Yards' Spiral skyscraper fkansteiner Tue, 04/04/2023 - 11:42

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2023

Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, since a cool breeze and sunny skies are enveloping the Pharmalot campus. Moreover, the official mascot is happily occupied since his favorite playmate is here for a week-long slumber party. Squirrels beware. This leaves us to focus on matters at hand, which start with brewing cups of stimulation — butter pecan, for those keeping track — and foraging for items of interest.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 4, 2023

COVID-19 patent fights continue as Arbutus, Genevant come after Pfizer and BioNTech in new lawsuit zbecker Tue, 04/04/2023 - 11:01

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PharmaVoice

APRIL 4, 2023

A report from accounting firm BDO compares biotech’s tough times with the booming last few years — and points to some silver linings.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2023

Study finds half of cash prices below commercial rates in more than 2,000 hospitals rking Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:32

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Pharma Tutor

APRIL 4, 2023

The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: Genesis to Zenith admin Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:00 ABOUT AUTHOR Dr. R. S. Thakur Chief Editor, Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru, India. Email : drramsthakur@gmail.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 4, 2023

Merck's attempt to palm off some talc litigation liabilities to Bayer dismissed by Delaware judge zbecker Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:02

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

​​​​​​​The redesigned store includes a memorial space to remember and honor the victims of the November 2022 tragedy.

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Pharma Tutor

APRIL 4, 2023

Interview questions and answers for pharmaceutical analyst post admin Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:13 A pharmaceutical analyst is a professional who works in the pharmaceutical industry and is responsible for performing various tests and analyses on drugs and drug products. Pharmaceutical analysts work in quality control (QC) or research and development (R&D) departments of pharmaceutical companies.

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Drug Store News

APRIL 4, 2023

L’Oréal signed an agreement with Natura &Co. to acquire the luxury Australian beauty brand Aēsop.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 4, 2023

J&J opens its wallet with whopping $8.

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