Tue.Dec 13, 2022

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Relyvrio: A New FDA-Approved Treatment for Patients With ALS

Drug Topics

Relyvrio is intended to slow the disease progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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At the heart of hematology breakthroughs, a community of researchers and patients comes together

PharmaVoice

As new and advanced therapies are revealed at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology this week, the patients are always at the center.

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Suggestions for Saving: Help Patients Navigate Diabetes Management Costs

Drug Topics

By offering resources such as free samples and generic alternatives, pharmacists can help patients lower costs.

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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Adagrasib for KRAS-G12C-Mutated NSCLC

Pharmacy Times

Adagrasib (Krazati; Mirati Therapeutics, Inc) approved for adults with KRAS-G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer as determined by an FDA-approved test.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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Study Sees Link Between Smartphone Screen Time, Symptoms of Mental Illness

Drug Topics

Social support and education may be the solution.

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Study to Evaluate Efficacy of Device That Closes Patent Foramen Ovale in Treating Migraine

Pharmacy Times

Prior research indicates a platelet-based connection between migraine and the patent foramen ovale.

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Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Pharmacy Haven or Nursing Nightmare?

Pharmacy Times

Patient-controlled analgesia typically consists of opioids or local anesthetics, but it may also include non-opioid analgesics or other medications.

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Cancer center leaders lay bare CAR-T makers' struggles—and an unexpected laggard

Fierce Pharma

Cancer center leaders lay bare CAR-T makers' struggles—and an unexpected laggard. aliu. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 20:12.

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Value-based payment system shortchanges PCPs, says study

Fierce Healthcare

Value-based payment system shortchanges PCPs, says study. fdiamond. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 14:39.

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‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies

STAT

Open the website of Workit Health, and the path to treatment starts with a simple intake form: Are you in danger of harming yourself or others? If not, what’s your current opioid and alcohol use? How much methadone do you use? Within minutes, patients looking for online treatment for opioid use and other addictions can complete the assessment and book a video visit with a provider licensed to prescribe suboxone and other drugs.

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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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Robot bringing companionship to seniors, ElliQ, gets 2.0 update including caregiver app

Fierce Healthcare

Robot bringing companionship to seniors, ElliQ, gets 2.0 update including caregiver app. aburky. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 17:14.

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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Human Know-How to Accelerate Drug Discovery

BioPharm

Through the integration of human expertise, artificial intelligence, and automation robotics, bio/pharma companies can more efficiently target drug discovery efforts with bigger payoff.

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HHS proposes to make permanent telehealth flexibilities for doling out buprenorphine

Fierce Healthcare

HHS proposes to make permanent telehealth flexibilities for doling out buprenorphine. rking. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 17:10.

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Eli Lilly says 4 new launches will help drive its 2023 revenue past $30B

Fierce Pharma

Eli Lilly says 4 new launches will help drive its 2023 revenue past $30B. zbecker. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 12:29.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

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 startup Medly has filed for bankruptcy with plans to sell 22 stores

Fierce Healthcare

Pharmacy startup Medly has filed for bankruptcy with plans to sell 22 stores. hlandi. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 19:38.

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Target caters to last-minute holiday shoppers with deals, fulfillment services

Drug Store News

Late holiday shoppers can get discounts, as well as same-day pickup or delivery, through Christmas Eve at Target.

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Bright Health at risk of being removed from NYSE

Fierce Healthcare

Bright Health at risk of being removed from NYSE. pminemyer. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 16:30.

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Canadian and US developers to trial psychedelic medicines in UK

European Pharmaceutical Review

North American psychedelic drug developers Mindset, PharmAla, Mydecine and Psyence have signed with clinical research organisation (CRO) Clerkenwell Health to trial therapies for mental health conditions, in London, UK, to benefit from the country’s swift drug regulatory process. The mental health conditions that the companies aim to treat include social anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), nicotine addiction, major depressive disorder (MDD), and Adjustment Disorder in those facing a termina

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Not just small adults…

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Paediatrics is a unique and fulfilling area of pharmacy practice but challenges in overcoming the gaps in pharmaceutical care for these patients remain. A well-worn adage used in paediatrics is: “children are not just small adults”. Having paediatric-specific diseases (for example, neuroblastoma, congenital heart diseases and juvenile onset diabetes) and often requiring specific testing and special techniques or individualised frameworks for many procedures, we cannot deny that children are a ve

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GSK to open new global headquarters

European Pharmaceutical Review

GSK have announced that its global headquarters will move from Brentford, West London to its new headquarters in central London in 2024, placing it near the capital’s fast-growing global life sciences hub, Knowledge Quarter and top academic institutions. GSK’s centrally located headquarters. The new site, currently known as the Earnshaw, is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2023.

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Sign of the times: Customized cosmetics, skin care lead 2022 trends

Drug Store News

As the year comes to an end, beauty trends have also come and gone within the year.

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Low-code/no-code platforms and SaaS: the next evolution in clinical trial technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

We have seen how advanced software platforms empower companies across many sectors to develop personalised applications that deliver seamless customer experiences. The drag-and-drop tools used in solutions like Salesforce, for example, enable processes to be automated and applications to be built or customised, with ease. Elsewhere, we have witnessed software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service and even infrastructure-as-a-service come together in the cloud to help organisations scale the

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Rare Disease Moonshot launched at European Health Summit

pharmaphorum

A new initiative to boost research and development into rare and paediatric diseases launched last week, on Thursday 8 th December, at the European Health Summit. The Rare Disease Moonshot is a collaborative commitment between seven organisations, seeking to break down barriers to finding new treatments and cures for some of the world’s rarest and most severe conditions.

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Opinion: Lessons from Ecuador on responding to the mental health crisis in the U.S. and around the world

STAT

In his assessment of governments’ work to provide sufficient mental health resources to their citizens, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, warned that “good intentions are not being met with investment.” Though many countries have implemented policies, plans, and laws to improve mental health care, they haven’t offered enough leadership and governance for community-based mental health resources and sufficient promotion a

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Regular Exercise Improves Outcomes in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Regular physical activity helps to facilitate a healthy gut microbiome and lowers inflammation, which were observed in patients independent of body mass index.

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WHO names Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, as chief scientist

STAT

Jeremy Farrar , director of the Wellcome Trust, the world’s second largest private funder of biomedical research, has been named the new chief scientist of the World Health Organization. The appointment was announced Tuesday by the global health agency, which also revealed the appointment of Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu as WHO’s chief nursing officer.

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Perfecting the Present, Shaping the Future: The Pharmacy at Wellington

PioneerRx

Opening an independent pharmacy is making a statement. It’s a call to take the pharmacy industry and turn it into an even better place. It’s a way of saying.

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‘Make People Better’: The CRISPR babies story you probably don’t know, and how it was filmed in real-time

STAT

In May of 2017, Samira Kiani found herself in a San Diego hotel ballroom surrounded by some of the CRISPR field’s brightest shining stars. Jennifer Doudna , George Church , and others were all there at the behest of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to talk about gene drives — a CRISPR-enabled technology that forces a genetic trait through a population at evolutionary warp speed — and what they as scientists could do to build guardrails around them.

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How to write a health insurance appeal letter

The Checkup by Singlecare

Imagine you need to get an MRI. You’ve had unexplained headaches with no discernable trigger, and your provider wants additional tests to rule out anything serious. So, you get a referral from your healthcare provider, make an appointment, and then wait until the scheduled day. Meanwhile, the radiologist’s office contacts your insurance to get the service approved.

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Huge U.S. study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

STAT

More than 155,000 Americans who shared their DNA for science are about to learn something in return: Do they have some particularly worrisome genes? It’s part of a  massive project to unravel how people’s genetics, environments, and habits interact to determine their overall health. The National Institutes of Health said Tuesday it’s now starting to notify participants about some early findings — if they carry variants that can cause any of 59 inherited diseases

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'Podnosis': How insurers are using data to personalize care and how to fix primary care

Fierce Healthcare

'Podnosis': How insurers are using data to personalize care and how to fix primary care. tcarey. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 13:54.

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STAT+: New Biden changes to Obamacare coverage for generics splits the industry

STAT

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration signaled Monday that it will require health plans on federal exchanges to cover more of the costs of generic drugs, a small tweak that nevertheless has industry groups divided on how best to manage drug costs. The proposal, laid out in a Monday regulation , would direct plans offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace to put all generic drugs in their lowest cost-sharing tier, which typically translates to little to no out-of-pocket spending

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Spindrift enters mocktail, iced tea categories

Drug Store News

Spindrift’s new launches include mocktail and iced tea lines, which come in two flavor varieties each.

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