Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Physical symptoms of burnout can include headaches, digestive problems, sleep disturbances, and increased susceptibility to illnesses due to a weakened immune system.

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A new study from Yale School of Medicine and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that patients with long COVID had increased antibodies that help fight different viruses and lower levels of cortisol.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For community pharmacists, cooler temperatures, school buses on the roads and Friday night football are not just signs of a changing season – they are indicators that patients will soon be seeking vaccinations for the 2023-2024 respiratory illness season.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The pressures of the last three and a half years have affected every corner of the health care landscape, but nowhere is the effect more evident than the country’s physician workforce. Burnout, staffing shortages, financial challenges, administrative burden, and two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that stand to stifle diversity and representation in medicine have hamstrung physicians across specialties and settings — in rural and urban communities, in hospitals, clinics, and independe

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To promote positive mental health outcomes, researchers urge for policy interventions that focus on home connectedness, peer friendship, and school climate while avoiding full school closures.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using restraints is meant to be a last resort in the face of a patient’s agitation in order to keep health care workers and others around them safe. But restraints can also lead to severe adverse outcomes for patients, including physical and psychological trauma.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

With physicians experiencing high turnover and burnout during Covid-19 pandemic and rural hospitals closing, the shortage of doctors in rural America keeps getting worse. In 2023, 65% of rural areas had a shortage of primary care physicians, according to a report published by the Health Resources and Services Administration. More than 15% of Americans — about 46 million — live in rural areas, but only 10% of doctors practice in these communities, many of whom are primary care and f

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Costco is joining retail competitors Walgreens, Walmart and CVS Health by expanding its healthcare footprint. | The big-box retailer teamed up with startup Sesame to offer special discount pricing to Costco members on a broad range of outpatient medical care services, including telehealth visits.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This was supposed to be the year of the biotech comeback, when promising new medicines and high-dollar buyouts would reverse a sector-wide slump that dates back to 2021. Instead, biotech stocks have dramatically underperformed the broader market, and the year’s few green shoots are yet to grow into a turnaround. The closely watched XBI biotech index has fallen more than 10% in 2023, while the S&P 500 rose about 13% in the same period.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

More than five years after an initial FDA approval, Novartis is touting positive trial results for its radiotherapy Lutathera as a first-line therapy against the rare cancer that killed Apple co-fo | More than five years after an initial FDA approval, Novartis is touting positive trial results for its radiotherapy Lutathera as a first-line therapy against the rare cancer that killed Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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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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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it has deep reservations about NurOwn , an investigational ALS treatment from BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, citing a lack of evidence that the medicine works and the company’s failure to demonstrate that it can properly manufacture the product. In documents disclosed ahead of a Wednesday public hearing on NurOwn’s application for approval, the FDA detailed its problems with a clinical trial that missed its primary objective and note

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

An increase in cannabis use has led to growing concerns surrounding interactions between its components, THC and CBD, and prescription medications.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For months, oncologist Kristen Rice found herself scrambling for cisplatin and carboplatin, two key chemotherapies used for many different cancers including ovarian, bladder, and lung cancer. Like most small community practices, Rice’s clinic has always kept “just in time” inventory – or just enough stock to last the clinic the next few days.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The benefits of ensitrelvir use in patients with symptoms of long Covid and as a second-line treatment option for those hospitalised with Covid-19, have been presented at the recent European Scientific Working Group on Influenza and other Acute Respiratory Viruses’ (ESWI) Influenza Conference. Ensitrelvir is an oral antiviral drug for Covid-19 manufactured by Shionogi, which is currently approved under the emergency regulatory approval system in Japan.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Medical students experience significant mental distress, including high rates of anxiety, alcohol use , depression and suicidal ideation , and it’s only gotten worse since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data also show that medical students don’t always get care for these conditions when they need it. And as we found during a recent research study published in JAMA Internal Medicine , the reasons for this are not just stigma and fear of professional repercussions.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a bipartisan bill that overhauls the country’s organ transplant system by increasing competition among contractors and paving the way for additional fundi | The bipartisan bill ends nearly four decades of an effective monopoly held by a third-party contractor and opens the door for more funding and network reforms floated by HRSA earlier this year.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

CommonSpirit Health keeps adding more hospitals — and billions in new debt — even as it bleeds money. Formed through a 2019 merger and headquartered in Chicago, CommonSpirit is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health systems, with north of 140 hospitals. Even though it has scale, the system has lost money almost every year since its inception, including $2.7 billion on operations in the past two years.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After several diabetic patients received a sham version of Roche's Avastin and lost their sight, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is halting the sale or distribution of the drug unt | Authorities in Pakistan are investigating the use of altered versions of Roche's Avastin after several diabetic patients who received a sham version of the drug lost their sight.

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money through the health care system.  Sign up here  to get it in your inbox. Health care’s big labor fight to watch The UAW strike isn’t the only major labor movement in the country. More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers will strike next week — Oct. 4 through 6 — if a deal with the health care giant doesn’t come through be

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A new study found that participants reported improved glycemic control and improved quality of life with smartwatch-integrated, do-it-yourself continuous glucose monitoring.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Nivolumab has also demonstrated efficacy in immunotherapy-based combinations for the treatment of certain types of melanoma and bladder cancers.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Rice’s Pharmacy has not only navigated the evolution of community-pharmacy but has thrived with their dedication to local patient care and practice transformation.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While GSK’s Arexvy was first out the gate in this summer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine race, Pfizer has kept the pressure up with its rival shot Abrysvo. | While GSK’s Arexvy was first out the gate in this summer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine race, Pfizer has kept the pressure up with its rival shot Abrysvo. Now, as the RSV season creeps up, Pfizer’s vaccine has received a formal endorsement from the CDC to be used during pregnancy to protect infants.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Only 1% of children experienced obesity remission and lower socioeconomic status was connected to a worsened trajectory.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Tylenol (acetaminophen) and Motrin (ibuprofen) are some of the most commonly used over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in American. These versatile medications are used for everything from treating cold and flu symptoms to reducing fevers and relieving pain. The two drugs have different mechanisms of action and different ways they are metabolized by the body, so you can take them concurrently (under a healthcare provider’s supervision).

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To celebrate World Pharmacists Day, pharmacy leaders have highlighted the vital role pharmacists play in providing expert medicines advice and supporting safe, effective and efficient healthcare for patients. World Pharmacists Day has been led by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) every year since 2009 and it takes place on 25 September to mark the anniversary of the inception of FIP in 1912.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s an unfortunate scenario most of us are familiar with: You wake up in the middle of the night in the grips of an unwanted visitor: stomach flu. Your body is in full-on rebellion, and you have no control over the relentless symptoms, from vomiting to diarrhea. After a day or two of suffering, you just want to know when it will end. Most stomach bugs typically last only a few days but can linger for two to three weeks in severe cases.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Drugs tainted with impurities ranging from bacteria and particulates to likely cancer agents have triggered multiple FDA recalls in recent years. | Drugs tainted with impurities ranging from bacteria and particulates to likely cancer agents have triggered multiple FDA recalls in recent years. Now, Florida’s VistaPharm is pulling a popular ulcer treatment from U.S. shelves thanks to its own contamination scare.

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Drug Store News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Costco members will receive virtual primary care through Sesame for $29, health checkups for $72, virtual mental health therapy for $79 and 10% off all other services.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the aftermath of a devastating summer tornado at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount injectables plant in North Carolina, manufacturing has largely resumed. | In the aftermath of a devastating summer tornado at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount injectables plant in North Carolina, manufacturing is starting back up. Still, the company expects supply shortfalls for some drugs produced at the plant to stretch into next year.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The kinase inhibitor ruxolitinib (brand name Jakavi) has been recommended in draft guidance by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of patients with the blood cancer polycythaemia vera (PV), its manufacturer Novartis has announced. The endorsement covers the approved oral indication of ruxolitinib for the treatment of PV in adults who are unable to tolerate the standard treatment of hydroxycarbamide, or when the condition is resistant to it.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Testosterone may protect the brain against dementia pathology, but the association has not been proven.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has received instruction by the UK Government to close its temporary Covid-19 register in March 2024. The temporary register was set up in 2020 when the GPhC used its emergency powers to register pharmacy professionals rapidly in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A stipulation for pharmacy professionals registered on a temporary basis is that they must be working or volunteering in response to Covid-19.

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