Drug Topics

JANUARY 9, 2023

Pharmacists can make simple changes that add up to big environmental impacts.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 9, 2023

How the IRLAB Therapeutics CEO is guiding the company in its development of potentially groundbreaking Parkinson’s disease treatments.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 9, 2023

Approval followed resubmission of data from the phase 3 CONFIRM trial to the agency.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 9, 2023

The chronic and excessive use of opioids has been associated with a wide range of psychosocial effects on the patient.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2023

Custom is one of the growing number of companies focusing on adherence. It changed its name from Pack4U last year.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2023

CVS, Cigna back kidney care coordination, tech startup Monogram Health's latest $375M raise. dmuoio. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 12:24.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2023

These socioeconomic factors may be indicators of long COVID risk, study says. fdiamond. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 16:48.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 9, 2023

While the pandemic has shined a brighter light onto the need to address social determinants of health and mental health needs, relevant data will be crucial for pharmacists to be able to help treat the whole patient.

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PharmaVoice

JANUARY 9, 2023

The biotech hopes to upend the CAR-T category by cutting manufacturing from weeks to hours and developing a first-line cell therapy.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO –  U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf doesn’t disagree with the basic findings of a congressional investigation into the agency’s role in the controversial approval of Aduhelm, Biogen’s first Alzheimer’s drug. He just wishes the report’s tone had been different. “There were no surprises in the report,” Califf told STAT’s Matt Herper during a Monday night event hosted by STAT during the J.P

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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.

Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 9, 2023

JPM23, Day 1: BMS touts new launches as patent cliff looms; Regeneron's Eylea sales disappoint. esagonowsky. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 09:55.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 9, 2023

If approved, glofitamab will treat the most aggressive type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 9, 2023

JPM23: Moderna reaped $18.4B in COVID vaccine sales last year, projects at least $5B in 2023. kdunleavy. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 10:34.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 9, 2023

Mothers, in particular, benefit when they are given longer leaves and policies that offer incentives or wage replacement, analysis indicates.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2023

Senior-focused primary care providers Oak Street Health and Agilon Health used their stage time at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Monday to talk up their ambitious growth plans in the coming year. Both Oak Street and Agilon’s business models are centered around the Medicare Advantage program, the private form of Medicare for people over 65.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 9, 2023

Black patients aged 18 to 49 years showed a greater association with uncontrolled blood pressure while on an antihypertensive medication.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 9, 2023

Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. First introduced in 2020, the global Managed Access Programme (gMAP) has provided Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) free of charge to nearly 300 children with the genetic disorder across 36 countries where the therapy has not yet received approval or in which no formal access pathway exists.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2023

JPM23: Centene gears up for Medicaid redeterminations to begin this spring. pminemyer. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 14:19.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

We’re preparing to start JP Morgan week with a busy day Monday, with day 1 of the Informa Biotech Showcase, including a dedicated mini-event on Cell and Gene Therapy in the morning. Then in the evening, we’ll be at STAT@JPM for presentations by event sponsor GSK as well as the guest of honour: FDA Commissioner Robert Califf. Check below for updates throughout the day.

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Own Brands Supplier Diversity Summit is calling on diverse private-label manufacturers to submit products.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

Moderna disclosed Monday that it plans to price its Covid-19 vaccine at anywhere from $110 to $130 per dose when the company pivots from a focus on government contracts to commercial distribution efforts. The timing was not disclosed, but the company is holding talks with hospitals, pharmacy chains and pharmacy benefit managers. In setting such a price, Moderna will pursue the same path as Pfizer, which last year also announced plans to charge $110 to $130 a dose this year for its own Covid-19 s

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sally Hansen’s Salon Effects Perfect Manicure collection consists of ready-to-wear press-on nails that come in a variety of nail lengths, shapes, colors and designs.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 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. Kristin Houlihan, 38, got sick in March 2020 with a virus she assumes was Covid. She wasn’t sick, in a flu-like sense, for long. But then, some symptoms never went away: night sweats, extreme temperature swings after meals.

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 9, 2023

JPM23: Chiesi gets jump-start on JPM buzz with $1.48B Amyrt buyout. esagonowsky. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 08:14.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

The surge in telehealth during the pandemic promised to shed light on a crucial question: Does the convenience of telehealth drive up costs when patients make more appointments than they would in-person? The answer stands to shape investments in — and oversight of — the fast-growing field. But three years in, the mountain of telehealth claims data has created a fresh set of questions, and left regulators, insurers, researchers, and health systems with a newfound recognition that vi

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2023

JPM23: Carbon Health nabs $100M, CVS Health partnership to pilot primary care in retail stores. hlandi. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 17:28.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri will helm the powerful House Ways and Means Committee this Congress, as Republicans embark on a promised era of slashed spending and scrutiny of the pandemic response. Ways and Means oversees spending and payments for a wide range of federal health programs, often overlapping with work and legislation on other committees including Energy and Commerce.

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Drug Store News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Heyward Donigan is departing from the company as president and CEO.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

A new study suggests physician practices acquired by private equity rely more heavily on advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants and experience higher churn compared with their non-private equity owned peers. The researchers used clinician-level and practice acquisition data to study changes in the makeup of clinician workforces at private equity-acquired versus non-private equity-acquired dermatology, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology practices between 20

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JANUARY 9, 2023

If you’re considering quitting smoking, or have recently given it up, congratulations! No matter how long you’ve been smoking, quitting is one of the best things you can do for your health. But for all its benefits—and there are many !—it’s not an easy road. You can expect withdrawal symptoms to peak at three days after stopping (and to subside within a month).

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday. The longstanding practice of “watchful waiting,” or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own only worsens the problem that affects more than 14.4 million young people in the U.S.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 9, 2023

Eisai and Biogen have received approval for their antibody Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) , 100mg/mL injection for intravenous use, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Accelerated Approval Pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Leqembi is indicated to treat mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of the disease in patients whose treatment started in clinical trials.

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STAT

JANUARY 9, 2023

Although artificial intelligence is entering health care with great promise, clinical AI tools are prone to bias and real-world underperformance from inception to deployment, including the stages of dataset acquisition, labeling or annotating, algorithm training, and validation. These biases can reinforce existing disparities in diagnosis and treatment.

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