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Younger, Middle-Aged Adults Face Higher Burden of Neurologic Long COVID Symptoms

Drug Topics

The higher burden of neurological symptoms among younger and middle-aged adults translated to worse subjective quality of life, according to a recent study.

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Patients With Post-COVID POTS Experience Disruptions in Circadian Blood Pressure Rhythm Regulation

Pharmacy Times

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) diagnoses have greatly increased following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Postpartum Depression Rates Increase With Higher BMI

Drug Topics

Women with prepregnancy overweight or obesity may be more likely to experience postpartum depression.

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High-Dose Vitamin C Improves Outcomes for Late-Stage Pancreatic Cancer

Pharmacy Times

High-dose vitamin C, when combined with chemotherapy, has shown the potential to double the survival rate of patients with late-stage metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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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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Deadline looms for post-Brexit label changes for UK meds

pharmaphorum

The MHRA has reminded pharma companies that from 1st January all medicines sold in the UK will have to comply with new labelling requirements

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Counseling Patients About the Importance of Appropriate Pen Needle Administration

Pharmacy Times

As use of injectable medications increases for diabetes and other indications, proper administration is crucial.

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Study Finds Nature-Based Interventions at School Does Not Reduce Children’s Poor Mental Health Symptoms

Pharmacy Times

The authors recommend that longer assessments with lengthier interventions should be performed to assess potential benefits.

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Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on Biosimilar Pricing, Dispensing

Drug Topics

On the most recent episode of Over the Counter, Steve Callahan, Senior Director of Advisory & Insights at MMIT, talked with us about biosimilars and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Husband of UK royal took own life after ‘adverse effects of medication’

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Coroner says evidence suggests Thomas Kingston, who was married to Lady Gabriella, had a ‘lack of suicidal intent’ The son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent killed himself after suffering adverse side-effects from antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor, an inquest has found. Thomas Kingston, 45, whose marriage to Lady Gabriella at Windsor Castle in 2019 was attended by the late Queen, died from a self-inflicted wound, the senior coroner for Gloucestershire concluded

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STAT+: Why Orexo is abandoning a digital therapeutic for depression

STAT

Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo will no longer pursue an app for treating depression after many years of struggling to sell it. Orexo announced this week that it will no longer license the product, called Deprexis, from German manufacturer GAIA. The companies have worked together on Deprexis in the United States since 2020 and have deals for two other apps, including Modia, an app that provides psychosocial support to people being treated for opioid addiction.

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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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Pharmacists Play a Critical Role in Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance

Pharmacy Times

Promoting antimicrobial stewardship and providing patient education are examples of strategies to prevent antimicrobial resistance.

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Immunocore's rare eye cancer drug backed by NICE

pharmaphorum

Patients in England with a rare form of eye cancer will be able to access Kimmtrak, a TCR therapy from Immunocore, after NICE changes its position

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FDA Blocks Flavored E-Cigarettes, Sparking Legal Fight Over Risks to Minors

Pharmacy Times

E-cigarette manufacturers claim the products aid in smoking cessation for adults without the risk of adolescent usage.

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Humana CFO Susan Diamond to step down in January

Fierce Healthcare

Humana's chief financial officer Susan Diamond will step down in January, the insurer announced Tuesday. | Susan Diamond will exit the CFO role after three years and a total of eighteen across different positions at Humana, according to the company.

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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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Gilead looks beyond Trodelvy with Tubulis alliance

pharmaphorum

Gilead Sciences has shored up its antibody-drug conjugate pipeline by licensing a candidate from German biotech Tubulis in a deal worth up to $415m.

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Beyond Prescriptions: 7 Products Your Pharmacy Should Be Selling

PioneerRx

Your pharmacy is already a trusted healthcare resource in your community, but you don’t have to stop at prescriptions or vaccines. Expanding your pharmacy’s.

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FDA kicks off review of Cytokinetics' aficamten for HCM

pharmaphorum

Cytokinetics should hear back from the FDA next September about its application for Camzyos rival aficamten in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Pneumococcal Infection Reveals Underlying Immunosuppressive Conditions for Low-Risk Adults

Pharmacy Times

Investigators say basic immunodeficiency screening should be completed in full for this patient population.

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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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American Pharmacies: Powering the Profession Through Leadership

Drug Topics

Drug Topics sat down with Laird Leavoy, President of American Pharmacies, to discuss the role leadership plays in the independent pharmacy industry.

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Novartis and Olema expand alliance with $250m to boost breast cancer trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

Olema Oncology and Novartis have signed a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement for a Phase III trial in metastatic breast cancer.

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Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis at Younger Age Linked with Increased Dementia Risk

Drug Topics

A study found that patients with obesity who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged 50 or younger had the highest risk of dementia.

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Pfizer, Eli Lilly execs push back as senators scrutinize drugmakers’ telehealth moves

STAT

You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences.  Sign up to get it  delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Pharma vs Congress: The latest in telehealth talks Eli Lilly and Pfizer have responded to senators who pressed them to share the details of their online platforms LillyDirect and PfizerForAll , seeking to determine whether the pharma giants are violating the federal anti-kick

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Q&A: An Independent Pharmacy Owner’s Perspective on Pharmacists in Health Care

Drug Topics

TaQuina Warren, PharmD, owner of Focus Pharmacy in Smyrna, Delaware, discussed her career journey and why pharmacists are so crucial to the interoperability of health care.

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Ipsen doubles up in TCEs for cancer, adding Biomunex drug

pharmaphorum

Ipsen has expanded its oncology pipeline by licensing a T cell engager (TCE) therapy from Paris-based startup Biomunex for up to $610m

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All-in-one milling platforms: How to reduce your machinery footprint  

Pharmaceutical Technology

Many machines are required for pharmaceutical milling processes. Can you reduce that number, streamline operations and improve efficiency?

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Does Vyvanse cause headaches?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Vyvanse is a popular prescription medication that is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The drug is also approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat moderate to severe binge eating disorders. Headaches can be a side effect when taking this mental health medication. In clinical trials, 1% of participants who took Vyvanse experienced headaches.

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FDA Receives 2 Supplemental Biologics License Applications for Guselkumab for Pediatric Indications

Pharmacy Times

If approved, the new indications include children 6 years and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and children 5 years and older with active juvenile psoriatic arthritis.

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STAT+: Using AI to design small molecule drugs is tough. Here are five companies trying to crack the code

STAT

Ian Quigley was employee #13 at AI drug company Recursion until 2021, when he quit and turned the basement of his Utah home into a lab to develop AI models for predicting which proteins small molecule drugs might target — a tool he and co-founder Andrew Blevins found was missing during their time at Recursion.  When he was setting up the lab, Quigley ordered an Illumina DNA sequencer that the delivery person had wanted to leave on his porch.

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Study Shows Comparable Safety, Efficacy of Idecabtagene Vicleucel in Older Patients

Pharmacy Times

The therapy has similar benefits for both older and younger patients with multiple myeloma.

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Sanofi pours $1 billion into China for insulin plant

STAT

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Lots on the table today about AI-driven drug discovery, including some startups to watch in this space. Also, we’ve updated our obesity drug tracker and we talk about Gilead’s new cancer deal.

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Eli Lilly's Zepbound defeats Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in head-to-head weight loss trial

Fierce Pharma

Over the last two-plus years, as Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have battled for their share of the massive weight loss market and patients wondered which company’s products were more effective, there | Eli Lilly revealed results from a study that showed its obesity drug Zepbound was 47% more effective than Novo’s Wegovy in helping patients lose weight.

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Körber absorbs Wilhelm Bähren to expand pharma packaging toolbox

Outsourcing Pharma

Discover how a strategic acquisition in pharma packaging is set to drive growth as the market aims to double by 2028

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'We Need to Educate': NABP Seeks to Address Pharmacy Workforce Burnout Through Collaboration, Education

Pharmacy Times

Al Carter of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy speaks on recent initiatives to address workforce burnout and stress among pharmacists.

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