Wed.Jun 28, 2023

article thumbnail

Why Artificial Intelligence is Critical to the Success of Value-Based Care

Drug Topics

Employing AI-driven technology ensures accurate and timely compliance with industry regulations, mitigates audits and fines, and helps forecast accurate reimbursements.

469
469
article thumbnail

Study: Vitamin D Exposure May Increase Development of Dopamine Neurons, Indicating Mechanism of Schizophrenia

Pharmacy Times

Evidence shows vitamin D deficiency is linked to abnormal dopamine signaling disorders in neurodevelopment, including schizophrenia.

132
132
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Assessing Medicaid Policy Barriers to Gene, Cell Therapies

Drug Topics

Researchers of a new paper discuss the inconsistencies between gene and cell therapy indications and payor coverage.

468
468
article thumbnail

Pharma is still figuring out how to make DEI work. Here are some of the strategies companies are trying

PharmaVoice

Although DEI efforts have ramped up, the industry is still searching for proven ways to get results.

130
130
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Flip The Pharmacy July Schedule & Sign-Ups

Drug Topics

What's on the agenda for FTP in the upcoming month?

190
190
article thumbnail

FTC floats changes to merger review process that could slow down deal-approval timelines

Fierce Healthcare

Newly proposed changes to the Federal Trade Commission’s pre-merger notification requirements would give regulators more information to review during a deal’s initial waiting period—likely giving t | The federal regulator said its proposed updates would enable more efficient review of pending deals during the initial 30-day waiting period. As is, the changes are estimated to add, on average, more than 100 hours to companies' paperwork burden per filing.

127
127

More Trending

article thumbnail

Medicare Advantage beats traditional Medicare in important categories: report

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have fewer inpatient hospital stays and emergency department visits than beneficiaries in traditional fee-for-service Medicare, according to a

Hospitals 125
article thumbnail

p-Cresol Inhibitors Point to New Therapeutics for Treatment of Clostridioides difficile

Pharmacy Times

Investigators identified potential ways to inhibit the HpdBCA decarboxylase, which can reduce the production of p-cresol and make CDI more susceptible to bacteria in the gut microbiome.

123
123
article thumbnail

Headspace partners with Virgin Pulse to build out digital mental health services for employers, health plans

Fierce Healthcare

Companies continue to ramp up investments in resources to support employees' mental health and wellbeing as workers grapple with work-related stress, burnout, depression and anxiety. | Digital mental health company Headspace is building on its partnership with Virgin Pulse to make it easier for employers and health plans to provide a range of mental health resources to their employees and plan members.

119
119
article thumbnail

Illegal Online Pharmacies Are Putting Patients at Risk

Pharmacy Times

The growing volume of drugs sold through illegal online pharmacies are estimated to generate 10 times higher adverse event rates than drugs sold through legal pharmacies.

123
123
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Gates Foundation to fund trial of long-awaited new tuberculosis vaccine candidate

STAT

The Gates Foundation unveiled plans Wednesday to fund a long-awaited trial for what, if proven effective, would be the first new tuberculosis vaccine in over a century. The 26,000-person, Phase 3 study, set to begin next year, will test a vaccine known as M72/AS01 that showed promising results from a smaller trial in 2019. The findings stoked excitement at the time.

Vaccines 117
article thumbnail

Menopause care is still a largely untapped market. Here's why investors and startups should dive in

Fierce Healthcare

Menopause is having its moment. High-profile investments and startups with celebrity names attached have brought long-overdue attention to this once-taboo area of women's health. | Menopause is having its moment. High-profile investments and startups with celebrity names attached have brought long-overdue attention to this once-taboo area of women's health.

116
116
article thumbnail

Cabinet Health kicks off national recycling program addressing pharmaceutical plastic waste

Drug Store News

The Sustainable Medicine System aims to introduce a solution to eliminate pill bottle waste from landfills and oceans.

106
106
article thumbnail

UnitedHealthcare to waive cost-sharing in 24/7 Virtual Visit program for some fully insured plans

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare will nix out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1. | UnitedHealthcare will nix out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1.

Insurance 116
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Schnuck Markets expands Flexforce employment option to Columbia, Mo.

Drug Store News

​​​​​​​Flexforce allows teammates to choose shifts and store locations that best fit their schedules.

106
106
article thumbnail

Calm Health working with Mayo Clinic to develop cancer-specific mental health program

Fierce Healthcare

Calm Health, the mental health offering of meditation app Calm, is tapping the Mayo Clinic to help design digital mental health programs to help cancer patients manage anxiety, depression and menta | The upcoming digital mental health program will be available to Calm Health customers and “will be designed for all adults with cancer,” according to the announcement.

article thumbnail

Kraft Real Mayo heats up condiment aisle with Buffalo Style Dressing

Drug Store News

Kraft Mayo’s Buffalo Style Dressing contains cayenne pepper puree for a spicy burst of flavor, the company said.

106
106
article thumbnail

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs teams with Posterity Health on male fertility

Fierce Healthcare

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has announced its latest move, with the firm stepping into the male fertility space in partnership with Posterity Health. | Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has announced its latest move, with the firm stepping into the male fertility space in partnership with Posterity Health.

111
111
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

When young people survive cancer, their mental-health struggles are often just beginning

STAT

Thanks to advances in treatments, children’s chances of surviving cancer are higher than ever before. But the trauma that patients experience as they deal with the disease can pose a lifelong risk to their mental health, according to a recent analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics. The meta-analysis of 52 clinical studies measured the prevalence and severity of psychological disorders in over 20,000 young cancer survivors.

106
106
article thumbnail

Joint Commission unveils voluntary health equity certification, strengthens existing standard

Fierce Healthcare

The Joint Commission is kicking off a new advanced, voluntary certification for hospitals with processes in place to address healthcare disparities and promote equity among staff, the accreditation | Effective July 1, hospitals and critical access hospitals will be able to apply for an optional certification distinguishing those that make equity a strategic priority, the accreditation organization said.

Hospitals 111
article thumbnail

Opinion: It’s past time to address the problem of indoor air quality. A new technology can help

STAT

Until the early 20th century, America regularly experienced brutally destructive urban fires. Conflagrations like the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, which destroyed more than 17,000 buildings and left 100,000 people homeless, were thought to be unfortunate but inevitable: Large numbers of buildings in close proximity naturally led to large fires. But then, conscious changes to the built environment eliminated large urban fires.

103
103
article thumbnail

Author Health launches with $115M to care for seniors with serious mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders

Fierce Healthcare

Author Health banked $115 million for its new platform offering care and treatment for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. | Author Health banks $115 million for its new platform offering care and treatment for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Humana will be the first to launch the startup’s services in conjunction with CenterWell Senior Primary Care in South Florida.

109
109
article thumbnail

STAT+: ‘It’s like Groundhog Day’: The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions

STAT

A young girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, had come into Yoram Unguru’s clinic with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common of all childhood cancers. One of the drugs needed for treatment was methotrexate. The only problem was that the drug was in short supply. “Oftentimes we can cure kids of their disease, but we can’t do that without the drugs,” said Unguru, a pediatric hematologist oncologist at Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore and the Johns Hopkin

article thumbnail

Abbott announces 2 collaborations to help people with diabetes

Drug Store News

Abbott is teaming up with the American Diabetes Association and Weight Watchers to help people with diabetes gain knowledge about food and activity.

98
article thumbnail

Opinion: Listen: Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage

STAT

Drug shortages are a growing problem in the U.S., and a shortage of livesaving cancer drugs in particular has reached crisis levels. On the latest episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” oncologist Kristen Rice explains that drug shortages have been happening for several years but have been progressively worsening in the past few months.

100
100
article thumbnail

The promising role of GLP-1RAs in NASH

Pharmaceutical Technology

Research has shown that GLP-1RAs may have the potential to treat chronic metabolic diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

98
article thumbnail

STAT+: Moonlake’s less-than-transparent data disclosures produced a cash windfall. Risks remain

STAT

For two days starting on Sunday, Moonlake Immunotherapeutics happily crunched numbers and shared results from a mid-stage clinical trial that depicted its experimental antibody in the most flattering terms possible. The drug, called sonelokimab, was “changing the game” for the treatment of a debilitating skin condition called hidradenitis suppurativa, or HS, said Moonlake CEO Jorge Santos da Silva, on a call for investors and analysts.

100
100
article thumbnail

AbbVie, Genmab eye label expansion for Epkinly

pharmaphorum

AbbVie, Genmab eye label expansion for Epkinly Phil.

article thumbnail

Cellusion shares pipeline update for eye disease stem cell therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cellusion shares Phase I/II clinical development plans for its bullous keratopathy stem cell therapy CSL-001.

98
article thumbnail

Opinion: Smoke from Canadian wildfires shows outdoor workers need air quality protections

STAT

In 20 states, people are once again breathing in hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires. The return of the air quality warnings, just weeks after the first took much of the U.S. by surprise, are a reminder that we will keep experiencing these conditions in the absence of integrated and health-driven climate adaptation policies. As global temperatures continue to rise, we are likely to see more periods of extreme and prolonged heat as well as reduced rainfall and humidity, which in turn increase

98
article thumbnail

Nkarta tweaks regimen in bid to revive AML programme

pharmaphorum

Nkarta tweaks regimen in bid to revive AML programme Phil.

98
article thumbnail

A replacement for race: Medical experts explore how to eliminate bias in clinical algorithms

STAT

WASHINGTON — Most of the medical community has acknowledged that racism is baked into many of its clinical tools: pulse oximeters and kidney function calculators are prime examples. But as presentations at a conference Tuesday showed, physicians remain divided on when to remove race from calculators and algorithms — and crucially, what characteristics should replace it.

article thumbnail

Hy-Vee to host OpportUNITY summit in the Quad Cities

Drug Store News

The conference will include a pitch competition awarding up to $50,000 in business grants.

98