Mon.Oct 24, 2022

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Treating Amblyopia with a Hydrogel Patch

Drug Topics

According to NEXGEL, the patch is expected be available for ophthalmologists to offer to their patients in the first half of 2023.

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Beyond cancer: Scientists push CAR-T cell therapies into new frontiers

PharmaVoice

Why a ‘very exciting’ trial of the therapy in lupus patients could swing the door open to new studies in autoimmune diseases.

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Point-of-Care Testing 101: Get Started Today

Drug Topics

Turn your pharmacy into a point-of-care testing site.

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Biosimilars will gain ground in 2023 with Humira launches — and that’s just the beginning

PharmaVoice

In Amgen's 2022 Biosimilars Trend Report, the company tracks the progress and potential of the copycat drugs as they reach a pivotal moment.

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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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Power in Numbers

Drug Topics

Flip the Pharmacy helped this Jonesboro, Arkansas, pharmacy go from a traditional dispensing one to a pharmacy offering robust clinical services.

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The law driving technology transfer and fostering innovation

PhRMA

The bipartisan Bayh-Dole Act created a framework for researchers receiving federal funds to patent and license their inventions to companies for further development and commercialization. This benefits innovators across many sectors.

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Checking the box on digital engagement isn’t enough

PharmaVoice

In a recent study, 50% of healthcare consumers reported that a bad digital experience with their provider ruined the entire experience, while 39% felt that a good digital interaction had a positive influence.

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The Increasing Prevalence of Diabetes

Drug Topics

Jerry Meece, RPh, CDCES, FACA, FADCES, initiates a discussion around the increasing prevalence of patients diagnosed with diabetes.

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Overview of SARS-CoV-2 Virus and Subvariants

Pharmacy Times

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, discusses the difference between the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and subvariant strains.

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Fruth Pharmacy celebrates 70 years in business

Drug Store News

A celebration of business for Fruth Pharmacy is also a celebration of the life of Jack Fruth and his gifts to the local communities which it continues to serve.

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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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Central Nervous System Infection Is Common in Multiple Strains of Herpesvirus

Pharmacy Times

Researchers conducted a review all 8 herpesviruses and their known treatments and found patients experienced encephalitis or another CNS symptom in almost every strain.

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Bausch + Lomb enters pet health care space

Drug Store News

Project Watson’s products were formulated to help support dogs’ eyes, ears and overall well-being, the company said.

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Bacterium in the Gut Could be a Biomarker to Predict the Severity of COVID-19 Symptoms

Pharmacy Times

A researcher suggests that the levels of certain gut bacteria can predict the severity of symptoms that someone can experience when infected with COVID-19.

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Walgreens partners with DoorDash, Uber Health to provide free Paxlovid delivery

Drug Store News

Free delivery will help accelerate access to COVID-19 treatment for underserved U.S. populations, Walgreens said.

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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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COVID-19 PCR Test Receives FDA Clearance for use on Cobas Systems

Pharmacy Times

The test has been available under emergency use authorization (EUA) since March of 2020 and was the first commercial molecular test to receive EUA status.

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Tree Hut’s Holidaze collection preps skin for the holiday season

Drug Store News

Tree Hut’s Holidaze collection features holiday-centric Shea Sugar Scrubs, as well as a Whipped Body Butter and Bare Moisturizing Shave Oil.

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Study: Health Care Providers May Perpetuate Racial Disparities in Heart Failure Treatment

Pharmacy Times

Black adults are suggested to have an increased risk of heart failure, which highlights the need for equitable treatment and decision-making.

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Amazon to accept Venmo payments

Drug Store News

In time for the holidays, customers will be able to place an order using Venmo as their payment method on Amazon.com and the Amazon mobile app.

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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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A Resurgence in Plasma: Trends in The Industry

ISPE

A Resurgence in Plasma: Trends in The Industry. Trudy Patterson. Mon, 10/24/2022 - 14:57. iSpeak Blog. iSpeak. A Resurgence in Plasma: Trends in The Industry. Eduardo Munoz, PE. 24 October 2022. Global demand for plasma-derived therapies (PDTs) continues to swell—the compacting result of an aging population, clinical successes, and recent applications for both widespread diseases and multiple rare conditions.

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CVS Health chooses ixlayer’s platform for branded at-home sample health kits

Drug Store News

The test kits are available at CVS Health locations and at CVS.com.

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Accelerating Specialty Prescribing Through Automation

Pharmacy Times

Automation can lessen the administrative burden on providers and accelerate specialty prescribing and dispensing to provide patients with quality care the moment they need it.

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Women and men are different, cardiovascular edition

STAT

It’s quite the task to photograph someone’s heart while they’re exercising. They have to lie on their back in a pressure-controlled chamber, riding a suspended stationary bike while an ultrasound imager points at their pumping heart — at least that’s how one group of researchers from the University of Calgary and Hong Kong went about it.

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Expert: ‘We Are Having Outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,’ Need to Be Aware of Current Indications

Pharmacy Times

An ASCP 2022 session presenter explains some recent updates on vaccination guidance for the older adult population.

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Opinion: Keeping families out of ICUs no longer makes sense as the pandemic eases

STAT

On, December 9, 2020, my mom, brother, and I waited in a cold, wintery drizzle outside the local hospital in my hometown in southern Colorado, anxiously hoping to be allowed to see my dad for the last time. After contracting Covid-19, he had been in the intensive care unit (ICU) for nearly a month and his condition had deteriorated to the point that we were summoned to the hospital to say our goodbyes.

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FDA Approves Tremelimumab, Durvalumab Combination for Unresectable Liver Cancer

Pharmacy Times

The approval includes a novel dose and schedule of the combination, with a single dose of both drugs followed by durvalumab every 4 weeks in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Q&A with Rocket Pharmaceutical's CTO Mayo Pujols and CEO Gaurav Shah

PharmExec

Rocket Pharmaceutical's CEO and CTO spoke with Pharm Exec about adding a new position to the company's C-suite.

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Pharmacy Technicians Discuss Different Continuing Education Requirements Across the World

Pharmacy Times

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss the different continuing educations requirements in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

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Novartis’ oral drug iptacopan tops injectables in head-to-head PNH trial

pharmaphorum

Novartis has chalked up another clinical trial win for its targeted factor B inhibitor iptacopan as it strives to position the drug as a patient-friendly, oral alternative to big-selling injectable rivals. The least positive readout comes from the APPLY-PNH study, which pitted iptacopan against AstraZeneca/Alexion’s anti-C5 antibodies Soliris (eculizumab) and Ultomiris (ravulizumab) in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH), a debilitating ultra-rare blood disorder in which

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RWE There Yet? FDA’s New Pilot Program Seeks to Help Usher in a New Era for Real World Evidence

The FDA Law Blog

By Mark A. Tobolowsky — Making use of real-world data has long been of interest to stakeholders as having tremendous potential value. These data are routinely collected from a variety of sources, such as electronic health records, providing information on health and healthcare in actual patients, rather than in the controlled environment of a clinical trial.

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Pfizer plans considerable 2023 Comirnaty markup

pharmaphorum

With US government supplies of Covid vaccines predicted to run out in the first quarter of 2023, it has been revealed that Pfizer/BioNTech plans to charge as much as $130 for its Covid vaccine, Comirnaty, once Covid vaccines and therapeutics are moved onto commercial health platforms. According to The People’s Vaccine Alliance, Comirnaty costs an estimated $1.18 per dose to produce.

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Opinion: Better access to PET scans can help reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

STAT

While many Americans are familiar with the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease, few understand the cruel disparity with which it strikes. Black Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with this mind-robbing disease and bear the greatest costs of caring for loved ones suffering with it. Alzheimer’s was historically diagnosed based on symptoms, and only confirmed with an autopsy.

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FDA Approvals: September 2022 Recap

Digital Pharmacist

Innovation drives progress. When it comes to innovation in the development of new drugs and therapeutic biological products in the pharmaceutical industry, the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is a key supporter of the pharmaceutical industry. . CDER relies on its understanding of science and regulatory procedures to support and provide advice to pharmaceutical companies in testing and manufacturing, to then bring these new ther

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First UK-licensed melatonin for children with insomnia and ADHD

European Pharmaceutical Review

Adaflex, the UK’s first melatonin product for six to 17 year-olds diagnosed with ADHD and insomnia (where sleep hygiene measures have been inadequate), is now available in the UK. Melatonin is commonly used to treat insomnia. However until now, prescribing a treatment for children with ADHD has been off-label or unlicensed in the UK. AGB-Pharma , the Swedish pharmaceutical company that produced the drug, predicted around 60 percent of all melatonin prescriptions are dispensed to under 18s off-la