Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Participants of a recent study who received automated text messaging and monitoring, as well as peer support and coaching, increased PrEP uptake from 11% to over 20%.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
“I’m better than I was before I had long COVID, and in so many ways,” said a patient in an interview with Pharmacy Times.
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Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The increasing use of antidepressants observed before and after the public health crisis suggests a concerning mental health trend, especially among females.
PharmaVoice
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
GLP-1 drugs indications could expand as research shows potential benefits in treating MASH, where pharma has previously failed in the past.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Simlandi is the only biosimilar to Humira on the market that is high-concentration, citrate-free, and interchangeable.
STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
WASHINGTON — Congress has abandoned its attempt to reform how pharmacy middlemen operate in an upcoming package to fund the federal government, 11 lobbyists and sources following the talks told STAT. It’s a missed opportunity to pass one of the health care priorities that has attracted the most bipartisan interest and activity this Congress, though lawmakers could revive the negotiations on the issues in the future.
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STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
LONDON — A drug in development as a weight loss treatment succeeded in a Phase 2 study in a serious liver condition, its developers said Monday, as the competition in the broader obesity medicine field pushes ahead. The drug, survodutide, is being developed by the privately held German firm Boehringer Ingelheim and the Danish biotech Zealand Pharma.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Investigators continue to conduct regulated and controlled clinical trials to build compelling, high-quality evidence on their therapeutic potential.
STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
As drugmakers race to join the obesity drug market ignited by the approval of Wegovy and Zepbound , they’re not just competing on their drugs’ weight loss effects. They’re also competing on their products’ ability to treat a severe form of liver disease. A new update of the STAT Obesity Drug Tracker shows that at least 23 — about one-fifth — of the 105 obesity treatments in development or on the market are also being investigated for metabolic dysfunctio
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Bayer’s oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor is currently in a Phase I trial estimated to enrol 460 patients.
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
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Investigators found genetic evidence that certain sleep behaviors can be risk factors for lifespan.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Amgen is now open for business in Central Ohio after cutting the ribbon at its “most advanced facility to date.” | Amgen is now open for business in Central Ohio after cutting the ribbon at its “most advanced facility to date.” Dubbed “Amgen Ohio,” the nearly 300,000-square-foot biomanufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio, is set to employ 400 full-time employees and leverage the “latest innovation and technology.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The recommendation comes after positive phase 3 trial results in adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb’s first drug substance facility outside the United States is now set to become the company’s inaugural sterile drug product (SDP) facility in Europe, thanks to a multi-million- | Bristol Myers Squibb’s first drug substance facility outside the United States is now set to become the company’s inaugural sterile drug product (SDP) facility in Europe, thanks to a multi-million-dollar expansion expected to add hundreds of new jobs in the coming years.
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.
STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
WASHINGTON — Congress will not move forward with a controversial policy to equalize certain Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians’ offices in an upcoming government funding package, five lobbyists and sources following the talks told STAT. The delay is a win for hospitals, which have adamantly lobbied against the policy. It would have seen Medicare paying one price to doctors who administered drugs, whether they did so in an office or at a hospital, rather than paying more
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Not even one year after becoming a commercial biotech, Krystal Biotech has blockbuster dreams for its flagship product. | In its first six months of commercial availability, Krystal's topical gene therapy Vyjuvek raked in more than $50 million. Now, the company is looking toward bringing the drug to Europe and Japan and testing a new eye-drop formulation.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Digital health company Akili expands beyond the US as partner Shionogi files for approval for its ADHD digital therapeutic (DTx) in Japan
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The chilling wind of the biotech winter has apparently spared BeiGene. | The chilling wind of the biotech winter has apparently spared BeiGene. While layoffs have been commonplace in the industry, BeiGene employed 1,400 more people at the beginning of 2024 than it did a year ago.
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Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The FTC alleges that the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history will eliminate competition and raise grocery prices for millions of Americans, while harming tens of thousands of workers.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Sanofi gets a win for its oral BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib in chronic hive disorder CSU, setting up a phase 3 programme as it chases after Novartis’ remibrutinib in this indication.
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
For the third straight year, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson has seen a slight dip in his compensation. | For the third straight year, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson has seen a slight dip in his compensation. For 2023, Hudson will receive 10.57 million euros ($11.44 million) in total pay, according to the company’s annual filing.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
GSK has reported topline results from a phase 3 trial of its novel antibiotic gepotidacin that could spell the end of a decades-long drought in new oral therapies for gonorrhoea.
STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was relaxing and invigorating, because — you know what we are going to say — that oh-so familiar routine of online meetings, endless calls and deadlines has returned. But what can you do? The world, such as it is, continues to spin. So let us be optimistic and convince ourselves we can nudge it in a better direction with a cup of stimulation.
Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Dollar General celebrated the grand opening of its 20,000th store at its DG Market location in Alice, Texas.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The withdrawal comes after clinical trial results failed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of melphalan flufenamide when combined with dexamethasone.
STAT
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
R1 RCM, a large publicly traded technology company that helps hospitals and physicians collect money from insurers and patients, may be going private. Private equity firm New Mountain Capital has offered to purchase R1 for $13.75 per share, or roughly $5.8 billion in cash, according to new financial disclosures filed Monday. New Mountain Capital is R1’s second-largest investor, owning nearly one-third of the company’s shares.
Pharmacy Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
As of January 2024, Keytruda has been approved for 6 indications in NSCLC across the metastatic and earlier stages of the disease.
Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Geologie, a gender-neutral skin care brand, is making its exclusive debut at more than 800 Target locations nationwide.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Boehringer Ingelheim and Zealand Pharma report stellar top-line results for GLP-1/glucagon agonist survodutide in liver disease MASH.
Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The Firming Serum Stick features a retinol-based formula that glides on clear and is packaged in an easy-to-apply stick format, the brand said.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
AstraZeneca has moved a step closer to EU approval of oral Factor D inhibitor danicopan in the EU, after the EMA’s human medicines committee, the CHMP, backed the drug as a treatment for residual haemolytic anaemia in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH).
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Merck's KEYTRUDA has received a positive opinion from the EMA CHMP for use in combination with chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer.
PharmaVoice
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Rare disease treatments, drug shortages, a market monopoly and march-in rights all play a role in the story of newly revived litigation against Sanofi’s Genzyme.
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