Wed.Jun 29, 2022

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Woman of the Week: Novartis' Marie-France Tschudin

PharmaVoice

How the chief commercial officer and president of innovative medicines international plans to fuel growth and productivity at the company.

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Study: COVID-19 Vaccination Not Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Pharmacy Times

The study included the BNT162b2 and CoronaVac vaccines, which are the only COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in Hong Kong.

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The Pathway to Ambulatory Care Pharmacy

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

There are so many different types of careers within the field of pharmacy—from research and drug development to pharmacy informatics! To highlight some of the more unique career settings in the industry, we’re introducing a new page on our website— Novel Pharmacy Practice Settings —where you can explore these unique career pathways. In addition to learning more about unique pathways on our new webpage, we’ll also be featuring pharmacists who work in these unique settings on our blog.

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Expert Discusses Pharmacist's Role in Contraception, What Reversal of Roe v. Wade Could Mean

Pharmacy Times

Elizabeth Ruzzo, PhD, founder and CEO of Adyn, discusses the impact of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and how it will affect pharmacies.

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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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Making moves: Walgreens, Merck, eClinical Solutions and more announce key new hires

PharmaVoice

The latest personnel changes from around the industry.

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Radius, Menarini Submit NDA for Elacestrant as Treatment of ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

As part of the submission, the companies have also requested priority review with the FDA for elacestrant in patients with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

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COVID-19 Affects Development of Medical Devices

Pharmacy Times

Companies, FDA caught unaware by surge in virus cases, leading to shortage of critical items.

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Bayer launches digital AI platform for radiology specialists

pharmaphorum

Bayer has stepped up the digital capabilities of its radiology business with the launch of artificial intelligence-based apps for X-ray, MRI and CT imaging. The cloud-hosted platform – called Calantic Digital Solutions – has tools to help radiologists detect and quantify disease lesions in medical images and select patients for treatment in order of priority, improving their productivity.

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Study: Women Less Likely to Receive Timely Treatment for Heart Attacks

Pharmacy Times

Investigators also noted that Black, Hispanic, and Asian individuals were less likely than white individuals to undergo timely angiography and had minimal changes overtime.

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EC grants approval for Kite’s cell therapy to treat follicular lymphoma

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for Gilead Sciences’ subsidiary Kite’s CAR T-cell therapy, Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel), to treat adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL). . A CD19-directed genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy, Yescarta is indicated for FL patients who have received three or more previous lines of systemic therapy.

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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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Acupuncture May Reduce Chronic Tension-Type Headaches

Pharmacy Times

Patients recorded their symptoms and use of acute medications in a headache diary.

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AI hiring levels in the pharmaceutical industry rose in May 2022

Pharmaceutical Technology

The proportion of pharmaceutical companies hiring for AI related positions kept relatively steady in May 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 39.3% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 39% of companies who were hiring for AI related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 43.6% in April 2022.

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FDA Approves LungFit PH to Treat Term and Near-Term Neonates with Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

Pharmacy Times

The approval eliminates the need for traditional nitric oxide tanks in the hospital setting.

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Terumo and GenCure sign agreement for cell and gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and BioBridge Global subsidiary, GenCure, have entered a new partnership agreement to expand and integrate cell and gene therapy manufacturing solutions. In a bid to meet the growing demand for automated and closed smart systems across the cell and gene therapy (CGT) industry, the companies entered the deal to merge technologies and capabilities.

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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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Tip of the Week: Proper, Comprehensive Training is Essential to Enhance Implementation of New Services

Pharmacy Times

Providing sufficient and comprehensive training about a new service could ensure both successful implementation and increased engagement of staff toward that intervention.

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Q&A With Anastasiia Kamenska, director of corporate strategy, Novartis

PharmExec

As director of corporate strategy for Novartis, Kamenska defines direction for the company’s overall enterprise. Here, she discusses how the pandemic and recent market events are shaping these strategies.

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Novartis will shed 7% of workforce in restructuring, say reports

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A Swiss newspaper has said Novartis’ previously announced restructuring programme could lead to 8,000 axed jobs, including up to 1,400 at its home base in Switzerland. The layoffs – originally reported by TagesAnzeiger and citing unnamed sources – are part of a cost-reduction programme announced in April aimed at trimming at least $1 billion by 2024 off the group’s annual expenditures.

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Fostering Patient Engagement with Portals

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Six engagement tips for companies to consider to improve patient use of portals.

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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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Reducing human error with better technology

European Pharmaceutical Review

Throughout a cleanroom’s life a variety of environmental and material samples are collected and tested to ensure the room remains… clean. However, with the sheer volume of samples collected, it is safe to assume human errors will occur over time. How can we minimise these challenges to data integrity? The post Reducing human error with better technology appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Pharmaceutical Technology

This year has already been eventful when it comes to the development of therapies for rare diseases. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.

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Staying abreast of regulations with NGS?based viral safety for faster, safer and more ethical lot release of our vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

What are the key trends in the biologics or bioproduction industry? As the healthcare sector grows, there is a clear trend towards the expansion of biologic therapeutic drugs and vaccines like the one developed by Novavax. However, the design of these innovative biologics comes with intrinsic constraints. From our front row view of the pandemic these past three years, our mission necessitated that we leverage our years of vaccine expertise to help global health authorities address, control and e

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The Dawn of Scaleable Behavioral Diagnostics in Health Care

Pharmacy Times

Throughout the world, patients and health care professionals alike have become better acquainted with digital tools when face-to-face interactions became increasingly problematic.

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Japan’s MHLW accepts GSK’s submission for shingles vaccine in adults

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has accepted GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) regulatory application for recombinant, adjuvanted Zoster vaccine, Shingrix, for preventing shingles (herpes zoster) in at-risk adults of the age 18 years and above. The submission also comprises the use of the vaccine to prevent shingles in people with immunodeficiency or immunosuppression caused by known disease or treatment.

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Daily Medication Pearl: Semaglutide (Wegovy)

Pharmacy Times

Semaglutide (Wegovy) is indicated as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients.

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Avacta announces escalation in clinical study of AVA6000

Pharma Times

AVA6000 is a novel form of doxorubicin that has been modified using Avacta’s delivery platform to improve safety

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Pet Peeves: June 2022

Pharmacy Times

Brought to you by The Sassy Pharmacist.

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Q&A With Natalie DiMambro, vice president, product commercialization and training at Within3

PharmExec

DiMambro discusses how companies can update their systems and strategies to collect data which ensures that marginalized groups and diverse voices are included.

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Clinical Overview: Cenobamate (Xcopri) for Partial-Onset Seizures

Pharmacy Times

Cenobamate is a once daily anti-epileptic medication with a recommended maintenance dose of 200 mg once daily that can be prescribed as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy.

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Is Your Pharmacy Marketing Aspirins Or Vitamins?

DiversifyRx

Distinguishing between these types of pharmacy marketing messaging is critical to successfully marketing your pharmacy and improving pharmacy profits. You’ll do whatever it takes to stop a throbbing, torturous headache. If you’re out of aspirin at 3 a.m. on a cold, snowy night, you’ll wrap up and go to a 24-hour store to get some aspirin, right?

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Ready for Resilience: The Supply Chain Future

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Maria Whitman and Anshul Agarwal of ZS offer their perspectives on the current and future supply chain challenges facing the global biopharma industry.

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Learning and Development Is the Key to Compliance in Life Sciences

PharmExec

Employees must be able to retain information and remain engaged to keep pace with highly regulated industry.

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WuXi STA Opens HPAPI Facility in Changzhou, China

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Marks the CDMO’s second plant in the country.

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Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Omair Ahmed

PharmExec

Nexus Pharmaceuticals' Chief Strategy Officer Omair Ahmed discusses their APEX-award winning EMERPHED™ campaign, which built on the ideas of simplification, safety and stability to enhance their hospital-delivered product and support their field sales reps.