Thu.Nov 10, 2022

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Congratulations to our 2022 Working for Cures Employee Champions

PhRMA

The Working for Cures Employee Champion Awards celebrate the real people in our industry who go above and beyond to advance science and support the work our industry does for patients.

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Boost Medication Adherence With Personalized Solutions

Drug Topics

Medication only works when it's taken, which makes adherence necessary. The approach can't be "one size fits all".

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New government price setting policy threatens post-approval research

PhRMA

Have you ever noticed that one medicine might be used to treat two, three, seven different conditions? That’s the result of significant additional research and investment, including lengthy and costly clinical trials, biopharmaceutical companies undertake after a medicine is initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Such post approval R&D has changed the course of treatment for many diseases and patient populations.

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OTC Progestin-Only Pill May Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

Drug Topics

An over-the-counter (OTC) progestin only pill (POP) could potentially reduce the overall number of unintended pregnancies in the United States.

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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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Review of the 2022 ACCE Guidelines for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Pharmacy Times

The most common cause of death for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is cardiovascular disease, but it also increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and may surpass hepatitis B and C as the leading cause of this cancer.

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Understanding the IRS: Deductions for Pharmacy Owners

Drug Topics

For pharmacy owners, understanding tax code can lead to financial benefits at tax time.

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U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments

STAT

The country is heading into its third Covid winter without crucial tools we’ve relied on at previous points in the pandemic, both as governments roll back their responses and as the virus outruns some of our most important medicine-cabinet defenses. Free at-home tests are no longer showing up at people’s doorsteps. States are reporting outbreak data less frequently, and globally, testing and surveillance programs have been curtailed.

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Defining Variants of Interest vs Variants of Concern

Pharmacy Times

Expert health professionals share their thoughts on variants of concern vs variants of interest of the SARS-CoV-2 strains as they relate to clinical practice.

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‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia

STAT

SAN DIEGO — Rayyan Gorashi is keeping her options open. After all, she’s still a second-year bioengineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, and there are so many careers to explore. Patent law has been high up on her list ever since a class she took in college. There’s also regulatory affairs. Oh, and science publishing sounds interesting, too.

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Brentuximab Vedotin Approved by FDA for Children With Previously Untreated High-Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pharmacy Times

FDA approves brentuximab vedotin for the treatment of patients aged 2 years and older with previously untreated, high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma, in combination with doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide.

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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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AstraZeneca withdraws US COVID vaccine application, shifts focus to antibody treatments

Fierce Pharma

AstraZeneca withdraws US COVID vaccine application, shifts focus to antibody treatments. aliu. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 09:02.

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FDA Committee Recommends PT027 as Rescue Treatment for Asthma in Individuals 18 Years of Age and Older

Pharmacy Times

FDA committee voted that trial data do not support the benefits outweighing the risks in patients aged 12 to 17 years and children aged 4 to 11 years for the use of albuterol/budesonide in the treatment of asthma.

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Omnipod Dash Personal Diabetes Managers Affected by Battery Issues

Drug Topics

Omnipod DASH PDMs are at increased risk of malfunction if overcharged beyond the maximum battery voltage.

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Physician Explains How Pharmacists Play ‘Huge Role in Educating Prescribers on Risks of Polypharmacy’

Pharmacy Times

A physician working in the field of palliative care discusses how pharmacists and physicians can work together to help address issues pertaining to polypharmacy through deprescribing.

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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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Colorado poised to become second state with legalized ‘medicinal psychedelics’

STAT

Colorado looks set to legalize magic mushrooms in this week’s midterm elections, with the group opposing the ballot question conceding defeat. As of Thursday afternoon, Proposition 122 was passing with 51.4% of the vote, though the referendum is still too close to call officially, with 89% of the vote counted. Colorado would be the second state to legalize psychedelics, following Oregon’s 2020 passage of a similar ballot question.

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Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Subvariants on Vaccination

Pharmacy Times

Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP, leads a discussion on the challenges subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 present in terms of vaccination and approaching optimal communication to the public surrounding vaccination.

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Legal at one clinic, illegal at another: How abortion bans make gestational age even less precise

STAT

If you want to understand the fickleness of pregnancy and the American laws that regulate it, one place to start would be a gas station in Iowa City, where a 31-year-old sat in the passenger seat of a gray Hyundai, making frantic calls. Her name was Stephanie Dworak, it was September 2021, and she was 20 weeks and five days pregnant. She’d already looked into the abortion clinics in her home state of Nebraska.

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Study Shows Progress in Breast Cancer Survivorship Over 15 Years

Pharmacy Times

Study shows there are 2.5 times more breast cancer survivors since the last estimate was conducted in 2007.

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Does honey or garlic work for cystic acne?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Could the cure for cystic acne be hiding in plain sight, right on your pantry shelf? The latest TikTok trend might have you believing so. Dozens of videos posted to the social media app recently show users not only extolling the healing powers of honey and garlic for acne, but demonstrating their all-natural beauty routines in detail. . Most of the clips highlight users applying either honey or garlic topically.

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The Impact of Xylazine on Overdose Response

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists and health care providers should be familiar with the management of xylazine overdose and withdrawal.

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How to support your community before the holidays

The Checkup by Singlecare

As a pharmacist, you know how busy it gets during the holidays in the pharmacy—and anywhere else for that matter. Patients may be picking up prescriptions while grabbing last-minute decorations, cookware, and gifts during the holidays. Or, they might be stocking up on OTC treatments for typical holiday ailments, such as common cold symptoms, indigestion, or allergies. .

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Pharmacogenomics Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

One day soon, including pharmacogenomics testing for all patients will be essential for precise prescribing.

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Telehealth took off during COVID. Here's how companies like Sprinter Health and TytoCare are trying to close the loop on remote care

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth took off during COVID. Here's how companies like Sprinter Health and TytoCare are trying to close the loop on remote care. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 12:33.

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Minoryx and Neuraxpharm team to provide new therapy for rare CNS disorders

European Pharmaceutical Review

Minoryx Therapeutics focused on the development of treatments for orphan central nervous system (CNS) disorders and the Neuraxpharm Group announced the completion of a strategic licence agreement. Under the agreement, Minoryx grants Neuraxpharm exclusive European rights to its lead candidate: leriglitazone. Neuraxpharm obtains exclusive rights to commercialise leriglitazone in Europe and will join with Minoryx to continue the further development of leriglitazone.

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CMS looking at quality metrics to get ACA exchange plans into value-based care

Fierce Healthcare

CMS looking at quality metrics to get ACA exchange plans into value-based care. rking. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 16:00.

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Sanofi, GSK crash the COVID-19 vaccine party late with a world-first nod for their next-gen booster

Fierce Pharma

Sanofi, GSK crash the COVID-19 vaccine party late with a world-first nod for their next-gen booster. fkansteiner. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 14:09.

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Community Pharmacist Creates Book to Teach Children About the Importance of Vaccines

Pharmacy Times

The book aims to make the vaccination process less scary and allow more children to be vaccinated.

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Opinion: Health workers’ mental health: Addressing the invisible global pandemic

STAT

The World Health Organization defines mental health as a state of mental well-being in which people cope well with the many stresses of life, can realize their own potential, function productively and fruitfully, and contribute to their communities. By that standard, health care workers are in deep trouble. While no group of people or profession is immune to mental health challenges, health care workers face disproportionate stress and burnout , putting them at greater risk of anxiety, depressio

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Lannett, Ypsomed AG ink deal on pen injector device

Drug Store News

Lannett and HEC will, in exchange for its financial contribution, receive a sub-license to a licensing arrangement between Ypsomed and Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH.

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STAT+: Jeff Jonas leaves Sage Therapeutics to launch biotech incubator

STAT

Longtime Sage Therapeutics executive Jeff Jonas is leaving the biotech company to launch a biotech incubator with global investment giant CBC Group. Sage announced this week that Jonas would leave the company to join a private equity firm. He has been part of the C-suite at Sage Therapeutics since 2013. He helped the company go public, build a pipeline of new antidepressants and other psychiatric medications, and sign a $1.5 billion deal with Biogen.

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New research from Twill uncovers how most pregnant Americans struggle with the Invisible Weight of mental health challenges.

Fierce Healthcare

New research from Twill uncovers how most pregnant Americans struggle with the Invisible Weight of mental health challenges. jpiatt. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 08:55.

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3 ways pharma can weather a recession

PharmaVoice

If “winter is coming” in the form of a recession, pharmas can take advantage of an inherent resiliency by crushing these three fundamentals.

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Cuando el cuidado es un asunto familiar, el Alzheimer supone una pesada carga para los hijos y los cĂ³nyuges

STAT

Read in English | Leer en inglés. H ARLINGEN, Texas — Aquí en el Valle del Río Grande casi todo el mundo conoce, o cuida, a alguien con demencia. No es ninguna sorpresa. La región presenta algunas de las tasas más altas de la enfermedad en el país. Pero lo que se aprecia menos es la enormidad de la carga que soportan los cuidadores, en su mayoría mexicano-americanos.

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HLTH22: Nuance, Nvidia put AI tools in the hands of clinicians, opening pipeline 'from bench to bedside'

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Nuance, Nvidia put AI tools in the hands of clinicians, opening pipeline 'from bench to bedside'. aburky. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 14:58.

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