Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
How many different ways can analytics assist your pharmacy? More than you may think. Mehrdad Hariri, RPh, CPh, MBA presented a session at July's Total Pharmacy Solution Summit on all the ways you can leverage those data for success.
IDStewardship
AUGUST 1, 2023
In this article, a pharmacist from Turkey with advanced training in the area of infectious diseases provides insights on antimicrobial stewardship in Turkey. Interview with: Emre Kara, MSc., Ph.D. Interviewer: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP Article Posted 1 August 2023 A man colonized with extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii gets on a plane.
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Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
Afoxolaner, moxidectin, and pyrantel chewable tablets protect dogs from fleas, ticks, heartworm disease, roundworms, and hookworms.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 1, 2023
Much like the year she first graced store shelves, Barbie has taken over the world. But now, the women's health landscape looks a whole lot different.
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
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
A Q&A with Marc Ost, co-owner of Eric’s RX Shoppe, which was one of the first community pharmacies to receive the new vaccine.
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 1, 2023
Afaxys is a self-described "socially conscious" contraceptive healthcare company serving an unusual demographic for pharma: the public health sector.
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Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 1, 2023
A new study revealed multiple locations across the southeast, including Georgia, Kentucky, and Florida, with areas that had high HIV risk but little-to-no preexposure prophylaxis services in the area.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
Listen to the July 2023 Total Pharmacy Solutions Summit keynote session from Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 1, 2023
Despite the improvements in the patients' symptoms, minor adverse effects including urinary urgency and liver-related issues were reported.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
Is your pharmacy leaving revenue on the table by not having a year round vaccine program? Pacience Edwards, PharmD, answers that question and more during the July 2023 Total Pharmacy Solution Summit.
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
AUGUST 1, 2023
The common diabetes drug could mediate hyperglycemia, which is caused when SARS-CoV-2 infects hepatocytes.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, FCCP, FIDSA, FIDP, and Joseph Mann, MSN, FNP-C, discussed how streamlining the process of testing and prescribing could save time and energy for both pharmacies and patients.
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 1, 2023
Although approximately 95% of online drug sellers operate illegally, many consumers may never know the medications they receive are not what they claim to be.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
How can e-prescribing improve the workflow between pharmacists and their veterinarian colleagues?
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.
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 1, 2023
Dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli) approved in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the treatment of adults with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair deficient.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
Hear Mike Vesely, Pharmacy Business Coach at DiversifyRx, and Mike Johnston, CPhT-Adv, BCSCPT, BCNCPT, founder and CEO of National Pharmacy Technician Association talk about how to streamline inventory, and why doing so is vital for pharmacies' success.
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 1, 2023
Investigators found that age and the presence of RNAemia in blood were predictors of mortality in patients with severe COVID-19.
Drug Topics
AUGUST 1, 2023
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor is alleging UnitedHealth Group Inc. denied thousands of patients' payments for emergency room services and urinary drug screenings. | A third-party administrator of UnitedHealth Group denied thousands of emergency department and urinary drug screening claims without proper review, the U.S. Labor Department alleges in a lawsuit.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor claims in a new lawsuit that a UnitedHealth Group unit illegally rejected emergency room care and urine drug screen claims for thousands of people. UMR, Inc., a Wisconsin-based third-party administrator owned by UnitedHealth, manages benefits for more than 2,100 employee health plans. The federal government says the company denied ER visits and urine drug screens for years using a process that didn’t meet federal standards for health plans that employers fund
Drug Store News
AUGUST 1, 2023
Through this investment, the company will look to support a new joint venture with Inspire Health Alliance, a healthcare services network.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
For what would have been Henrietta Lacks’s 103th birthday, her family got her some justice: A settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific over the Massachusetts-based company’s use of cells obtained without her consent seven decades ago. The story of Lacks, a Black woman whose cells have contributed to scientific breakthroughs ranging from the development of polio and cancer treatments to the mapping of the human genome, is one of the best-known tales of the exploitation of marginaliz
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 1, 2023
Celadon gets nod to start cannabis trial for pain in UK Phil.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2023
Amazon Clinic is expanding to all 50 states, including nationwide telehealth services to offer access to clinicians through its website and mobile app. | Amazon Clinic is expanding to all 50 states, including nationwide telehealth services to offer access to clinicians through its website and mobile app.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
Harrison has an informal test that he runs on primary care physicians when he meets them for the first time: the eye contact test. When he arrives at the appointment and tells them that he’s transgender, he watches their eyes for a reaction. He’s looking for signs of shock — have they ever met a trans person before? Do they get nervous, or start talking at him, rather than with him?
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 1, 2023
BioNTech has acquired all the remaining shares of technology company InstaDeep in a deal valued at €500m ($549m) in cash.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
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pharmaphorum
AUGUST 1, 2023
Boehringer moves liposarcoma drug into pivotal trial Phil.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
Three large and growing physician groups backed by the private equity giant Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have hired a prominent lobbying firm to influence federal policy covering mergers and acquisitions. Over the past two weeks, United Musculoskeletal Partners, U.S. Anesthesia Partners, and U.S. Radiology Specialists each registered with Forbes Tate Partners, a lobbying shop founded by political insiders who used to work in President Bill Clinton’s administration.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2023
Black parents and their children are at greater risk of experiencing unfair treatment in healthcare settings than those of other races and ethnicities, according to survey results collected in
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
I was in seat 20C on a flight home this March, when I felt my throat closing. Minutes earlier, hives had appeared on my face and chest. As a physician, I knew exactly what these symptoms meant: anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction so precipitously fatal that putting a breathing tube down someone’s throat is sometimes necessary. What I needed was an epinephrine autoinjector, also known as an EpiPen, but neither the airplane emergency medical kit nor any other passenger had one.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2023
Healthmap Solutions, a kidney population health management company, has raised $100 million to expand its business. | Healthmap, founded in 2016, serves payers and at-risk providers seeking value-based solutions for the high-risk, high-cost chronic kidney disease population.
STAT
AUGUST 1, 2023
For almost 44 years, Willie Bell never missed his appointment to check for prostate cancer. But then the pandemic hit. The doctor’s office was closed. Three months passed before he was able to be screened in January 2021. “So the doctor kept putting it off and I call him and say, ‘listen I get my PSA level checked every year. I would hate for you to tell me that you backed me off for a year, then you find cancer, because I’ll be pissed off,’” said Bell,
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