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The 99 seconds that changed this CEO’s life

PharmaVoice

Peter Kirk’s marathon story of inspiration and perseverance.

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Expanding Independent Pharmacy in Rural Health Care

Drug Topics

The expansion from Express Scripts offers increased reimbursement opportunities and creates an Independent Pharmacy Advisory Committee to expand the role of rural, suburban and urban pharmacies in the healthcare system.

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Nutrition Can Speed Up Healing After a Traumatic Brain Injury

Pharmacy Times

Clinicians are often focused on reducing brain damage after traumatic injury, but considering nutrition is an important component to healing.

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Study Shows Multiple Infliximab Biosimilar Switches are Effective for Patients with IBD

Drug Topics

A study in Scotland found that multiple successive changes from originator infliximab to biosimilars effective and safe for patients with irritable bowel disease (IBD), irrespective of the number of switches (single, double, and triple).

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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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In heavyweight obesity fight, Eli Lilly launches Mounjaro head-to-head trial against Novo Nordisk's Wegovy

Fierce Pharma

In heavyweight obesity fight, Eli Lilly launches Mounjaro head-to-head trial against Novo Nordisk's Wegovy aliu Fri, 04/21/2023 - 22:35

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VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout

Fierce Healthcare

VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout dmuoio Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:36

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Senators unveil bipartisan framework to reform PBMs

Fierce Healthcare

Senators unveil bipartisan framework to reform PBMs pminemyer Fri, 04/21/2023 - 12:18

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Childhood Trauma Associated With Reduced Vascular Function, Worse Sleep Quality

Pharmacy Times

Poor sleep efficiency may contribute to vascular dysfunction with increasing exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

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Elevance Health expands concierge care program to chronic conditions like Crohn's disease, diabetes

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health expands concierge care program to chronic conditions like Crohn's disease, diabetes pminemyer Fri, 04/21/2023 - 16:38

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Study Suggests Metformin Could Help Recovery From Food Insecurity, Anorexia

Pharmacy Times

A severe reduction in food intake lasting just 2 weeks caused damage to the heart and kidneys that appeared to be irreversible, even after the body weight was restored.

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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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Industry Voices—Financial reserves are critical to fulfill not-for-profit hospitals' missions of caring for all in their communities

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Financial reserves are critical to fulfill not-for-profit hospitals' missions of caring for all in their communities hlandi Fri, 04/21/2023 - 06:54

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How ChatGPT Could Revolutionize Health Care

Pharmacy Times

The ChatGPT technology represents a breakthrough in the field of AI, with implications for its use in a wide range of applications.

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Twist Bioscience and Astellas team up for antibody discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Twist Bioscience and Astellas Pharma have entered a collaboration to help the latter to discover antibodies for immunotherapies. This is the third collaboration between the two companies. In May 2022, they signed a research partnership and exclusive option licence agreement for the development of antibodies to reduce tumour microenvironment-mediated immunosuppression.

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Research Suggests Dexamethasone Could Benefit Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

Pharmacy Times

All-cause inpatient mortality or discharge to hospice was lower for patients who received dexamethasone within 48 hours of either admission or escalation in oxygen support.

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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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Pharma á la carte – 4/22/23

The Honest Apothecary

Here I share some of the latest news, articles, editorials, or blog posts that fall generally under the theme of Pharma or healthcare. I might throw in a something off-topic from time to time which I found while wandering throughout the endless hallways and corridors of the internet. All article shared will be free to read and not locked behind an annoying paywall.

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Pharmacists Will Have a Very Important Role in Psychedelic Medicine for Patients With Cancer

Pharmacy Times

As psychedelic medicine comes further into cancer care, pharmacists will be an important part of the interdisciplinary team in screening and evaluating patients for suitability for psychedelic medicine.

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Moderna and IBM to explore quantum computing and AI for mRNA research

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has signed an agreement with IBM to explore quantum computing and generative artificial intelligence (AI) for advancing and expediting its mRNA research. Moderna will gain access to IBM’s quantum computing systems, an emerging technology that harnesses quantum mechanics for solving complex problems that cannot be handled efficiently by classical computers.

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Recent Guidelines Recommend SMART Treatment for Asthma

Pharmacy Times

Teach pharmacy staff members to know and address the roadblocks, keep up with changing guidelines.

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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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NICE recommends therapy duo for advanced leukaemia

European Pharmaceutical Review

Imbruvica ® (ibrutinib) plus venetoclax has been recommended as an option for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in adults by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Ibrutinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. By blocking Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), which is needed by cancer cells to multiply and spread, ibrutinib could help stop them from growing and dividing.

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Study Finds Lack of Women as Research Subjects is Linked With Lack of Female Researchers

Pharmacy Times

The number of female study participants was lower when the last author of the study, usually the head of the lab conducting the study, was a man.

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Key senators make a big pivot on bipartisan insulin cost proposal

STAT

WASHINGTON — Amid a scramble to assemble a health care policy package in the Senate, a pair of key senators have significantly changed a proposal to cap insulin costs. The new legislation by Senate Diabetes Caucus co-chairs Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would cap insured patients’ insulin costs at $35 per month for at least one insulin of each type and dosage form, and require pharmacy benefit managers to pass through rebates they collect from insulin ma

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HIMSS23: Microsoft, Wolters Kluwer collaborate on 'big picture insights' analytics offering for hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

HIMSS23: Microsoft, Wolters Kluwer collaborate on 'big picture insights' analytics offering for hospitals hlandi Fri, 04/21/2023 - 07:28

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Bushbalm’s hair removal products disrupt the personal care aisle

Drug Store News

The Canadian brand, selected for the Sparked at Ulta Beauty program, is increasing its visibility thanks to the beauty retailer.

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Opinion: I’m a medical resident. Here’s why I think my hospital should unionize

STAT

As a third-year neurology resident at Mass General Brigham, I started my career at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now Covid numbers may be down, but hospitals continue to overflow. On a 28-hour shift, I cared for more than 40 patients, 11 of whom were newly admitted to the hospital overnight. Stretched too thin, I skimmed through the patients’ medical charts and did a quick physical exam to make sure each person was stable.

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Incyte receives EC approval for Opzelura to treat non-segmental vitiligo

Pharmaceutical Technology

Incyte has received marketing authorisation from the European Commission for Opzelura (ruxolitinib) cream 15mg/g to treat non-segmental vitiligo with facial involvement in adults and in adolescents aged 12 years and above. Opzelura is the first and only approved treatment across the European Union (EU) aimed at achieving repigmentation in the targeted patients.

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Long-term HbA1c levels above 9% linked to greater risk of dementia

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

HbA1c levels that remain above 9% for more than half of the time in type 2 diabetics increases the risk of developing dementia Type 2 diabetes can increase the risk for developing dementia. In fact, elevated HbA1c levels and diabetic complications also increase dementia risk. However, intensive glycaemic control does not seem to reduce cognitive decline.

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HCA Healthcare raises FY2023 guidance following strong volume, labor momentum through Q1

Fierce Healthcare

HCA Healthcare raises FY2023 guidance following strong volume, labor momentum through Q1 dmuoio Fri, 04/21/2023 - 14:06

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Pharma within planetary boundaries

European Pharmaceutical Review

We have 27 years left to transform the EU into a climate-neutral continent in order to keep the ecological catastrophes that the climate crisis brings at a manageable level – to find solutions for every flight taken, every car driven and every medical treatment undergone in the EU. Other sectors are already on the way to reducing their emissions and have received much public and political attention.

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Dollar General names Kelly Dilts to EVP, CFO role

Drug Store News

The company’s current president and chief financial officer John Garratt will retain his role as president until his planned retirement on June 2, 2023.

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Opinion: I’m a medical resident. I want to pause the drive to unionize hospital trainees

STAT

Medicine is a calling. But far too often, trainees — residents and fellows — at hospitals don’t receive the support necessary to deliver the best clinical care. Overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated in an era of skyrocketing paperwork requirements and historic inflation, trainees sometimes struggle to make ends meet, care for themselves and loved ones, and even find joy in the day-to-day grind of learning to be an independent physician.

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The Mitochondria, Adrenal and Thyroid Connection

The Thyroid Pharmacist

If you’re a little nerdy like me, you may have noticed that the abbreviation for my new book, Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving is ATP, and this is by design! ATP is short for adenosine triphosphate, which is our body’s main form of energy. It’s created in our mitochondria and fuels necessary everyday functions like protein synthesis, muscle contractions, and nerve impulse transmission.

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Rethinking the CBD Mix

Drug Store News

A wider range of products offers opportunities for retail pharmacies.

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New 3-year study will evaluate diverse populations' responses to different patient education tactics

Fierce Healthcare

New 3-year study will evaluate diverse populations' responses to different patient education tactics agliadkovskaya Fri, 04/21/2023 - 16:42

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