Drug Topics
MAY 1, 2024
According to Michael Osso, president and chief executive officer of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, “the flexibility of having multiple biosimilar formulations to choose from is important to support broader patient access to biologic medicine.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus, Food and Drug Administration officials said at a press briefing Wednesday. The results confirmed findings of earlier testing of a more limited number of samples and add weight to the FDA’s conclusion that pasteurized milk products are safe for consumption despite a widespread outbreak of cows infected with H5N1.
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Drug Topics
MAY 1, 2024
Savings associated with biosimilar uptake are projected to reach $181 billion through 2027.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Pandemics start slowly — a few cases here, a few there — until suddenly people are sick or dying everywhere. Early detection by monitoring wastewater can help short-circuit that cycle. It’s difficult to tell what is happening right now with highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 (bird flu), which is rapidly spreading among cows and other mammals.
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.
Drug Topics
MAY 1, 2024
Although the US Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) proposed reclassification of marijuana wouldn’t legalize the drug nationwide, it could shake up the current marijuana landscape.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
NEW YORK — By the time Peter Bauman considered deep brain stimulation, he was desperate. Early onset Parkinson’s disease, diagnosed at age 49, had disabled him, ended his bartending career, and led him to consider suicide. He hoped that the treatment, known as DBS, in which an electrode connected to an external battery is inserted into the brain and emits electrical impulses, would ease his Parkinson’s tremors.
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STAT
MAY 1, 2024
When Maureen Amirault purchased her first electric wheelchair in 2020, she had been living with muscular dystrophy for decades. Braces and a cane helped, but walking became too arduous, so she got a chair through a company called Numotion. The first few months were great. The headrest fell off, but Numotion fixed it in a matter of days.
Drug Topics
MAY 1, 2024
The organization has renewed its recommendation of Prescryptive Health’s artificial intelligence pricing system, stating it can help independent pharmacies stay competitive.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
I am not writing here to talk about my husband, Chadwick Boseman, who died far too young from colorectal cancer. I am not here to give any glimpses into our obviously private life and his obviously private battle with this cancer, which is affecting far more young lives than it should. The legacy he created is not about cancer and I hope you don’t remember him that way.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 1, 2024
The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's ha | The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's had ripple effects across healthcare.
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
MAY 1, 2024
Three years ago, Moderna, flush with cash from Covid vaccine sales, announced it would start investing in the burgeoning field of gene editing. It created a new division called Moderna Genomics and struck a collaboration with Metagenomi, a University of California-Berkeley spinout that specializes in developing new gene-editing enzymes. “This will be a completely new approach for Moderna and a dramatic expansion of our modality strategy,” Moderna president Stephen Hogue told invest
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 1, 2024
AstraZeneca has maintained that while the vaccine may, in “very rare” cases, cause TTS, the casual mechanism for this effect remains unknown.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is reversing a regulation that had been expected to create shortages of morphine and other opioid injectables, according to a DEA letter to drugmakers obtained by STAT. The DEA dictates the quantity of controlled substances that drug companies are allowed to make. Until this year, those quotas were set annually for Schedule II drugs, such as morphine and other injectable opioids that hospitals regularly use.
Drug Topics
MAY 1, 2024
In a testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Andrew Witty discussed what led to the February Change Healthcare cyberattack and the organization’s response.
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STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Blood vessels in the legs or heart sustain considerable damage when they are narrowed by poor circulation from diabetes or blocked in a heart attack. To repair them, researchers have tried using grafts from other blood vessels or giving growth factors to stimulate new tissue, but those solutions often fall short. Scientists from Boston Children’s Hospital report Wednesday in Nature that they managed to boost blood vessel growth by enlisting mitochondria, organelles that power the cell, to
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 1, 2024
The latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades from independent watchdog The Leapfrog Group suggest that patients’ care experiences, which deteriorated during and since the pandemic, may finally be tur | New data from the watchdog reflecting CMS-reported patient safety measures show that hospitals are, on average, working their way back from patient experience and hospital-acquired infection scores that plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
After years on the rise, the U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased in 2022, new government data show. But maternal health experts warn there’s no reason to celebrate: The dip is a course correction following the Covid-19 pandemic, and mothers in the United States continue to die at dramatically higher rates than mothers in other high-income countries.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 1, 2024
A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs. | A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
CVS Health got walloped at the outset of 2024 as older adults in its Medicare plans continue to get a lot more medical care than the company expected. CVS’ operating income fell by 34% — roughly $1.2 billion — in the first quarter compared with the prior-year period, according to results released Tuesday. The company, which absorbed the health insurer Aetna in 2018, marketed its Medicare Advantage plans aggressively last year and expanded its geographic reach more than any i
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
Discover how digital tools can provide insights to help us. Digital technology could be a game-changer that offers the elusive promise of tackling the root cause, not just the conditions themselves, when it comes to human health.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Health care providers are in an acute financial situation. Record-high wages required to attract and retain talent coupled with price inflation not seen since the early 1980s are driving higher costs, while reimbursement and federal policies limit providers’ ability to cover expenses. Adding to this budgetary stranglehold are payment delays and insurance claim denials by payers, which compromise patients’ access to health care and providers’ financial viability.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 1, 2024
Just about two months into his CEO job at Emergent BioSolutions, Joseph Papa has laid out his turnaround plan for the CDMO-turned-biopharma company. | Merely about two months into his CEO job at Emergent BioSolutions, Joseph Papa has laid out his turnaround plan for the CDMO-turned-biopharma company. And it involves a major organizational restructuring.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
LONDON — In 2021, a team of Italian researchers reported that an experimental gene therapy they had developed seemed to be correcting the metabolic issues at the core of a rare genetic disease that left children unable to break down sugar molecules. There remained an open question, however, about whether the therapy could address a particularly debilitating manifestation of the disease, the severe skeletal deformities it caused.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 1, 2024
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an update to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Tuesday, fortifying support for Americans with disabilities. | HHS finalized a proposed rule from September, granting greater protections to individuals with disabilities. Secretary Xavier Becerra says the department is willing to help providers meet new standards.
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
Explore the challenges in weight loss treatments despite the billions spent on clinical trials for weight loss drugs. Discover why capacity remains a critical issue in the industry.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 1, 2024
Following the lead of Eli Lilly, Pfizer will establish a direct-to-consumer service, selling some of its medicines online and avoiding industry middlemen. | Following the lead of Eli Lilly, Pfizer will establish a direct-to-consumer service, selling some of its medicines online and avoiding industry middlemen. The company plans to sell products such as its COVID treatment Paxlovid and a migraine nasal spray in this way, it told the Financial Times.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Joel Zivot is a practicing clinician and associate professor of anesthesiology and surgery. He is also an advocate against the use of medicine in capital punishment. Back in February, Zivot wrote a First Opinion essay shortly after Kenneth Smith was executed using nitrogen gas in Alabama. In “ A new Louisiana capital-punishment bill would fundamentally alter physician licensing ,” Zivot argues against proposed bills in both Kansas and Louisiana that would allow “death by hyp
PharmaVoice
MAY 1, 2024
The FDA’s newly launched Center for Clinical Trial Innovation potentially opens the door for more efficient and expanded AI use, but leaves pharmas wanting more guidance.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning, I highly recommend reading this investigation STAT published today on a research project at Mount Sinai in which doctors have been taking biopsies of living patients’ brains, sparking alarm at the FDA.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 1, 2024
CVS Health is lowering its guidance for the year after a first-quarter miss on both profit and revenue. | The company posted $1.1 billion in profit for the quarter as well as $88.4 billion in revenue. Both fell short of Wall Street analysts' expectations, according to Zacks Investment Research.
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
As part of its reporting on Mount Sinai and the Living Brain Project, STAT sent a list of written questions to Mount Sinai. Below is a copy of the questions and responses. Can you describe for us what the Living Brain Project has accomplished, to date, and what promise the investigators feel it holds for future brain research? The Living Brian Project (LBP) is a unique study of the human brain that is characterizing each individual in a large cohort using all the tools that are currently availab
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
The MHRA's regulatory sandbox for artificial intelligence as medical device technologies, AI-Airlock, will go live this spring, according to a new strategy document
STAT
MAY 1, 2024
It’s widely known that exercise is beneficial for health. Yet science doesn’t have a clear understanding of what makes moving so good for us, including what molecular mechanisms are activated by exercise. To answer those questions, researchers launched a large, 10-year study in 2015 to understand the biological impact of physical activity in both rats and humans.
pharmaphorum
MAY 1, 2024
FTC sends more warnings to pharma companies over 'junk' patents to protect drugs from generic competition, including Novo Nordisk's Ozempic.
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