JAK Inhibitors Safe, Effective For Hair Growth in Patients With Alopecia Areata
Drug Topics
AUGUST 3, 2023
A study found that patients achieved 50% improvement with JAK inhibitors compared to placebo.
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New Alzheimer’s treatments are the tip of the iceberg in a long-stymied area of medicine
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 3, 2023
A smaller player in the Alzheimer’s space, Prothena is approaching the next phase of treatments, including prevention and clinical trial evolution.
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COVID-19 Wastewater Data Matched Case Counts in 2022
Drug Topics
AUGUST 3, 2023
Although wastewater data and COVID case/hospitalization rates no longer accurately reflect each other, researchers suggest wastewater surveillance may be the best metric for monitoring the amount of circulating virus.
Is the COVID-19 market crashing?
PharmaVoice
AUGUST 3, 2023
Pfizer’s recent earnings report could foretell major trouble in the market for pandemic products.
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
Equitable Health Care Access Could Reduce Disparities in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Drug Topics
AUGUST 3, 2023
Black patients experience worse survival outcomes and exhibit more aggressive forms of the disease compared with White patients.
Effect of Pharmacist Recommendation on Antibiotic Duration Prescribing at Hospital Discharge
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 3, 2023
Antibiotic prescribing at hospital discharge is a component of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programs that is often overlooked.
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Clostridioides Difficile Infection Associated With Increased Risk of All-Cause Mortality
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 3, 2023
Clostridioides difficile infection was found to increase the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a recent study.
CDC advisers endorse RSV monoclonal antibody for infants, high-risk young children
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously voted Thursday to recommend wide use among infants and some high-risk children of an antibody designed to protect against RSV , the country’s leading cause of infant hospitalization. The 10-0 recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices now goes to CDC Director Mandy Cohen, who is expected to accept it.
FDA Approves Expanded Indication of Ebola Zaire Vaccine for Individuals 12 Years of Age and Older
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 3, 2023
Ervebo was found to be 100% effective after vaccination in preventing the onset of Ebola virus symptoms after more than 10 days.
‘Shocking’ heat waves persist through August as federal officials warn of far-ranging health risks
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
WASHINGTON — An already record-setting summer heat wave will continue through August and will put more than 51 million Americans at risk of health impacts, according to new data from federal health officials. Most of those vulnerable people live in 26 states and are expected to have at least five extreme heat days this month. Among the highest-risk counties, roughly 45% have high levels of uninsured adults and children and 18% have high senior populations, according to a relatively new mo
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.
Research Indicates Decline in Hearing by Age 71
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 3, 2023
Of the individuals that participated in the study, 65.3% reported hearing loss at 71 years and 96.2% reported hearing loss by 90 years.
ProMED, an early warning system on disease outbreaks, appears near collapse
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
The early warning disease network that alerted the world to the original SARS outbreak and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be in peril. A number of the senior moderators of ProMED-mail, a program operated by the International Society of Infectious Diseases, posted a letter of protest early Thursday, challenging a recently revealed plan to charge for subscriptions to the service.
New European monograph for Cannabis flower adopted
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 3, 2023
The Danish Medicines Agency (Lægemiddelstyrelsen) has announced the European Pharmacopoeia Commission has adopted a new European monograph, which describes quality requirements for the raw material Cannabis flower. EPC’s new Cannabis flower monograph The new monograph Cannabis flower (Cannabis flower, monograph 3028) will be available next year in January 2024 with publication of the supplement 11.5.
‘Ancient DNA’ tools and 23andMe database uncover African American ancestries of thousands
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
New research that combines technology to sequence “ancient DNA” with direct-to-consumer genetic testing has identified tens of thousands people alive today who are genetically linked to enslaved and free African Americans who worked at a once-thriving Maryland iron forge in the late 18th and early 19th century. The findings, reported Thursday in Science , are a step toward restoring difficult-to-obtain ancestry knowledge to African Americans who descended from enslaved people, whos
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.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs inks partnership with pharmacy navigation startup Scripta
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Scripta Insights, a digital health company focused on pharmacy navigation, is teaming up with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to bring transparent drug pricing to patients. | Scripta will integrate Cost Plus Drugs’ discounted pricing into its platform to help members understand their medication options.
STAT+: Alarmed by popularity of Ozempic and Wegovy, insurers wage multi-front battle
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
Patients are bracing for “D-Day,” the date their insurance companies will stop covering the drugs. Doctors are getting letters from insurance investigators discouraging new prescriptions. And pharmacies are being told by insurers to check for a specific diagnosis when filling prescriptions. It’s a charge on all fronts by insurance companies to contain the spiraling costs of a new class of weight loss-inducing drugs, the GLP-1s.
Street medicine programs, armed with tech, extend the reach of medical care to those without housing
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
This week, enforcement of San Diego’s new homeless encampment ba | Street medicine entails delivering medical care to those without housing or living in poverty, whether on the streets or in shelters. Such programs have been shown to provide significant cost savings and be a cost-effective way to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities in underserved populations—particularly as Medicaid redeterminations threaten many individuals' access to care.
STAT+: Pharma industry showers House GOP doctor with campaign cash
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has been flooding the campaign coffers of Rep. Larry Bucshon, a cardiothoracic surgeon and Republican from Indiana, according to a STAT analysis of this quarter’s filings. CEOs of pharmaceutical giants, executives of the brand-drug lobby PhRMA, and companies’ political action committees all gave in higher-than-usual numbers to the rank-and-file House member last quarter.
5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software
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Generative AI has the potential to revolutionise drug discovery
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 3, 2023
The impact of artificial intelligence has been profoundly felt in the drug discovery space, with increased interest in AI in recent years.
Opinion: Former Sen. Max Baucus: Breakthrough Alzheimer’s drugs are out of reach for many in rural states like Montana
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
New treatments are delaying the progression of Alzheimer’s disease , giving people aging with memory decline the potential to live independently longer. But this benefit can only be fully realized if we ensure equitable access to care. Medicare’s policies are creating obstacles that make it more difficult for patients who are highly likely to benefit to obtain access to diagnosis and treatment.
PacBio builds in short-read sequencing with $110m Apton buy
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 3, 2023
PacBio builds in short-read sequencing with $110m Apton buy Phil.
STAT+: Study proposing microbiome-based cancer diagnostic comes under fire
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
Micronoma, a San Diego-based biotech startup, was founded on the idea that signatures from microbes that colonize tumors could lead to a blood test to detect cancer. The hypothesis was based on a high-profile Nature paper , published in 2020, that suggested these microbes are consistently found in tumors, and that they create such specific signatures they could be used to identify cancer types with nearly 100% accuracy.
Dollar General Literacy Foundation donates $1M to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Drug Store News
AUGUST 3, 2023
The grant is part of the DGLF’s 30th-anniversary celebration in 2023 and will extend the Imagination Library’s work to provide free books to children from birth to age five.
STAT+: Vertex faces renewed calls to widen access to its cystic fibrosis medicines in poor countries
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
Several Latino advocacy groups and more than 100 clinicians from dozens of countries are lending their voices to an expanding campaign to pressure Vertex Pharmaceuticals to widen access to its cystic fibrosis medications. In separate letters sent to the company in recent weeks, the health care providers and advocates maintained there is a notable disparity in access to Vertex medicines between mostly wealthy nations and low- and middle-income countries.
Lilly, Novo Nordisk sued over GLP-1 drug safety
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 3, 2023
Lilly, Novo Nordisk sued over GLP-1 drug safety Phil.
TytoCare raises $49 million to build out AI-enhanced chronic care
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
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What is sleep paralysis?
The Checkup by Singlecare
AUGUST 3, 2023
What is sleep paralysis? | What does sleep paralysis feel like? | Risk factors | Causes | Diagnosis | Treatment If you’ve ever experienced sleep paralysis or heard stories about it, you might be curious about why and how it happens. It may be a rare occurrence for many people. For others, the experience can be recurring, causing anxiety about future episodes.
STAT+: White House drug shortage task force held rare in-person meeting with industry
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
WASHINGTON — A new White House task force on drug shortages held a rare in-person meeting last Friday with representatives from hospitals, drugmakers, pharmacies, and others in the drug supply chain to brainstorm policies for stemming shortages of cancer drugs.
Generation Z says gun violence, racism, climate change affecting mental health
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Large-scale sociopolitical issues are causing negative mental health effects on the country’s younger population. | Society's biggest problems, like racism and gun violence, are wearing on the mental health of the country's youngest demographic.
Member Spotlight: Tracy Jamerson
ISPE
AUGUST 3, 2023
Member Spotlight: Tracy Jamerson Trudy Patterson Thu, 08/03/2023 - 15:37 iSpeak Blog iSpeak Member Spotlight: Tracy Jamerson Edyna Miguez 3 August 2023 Tracy Jamerson is the Chapter Manager for the ISPE Midwest Chapter. She brings 10+ years of experience to the pharmaceutical industry, currently working as the Office Coordinator at Compli, - a wholly-owned subsidiary of George Butler Associates that serves the Life Sciences industry.
Amazon Fresh offers grocery delivery to customers who are not Prime members
Drug Store News
AUGUST 3, 2023
Amazon is now offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members in 12 metro areas.
Pharma Marketing in the Age of AI: A New Era Begins
PharmExec
AUGUST 3, 2023
This podcast companion to our roundtable feature explores the transformative power of AI in pharmaceutical marketing, six months after the arrival of ChatGPT.
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Patients brace for insurance decisions on weight loss drugs; Indian authorities find multiple problems at pharma plants
STAT
AUGUST 3, 2023
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Cloudy skies are hovering this morning over the Pharmalot campus, where things have settled down now that the short person has left for an institution of higher learning and the official mascots have assumed their formal snoozing positions. As for us, we are dutifully concocting a few needed cups of stimulation as we dig in for another busy day.
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