Drug Topics

JUNE 1, 2023

A majority of patients say that taking cannabis helps them with chronic pain management and other conditions.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Pharmacogenomic testing in combination with therapeutic drug monitoring can be a cost effective and efficient way to advance psychiatric drug therapy.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 1, 2023

Abrysvo is the second RSV vaccine approved by the FDA.

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IDStewardship

JUNE 1, 2023

In this article the adoption of Firstline as a city-wide platform to support antimicrobial stewardship in collaboration with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is discussed. Interview with: William Greendyke, M.D. Interview by: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP Article Posted 3 June 2023 We have come a long way since the term “ Antimicrobial Stewardship ” first appeared in the medical literature in 1996, brought to us by John McGowan and Dale Gerding.

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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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Drug Topics

JUNE 1, 2023

Years of steady price increases have made access to the essential medicine more difficult for millions of Americans with diabetes.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined plans Thursday to broadly cover a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs once the medications get full approval from the Food and Drug Administration | CMS outlined plans Thursday to broadly cover a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs once the medications get full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

In a bold move, Coherus BioSciences plans to sell a biosimilar version of Humira — one of the world’s best-selling medicines — at a steep discount, and will work with Mark Cuban’s generic drug company to make the medicine available directly to consumers for even less. Specifically, the Coherus medicine will carry a $995 list price for a carton of two autoinjectors, an 85% discount from the $6,922 that AbbVie charges for Humira, which is used to treat rheumatoid arthri

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Drug Topics

JUNE 1, 2023

Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) had brain atrophy patterns equivalent to a brain age about 6 years older than their actual age.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

A pair of new healthcare workforce surveys outline widespread reports of discrimination, racism and workplace violence perpetuated by patients and coworkers alike. | A pair of polls released this week detail the interpersonal difficulties nurses and other healthcare workers face in the workplace.

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PharmaVoice

JUNE 1, 2023

Takeda's president of the global oncology business unit is always "scanning the horizon" for the partnerships that will drive the next big innovations.

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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.

STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

Tempus, a company that combines DNA sequencing for cancer with artificial intelligence, said Thursday that it is launching a voice-and-text assistant called Tempus One that will give physicians much easier access to patient data. The AI assistant is being launched ahead of the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Eric Lefkofsky, Tempus’ founder and CEO, told STAT Tempus will be rolling the product, called Tempus One, out to the 6,000 doctors that prescri

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

Less than a month after CVS Health acquired Oak Street Health, the primary care provider plans to expand into four more states. | The company plans to open value-based primary care centers in Little Rock, Arkansas; Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Kansas and Richmond, Virginia, beginning this summer. Oak Street Health will operate centers in 25 states by the end of the year.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

Investigators previously reported a statistically significant improvement in radiographic progression-free survival in the full intention-to-treat population of adults with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

Georgia places troubled insurtech Friday Health Plans into receivership, forcing 40,000 patients to seek new coverage fdiamond Thu, 06/01/2023 - 13:04

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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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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

The 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting is being held in Chicago, Illinois from June 2 to 6.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

Data breaches for the year have reached the high-water mark with the data of nearly 9 million individuals being compromised in a reported cyberattack on one of the country’s largest dental health i | Managed Care of North America posted a notice Friday that between Feb. 26 and March 7, a digital intruder stole the data of 8.9 million people. The cyberattack is the largest of its kind in 2023 to date.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

The primary medication therapies that can help with prophylaxis against HIV include pre-exposure prophylaxis and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

WASHINGTON — Researchers and health care advocates are warning that the debt ceiling deal would mean a harsh cut for science agencies like the National Institutes of Health. The debt ceiling deal hammered out by the White House and congressional leadership this weekend would freeze non-defense and veterans’ health spending at 2023 levels for next year and allow only a 1% bump in 2025.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

Available pharmacological therapies have shown high efficacy in achieving weight loss.

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Drug Store News

JUNE 1, 2023

The raise would bring the average annual salary for roughly 3,700 pharmacists affected to more than $140,000, not including bonuses and incentives.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

As the summer months approach, pharmacists can offer many services to ensure patients remain safe and healthy during their travels.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2023

For more than 24 hours, a hospital in Idaho has been diverting ambulances due to a cyberattack. | Idaho Falls Community Hospital along with adjacent Mountain View Hospital and local clinics are still recovering from a cyberattack that occurred earlier this week.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 1, 2023

Former and current smokers showed higher mortality from early-stage non-small cell lung cancer than never smokers.

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Fierce Pharma

JUNE 1, 2023

As doctors weigh various immunotherapy strategies for the treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, Merck & Co. | As doctors navigate the "messy" early-stage non-small cell lung cancer landscape with various immunotherapy approaches, Merck & Co. has now unveiled new data that it hopes can establish Keytruda, used before and after surgery, as a new standard of care.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

Having insurance coverage alone doesn’t guarantee that people can afford or would be willing to pay continuously for chronic disease medications like Ozempic, a new, large-scale study finds. Looking at insured patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure, researchers found that people with higher prescription copayments were less likely to consistently take glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1) and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) — two classes of d

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Drug Store News

JUNE 1, 2023

Stōk Cold Brew Coffee has been named the official sponsor of Wrexham Association Football Club’s Racecourse Ground.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

Microsoft-owned Nuance Communications sells its AI medical scribe platform to health care providers on a simple promise: If they shell out big bucks for the high-tech product, they can decrease doctor burnout and ultimately make more money by enabling doctors to see more patients. But executives at four health systems using the software, called DAX, told STAT that while the software might make it possible to see more patients, or justify higher charges to insurers for visits, the high price tag

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Drug Store News

JUNE 1, 2023

The transition to Signature SELECT is underway across stores, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and more.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests. As many as 40% more Black male patients in the study might have been diagnosed with breathing problems if current diagnosis-assisting computer software was changed, the study said.

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Drug Store News

JUNE 1, 2023

The pilot program's expansion includes 12 additional markets and nearly 400 Walgreens stores nationwide.

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STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

Why are fake medical devices more lucrative than real ones? Is Ozempic a neurological treatment? And what’s at the cutting edge of oncology? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. Our colleague Lizzy Lawrence joins us to explain the shocking story of a medical device company that sold fake implants and the warped system that made the scam lucrative.

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Drug Store News

JUNE 1, 2023

The group said it will focus on addressing unmet needs in its core categories, delivering new evidence-based precision health products to the market.

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JUNE 1, 2023

WASHINGTON — Despite pressure from Congress and advocates, Medicare isn’t changing its coverage plan for new Alzheimer’s drugs anytime soon. Medicare on Thursday issued a statement reiterating its intent to require patient registries to collect data about how medications perform even after they gain full Food and Drug Administration approval.

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