Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
Carina Dolan, PharmD, BCOP, senior director for Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient Inc, discusses the highlights and big picture moving forward for hospitals and health-system pharmacies.
Drug Topics
JANUARY 20, 2023
The PDUFA date has been set for May 22, 2023.
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Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
Antibodies help neutralize the virus, though the levels decrease at the 6-month mark, data indicate.
Drug Topics
JANUARY 20, 2023
The approval makes zanubrutinib available to all patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) whether they are newly diagnosed or previously treated.
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
JANUARY 20, 2023
Sarah McDonald, cancer survivor and author of The Cancer Channel, discusses her experience battling 2 different unrelated cancers and the value oncology pharmacists could have provided with a greater presence on her care team.
Drug Topics
JANUARY 20, 2023
Highly effective medications for severe disease are expensive and administered invasively, while the development of treatments for milder disease has lagged, a new review on psoriasis clinical trials concludes.
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STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
In December, delegates from more than 180 countries met in Switzerland to discuss the International Treaty for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, which had initially been proposed in December 2021. Support for it gained traction as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted concerns about global vaccine inequity, genomic data-sharing, and more.
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
This is the first indication for tucatinib that extends beyond the treatment of advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a sea change in addiction medicine — in particular, increased access to buprenorphine , a drug commonly used to treat opioid use disorder. Now, new data show that despite the medication’s wider availability, deaths involving buprenorphine still constitute a small fraction of overall drug mortality.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 20, 2023
Dollar General pilots mobile clinics as it targets a bigger presence in healthcare hlandi Fri, 01/20/2023 - 18:25
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
JANUARY 20, 2023
Educating patients, posting on social media, and countering misinformation are critical strategies.
Drug Store News
JANUARY 20, 2023
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that pharmacies can offer a safe and accessible treatment starting point for patients with opioid-use disorder and keep them better engaged.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 20, 2023
Employers should carefully weigh benefits of high-deductible health plans: study fdiamond Fri, 01/20/2023 - 07:19
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
In an attempt to tackle the root causes of inflated insulin prices, the state of California filed a lawsuit last week accusing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers of artificially and illegally jacking up the price of insulin. The sausage-making of how insulin is priced is not for the faint of heart. It’s a complex tangle of drug manufacturers who’ve been resisting generics , health insurance companies trying to keep up impressive profits , plus the wholesalers who dist
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 20, 2023
Iterative Health, Gastro Health partner over AI-enabled GI care and precision medicine R&D aburky Fri, 01/20/2023 - 13:55
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
18F-FDG PET/CT detects approximately 73% of tumor lesions, while 68Ga-FAPI finds approximately 94%.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 20, 2023
New Blues network spinout Lucet aims to simplify mental health benefits for payers pminemyer Fri, 01/20/2023 - 15:28
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
Many patients have baseline risk factors present at diagnosis because of older age and disease-related elements.
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 20, 2023
JPM23: Pfizer, Moderna and more look to combine COVID and flu vaccine markets zbecker Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:48
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to hold “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli in contempt for failing to provide the agency with information needed to determine whether he is violating an order that permanently banned him from working in the pharmaceutical industry. In a motion filed federal court in New York, the FTC and seven state regulators argued that Shkreli has failed to comply with their requests to provide documents and sit for an interview as part of their i
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 20, 2023
This week, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, said the company plans to build on its exponential growth through the pandemic by expanding its operations globally over the next few years. In 2020, Moderna made a net loss of $747 million while its investigational mRNA vaccines were under development. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the US-based biotech rose to prominence as it was one of the first companies to develop Covid-19 vaccines with its mRNA tec
The Checkup by Singlecare
JANUARY 20, 2023
Cigarette smoking is a public health problem that’s responsible for preventable chronic diseases and premature death. Many of the diseases are common knowledge from damaging lungs (causing asthma and pneumonia) or cellular changes leading to lung cancers; others include cardiovascular injury causing heart attacks and heart failure. But, some effects are less well known, like how cigarette smoking depletes vitamins in your body.
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
On Target is a recurring feature from STAT that dives deep into the most promising drug targets in oncology. This column is adapted from a new STAT report , “Targeting cancer: the new frontier of immunotherapy and precision oncology.” Scientists working to produce immunotherapies for solid tumor cancers have spent decades searching for biological targets that can help them distinguish between healthy cells and cancerous ones.
The Checkup by Singlecare
JANUARY 20, 2023
Chances are, you’ve taken a generic or authorized generic medication, and for good reason—according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), generic medications cost 80%-85% less than brand-name drugs. An estimated 90% of prescriptions filled in the United States are for commonly prescribed generic drugs. Examples include lisinopril for high blood pressure , levothyroxine for hypothyroidism , atorvastatin for high cholesterol , Type 2 diabetes medications like metformin , and others.
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is still in the works. For now, we expect to engage in our usual ritual of promenading with the official mascot, take a drive in the countryside with the radio turned up, and hold another listening party with Mrs.
Drug Store News
JANUARY 20, 2023
Last year, Dr. Lauren F. Lyles-Stolz, PharmD joined the staff of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as senior director of reimbursement, innovation and advocacy.
STAT
JANUARY 20, 2023
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Drug Store News
JANUARY 20, 2023
Walgreens and Rite Aid have removed online purchase limits of OTC pediatric fever reducing products, while CVS currently has a two product limit on all children’s pain relief products at all locations and online.
Fierce Pharma
JANUARY 20, 2023
Martin Shkreli runs afoul of FTC for potentially skirting lifetime pharmaceutical industry ban fkansteiner Fri, 01/20/2023 - 15:34
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 20, 2023
Inequities were also apparent between those who saw and did not see neurologists, analysis shows.
Pharmafile
JANUARY 20, 2023
India-based manufacturer Intas Pharmaceuticals has been issued a Form 483 by the FDA after three investigators found a “cascade of failure” in a site inspection carried out at their manufacturing facility in Pharmez Special Economic Zone (SEZ) between late November and early December 2022.
Drug Store News
JANUARY 20, 2023
Kroger has teamed with Google Cloud and Deloitte on cloud technologies to increase associate productivity across the grocer’s nearly 2,800 stores nationwide.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 20, 2023
268K people who died from COVID-19 in first 2 years of pandemic not included in official tally: study fdiamond Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:35
Drug Store News
JANUARY 20, 2023
The settlement with Walgreens brings the total West Virginia amount brought in from opioid litigation to more than $950 million.
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