The Evolution of the CBD Regulatory Landscape
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
No federal agency has taken charge of regulating cannabidiol products, leaving decisions up to the individual states.
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Woman of the Week: Agilent Technologies’ Dr. Katharine Knobil
PharmaVoice
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
As the first chief medical officer of the diagnostic testing company, Dr. Katharine Knobil is focused on moving the science forward beyond precision oncology to liquid biopsy.
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Tips for Managing Diabetes Comorbidities
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Considering comorbidities is just as important as lowering patient HbA1c.
Long-Term Impact of C. difficile Infection (CDI) and Infection Recurrence
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
A gastroenterologist reviews the long-term impact of dysbiosis and Clostridioides difficile infection.
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
First Immunotherapy Combo Treatment Approved for Biliary Tract Cancers
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
FDA approves durvalumab to treat biliary tract cancer in combination with chemotherapy.
Lesser Known Complications Hospitalizing More Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Research suggests that non-traditional complications from type 2 diabetes are hospitalizing more people now than they did 20 years ago.
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Succeeding in Pharmacy School: Tips, Tricks, and Advice
Pharmacy Is Right For Me
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
School is starting again, and pharmacy students across the country are hitting the books. Pharmacy school is an exciting time for many, but it can also be scary and intimidating. Check out some tips, tricks, and advice to set yourself up for success in your journey to becoming a pharmacist! Time Management Balancing your classes with studying, extra-curricular activities, working, family, friends, and not to mention sleep can be a tricky balancing act as a pharmacy student.
Osimertinib Significantly Improves Disease-Free Survival in EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Researchers at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress presented findings that show osimertinib may clinically reduce the risk of lung cancer recurrence.
Walmart enhances user experience on app, website
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Walmart has made significant improvements to its site experience and launched new features to make shopping on Walmart.com and its app easier, more engaging and more personalized.
Mirati Releases Promising Adagrasib Results for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Therapy shows positive clinical efficacy and favorable tolerability as a monotherapy and in combination with cetuximab in heavily pretreated patients who have a KRASG12C mutation.
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.
Could cancer be diagnosed from the sound of a voice?
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
A $14 million research project is getting underway in the US to see whether cancer and other diseases can be diagnosed by picking up subtle changes in a person’s voice patterns. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project is being run by researchers at the University of South Florida in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, 10 other institutions in the US and Canada, and with the help of French/US artificial intelligence specialist Owkin.
Pharmacists Play Pivotal Role in Flu Vaccines
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Key responsibilities include providing recommendations, administering vaccinations, disseminating evidence-based advice, reducing spread of influenza in communities.
MegaFood enhances water with probiotic powders
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
MegaFood’s Digestive Health Water Enhancers are available in pineapple mango kombucha, guava passion fruit kombucha and lemon ginger kombucha flavors.
Build a Successful Biosimilar Adoption Plan
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Many Health Care Systems Use These Products to Provide Similar but Cheaper Clinical Outcomes.
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.
Complexity of Covid vaccine program leads to concerns about potential for error
STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program has reached new heights of complexity with the start of the bivalent booster program, leading to concerns about the potential for more errors in the administration of vaccines. Even before the addition of the new booster shots, more than 5,300 errors in vaccine dose delivery in children alone were reported, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Novo Nordisk Launches Tresiba Biologic Analog Insulin to Expand Affordability Options
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The long-acting, once-daily hormone controls high blood sugar in individuals aged 1 year or older with diabetes.
Daily multivitamins improved the brain function of seniors in a trial — but plenty of questions remain
STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
While pharma companies struggle to show that cutting-edge therapies can treat, prevent, or slow Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, a new study suggests that a far simpler and cheaper tool could improve cognition in seniors: daily multivitamins. Researchers found that adults 65 and older who took the common multivitamin Centrum Silver over the course of a three-year study showed more improvement on scores of overall cognition and memory than participants who took a placebo.
Study: 2 or More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Reduces Most Long COVID Symptoms
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Investigators find 8 of 10 of the most common symptoms were reported between 50% and 80% less often among those who received at least 2 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations.
5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software
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STAT+: ‘This is pharma’s dream’: How drugmakers are turning telehealth into a marketing gold mine
STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
A familiar refrain echoes through drug ads in the United States. It’s heard at the end of TV spots and plastered across magazine pages: Ask your doctor if this drug is right for you. But as medicine moves increasingly online, direct-to-consumer advertising is adopting a more assertive catchphrase: Talk to a doctor now. Dozens of drug sites now have built-in buttons to “talk to a doctor now” about everything from novel migraine medications to a treatment for sickle cell disea
NACDS Foundation opens community impact project proposals
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The foundation has released a request for proposals opportunity to award up to $1.5 million in new research.
Tell us about your experience with telehealth linked to pharma companies
STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Drug ads have long tried to influence patients’ medical choices, directing them to “ask your doctor” if a marketed medication is right for them. But now, pharma companies have an even more powerful tool to start those conversations and turn them into prescriptions: telemedicine. When a patient sees an ad or visits a manufacturer’s website today, many will find buttons to “talk to a doctor now” about their symptoms.
Green Goo’s Plants for Your Face & Body collection caters to skin care concerns
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The skin care collection is formulated to target such concerns as acne, eczema, sun damage, wrinkles, dry skin and psoriasis.
ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy has been investigated as a treatment modality for melanoma for almost 20 years. As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Before TIL infusion, the patient undergoes lymphodepletion, which reduces the proportion of myeloid immune suppressive cells and creates space for the incoming lymphocytes.
CVS Health completes rollout of time-delay safes in three southern states
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
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Succeeding as an Insecure Overachiever
Pharmaceutical Commerce
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Professor Laura Empson pulls back the curtain on insecure overachieving professionals and explains how they can come to accept damaging patterns of overwork as inevitable and even desirable.
Amazon invests $450M in programs for DSP drivers
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
???????The new programs offer benefits to participating DSPs, including $5,250 per year for each eligible driver to access college degrees and over 1,700 academic programs.
Report claims Bayer is already hunting for a new CEO
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Bayer chief executive Werner Baumann has been under fire from investors since he spearheaded the acquisition of agrochemical company Monsanto for $63 billion, exposing the group to multibillion-dollar litigation. Now, it seems his time at the top may be coming to an end. That’s according to a Bloomberg report , which claims Bayer has started the search for a successor well ahead of the end of Baumann’s current contract in April 2024.
People on the move … Sept 14
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Important personnel changes you should know this week.
Why We All Need Critical Thinking
ISPE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Why We All Need Critical Thinking. Trudy Patterson. Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:15. iSpeak Blog. iSpeak. Why We All Need Critical Thinking. Charlie C. Wakeham. 14 September 2022. It may seem that the only things loved by pharma industry more than acronyms are new buzz phrases. And that may be true. But sometimes, behind the buzz phrase, there are real, strong, achievable benefits to our work, our industry, and our end patients.
Alembic intros generic Epiduo Forte
Drug Store News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Epiduo Forte is indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years old and older.
Study: Consistent Consumption of Alcohol May Increase Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation in Young Adults
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Excess drinking is a major atrial fibrillation risk factor in young people.
STAT+: Medical pioneers team up to launch new cell therapy biotech
STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Medical pioneers Carl June, Bruce Levine, and Drew Weissman have teamed up to launch a new biotech that hopes to use the industry’s buzziest technologies to boost the beleaguered cell therapy field. Their new venture, Capstan Therapeutics, launched Wednesday with a combined $165 million in seed and Series A financing.
Study: Fianlimab With Cemiplimab Combination Shows High Response Rate in Certain Patients With Advanced Melanoma
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
New research presented at ESMO Congress found that certain patients with advanced melanoma administered a combination of cemiplimab with fianlimab experienced a median progression-free survival of 2 years.
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