Tue.Oct 03, 2023

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Gut Health Has Impact on the Skin

Drug Topics

The gut-brain-skin axis is more important to overall health than previously understood, and prebiotics and probiotics play a large role in the benefits.

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Where have all the unicorns gone? A look at 4 billion-dollar biotechs

PharmaVoice

Not every unicorn company lives up to its $1 billion promise. Here are four worth watching.

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Gluten in Medications: Why Labeling Matters for Patients With Celiac Disease

Drug Topics

Despite pleas from celiac disease advocates, the FDA still does not require drug manufacturers to note on the label whether a medication contains gluten.

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Study Results Indicate Palliative Care Less Common Among Racial Minority Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Lack of awareness, cultural beliefs, and physician preferences may influence whether minority patients receive palliative care during metastatic breast cancer treatment.

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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

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Dance With the Girl That Brung Ya

Drug Topics

PBMs, retail chains, and pharmacy schools have all contributed to the current state of the profession. It's time they worked on fixing it.

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Survey Highlights Need for Improved Working Conditions, Communication in Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

Although respondents reported no impacts on patient safety, workload significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and led to major burnout challenges.

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FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, giving Americans seeking to update their protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus another option. Though the FDA’s green light came three weeks after the approvals for the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots, it contained some welcome news for the Gaithersburg, Md.

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Review of FDA Approvals for Pediatric Obesity Management

Drug Topics

GLP-1 receptor agonists, used to manage diabetes, are now being used for obesity in children and adolescents.

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STAT+: Colombia set to issue a compulsory license for an HIV medicine sold by GSK’s ViiV

STAT

In the latest battle over access to medicines, Colombian authorities have decided to issue a compulsory license for a needed HIV treatment, a step that underscores ongoing friction between the pharmaceutical industry and cash-strapped governments around the world. By issuing such a license, the Colombian government hopes to obtain lower-cost generic versions of an HIV medicine called dolutegravir, which is made by ViiV Healthcare, a company that specializes in HIV treatments and is largely contr

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Oncology Drug Exkivity to be Voluntarily Withdrawn From US Market

Drug Topics

Exkivity remains available while Takeda works with the FDA on withdrawal timing, and the company said that patients currently taking the therapy will continue to have access after it is withdrawn.

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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.

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FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine 2023-24 Formula

Pharmacy Times

NVX-CoV2601 vaccine adjuvanted 2023-2024 formula granted EUA for the prevention of COVID-19 in those 12 years of age and older.

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Opinion: How headlines about the RSV antibody injection could cloud parents’ decision-making

STAT

As theorists from Samuel Coleridge to Kenneth Burke have noted, language often does our thinking for us. In health care, all too often, that leads to problems. In a particularly worrisome example of this, recent headlines about the new monoclonal antibody injection nirsevimab (trade named Beyfortus) designed to protect infants against the third culprit in last year’s tripledemic — respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — contain language that may cloud parents’ d

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APhA, ASHP, NABP Publish Report Aimed at Improving Strategies for Pharmacy Workforce

Pharmacy Times

The new report includes actions to implement that could improve workplace conditions, which are the leading causes of high stress and occupational burnout across the pharmacy profession.

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8 in 10 women delay care until their symptoms worsen, survey finds. This is bad for patients and employers

Fierce Healthcare

About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues. | About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues.

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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.

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2023 Nobel Prize winner: Physics award goes to trio for electron breakthroughs

STAT

LONDON — Three scientists whose work on electrons widened the world’s understanding of the particles’ behavior inside atoms and molecules won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday.   In health care, their research is being applied to improve diagnostics, with the potential to create tests that can detect minute changes in the level of molecules in the blood.

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Survey Shows 22% of Individuals Worried About Contracting Flu in 2023 Season

Pharmacy Times

Similarly, the results of a survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases demonstrated that approximately 23% were worried about COVID-19 and 19% for respiratory syncytial virus.

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STAT+: FDA finds ‘potential systemic bias’ in Amgen’s KRAS drug trial ahead of advisory meeting

STAT

A follow-up study of a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment may reflect systemic biases, the Food and Drug Administration said ahead of an advisory committee meeting Thursday to determine whether the drug should remain on the market. The treatment, Lumakras, is designed to treat lung cancer caused by a specific genetic mutation to a protein called KRAS.

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10 breathing exercises for anxiety

The Checkup by Singlecare

Dealing with anxiety can often feel lonely, but the reality is that anxiety is a very common mental health condition. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 19% of American adults experienced an anxiety disorder in the past year. There are varying types and severities of anxiety disorders, many of which are characterized by repeated instances of intense fear or panic.

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Digital therapeutics at a turning point: What we heard at DTx East

pharmaphorum

Digital therapeutics at a turning point: What we heard at DTx East Mike.

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Study Finds Enterococci Enhance C. Difficile Pathogenesis, Promoting Colonization

Pharmacy Times

Not only did enterococci promote C. difficile pathogenesis, but it was also shown to provide fermentable amino acids, facilitating its virulence agitated gastrointestinal tracts.

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Industry Voices—CMS payment policies threaten to undermine access to kidney care

Fierce Healthcare

When it comes to kidney disease, the numbers speak for themselves: 130,000 Americans are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease each year, and one in three adults is at risk of developing the diseas | Amidst these challenges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed policies that will undermine the individuals they seek to serve – those living with kidney failure.

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How the rise of medical device use in pharma R&D is driving wearable technology in healthcare and revolutionising the medical industry

pharmaphorum

How the rise of medical device use in pharma R&D is driving wearable technology in healthcare and revolutionising the medical industry Mike.

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'Largest healthcare worker strike in US history' scheduled to begin Wednesday across Kaiser Permanente facilities

Fierce Healthcare

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are poised to launch a strike Wednesday that organizers are describing as “the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history.” | A Tuesday statement from participating unions showed no signs of slowing down. The large nonprofit provider and insurer, which said it hopes for final-day deal, plans to keep hospitals and EDs open should the three-day demonstration become a reality.

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STAT+: Lilly bolts another one on, acquiring Point Therapeutics for $1.4 billion

STAT

A couple billion here, a couple billion there, and pretty soon Eli Lilly hopes it will be talking about real money. Eli Lilly agreed to purchase Point Therapeutics Tuesday morning for $1.4 billion , a 90% premium, adding to its pipeline of cancer drugs. Point is developing cancer drugs that deliver a focused dose of radiation to tumor cells. Data for its lead medicine, for prostate cancer, are expected in the fourth quarter.

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Time to Address the Management of Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Pharmacy Times

It is vital for health care teams to recognize the signs and symptoms of antiphospholipid syndrome and to identify the severity of a patient’s diagnosis based on their aPL profile.

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Alignment Health, Instacart roll out co-branded Medicare Advantage plans

Fierce Healthcare

Insurtech Alignment Health is teaming up with grocery delivery company Instacart to roll out co-branded Medicare Advantage (MA) plans next year in 13 California and Nevada counties.

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Finding a long-term fix to UK’s growing patient waiting list

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Finding a long-term fix to UK’s growing patient waiting list Mike.

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Industry Voices—Medical necessity and shadow healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

I know several colleagues who, like me, trained to be doctors but they later pivoted to take on largely administrative roles working for health plans. | Health plans rely on their own guidelines, or those licensed from third parties, which have been designed to help them control costs. They do not always agree with guidelines that were designed to be used directly by healthcare professionals.

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AZ pays $425m to settle claims heartburn drugs caused harm

pharmaphorum

AZ pays $425m to settle claims heartburn drugs caused harm Phil.

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Rite Aid unveils Ello Market snacks, treats

Drug Store News

The exclusive new food collection features elevated snacks and pantry staples, the retailer said.

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Takeda pulls Exkivity in US after failed confirmatory trial

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Takeda pulls Exkivity in US after failed confirmatory trial Phil.

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AmerisourceBergen to Cencora: Q&A with Willis Chandler, President of Global Pharma Services

PharmExec

Chandler discusses how life sciences companies are navigating the current climate.

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Kroger adds Hispanic-inspired Mercado brand to exclusive Our Brands' roster

Drug Store News

Kroger Mercado's expansive assortment now offers more than 50 products, including items such as fresh meat, beverages, snacks, sides, desserts and more.

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