IDStewardship
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
On this webpage you will find “The Bug Name Emoji Game” which is just like “ The Drug Name Emoji Game ” and meant to be a fun medical emoji puzzle game for people who deal with different types of microbial pathogens. Simply use the emoji symbols to decipher the corresponding organism name! These puzzles have been developed by Dr.
PhRMA
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
You are probably reading a lot about a surge of cases of respiratory viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (the flu) and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The triple threat of these highly contagious respiratory viruses circulating simultaneously is causing a ripple of effects on patients, health care providers and our health care system as a whole.
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Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The fight to put the consumer first in health care remains as many Americans feel the industry is still putting the mighty dollar ahead of patients.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Despite evidence of a higher risk of myocarditis or pericarditis with COVID-19 vaccination, immunization should still be recommended because the benefits likely outweigh the harms, study shows.
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.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) was seen as one of the top current investment priorities and was thought to continue to attract investment in the healthcare sector in the upcoming two years, according to GlobalData's latest report ‘Digital Transformation and Emerging Technology in the Healthcare Industry - 2022 Edition’. In this survey-based report tracker, digital media was prioritised as a top current investment target, with 53% of surveyed respondents confirming that their companies are currentl
STAT
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
A viral hurricane is making landfall on health care systems battered by three pandemic years. With the official start of winter still weeks away, pediatric hospitals are facing crushing caseloads of children sick with RSV and other viral illnesses. Schools that promised a “return to normal” now report widespread absences and even closures from RSV and flu in many parts of the country , contributing to parents missing work in record numbers.
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PhRMA
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
There is only one place in the health care system where middlemen refuse to share negotiated prices with patients, and that’s at the pharmacy counter. A new report reveals how this harmful tactic leads to higher costs for patients.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Help protect patients by giving them the facts about getting both shots at once to save them a trip and increase rates of vaccination.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
A session presenter at the ASCP 2022 Annual Meeting addresses research investigating the value of preventative treatments when patients have a limited life expectancy.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
In a field dominated by antibodies and small molecules, two cell-therapy based approaches have come under the spotlight for showing early signs of efficacy in treating lupus. In September, a group from Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg reported that five patients with lupus achieved remission after an infusion of autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells led to a deep depletion of B cells.
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.
STAT
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world two years ago, one of India’s leading biotech companies was racing to develop a vaccine with crucial backing from the Indian government. The shot engineered by Bharat Biotech was, in part, an important effort to create a home-grown product that could bolster the fortunes of the Indian pharmaceutical industry.
European Pharmaceutical Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The first-in-human gene therapy trial for heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA). SRD-001, the adenovirus associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy is delivered to cardiac ventricular muscle cells via an intracoronary infusion system (produced by Sardocor, a clinical-stage gene therapy subsidiary of Medera), to increase the protein expression and functional activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase
PhRMA
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The June decision by WTO members to waive commitments to protect intellectual property (IP) for COVID-19 vaccines under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement was a political and ineffective measure that does not address the true barriers to vaccine equity. Now, some are pushing to extend this harmful waiver to COVID-19 treatments, even though production exceeds demand for treatments, including for the most effective antivirals and monoclonal antibodies.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Cannabinoids lack the habit-forming mechanism of action found in methadone and buprenorphine, unlocking new potential for the drug.
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Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
When diabetes is uncontrolled, higher percentages of hemoglobin become glycated, which causes elevated HbA1c and glucose levels to rise within the body.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
A new survey conducted by juli, an AI-powered chronic condition platform, has revealed that the value placed on digital privacy differs widely among US users. With the HLTH 2022 event now well underway, digital health industry leaders all gathered together to attend in Las Vegas this week, the juli survey results reveal consumer responses to be more varied than one would have expected when it comes to data privacy.
STAT
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley’s culture of audacious self-promotion. The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila was shorter than the 15-year penalty requested by federal prosecutors but far tougher than the leniency her legal team sought for the mother of a year-o
European Pharmaceutical Review
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have used “universal” CRISPR-edited cells in humans for the first time to treat B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) child patients with engineered donor T cells. The treatment did not require matching donor cells, a major step in developing gene-edited cells for cancer treatment.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Medication only works when it's taken, which makes adherence necessary. The approach can't be "one size fits all".
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Controlling blood pressure may be the most important type of treatment for vasculitis and lupus patients, said a professor of renal medicine at ASN Kidney Week in Orlando, Florida.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
From finding the right candidates to keeping them, how hospitals are using AI to address workforce needs. aburky. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 15:25.
STAT
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Doctors are on the frontlines of a political battle raging across the country, as abortion rights are added to the ballot in the first election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Michigan is at the heart of the struggle. “Doctors fought hard for these rights because we’re sick of watching women die,” Melissa Bayne, an OB-GYN in Fremont, Mich., told the audience at a rally Saturday in Grand Rapids.
European Pharmaceutical Review
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), the first gene therapy for adults with Haemophilia B (congenital Factor IX deficiency) who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening haemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes. Standard treatment for the condition involves replacing the missing or deficient clotting factor to improve the body’s ability to stop bleeding and promot
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Blood cells grown in a laboratory have been given to people for the first time in a clinical trial being carried out by researchers in the UK, in the hope that plentiful supplies of rare blood groups can be manufactured to order. A team from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge, NHS trusts and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have started giving small quantities of the lab-grown red blood cells – a couple of teaspoons full – to two healthy volunteers to see if they are safe.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Israeli researchers find more than fivefold risk of developing systemic sclerosis among people with vitiligo.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Currently, no national pharmacy organization has defined wellness in the pharmacy profession, which is needed so that others have a sense of guidance around wellness within the profession.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Amazon's latest push into digital health—a virtual clinic for common conditions like allergies and hair loss. hlandi. Tue, 11/15/2022 - 09:18.
STAT
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist who created the first gene-edited children , had been quiet since completing a three-year prison sentence in April, leaving many to wonder whether he had plans to return to scientific research. Earlier this month, we got his answer. On Nov. 9, He posted photos to Twitter of himself sitting at a computer in a white office.
European Pharmaceutical Review
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Upstaza (eladocagene exuparvovec) is the first and only approved treatment for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency and is the first marketed gene therapy for direct infusion into the brain. The product, produced by biopharma company PTC Therapeutics, is approved for patients 18 months and over. It has been granted marketing authorisation by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in Great Britain.
PharmExec
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Why enabling a shared culture of quality across an organization is key to maintaining pharma’s recent pace of innovation wins—while inspiring new levels of confidence.
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
CBD therapy has had positive outcomes in other inflammatory conditions.
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The American Heart Association issued a dietary guidance in 2021 suggesting that adults consume a variety of fruits and vegetables, choose whole grains instead of refined grains, eat healthy protein sources and lean cuts of meat, and substitute nonfat and low-fat dairy products for full-fat versions, among other measures.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Novartis has already spun out its eyecare business Alcon, and is now considering the sale of its ophthalmology and respiratory medicines businesses as it continues a narrowing of its focus, according to media reports. A Bloomberg article citing people close to the matter claims that Novartis is engaged in early discussions about the sale of the two units, which could raise billions of dollars in capital that could be reinvested into the pharma group’s pipeline.
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