PharmExec
MAY 22, 2023
The market for prescription medicines in the United States was subject to major shifts in use across therapeutic areas in 2022, reflecting changes in patient health needs, the development, and availability of novel medicines, and complex market dynamics.
STAT
MAY 23, 2023
In 2023, just under 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. Many will endure multiple CT and MRI studies and intensive medical care, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. Fortunately, advances in treatment and novel therapies have steadily improved survival following a cancer diagnosis. Cancer death rates have declined by 27% over the past 20 years.
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PhRMA
MAY 1, 2023
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today launched a new ad campaign that continues to shed light on the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in driving up health care costs and denying coverage of lifesaving medicines.
Pharmacist Moms
MAY 16, 2023
On this episode of Coffee with Suzy, Suzy is joined by special guest, Dr. Whitney Casares to talk about all things baby skincare. Dr. Whitney Casares, board-certified pediatrician from Portland, Oregon is here to educate viewers on infant skincare routines and the benefits of ceramide-containing products for infant skin health.
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
Drug Topics
MAY 19, 2023
Seasonal influenza kills hundreds of thousands of people every year due to a constantly changing virus and highly inefficient vaccine production. A universal flu vaccine could deal with the first problem, and mRNA technology with the second.
PharmaVoice
MAY 1, 2023
The CEO of Ventoux Biosciences has the disease that his company is aiming to treat, and it's driving him to find better medications.
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Pharmacy Times
MAY 1, 2023
Analysis shows that the ratio of neutralizing antibody geometric mean titers in adolescents compared with young adults was 1.5 after vaccination with NVX-CoV2373.
PhRMA
MAY 1, 2023
Too many Americans are struggling to access and afford their health care. While policy debates about how to address these issues can seem never ending, American adults largely agree on what state policymakers should be doing to help deliver relief to patients at the pharmacy counter.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 26, 2023
Johnson & Johnson cites rebates and discounts for drug price increases kdunleavy Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:36
Drug Topics
MAY 30, 2023
Part of the risk of developing kidney involvement begins when type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) sets in and establishes itself in the patient, with up to 65% of children experiencing acute kidney injury during T1DM onset, which can further predispose to the development of future chronic kidney disease.
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.
PharmaVoice
MAY 22, 2023
The company's CEO on the vital role its late-stage candidate could play in the lives of DMD patients.
STAT
MAY 24, 2023
Over the last few years, Daniel Cleggett Jr. appeared to be living a charmed life. The founder of a small Boston-area addiction treatment empire knew he was under scrutiny; the Globe and STAT News published investigations in 2017 and 2019 into his questionable business dealings, and the Massachusetts attorney general’s office announced shortly after that it was examining alleged scams involving addiction treatment.
Pharmacy Times
MAY 12, 2023
BI 456906 activates the GLP-1 and glucagon receptors that help to control metabolic function, and could potentially offer clinically relevant benefits for those living with obesity or overweight without type 2 diabetes.
PhRMA
MAY 8, 2023
Indiana just joined West Virginia and Arkansas in delivering an important win for Hoosiers who are struggling to afford their medicines. This week, Governor Holcomb signed into law Senate Bill 8 recently passed by the Indiana legislature. This new law will ensure that Indiana patients aren’t paying more for their medicines than their health insurance company or the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
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.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 19, 2023
Krystal's Vyjuvek becomes first topical gene therapy with FDA nod to treat rare skin disease zbecker Fri, 05/19/2023 - 16:25
Drug Topics
MAY 25, 2023
A short supply of cisplatin and carboplatin is forcing health care providers to find less effective alternative treatments.
PharmaVoice
MAY 22, 2023
How these consumer and service companies are tapping into major trends in the biopharma industry.
STAT
MAY 17, 2023
When someone has leprosy, people who live in the same household face the highest odds of contracting the infection. But in a new trial, providing those contacts with a single dose of an antibiotic typically used to treat tuberculosis drastically reduced that risk, researchers reported Wednesday. The trial, which took place in China, corroborates the idea of giving close contacts an antibiotic as a way to reduce the likelihood that the disease spreads, experts said.
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Pharmacy Times
MAY 23, 2023
In neonatal intensive care units, probiotic usage was associated with a decline in necrotizing enterocolitis, but not with sepsis or mortality rates.
PhRMA
MAY 4, 2023
When it comes to health care, Americans are concerned about innovation and affordability.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 25, 2023
Employers face soaring demand for obesity care benefits.
Drug Topics
MAY 19, 2023
Your weekly roundup of the latest news from Drug Topics®.
PharmaVoice
MAY 2, 2023
What’s so different about doing pharma business in the U.K. versus Japan? One of Moderna’s top brass shares her tips for navigating choppy cultural waters.
STAT
MAY 15, 2023
When gastroenterologists learned in March that UnitedHealthcare plans to barricade many colonoscopies behind a controversial and complicated process known as prior authorization, their emotions cycled rapidly between fear, shock, and outrage. The change, which the health insurer will implement on June 1, means that any United member seeking surveillance and diagnostic colonoscopies to detect cancer will first need approval from United — or else have to pay out of pocket.
Pharmacy Times
MAY 15, 2023
Diagnosing risk of frailty in patients hospitalized with heart failure is a safe and effective means of improving patient management.
PhRMA
MAY 9, 2023
This week, policymakers on Capitol Hill will continue to discuss the cost of lifesaving medicines and how to make them more affordable for Americans. It’s an important discussion that the biopharmaceutical industry believes we need to have. A new treatment or cure can’t improve a patient’s life if they can’t get it. As the conversation continues in Congress, IQVIA is out with a new and timely report on medicine prices and spending.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 8, 2023
UnitedHealth extends its hot streak as the most profitable payer in Q1 pminemyer Mon, 05/08/2023 - 13:28
Drug Topics
MAY 16, 2023
The National Community Pharmacists Association now has plenty of allies in its fight with the pharmacy benefit managers.
PharmaVoice
MAY 1, 2023
With its phase 3 candidate, the biotech believes it can move the field beyond antipsychotics to a more effective approach.
STAT
MAY 5, 2023
A new study sheds light on what may be causing very rare cases of heart inflammation in young men after receiving an mRNA Covid vaccine. Early hypotheses as to what was driving the heart inflammation, called myocarditis , included an allergic response to the vaccine, vaccine-induced antibodies, or an autoimmune response in which the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy tissue by mistake.
Pharmacy Times
MAY 26, 2023
With so many radical developments in medicine and technology unfolding at once, the role and potential of the pharmacy as we know it is evolving at breakneck speed.
PhRMA
MAY 10, 2023
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will examine the cost of insulin and how to make this lifesaving medicine more affordable for patients. The nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are expected to testify. These are the middlemen that insurance companies use to determine what’s covered and what patients pay out of pocket at the pharmacy.
Fierce Pharma
MAY 22, 2023
Blueprint's Ayvakit picks up long-awaited FDA approval in indolent systemic mastocytosis zbecker Mon, 05/22/2023 - 14:43
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