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Closing the Historic Routine-Vaccination Gap

Drug Topics

Pharmacists can play a key role in helping to improve backsliding vaccination rates.

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The digital therapeutics revolution is happening and Big Pharma is buying in — with caution

PharmaVoice

Companies like Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi and BMS are diving into the world of digital therapeutics while recognizing the limitations of the young field.

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Five Achievements You Need To Unlock To Become An Antibiotic Ninja

IDStewardship

In this article a pharmacist with specialized training in infectious diseases discusses five key areas of study to master in the field of antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, to become an antibiotic ninja. Authored By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP. Article posted 11 October 2022. It is commonplace for learners such as students and residents to struggle with infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.

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Pharmacists Can Affirm Transgender, Non-Binary Patients

Pharmacy Times

A presentation at the AMCP Nexus conference focuses on the health care disparities and pharmacotherapy options for gender affirmation.

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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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Live Now: Drug Topics® Annual Salary Survey

Drug Topics

Readers, we want to hear from you.

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Woman of the Week: HBA’s Nikki Jones

PharmaVoice

As the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s first chief people and DEI officer, Jones is poised to tackle pay gap inequity, systemic gender bias and leadership barriers impeding women of color.

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Clinical Results Support Greater Use of Oncology Biosimilars

Pharmacy Times

Presenters at the AMCP Nexus conference explore outcomes data and whether these medications should be substituted for reference products more frequently.

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Industry Trends: What to Watch For

Drug Topics

From biosimilars to artificial intelligence, these are the trends poised to take community pharmacy by storm.

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New partnership may give MDMA an edge in the psychedelics space

PharmaVoice

While LSD and psilocybin steal the spotlight, drug developers are also exploring MDMA for a wide swath of neurological illnesses.

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Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink

STAT

The scientist flicked on a laser, filling the rat’s brain with blue light. The rodent, true to its past two weeks of training, scampered across its glass box to a tiny spout, where it was duly rewarded with a drink of water. From the outside, this would appear to be a pretty run-of-the-mill neuroscience experiment, except for the fact that the neurons directing the rat to its thirst-quenching reward didn’t contain any rat DNA.

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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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Specialty Drugs Account for Nearly Half of Pharmacy Drug Spend in 2021

Pharmacy Times

Keynote speaker at the AMCP Nexus conference discusses recent FDA approvals and those scheduled over the next year.

FDA
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Spotlight on Mental Health: World Mental Health Day 2022

Drug Topics

Make mental health a priority.

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What’s your leadership brand?

PharmaVoice

Pharma industry leaders share their brand personas.

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Robotic capsule could replace injected biologics

European Pharmaceutical Review

Scientists at MIT have demonstrated that a novel robotic capsule could potentially replace conventional biologic injection methods by tunnelling through the intestinal mucus barrier to deliver insulin. The research, published in the journal Science Robotics described how the new drug delivery system can transport large protein and small-molecule drugs, like vancomycin, an antibiotic peptide.

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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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Pharmacists Can Help Identify, Treat Anemia of CKD

Pharmacy Times

Panelists at the AMCP Nexus conference discuss the burden of undertreated and untreated chronic kidney disease.

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PTSD Therapies on the Fast Track

Drug Topics

Several drugs with novel mechanisms of action have been put on the pathway for speedier approval decisions by the FDA. Phase 2 and 3 trials are underway.

FDA
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Robotic pills could open a world of possibilities for the biologics market

PharmaVoice

As the oral biologic market heats up, Rani Therapeutics is looking to dominate the field with its robotic pill for treatment of chronic conditions.

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Faster brain imaging technique seems to overcome limitations of current MRI scans

STAT

Research often proceeds in a logical progression, new studies building upon a detailed understanding of the underlying processes revealed by earlier work. But a new brain imaging technique that can directly track the activity of neurons emerged from one of academics’ favorite questions: “What would happen if we tried doing it this way?

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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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Unmet Needs in Management of C. Difficile Infection (CDI)

Pharmacy Times

Bincy Abraham, MD, MS; Thomas Lodise, PharmD, PhD; Teena Chopra, MD, MPH; and Paul Feuerstadt, MD, share unmet needs, including access to therapies, in treatment of C. difficile infection (CDI).

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Mental, Behavioral Health Issues Call for Creative Solutions

Drug Topics

In an ideal world, pharmacists would be able to spot patients in mental health crisis and provide appropriate solutions.

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Where the CEO of ADC Therapeutics sees ‘huge potential’ in the tech beyond oncology

PharmaVoice

The “magic bullet” approach of ADCs has been a breakthrough in cancer care — but this excitement could be just the beginning.

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Maternity care ‘deserts’ on the rise across the U.S., report finds

STAT

The home birth had been going well, with the baby having been delivered safely, when midwife Lauren Genter noticed that the mother was losing more blood than normal. The family was Amish and didn’t have a phone in the house, so Genter took her cellphone to the one window where she had spotty service to call for an ambulance. She was able to keep the mother stable while they waited.

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Women Pharmacist Day Celebrates Trailblazers in the Field

Pharmacy Times

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, discusses how she will be celebrating the important contributions of women pharmacists.

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October 2022: In This Issue

Drug Topics

A look at what’s to come in the October issue of Drug Topics®.

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Citius Pharmaceuticals sees golden opportunities in late-stage specialty assets

PharmaVoice

CEO Leonard Mazur explains how the company’s hoping to unlock the potential of its varied pipeline.

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STAT+: Documents detail how pharmacy giants Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart failed patients in the opioid epidemic

STAT

In 2011, Walgreens executives were under pressure. Amid a growing addiction crisis, and with the country already awash in prescription painkillers, the federal government was demanding accountability from the pharmacy giant for filling thousands of opioid prescriptions written by doctors in suspiciously large quantities.   Scrambling for a solution, the company’s leadership traded ideas for new ways of ensuring its pharmacies would stop filling medically illegitimate prescriptions.

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Mentoring, Supporting Others Can Help Advance Women Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times

Nakia Eldridge, PharmD, MBA, discussed her career, the impacts of COVID-19 on women in pharmacy, and how mentorship can pave the way for more women pharmacists.

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What CBD Brings to the Table for Dermatologic Concerns

Drug Topics

Drug Topics® is joined by Dr. Alex Capano, Chief Science Officer at Ananda professional to discuss what CBD is used for in dermatology.

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Patient insights data

PharmaVoice

While there are many sources of real-world evidence, there’s growing interest and focus on capturing patient generated insights to capture a more specific level of understanding for a given therapy.

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A doctor’s humbling journey treating long Covid: ‘The second we think we know what we are doing, we fall flat on our face’

STAT

I first met Wes Ely in 2016, when I wrote about ICU delirium and Ely’s attempts, as a critical-care physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to urge fellow health care workers to rethink the use of heavy sedation in ICUs. His research was an attempt to limit the crippling cognitive and physical impairments he saw develop in many critical-care patients long after they left the hospital, something he came to call post intensive care syndrome, or PICS.

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How Cancer Vaccines Can Educate an Immune Response in Advanced Cancer Patients

Pharmacy Times

Jeremy Graff, chief scientific officer at IMV, discusses why the development of viable cancer vaccines is a bit more slow-going in comparison to the fast-paced development of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.

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Follow the Money

Drug Topics

As he prepared to move house, our columnist was struck by the similarities between a yard sale and the prescription drug pricing infrastructure.

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Coming out of stealth, RIGImmune aims to catch up with ever-mutating viruses

PharmaVoice

President Susan Sobolov discusses how the startup is building on the work of two powerhouse Yale scientists to advance candidates for viruses — and beyond.