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JULY 17, 2023

7 best practices for assessing eCOA technology solutions Mike.

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Pharma Marketing Network

JULY 19, 2023

Sponsorships can be a powerful tool for pharmaceutical companies to engage with communities and make a positive impact on health and wellness. When done right, sponsorships can help pharmaceutical companies connect with their target audience, build relationships with key stakeholders, and promote their brand in a meaningful way. Here are some examples of how pharmaceutical companies can use sponsorships to engage communities: Sponsoring community health events: Pharmaceutical companies can s

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2023

Every pharmacist can make a difference in patients’ lives by taking the time to understand and fulfill the community’s social and cultural needs.

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Drug Topics

JULY 17, 2023

Methamphetamine deaths among American Indian and Native Alaskan men and women significantly increased between 1992 and 2019.

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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.

Drug Topics

JULY 18, 2023

Over the last 5 years, both PBMs and drug manufacturers have implemented restrictions that raise patients’ cost burden for specialty medications.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JULY 17, 2023

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the management of non-small cell lung cancer, but how long should treatment be continued for optimal survival? Rod Tucker takes a closer look at the evidence. It has long been recognised that a hallmark of cancer is immune evasion and that the immune system is held back by inhibitory immune checkpoint receptors and ligands.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2023

Study suggests supplemental oxygen may improve cognitive functions that are vital in motor learning, which can be important for people with neurological conditions or trauma.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2023

Therapeutic drug monitoring is a growing and vital area for pharmacists to become involved in to increase patient success with inflammatory bowel disease remission.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 18, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could remove PET scan restrictions to better determine whether patients qualify for new drugs and to shine light on whether a drug is slowing | CMS could remove PET scan restrictions that limit just one brain scan per clinical trial to better determine whether new Alzheimer's drugs are slowing cognitive decline.

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Drug Topics

JULY 21, 2023

Despite the increase in drug costs outpacing inflation, Pennsylvania seniors are still paying the same amount for prescriptions that they did in 1990.

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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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JULY 21, 2023

Diagnostic errors — that is, overlooking a disease, or diagnosing it erroneously or late — are a known occurrence in health care, and one that can have tragic effects. Yet so far there have been few attempts to quantify misdiagnoses in terms of deaths and permanent disability, and the full scale of their impact has been underestimated by the medical community, according to a 2015 report by the National Academy of Medicine.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 19, 2023

An expert panel examines the distinctions among the 3 primary recommended flu vaccines for individuals aged 65 and above, assessing their efficacy compared with standard-dose flu vaccines.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 21, 2023

Federal regulators are warning hospital systems and telehealth providers about the data privacy risks of using third-party tracking technologies. | Federal regulators sent letters to 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers warning them about the data privacy and security risks related to the use of online tracking technologies integrated into their websites or mobile apps.

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Drug Topics

JULY 18, 2023

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act has been a decade in the making. Pharmacists must be prepared to comply by November 2023.

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STAT

JULY 21, 2023

WASHINGTON – The White House on Friday launched its pandemic preparedness office, half a year after Congress instructed the administration to set up a new arm in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy is a now-permanent installment in Washington and will first be led by retired Major General Paul Friedrichs, a longtime biosecurity official.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 21, 2023

Individuals with age-related hearing loss should not be treated with “standard” hearing aids, but fitted to their personal needs, while avoiding settings that add distortion.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 21, 2023

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the lesson Daiichi Sankyo likely took home Friday after scoring a long-awaited U.S. | Some four years after Daiichi Sankyo's quizartinib scored its initial green light in Japan—and suffered a slap-down from drug regulators stateside—the acute myeloid leukemia medicine has won the FDA’s blessing.

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Drug Topics

JULY 19, 2023

Only 1 in 5 patients who initiated buprenorphine were retained in therapy for at least 180 days.

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STAT

JULY 21, 2023

Significant challenges remain before most American clinicians feel comfortable treating patients with buprenorphine , according to a new study. While the federal government’s recent moves to deregulate buprenorphine have led to a bump in new prescribers, it didn’t lead to a significant bump in overall prescribing volume. Many health care providers still see prescribing buprenorphine as difficult, or simply have little interest in using the medication, according to the study.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2023

Effective implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act may allow legislators to shift their focus toward controversial pharmacy benefit manager practices, according to a panel discussion during the ATOPP Summit.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 21, 2023

A pandemic program that distributed funds for uninsured patients’ COVID-19 testing and treatment made nearly $784 million in improper payments to healthcare providers, money the government should b | A recent audit estimated that COVID testing and treatment payments for millions of uninsured patients shouldn't have happened. The government agency responsible for the program says it's now working to claw those funds back from providers.

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Drug Topics

JULY 17, 2023

A Q&A with Colin Banas, MD, chief medical officer at health care software company DrFirst.

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STAT

JULY 21, 2023

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and some of its risks, particularly regarding the possible creation of dangerous pathogens. But there’s a lot more to this field than that, including research that could potentially be quite beneficial to human society. If we focus solely on the risks, we may miss those benefits.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 19, 2023

The 5-year survival rate for patients with exon 20 insertion EFGR mutation is 8% in the frontline setting, worse than the survival rate of the 2 most common types of EGFR mutations in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 21, 2023

As it continues a broad probe into the operations of pharmacy benefit managers, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to rescind longstanding advocacy statements on this sector. | As it continues a broad probe into the operations of pharmacy benefit managers, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to rescind longstanding advocacy statements on this sector.

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Drug Topics

JULY 18, 2023

Filling prescriptions is no longer a sufficient source of revenue for community pharmacy.

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STAT

JULY 21, 2023

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne , who will step down from his position Aug. 31, was initially accused of scientific misconduct, but that’s not why he lost his job. He lost it because he failed to adequately lead his labs, and because of the repercussions that failure had for his leadership of a premier research institution. In his own words, Tessier-Lavigne resigned because Stanford “needs a president whose leadership is not hampered” by discussions of problems with

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 21, 2023

For adolescents and young adults affected by HIV, Google yielded higher quality information on pre-exposure prophylaxis more frequently compared to other search engines.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 20, 2023

Despite the widespread hype surrounding new and powerful obesity medicines, the drugs are still out of reach for many Americans who could benefit. | Despite the widespread hype surrounding new and powerful obesity medicines, the drugs are still out of reach for many Americans who could benefit. A group of lawmakers is working to change that.

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Drug Topics

JULY 20, 2023

The FDA is working quickly to address shortages of the form used in nebulizers.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 20, 2023

As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets. | As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2023

Though the overall significance of the results were low, vitamin D was found to be especially useful in lowering the prevalence of myocardial infarction in older adults.

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STAT

JULY 20, 2023

The tornado that struck parts of North Carolina on Wednesday not only damaged the immediate area, but could soon make it much harder for countless people across the U.S. and around the world to obtain needed medicines the next time they visit a hospital. Among the damaged buildings was a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mountain, N.C. that produces nearly 30% of all sterile injectable medicines that the company sells to U.S. hospitals.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 20, 2023

Sandoz is doubling down on its commitment to Slovenia in its globe-trotting biosimilar growth quest. | Sandoz is doubling down on its commitment to Slovenia in its globe-trotting biosimilar growth quest. Its latest move follows a separate $400 million pledge to build a plant in the country.

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