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Pharmacy Technician Education and Hearing Difficulty

Pharmacy Tech Scholar

Pharmacy Technician Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Our work is driven by our mission and vision. We help people become pharmacy technicians, and… The post Pharmacy Technician Education and Hearing Difficulty appeared first on PharmacyTechScholar.com.

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Twin Health raises $140m for “digital twin” diabetes reversal app

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The developer of a toolkit that promises to create a “digital twin” of individuals with chronic metabolic diseases like diabetes to help model the impact of lifestyle changes has secured $140 million in funding to develop the technology. US and India-based Twin Health says the Whole Body Digital Twin platform uses Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and self-reported data within an artificial intelligence-driven software platform to generate a virtual copy of a person’s unique met

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Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care

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Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:56.

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Open Source “Wikipedia” for Drug Discovery

Pharma Mirror

By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Open source drug discovery was proposed in the past in connection with third-world diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, but it is in the context of first-world indications where it is needed most. Despite untold investment by numerous pharmaceutical companies, FDA-approved drugs that target critical brain functions and conditions like anxiety, depression, and sedation continue to present severe and unpredictable side effects, including suicidal ideation.

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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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Three Ways Pharma Advertisers Can Benefit from Attention Metrics

Pharma Marketing Network

By: Marc Guldimann, Co-founder and CEO, Adelaide. Targeting and attribution challenges are universal, but pharmaceutical advertisers encounter several unique hurdles with digital advertising. Given their often niche content, pharma marketers must target smaller, more exclusive audiences to drive results while developing impactful creative. Reaching these audiences is further complicated by HIPAA and FTC regulations — not to mention international laws like GDPR and the gradual deprecation of thir

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The ‘patient of the future’ is driving radical innovation in healthcare

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Digital data collection, utilisation of real-word data and patient-centric thinking will all contribute to the rapid development of a new healthcare landscape, says Debiopharm Innovation Fund’s Tanja Dowe. In recent years, we have seen thinking shift from focusing on a disease’s treatment to seriously considering the wider potential for its prevention, enabled by dramatic advances in data science and supported by a pressing need to reduce healthcare costs.

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CPhI Worldwide: 9-11 November 2021 in Milan, Italy

Pharma Mirror

“In a year when literally hundreds of our exhibitors have contributed to overcoming COVID, the greatest healthcare challenge of recent times, we are delighted to be welcoming back the pharma community. CPhI Worldwide is an essential conduit in helping pharma supply chains work, partners meet, empowering the industry with learning. But this year, more than ever, the event will also be a celebration of everything pharma has achieved.

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Informatics useful in advancing personalized medicine: Washington University

Outsourcing Pharma

A representative from the school explains how tools like artificial intelligence and natural language processing can help elevate personalized medicine.

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Transform patient experience with intelligent hyper-personalisation

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Since 2019, pharmaceutical companies have been speeding to integrate digital channels and processes into their marketing efforts and patient outreach, to prepare for the wave of digitisation in the healthcare industry. As part of these efforts, customer experience (CX) became a key focus area to ensure customer engagement and loyalty. Significant strides have been made by the industry when it comes to embedding forward-thinking practices into its strategic marketing goals with healthcare profess

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Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds

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Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:54.

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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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Medical Writing — An Outsourcing Competency

Pharma Mirror

The history of medical writing began with the rise of the modern clinical trial. A medical writer can be your most pivotal ally in a clinical trial. While clinic directors, data managers, and investigators in the pharmaceutical industry are required for clinical trials, medical writers are the glue that holds clinical trials together. The increase in volume of clinical trials has already put a tremendous strain on journal editors and reviewers.

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Making the most of trial data can benefit patients: Parexel

Outsourcing Pharma

An expert from the CRO explains the evolution of data technologies put to use in clinical studies and offers advice on how to best make them work in trials.

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Pfizer agrees $630m deal to harness Voyager’s gene therapy tech

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Voyager Therapeutics has just landed a new gene therapy alliance with Pfizer that could go some way towards easing the pain of losing three other partners in the space of a couple of years. Pfizer is paying Voyager $30 million upfront to get access to its TRACER adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology, which aims to improve the safety of gene therapies – a field that has suffered a string of safety scares in the last few months.

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Gearing up to go public, Babylon CEO outlines the company's long-term game in digital health

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Gearing up to go public, Babylon CEO outlines the company's long-term game in digital health. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 20:06.

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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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Knowing How Your Immune System Works

Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

A person’s immune system is an extremely important defense mechanism that can identify invading organisms and consequently destroy them. The immune system can be triggered naturally or artificially. The latter is done by immunizations and vaccines. Immunization prevents diseases by enabling the body to rapidly respond to an attack and enhancing the production of an immune response via immune cells to a particular harmful organism.

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A Traveler’s Guide To Beating Burnout In Belize

Dr. Jamie Hardy: The Lifestyle Pharmacist

I’ve always been a go-getter so being still mentally and physically is something that I’ve always struggled with. The thing is, I’ve come to acknowledge and accept that being in “go mode” all the time isn’t healthy for me. The fast and high-pressure pace can lead to burnout. Slowing down is definitely something that I’m working on. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to go on a weeklong vacation to Belize.

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NHSX backs 14 digital health projects after funding round

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NHSX, the government agency tasked with digitally transforming NHS England, has granted funding to 14 projects in its first digital health award competition. The Digital Health Partnership Award opened for applications in July and is aimed at projects that can help NHS organisations in England support patients with long term conditions focusing on supporting people at home.

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Behavioral, maternal health worsening among children, women, report finds

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Behavioral, maternal health worsening among children, women, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 10/07/2021 - 16:26.

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Irish research centre announces major partnership with five major BioPharma companies

Pharma Mirror

Limerick, Ireland: Irish SFI-funded research centre SSPC has announced a major collaboration with five of the world’s leading BioPharma companies that aims to reduce waste, maintain standards and minimise costs in pharmaceutical processes. The rising need for early diagnosis of chronic diseases, coupled with growing demand for drugs which work better and have fewer side effects, is largely responsible for the growth of the protein A resin market.

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4 Tips For A Fabulous Downtown Memphis Staycation

Dr. Jamie Hardy: The Lifestyle Pharmacist

Over the years I’ve learned that one of the golden rules of entrepreneurship is to outsource anything that doesn’t require my expertise. There once was a time when I did all of the tasks in my wellness business because I was afraid that other people wouldn’t care about it as much as I do. There also was a time when I would not even consider leaving my laptop behind and going on a staycation.

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Evidence, investment, scale: the route to digital health adoption

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Digital health tools hold huge potential, and the evidence base is growing all the time – so what is holding us back and how does the sector overcome the multiple barriers to widespread adoption? We are living through a digital health revolution, and the pace of change has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 90,000 health-related mobile apps were released onto the market in 2020 alone, according to an IQVIA Institute report , that’s an average of 250-plus every day.

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CMMI director hints at shift away from payment models for every episode of care, specialties

Fierce Healthcare

CMMI director hints at shift away from payment models for every episode of care, specialties. rking. Tue, 10/05/2021 - 14:40.

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Etihad Cargo Expands its African Footprint with the Signing of Pharma Agreement with Astral Aviation and Kenya Airways

Pharma Mirror

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Abu Dhabi’s Etihad AviationGroup, has expanded its pharma sector reach into Africa with the signing of a Service LegalAgreement (SLA) with Astral Aviation and Kenya Airways to provide reliable and cost-effective airfreight solutions across the continent.Operating a fleet of 14 freighters out of its Nairobi and Johannesburg hub, Astral Aviationservices a network of 15 African destinations, which Etihad Cargo will leverage for increased

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Predicting the Future of Competitive Intelligence

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What trends will have the most dramatic impact on how organizations develop strategy and use intelligence? We’ve partnered with the non-profit Competitive Intelligence body, SCIP on an innovative new study that predicts how key trends will affect organizations, strategy & revenue leaders, and the CI professionals that help power growth – Predicting the future of competitive intelligence: Insights & their implications on strategy development, executive priorities, and the prac

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GSK’s malaria vaccine gets WHO okay for mass rollout

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The WHO has given a green light to widespread use of GlaxoSmithKline’s malaria vaccine in Africa, in what could be a major turning point in the fight against the disease. The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine – also known as Mosquirix – will be administered to children living in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high malaria transmission in what WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described as “a historic moment.” Initial clinical trials of the vaccine only

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New data show Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had lower hospitalization, mortality rates for COVID-19

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New data show Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had lower hospitalization, mortality rates for COVID-19. rking. Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:36.

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When choosing a pharmacovigilance partner, pick a safety-minded CRO

Outsourcing Pharma

Leaders from ArisGlobal and Eversana explain the benefits of carefully selecting a research partner with a robust set of capabilities to see a project through.

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Fungus-derived cancer killing drug by Oxford University shows promise

Pharma Times

A chemotherapy drug, NUC-7738, which is derived from a Himalayan fungus has been found to have 40 times greater potency in killing cancer cells than its original parent compound.

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Moderna unveils $500m plan for African vaccine facility

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Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. The factory will be able to supply up to 500 million doses of mRNA shots a year, and cover the full spectrum of manufacturing from drug substance production through to full/finish and packaging, according to the company.

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CMS: Medicare Advantage plans with 4 or more stars skyrocket in 2022 compared to 2021

Fierce Healthcare

CMS: Medicare Advantage plans with 4 or more stars skyrocket in 2022 compared to 2021. rking. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:12.

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Rise of DCTs calls for elevated patient recruitment strategy: SubjectWell

Outsourcing Pharma

According to the CEO of patient recruitment specialist SubjectWell, keeping up with the specialized needs of virtual studies calls for innovative thinking.

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Most Common Atorvastatin Drug Interactions

Med Ed 101

I recently did a podcast on atorvastatin and thought it might be helpful to share the most common atorvastatin drug interactions that I see in clinical practice. So here it goes… Grapefruit juice and atorvastatin is an interaction that I think about. There aren’t a ton of people that use grapefruit juice, but I’ve found […]. The post Most Common Atorvastatin Drug Interactions appeared first on Med Ed 101.

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Novartis’ Amit Nastik on COVID’s supply chain impact: the pharmaphorum podcast

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Episode 41 of the pharmaphorum podcast heard from Amit Nastik about the impact of COVID-19 on pharma supply chains and how he and his team mitigated disruption to Novartis’ own operations. Amit’s the global head strategy and operations and local markets manufacturing at Novartis Technical Operations and discussed how his company ensured an uninterrupted supply of medicines during COVID’s acute phase.

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Jefferson Health, Einstein Healthcare Network ink merger deal after FTC legal challenge falls flat

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Jefferson Health, Einstein Healthcare Network ink merger deal after FTC legal challenge falls flat. rking. Wed, 10/06/2021 - 13:45.

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