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There Are Increasing Opportunities for Community Pharmacies to Help Patients With Anemia in Condition Management

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacies have the potential to introduce testing services, promote public health campaigns, collaborate with anemia-led clinics, and get more prescribing rights to diagnose anemia.

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Early CT Screening Linked to Improved Lung Cancer Survival

Drug Topics

Although early computed tomography (CT) screening was associated with improved cure rate for patients with lung cancer, less than 6% of the population that is eligible receives it.

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Pfizer site in Connecticut in line for layoffs amid $3.5B cost-cutting campaign

Fierce Pharma

With layoffs hitting employees on both sides of the Atlantic, Pfizer’s $3.5 billion cost-cutting spree has kicked it into high gear this month. | The company's Groton, Connecticut, research site is the latest to fall victim to job cuts as part of Pfizer's massive $3.5 billion cost-cutting mission, following layoffs across the U.S. and the U.K.

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STAT+: Critics say HCA’s cost-cutting is endangering Appalachian patients — a warning for the whole U.S. health care system

STAT

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — There was the beeping of monitors, the stiff sheets, the sterile smell of the hospital room. Mostly, there was pain. Sharp, relentless pain. Mike Messino was recovering from a successful surgery, but the nerve blocks had worn off. He spent two full hours waiting for a nurse to inject pain medication. When he’d worked in this hospital, he’d made sure patients didn’t wait longer than 15 minutes for that kind of care.

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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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Independent Rx Forum: NCPA Priorities, Legislative Updates for Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

Tune in to this episode of the Independent Rx Forum for a comprehensive overview of the National Community Pharmacists Association's legislative priorities, updates on critical pharmacy-related bills, and insights into the legislative process.

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Pharmacists in California Stop Flavoring Medication for Children Due to New Rules

Drug Topics

Federal guidance from the United States Pharmacopeia characterizes the practice as drug compounding, which pharmacists fear may drive up prices.

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Opinion: PEPFAR has been a lifeline in Ukraine. Now it’s under threat

STAT

In Ukraine, a little bit of good news can go a long way, and the lifesaving work being done as a result of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been a rare but reliable source of good news. That’s why the U.S. Congress’ delay in reauthorizing this program has been so difficult to hear about. Much has been written about the impact of PEPFAR since its inception in 2003.

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FDA Issues Warning Of Antiseizure Medications Causing Rare, Serious Reactions

Pharmacy Times

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms can start as a rash and quickly progress, affecting the internal organs and requiring hospitalization, even resulting in death.

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COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Could be More Accurately Predicted With Wastewater Data

Drug Topics

A new study found that models that included wastewater data were 15% more accurate when compared to models that only included clinical case data.

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Ardent Health struggles to get systems back online as hospitals reopen emergency rooms

Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals across multiple states have reopened their emergency rooms but continue to face disruptions after parent company Ardent Health Services was hit by a ransomware attack a week ago. | Hospitals across multiple states have reopened their emergency rooms but continue to face disruptions after parent company Ardent Health Services was hit by a ransomware attack a week ago.

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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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STAT+: Colon cancer prevention paradox: Higher-risk patients pay more for colonoscopy

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Ashley Conway-Anderson was prepared for a lot of things when it came to her first colonoscopy. She sought out tips to make the daylong prep more bearable. She braced herself mentally for what the doctors would find; her mother, after all, was just a couple years out of recovery from colorectal cancer. When she awoke from the procedure, she said, things seemed relatively fine.

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Barriers to PrEP Access Continue to Grow Among Those Most at Risk of HIV

Pharmacy Times

Although social determinants of health (SDOH) have been a major barrier to access of preexposure prophylaxis for those who are at risk of HIV, commercial determinants of health pose a similar barrier.

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Walking at Faster Speeds Could Significantly Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Drug Topics

A new systematic review and meta-analysis found that the risk of type 2 diabetes decreased significantly at walking speeds of 4 km/h or above.

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Pfizer takes Poland to court over alleged missed COVID-19 vaccine payments

Fierce Pharma

As the pandemic eased earlier this year, officials in Poland became vocal critics of the financial obligations laid down by Pfizer’s large vaccine supply pact with the European Union. | As the pandemic eased earlier this year, officials in Poland became vocal critics of the financial obligations laid down by Pfizer’s large vaccine supply pact with the European Union.

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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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STAT+: Mayo Clinic to spend $5 billion on tech-heavy redesign of its Minnesota campus

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Mayo Clinic will spend $5 billion to reinvent its flagship medical campus in Rochester, Minn., infusing digital technologies into several new buildings designed to present a 21st-century vision of clinical care, the organization said Tuesday. The project, to include five new buildings with 2.4 million square feet of space, will merge Mayo’s traditional medical services with its increasing investments in artificial intelligence and digital tools.

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FDA Grants 510(k) Clearance for CARE Oral Appliances to Treat Adults with Severe OSA

Pharmacy Times

This FDA clearance comes about 11 months after another clearance for appliances to treat mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—the first clearance for oral appliances to treat OSA with supplemental therapies.

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Continuous Glucose Monitors May Help Alleviate Care Burden for Parents of Young Children with T1D

Drug Topics

A new study found that glucose monitoring devices can help significantly improve the sleep of both parents and children.

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Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack, forcing hospitals in multiple states to divert ambulances

Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals in multiple states have been forced to divert ambulances and reschedule some elective patient procedures after U.S. | Hospitals in multiple states have been forced to divert ambulances and reschedule some elective procedures after U.S. hospital owner Ardent Health Services was hit with a ransomware attack.

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STAT+: FDA investigating whether CAR-T, a treatment for cancer, can also cause lymphoma

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating whether CAR-T therapy, which uses genetically modified white blood cells to attack tumors, can in rare cases cause lymphoma, a blood cancer. “Although the overall benefits of these products continue to outweigh their potential risks for their approved uses, FDA is investigating the identified risk of T cell malignancy with serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death, and is evaluating the need for regulatory

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Peanut Protein Therapy Provides Safe and Effective Treatment for Peanut-Allergic Children

Pharmacy Times

Peanut sublingual immunotherapy offers a practical treatment option for peanut-allergic toddlers, reducing symptoms in 80% of children.

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FDA: Roflumilast Cream sNDA Accepted for Atopic Dermatitis

Drug Topics

The treatment from Arcutis Biotherapeutics has a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date of July 7, 2024.

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Amgen expands pact with Amazon to usher drug manufacturing into the AI era

Fierce Pharma

Seeking to identify ways to improve the discovery and production of medicines, Amgen is expanding its partnership with tech giant Amazon. | Amgen is growing its decade-old collaboration with Amazon Web Services—a widely used cloud platform—to create generative artificial intelligence that the companies aim to use to increase the manufacturing throughput of pharmaceuticals.

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Opinion: The next Census could undercount the number of disabled Americans by 20 million

STAT

About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be counted as disabled by the new questions the Census is proposing to use starting in 2025 with the annual American Community Survey (ACS). As disabled people, and as scholars who study disability measurement and use disability data for our research, we have grave concerns about this proposed change.

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FDA Approves First Therapy for Rare Invasive Tumor Type With High Risk of Recurrence

Pharmacy Times

In a phase 3 trial, none of the patients receiving nirogacestat reached median progression-free survival, indicating that it may effectively reduce disease progression.

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2022-2023 Influenza Season Classified as High Severity by CDC

Drug Topics

This season marks the fourth to be classified as high severity since the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic.

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AbbVie pays $10B to acquire ImmunoGen, doubling down on red-hot ADC cancer field

Fierce Pharma

The sizzling antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) field is at the center of another major life sciences deal. | The sizzling antibody-drug conjugate field is at the center of another major life sciences deal. Hoping to redeem itself following the epic Rova-T failure, AbbVie is shelling out $10.1 billion in cash to acquire ImmunoGen, maker of the ovarian cancer treatment Elahere.

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With latest tranche, U.K. Biobank has genome sequences from 500,000 people available for research

STAT

LONDON — Data from half a million people’s whole genome sequences are now available to researchers worldwide, as the U.K. Biobank on Thursday debuted the latest addition to what it aims to be the world’s most comprehensive health data resource. The Biobank has been building its collection over 20 years, with 500,000 volunteers recruited to provide survey responses about their health, medical records, tests of molecular markers, and imaging scans.

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Role of Specialty Pharmacies in Hemophilia Care: A Collaborative Approach

Pharmacy Times

Lisa Schrade, PharmD, and Robert Sidonio Jr, MD, MSc, explore the integral partnership between specialty pharmacists and hematologists in managing patients with hemophilia.

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Walgreens rolls out Rx Savings Finder tool for prescription drug discounts as pharmacy competition heats up

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens launched a new digital marketplace designed to help customers save money on prescription medications. | Walgreens launched a new digital marketplace designed to help customers save money on prescription medications. The move from Walgreens comes as brick-and-mortar retail pharmacies are feeling the heat from new online pharmacies that focus on lowering drug costs.

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Gilead cuts 7% of staff at Kite Pharma unit as 'refreshed business strategy' introduced

Fierce Pharma

Gilead Sciences' Kite Pharma cell therapy unit is undergoing a business review that will result in layoffs to about 7% of the organization’s workforce. | Gilead’s Kite Pharma cell therapy unit is undergoing a business review that will result in layoffs to about 7% of the organization’s workforce. In a letter sent to staff this week that was obtained by Fierce Biotech, Kite Pharma Executive Vice President Cindy Perettie previewed a “refreshed business strategy” that would better align the un

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Opinion: Manufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer’s drug side effect

STAT

Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision to cover the drug, I have met with Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones who are anxious to know whether they may benefit from this new treatment. They come in hope that this new medication may slow the progression of a cruel memory-robbing and personality-eroding disease.

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Removing Medicaid Prior Authorizations for Buprenorphine May Not Increase Prescribing

Pharmacy Times

Non-expansion states had an increase in prescriptions after PA removal at 27.3% and Medicaid expansion states demonstrated a 22% decrease in prescriptions.

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Case study: The pinnacle of person-centred care in hospital pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

In November 2022, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust embarked on a person-centred care pilot that has changed the face of their pharmacy practice for the better. Helena Beer speaks to four of the key players about how they went about the ground-breaking project, the impact it’s having on patients, staff and the wider healthcare community, and their top tips for success.

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Scottish stem cell pro RoslinCT inks deal to produce Vertex and CRISPR's Casgevy

Fierce Pharma

Following the historic approval of the world’s first CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy in the United Kingdom this month, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has tapped its long-time manufacturing partner Roslin | RoslinCT, the CDMO arm of the Roslin Institute, is set to manufacture Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics’ exa-cel “across the world” as part of Vertex’s global production network.

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