STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But a program that encourages the development of countermeasures for big public health problems like pandemics expired without reauthorization. With hours left before a funding lapse, Congress passed a measure to keep the government running for another 45 days. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2024

In Germany, new measures have come into effect as part of the GKV-FinStG Act in 2022 that put into question this market’s desirability for orphan drug developers.

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Pharmafile

APRIL 26, 2024

ANGLE has announced that it has signed a supplier agreement with AstraZeneca for the development and validation of a methodology which will leverage ANGLE’s existing DNA damage response (DDR) assay for the detection of micronuclei in circulating tumour cells (CTCs) as a measure of DDR.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 16, 2023

National Quality Forum is joining the Joint Commission in a merger deal that the groups say will allow both to refine quality and outcome measures they develop for the industry. |

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STAT

APRIL 7, 2024

They used nine blood-based markers to calculate their biological age, a measure that captures the overall state of a person’s cells and tissues. People with higher levels of accelerated aging had a 17% increased risk of developing any solid tumor cancer, with higher risk increases for lung, gastrointestinal, and uterine cancer.

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STAT

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that an experimental drug reduced pain in people with diabetes who have chronic nerve pain — mid-stage study results that support the biotech company’s efforts to develop an effective painkiller without the addictive potential of opioids. points, as measured on a 11-point pain ratings scale.

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STAT

OCTOBER 25, 2023

An experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that removes a toxic protein called tau from brain cells showed “favorable trends” across several measures of cognition and function in a small study — results that offer some hope for an emerging drug class that has failed to deliver benefits in the past.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In America, corporations develop drugs, and corporations are made up of ambitious, competitive people. Their measure of success is a simple language: profit. In the eight years between the drug’s spectacular 2016 debut on the cover of Nature and its ignominious end , Biogen made multiple, really bad decisions.

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PQA

APRIL 19, 2024

Collaboration is one of PQA's greatest attributes, and our measure development process embodies how our diverse member organizations reach consensus on evaluating medication use quality. This week, we opened a public comment period for one health plan performance measure that is being considered for retirement.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Potential of real-time measurement through miniaturisation of a process analytical technology (PAT) technique has been reported in a Biotechnology and Bioengineering paper. A micromixer was able to effectively detect aggregation in offline measurement-validated samples. This therefore enables better process understanding and control.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

US researchers have developed the Geometric Viability Assay (GVA), which has been shown to be a fast, cheap and sustainable method for counting microorganisms. Therefore, up until now, microbiologists have had to be selective about which new drugs are tested and thus in developing new antibiotics. “In

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PQA

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Measure Update Panel (MUP) The MUP is a select group of approximately 25 PQA members who recommend or review potential updates to PQA-endorsed measures to ensure that proposed measure updates reflect current evidence and align with standard measure criteria. MUP clinical, analytic, measurement, and quality improvement).

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

APRIL 21, 2023

HbA1c levels that remain above 9% for more than half of the time in type 2 diabetics increases the risk of developing dementia Type 2 diabetes can increase the risk for developing dementia. Researchers categorised HbA1c measurements as < 6%; 6% to < 7%; 7% to < 8%, 8% to < 9%, 9% to < 10% and 10% or more.

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STAT

JANUARY 18, 2024

At one point, the CDC made Stenzel wait at its facility overnight after he arrived for a meeting on Covid test development, Politico reported at the time.  The pandemic especially laid bare FDA’s inability to control lab-developed tests (LDTs).   It was a hectic time.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 15, 2022

A group of pharma companies and academic groups have joined forces with the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) to develop standardised, digital clinical measures that can be used in the development of therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

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STAT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It has evolved as a popular cardio tool for such uses as heart rate monitoring, recording your ECG, and measuring the oxygen saturation of your blood. Since the Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014, it has been trumpeted not only as a high tech fashion accessory, but also as a way for people to track their own health and fitness.

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STAT

JULY 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — A key Senate health care panel has developed a plan to tackle reforms to middlemen in the pharmacy drug payment system, according to bill text obtained by STAT. and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), includes several measures to regulate how pharmacy benefit managers are paid by health plans to negotiate with drugmakers.

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PQA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

PQA has appointed 15 individuals from member organizations to serve on a technical expert panel (TEP) to review and provide input on draft specification for a health plan performance measure concept: COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Treatment Ratio (CTR). Assist the PQA team in refining draft measure concept specifications; and??

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IDStewardship

JUNE 5, 2023

Through their work, they have spearheaded initiatives, developed guidelines, and collaborated with diverse stakeholders to promote effective antimicrobial stewardship practices. Predictive modeling and early detection: AI can be used to develop predictive models that forecast the emergence and spread of AMR.

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PQA

AUGUST 29, 2023

Working with our staff, 23 national oncology experts and patients have concluded that PQA’s top measurement priority should be a health plan performance measure to assess the degree to which patients take their OAMs as prescribed.

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STAT

JUNE 28, 2023

The meta-analysis of 52 clinical studies measured the prevalence and severity of psychological disorders in over 20,000 young cancer survivors.

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PQA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The PQA Quality Essentials Webinar series provides education on the fundamentals of quality measurement, which is important for effective measure implementation and performance, and information about where and how PQA quality measures are used.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 25, 2023

In reporting its first-quarter earnings, Biogen said it would halt the development of at least four investigational drugs to allow the company to focus on more lucrative opportunities. | In a sizable cost-cutting measure, Biogen will lay off 1,000 employees by 2025, it announced in presenting its second quarter earnings.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)’s long-awaited Technical Report 90: Contamination Control Strategy Development in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing is now available. Therefore, contamination control measures are tailored to the specific risks around each individual process.

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STAT

APRIL 5, 2023

Obesity and diabetes in mothers have traditionally been considered risk factors for the child to also develop obesity. But a new study suggests that more narrow measures of health during pregnancy could help better assess that risk.

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PQA

AUGUST 16, 2023

Throughout the year, PQA provides various education opportunities to promote the use and impact of PQA measures and advance the quality of medication use. With a focus on new developments and best practices, our goal is to help quality-focused healthcare professionals in a variety of practice settings expand their knowledge and skills.

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PQA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As experts in measure development, research, education and convening, they lead the implementation of PQA’s quality initiatives to support better medication use and high-quality care. Ben Shirley is one of PQA’s directors of performance measurement. My role at PQA is Director of Performance Measurement.

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Outsourcing Pharma

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

HumanFirst, a cloud-based software company accelerating patient-centered drug development through AI, has announced the launch of its precision measures platform.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A new strategy to detect lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in minutes in soluble samples has been developed by Japanese researchers. High-throughput LPS detection of endotoxins was achieved by combining a fluorescent chemosensor with a flow injection analysis (FIA) system and a self-developed dual-wavelength fluorophotometer.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — A closely watched new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease held up to scrutiny in a detailed scientific presentation Tuesday, as its developers, partners Eisai and Biogen, begin the lengthy process of turning this medicine into what they hope could be a groundbreaking therapy.

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STAT

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s not a perfect measure, for sure, but it’s easy to calculate and understand — or it should be. PDS Biotech is a small developer of cancer drugs that is zealously seeking investor eyeballs, yet it can’t seem to grasp the tumor-response concept. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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PQA

DECEMBER 5, 2023

He has been involved in PQA’s performance measurement and research work for many years. My work with insurance claims data, specifically within Medicaid, allowed me to understand the importance of measuring and incentivizing medication use quality. Tell us about your background and how you became involved in medication use quality.

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PQA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Registration has opened for “PQA Convenes: Advancing Medication Therapy Management Quality Measurement,” which will take place on Thursday, November 2 in Arlington, Va. The survey and environmental scan will inform PQA Convenes. data availability), and usability; and Other strategies to advance and assess quality of MTM services.

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PQA

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Through pilots, demonstration and research projects and consensus-building events, QuIRC answers the difficult questions needed to develop new, complex measures and effectively implement them. We also completed an RFI process as we move to launch pilots to implement and test high priority immunization pharmacy measure concepts in 2024.

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PQA

MAY 4, 2023

PQA has appointed 16 individuals from member organizations to serve on a technical expert panel (TEP) to review and provide input on draft specifications for the pharmacy measure concept, Specialty Pharmacy Prescription Abandonment Rate [Pharmacy] (SP-AR-PH).

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PharmExec

JUNE 17, 2022

Measure tackles infant formula, cosmetics, and diagnostics—plus drug development and access.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 28, 2024

Similarly, as the industry continues to implement quality control measures to prevent product contamination, this provides continued demand for environmental monitoring, considering the importance of these measures.

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