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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from concern that a doctor’s focus on weight could inadvertently plant the seed for stigma or eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.
PharmaVoice
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Five ways to beat study timeline pressures and get medicines to patients faster.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
In 2022, more than 22 million Americans had serious thoughts of suicide or had made a plan to end their life. To treat depression, the leading cause of suicide death, there is an urgent need for novel antidepressants, as existing ones are only effective roughly 50% of the time. But there is a serious problem with the way we conduct research to improve depression treatment.
PharmaVoice
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
After the House of Representatives passed the Biosecure Act last week, U.S. biotechs could be forced to cut ties with five Chinese contract partners.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
In early August, a doctor was raped and murdered in a Kolkata public hospital by a “ civic volunteer ” who was neither a patient nor a staff member. The crime has enraged and rattled the medical profession in India. For weeks now, doctors have been protesting throughout the country, demanding among other things “justice for the victim” and a safer work environment.
PharmaVoice
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Treatments for glioblastoma have fallen short in the face of difficult challenges, but the pipeline is full of renewed attempts.
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Ramblings of a pharmacist
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
“It’s not the way I wanted it to go,” he says sadly. “You do what you’re supposed to do. You go to college, get a doctorate, start a small business in a small town, support the community and it’s not even close to being a viable option.” “This isn’t because the community didn’t support us. It’s because we lose money on every prescription we fill.” Those are the words of Tom Wullstein, owner of Brandon Pharmacy.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
For decades, the biotech company Genentech has carved out a reputation in the industry as a scientist’s paradise, a place where researchers have developed new therapies in-house and published high-impact papers. But the recent closure of a high-profile research group and multiple rounds of layoffs have many in the scientific community — including some of the company’s current and former employees — concerned about the biotech’s future and scientific strate
Pharmaceutical Business Review
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
This vaccine is intended for individuals aged 12 and above and is now stocked at pharmacies including CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid among others. The vaccine has been granted Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration on 30 August 2024. This authorisation allows for the distribution of Novavax’s updated vaccine, which is the only protein-based option available in the country for the upcoming fall season.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
BARCELONA, Spain — Ten years ago, a new type of cancer treatment reached the market. It worked by rousing the body’s own immune cells to attack tumors. Within months, regulators had approved two of the treatments, at first for melanoma. The story — and the transformative impact — of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and Merck’s Keytruda are well known at this point.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
While Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA therapy was rejected by the FDA, psychedelic therapy advocates remain optimistic about the sector.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
When someone’s heart doesn’t beat quite right, an implantable defibrillator can save their life. The devices can jump-start a misbehaving heart, resetting its normal rhythm — unless they malfunction first. In 2022, Medtronic recalled more than 85,000 of the devices after dozens of complaints that a technical glitch could stop them from delivering the right, high-voltage shock.
BioPharma Dive
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Legislation that passed the House of Representatives passed the Biosecure Act last week would forced U.S. biotechs to cut ties with five Chinese contract partners.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was invigorating and refreshing, because that oh-so familiar routine of online meetings, phone calls, and deadlines has returned. But you knew this would happen, yes? After all, the world, such as it is, continues to spin. So time to give it a nudge in a better direction with a cup or three of stimulation.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
The Pharmacist
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
One in five (20.1%) patients in England had problems obtaining their prescription medication this summer, according latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures. However, 85% of adults using pharmacy services said they were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the service they received. This exceeded the 67.4% of adults who tried to contact their GP practice […] The post One in five patients struggle to get medication appeared first on The Pharmacist.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Morning! Today, we talk about bioethics, catch up on some reports from ESMO, and wonder aloud and in print over a surprising liquid biopsy bet. The need-to-know this morning Ascendis Pharma reported positive results from a Phase 3 study of Transcon CNP in children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Children treated with the Ascendis drug grew an average of 1.49 centimeters in a year relative to a placebo, achieving the primary goal of the study.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Rates of cancer among people aged 24 and below are rising fast, but health systems are often not catering well enough to the specific needs of this age group.A new partnership has been set up between the Ella Dawson Foundation, a UK-based charity for young people with cancer, and digital cancer care company Careology to try to tackle that deficit and improve their treatment and wellbeing.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Good morning! For a limited time, you can get your first three months of a STAT+ subscription for just $5. It’s been about a decade since you could get a footlong from Subway at that price. So it’s a pretty good deal for all the latest news in health and the life sciences, if you ask me. AAP misconstrued research on childhood obesity and eating disorders For the first time in 15 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year put forward new clinical guidelines for addressing o
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Pfizer's anti-GDF-15 antibody ponsegromab was able to achieve weight gain in cancer patients with cachexia in a phase 2 trial presented at ESMO
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
This is the online edition of ESMO in 30 Seconds, a pop-up newsletter from the European Society for Medical Oncology’s annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain. There are no more editions this year, but you can keep up with biopharma news by signing up for STAT’s The Readout newsletter. A status check on immunotherapies It was 10 years ago that Keytruda and Opdivo were approved in their first indications.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
AstraZeneca reveals 'practice changing' data for Imfinzi as peri-operative therapy for bladder cancer, but will the FDA accept the study?
STAT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money in medicine. Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday. What to make of the 2025 Medicare enrollment season In four weeks, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to sign up for 2025 coverage. And for the roughly 34 million people who are in a Medicare Advantage plan, things likely will look a lot different (and be as confusing as ever), my colleague Tara Bannow repor
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.
Express Pharma
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Strides Pharma announced that its step-down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte., Singapore, has received approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for Fluoxetine Tablets 60 mg. The product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD), Fluoxetine Tablets 60 mg, manufactured by TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
FDA raps AbbVie for 'misleading' ad for migraine drug Ubrelvy featuring tennis star Serena Williams
The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
World leaders will meet in New York this month to discuss growing antimicrobial resistance as researchers warn the development of replacement drugs is stalling Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance Almost a century on from the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, his scientific successors are racing to save modern medicine.
Pharma Times
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The decision is expected to facilitate timely access to Bavarian Nordic’s Imvanex
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Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Roche has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for Ocrevus Zunovo with Halozyme's Enhanze drug delivery technology.
The Pharmacist
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
NHS England (NSHE) is currently reviewing its projected trajectory of how many Pharmacy First, blood pressure and contraception service consultations will be delivered by community pharmacies in 2024/25. And an NSHE spokesperson has revealed that more than half a million Pharmacy First consultations were delivered in the first three months of the service.
EMCrit Project
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
There is more than one form of differential gas exchange on VA ECMO--remember differential ventilation! EMCrit Project by Katrina Augustin.
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Eli Lilly and Company has announced the FDA approval of EBGLYSS for treating atopic dermatitis in adults and children over 12.
BioPharma Dive
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Results for Pfizer’s ponsegromab looked promising, while BioNTech and Instil Bio capitalized on momentum surrounding a kind of bispecific antibody.
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