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Opinion: Addressing the Black youth suicide crisis requires a new approach to licensing clinical social workers

STAT

In the spring of 2020, Jamal Clay , a gifted young man who grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, died by suicide. He was 19 years old. Jamal’s loved ones describe him as creative and talented, a leader in different youth-focused organizations in his community who supported and cared for those he loved. He was just as brilliant as he was kind.

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PharmaVoice’s Crystal Ball: What’s next in drug innovation and clinical trials

PharmaVoice

As advanced therapies and patient perspectives strengthen their foothold in R&D, pharma is poised to deliver impactful treatments in record time.

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Opinion: Pumping milk at JPM was a nightmare. It’s part of a bigger problem in the industry

STAT

Since having a baby 10 months ago, I’ve learned many things. Chief among them: Pumping sucks. But skipping a session ends up being even more painful. Naturally, I expected navigating the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco would be more complicated this year. Somehow, between back-to-back meetings and presentations, I’d have to bust out that abominable contraption and do my thing.

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Generative AI and its impact on speed to market for pharmaceuticals

pharmaphorum

Generative AI is revolutionising the pharmaceutical industry, accelerating the speed to market for new drugs. Learn how regulatory processes, R&D, and clinical trials are being impacted by this innovative technology.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Patients’ social needs often get lost in health records. Generative AI could help

STAT

Generative AI’s earliest applications in medicine have largely focused on curing not patients, but the plague of productivity physicians lose to digital documentation. Now, research suggests a way that large language models like ChatGPT could benefit both patients and providers: by automatically extracting a patient’s social needs from reams of text in their clinical records.

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First European ustekinumab biosimilar to Stelara approved

European Pharmaceutical Review

The European Commission (EC) has granted a marketing authorisation for Uzpruvo ® (AVT04) in Europe, a biosimilar candidate to Stelara ® (ustekinumab). Ustekinumab biologic Once the European Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for Stelara expires in July 2024, this will open up market entry as soon as possible for Uzpruvo, now that it is approved in Europe” Ustekinumab is a human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody (mAb).

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5 changes underway for R&D IT shifting to advanced modalities and biologics

pharmaphorum

The FDA is overseeing significant changes in R&D IT as it shifts towards advanced modalities and biologics. This includes the emergence of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology and its potential impact on diseases like sickle cell anaemia. Learn more about these exciting developments in this article.

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Opinion: How to ensure the NIH’s decision to recognize people with disabilities as a health disparity population makes a difference

STAT

My daughter Katie was born with severe disabilities. She went on to develop profound autism, attention deficit disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The hardest part for her is knowing that she’s different but not understanding how or why. My career as a health care manager and now a researcher has been derailed and fragmented because I have a profoundly disabled daughter who has undergone so many treatments and required special schools.

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New NHC Project Looking at Chronic Kidney Disease Disparities

Putting Patients First Blog

New NHC Project Looking at Chronic Kidney Disease Disparities January 11, 2024 By: Lillian Q. Witting, MPH, CAMP, NHC Coordinator, Research, Education & Programs With the start of the new year, the National Health Council (NHC) will be partnering with the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to comprehensively capture the patient experience of those living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), utilizing its evidence-based Patient Experience Mapping toolbox (PEMT).

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STAT+: A biotech reporter’s notebook: Sunshine rains down on San Francisco

STAT

SAN FRANCISCO — It seemed like there was a point during last year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference when we all collectively realized, “Oh, 2023 is going to be another slog.” Indeed, a downturn has weighed on the biotech industry for nearly three years. But this January, things feel different. Maybe it’s the abundance of sunlight that filled San Francisco this week.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Accelerating drug development for simple and complex drug programmes

European Pharmaceutical Review

Quotient Sciences leverage more than 30 years of drug development expertise to support small molecule and synthetic peptide drug programmes, in both simple drug programmes as well as complex cases where specialised formulation expertise and technologies are required. All drug development programmes are challenging, with numerous stages that an active, lead molecule or new chemical entity (NCE) must transition through to gain regulatory approval and demonstrate its benefits to patients Find out m

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STAT+: Rune Labs, which makes an app to track Parkinson’s symptoms, raises $12 million

STAT

Rune Labs, maker of an Apple Watch app that can track symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease, announced Thursday $12 million in funding led by Nexus NeuroTech, a new venture capital fund focused on brain disorders. Rune in 2021 received Food and Drug Administration clearance for StrivePD, an Apple Watch app that uses the device’s sensors to track two Parkinson’s-related symptoms: tremors and dyskinesia, or the involuntary movements that are a side effect of medication.

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Tackling the complex development landscape of pain medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

chronic neuropathic pain is at present, mainly managed with antidepressants… antiepileptic drugs… as well as opioids” Neuropathic pain affects over 400 million people worldwide, according to Hoba Therapeutics. In Europe, the prevalence of chronic neuropathic pain is estimated to be six–eight percent 1 of the general population. Drug development for pain management is “incredibly complex… mainly because the trials are so challenging to conduct”, the company highlight

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The highs — and lows — of JPM 2024 you should pay attention to

STAT

In honor of JPM Week, you’re reading a special edition of our biotech newsletter, The Readout. To stay on top of the latest scoops and live reporting from the San Francisco conference,  join our newsletter list. JPM Week is finally drawing to a close, sending the drug industry’s many financiers scattering from San Francisco to their respective homes and ski destinations.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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Celebrating National Pharmacist Day

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

January 12th is National Pharmacist Day, when we recognize the contribution that pharmacists have made–and continue to make–to patient care and our healthcare systems. Each year, patients fill hundreds of millions of prescriptions, keeping pharmacists busier than ever. Beyond filling prescriptions, they work to ensure our medications are safe and effective.

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In partial reversal, Texas Medicaid greenlights first step in gene therapy for Afghan refugees’ infant son

STAT

The Pashai family of Dallas on Thursday got some good news, but not exactly the news they had spent the last month praying for. The Texas Medicaid program, after denying coverage for an initial consult to begin experimental gene therapy that could save the life of their infant son, Sufyan, now says it will cover the costs for him to be assessed in person by doctors there.

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Spectroscopy milestone signals advance in protein imaging

European Pharmaceutical Review

Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan have successfully observed vibrational spectra of single proteins using infrared nanospectroscopy. The observations made consisted of ~500 amino acid residues, using advanced measurement techniques based on near-field optical microscopy. Comparatively, this method is a challenge with conventional infrared spectroscopy.

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Listen: Live! From JPM 2024

STAT

Is biotech back from its downturn? Can Nvidia solve biology? And is it wise to do a deal on a party bus? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. Recording from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, we discuss how a spate of deals and some intermittent sunshine seem to have brightened the outlook for biotech at the outset of 2024.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Hopes for documentary to highlight how ‘pharmacies are going through hell’

The Pharmacist

An ITV documentary set to air this evening is hoped to bring home to the general public the struggles faced by community pharmacies. Dr Leyla Hannbeck, chief executive of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp), told The Pharmacist that she didn’t think that the general public were fully aware of the extent of the […] The post Hopes for documentary to highlight how ‘pharmacies are going through hell’ appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Accolade beats analyst estimates, Teladoc’s optimism, and more JPM health tech news

STAT

You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences.  Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Teladoc makes its case for sustained growth Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic used the JPM 2024 stage to explain why the company believes it’s got plenty of “running room” to grow its integrated care business that connects people to a host of virtual hea

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Inhalable sensor to make lung cancer screening more accessible worldwide

Pharma Times

The diagnostic system can deliver particles to the lungs via aerosol or a nebuliser

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA’s syphillis-drug plan, India’s manufacturer-inspection demands, and more

STAT

Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping up as a beautiful day as well, given the clear and sunny skies — and unusually mild breezes — enveloping the Pharmalot campus this morning. This calls for celebration with a cup of stimulation, and we are opening a new package of salted caramel mocha for the occasion.

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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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Sustainability in BET from your endotoxin experts

European Pharmaceutical Review

ACC pioneered LAL testing methodology and was the first FDA-licensed company to manufacture LAL reagents. Throughout the years it has grown to be an internationally recognised leader in endotoxin detection. In 2021, they introduced the first commercially available sustainable bacterial endotoxin testing (BET) recombinant Cascade Reagent (rCR), PyroSmart NextGen®.

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Stada, Alvotech get first EU approval for biosimilar Stelara

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Stada and Alvotech get EU approval for first biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson's Stelara in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and Crohn's disease indications

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Complying with DPDP 2023

Express Pharma

Since 2017, India has worked on developing its own laws on the right to privacy. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, India’s version of Europe’s GDPR, gives Indian citizens the right to protect their own data. In August of this year, both the lower and upper houses of the Parliament of India passed the bill. On August 11, the President of India gave assent to the bill, which makes it officially the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

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Promoting value-added medicines and renovating old medicines smartly

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In this new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, host Nicole Raleigh speaks with James Burt, CEO of Pharmanovia, about the value-added medicines space.

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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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Pharmacy IT systems to automatically update GPs from February

The Pharmacist

Community pharmacy IT systems will automatically send details of patient consultations to general practice clinical IT systems from February 2024 to facilitate the Pharmacy First service in England, NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed today. A GP will then check and update the patient’s record – replacing the current need for general practice staff to transcribe […] The post Pharmacy IT systems to automatically update GPs from February appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in Israel?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most patents in Israel. Patents must be filed in each country (or, in some cases regional patent office) where patent protection is… The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in Israel? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Newly optimistic, biotech investors weigh lessons of sector’s downturn

BioPharma Dive

Investors and executives interviewed by BioPharma Dive at J.P. Morgan say new companies have to be leaner, hire more conservatively and focus on their first medicines quickly.

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Unichem gets USFDA nod for Doxazosin Tablets USP, 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg and 8 mg

Express Pharma

Unichem Laboratories is pleased to announce that it has received ANDA approval for its Doxazosin Tablets USP, 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg and 8 mg from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market a generic version of Cardura (Doxazosin) Tablets, 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg and 8 mg, of Viatris Specialty, LLC. Doxazosin tablets are indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure.

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New data reveals out-of-hospital cardiac survival results remain low in England

Pharma Times

In 2022, around 8% of patients survived 30 days after a cardiac arrest

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