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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers are getting stuck in an insurance processing logjam after UnitedHealth Group disclosed a cyberattack within a recently acquired subsidiary that serves as a central hub for payments across the industry. The cyberattack and subsequent system outage within UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare has caught the attention of federal law enforcement agencies.

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PharmaVoice

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Following Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine success, therapeutics head Dr. Kyle Holen discusses scaling mRNA development to bring candidates to the finish line in oncology and more.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted cesarean section. “[The obstetrician] wouldn’t even give me the option,” she recalled later in a podcast called “Healing Trauma Mamas.

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PharmaVoice

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The company earned only $3.5 million last year from its Roctavian treatment, far below the $50 million to $150 million range it had forecast eight months ago.

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

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

WASHINGTON — Colorado is pioneering a new way for states to crack down on prescription drug costs. In a first-in-the-nation move, a state board voted to create a payment limit for a widely prescribed Amgen drug used to treat arthritis, a step that may usher in a new era in which state governments take more aggressive action to control the cost of prescription medicines.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Explore the opportunities and challenges facing rare disease therapies developers, including the impact of Rare Disease Day, FDA regulations, and cutting-edge technologies like CRISPR gene therapy.

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BioPharma Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The company earned only $3.5 million last year from its Roctavian treatment, far below the $50 million to $150 million range it had forecast eight months ago.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This week, an encouraging turnaround for Ocular Therapeutix, a chat with Alnylam’s CEO defending changes to the HELIOS-B study and talking up its hypertension treatment, and quick takes on Amylyx and obesity stocks. A Worst CEO gets some much-needed help For most of last year, Ocular Therapeutix CEO Antony Mattessich promised shareholders that he was close to nailing down a lucrative pharma partnership that would pay for late-stage clinical trials of the company’s treatments for de

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Bavarian Nordic will get an accelerated review of its chikungunya vaccine CHIKV VLP at the EMA, as it tries to chase down a lead held by rival Valneva. The Danish pharma group said it is planning to file for approval of its vaccine in the first half of this year, adding the EU regulator’s human medicine committee, the CHMP, has said it will cut the review time from 210 to 150 days under its accelerated assessment procedure.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In a victory for the pharmaceutical industry, Oregon officials have suspended a portion of a contentious state law designed to bring more transparency to prescription drug pricing. For now, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services will no longer require drug companies to compile annual reports on price increases, a key feature of a transparency law that was enacted in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The FDA has started a priority review of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent as a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which could become the first new treatment for the widespread and life-threatening disease in over a decade.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

An interim analysis of a Phase III trial has demonstrated superior efficacy of the long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV, Cabenuva ( cabotegravir + rilpivirine), for HIV patients with a history of ART adherence challenges. “The interim data indicating the superiority of long-acting therapy compared to daily oral therapy in individuals who have difficulty taking pills for HIV every day is a remarkable outcome,” shared Dr Kimberly Smith, MPH, Head of R&D at ViiV Healt

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In 2023, STAT launched a brand-new home for our subscribers to connect with each other and with their favorite STAT journalists. On STAT+ Connect, you can find job postings; comment on STAT articles (since we have closed comments on article pages); discuss industry events with other people who work in biotech, pharma, public health advocacy, PR, and more; read insights and exclusive material posted by STAT reporters and editors; and watch events, including live interviews and text-based Ask Me A

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

AI software developed by Israeli medtech Magentiq-Eye has been shown to improve detection rates for adenoma, a precursor to colorectal cancer, in colonoscopy procedures

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Annovis Bio had my biotech bull%^&! meter running red after it made a late change to the design of a Phase 3 study in Parkinson’s disease. But then I got an extraordinary explanation from CEO Maria Maccecchini. Now, I’m less worried about data spin because, by her own admission, the odds that the study succeeds, post endpoint change, are a lot lower.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

AbbVie’s current President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) is set to replace the company’s existing CEO later this year. Robert Michael will become AbbVie’s new CEO on 1 July 2024. Richard Gonzalez will retire as the company’s CEO to become Executive Chairman, having served as the company’s CEO since its launch in 2013, AbbVie noted.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello! Today, we discuss how the FDA is holding firm in how it handles non-compliant trial sponsors and investigators, how PhRMA is rebuilding its ranks, and offer up a fabulous podcast.

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World Pharma News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for VELSIPITY® (etrasimod) in the European Union to treat patients 16 years of age and older with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy, or a biological agent.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A cross-sectional study investigates how this supply chain link helps increase Medicare Part D spending on self-administered specialty drugs.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

After losing Roche as a partner, Blueprint Medicines has sold US commercial rights to RET inhibitor Gavreto to Rigel Pharma in a deal worth up to $117.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In England, around 1,100 cases of bowel cancer are caused by the inherited condition every year

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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.

BioPharma Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

European drug regulators recommended clearing J&J and Legend Biotech's Carvykti for use as early as after first relapse, potentially giving the therapy an advantage over Bristol Myers’ Abecma.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The FDA Office of Generic Drugs reported a rise in generic drug approvals, as several first-time generics entered the market.

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Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The immunosuppressant reduced inflammation in patients with the skin condition after three days

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The Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has highlighted issues with the ‘variable’ quality of consultation spaces within community pharmacy. The negotiator has therefore called for improved funding to allow pharmacies to invest in their premises to support the roll out of new services – including Pharmacy First, which requires a consultation room to advise and treat patients. […] The post Quality of pharmacy consultation rooms ‘variable’ appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Travere and partner CSL Vifor close on EU approval of sparsentan for rare kidney disease IgA nephropathy, after CHMP's positive opinion on the drug.

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Today’s guest post comes from Nicole Grycan, VP of Commercialization at Phil, Inc. Nicole discusses how hubs can improve access and adherence. She outlines four success factors for manufacturers that use a digital hub partner. To learn more, register for Phil's upcoming webinar: Improving Access, Coverage, and GTN with a Digital Hub. Read on for Nicole’s insights.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In search of the legendary tricorder using cutting-edge AI and MedTech. Discover the future of healthcare technology today.

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The Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Pharmacy First should be expanded to include free over the counter (OTC) medications for people on low incomes in order to really ease demand for GP appointments, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) chief executive Janet Morrison has suggested. She told a parliamentary inquiry this week that the cost of prescriptions was driving demand for GP appointments. […] The post Use Pharmacy First for free OTC meds to ‘genuinely free up GPs’, says CPE appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the fast-evolving landscape of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the role of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), is becoming increasingly prominent.

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