STAT

MAY 16, 2024

There are so few Indigenous physicians in the United States — just 0.3% of doctors — that their numbers barely show up in charts and graphs depicting the diversity of the medical workforce. But as of Thursday, there will be at least nine more. Thursday is graduation day for the first class of the nation’s only tribally affiliated medical school, the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 16, 2024

The biotech, tentatively named Hercules CM Newco, has rights to three incretin drugs discovered by Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, two of which are in clinical testing.

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MAY 16, 2024

Higher ranking military officers receive more resources and better care than low ranking military officers, according to an analysis of 1.5 million military ER visits published Thursday in the journal Science. The study also showed that white physicians expended less effort on Black patients, even when rank was taken into account: Higher ranking Black officers received care from white physicians that was similar to that received by lower ranking white officers.

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MAY 16, 2024

Execs from J&J, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and AbbVie sound off on the Inflation Reduction Act, supply issues and launch preparations in a tricky environment.

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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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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

As pediatricians who take care of children in the inpatient, emergency, and primary care settings, we are alarmed by the recent trend of families having to go without basic medications to control their child’s asthma. At least seven children have died due to uncontrolled asthma this year in the Philadelphia region, a dramatic increase from prior years.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 16, 2024

The biotech, tentatively named Hercules CM Newco, has rights to three incretin drugs discovered by Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, two of which are in clinical testing.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 16, 2024

National Pharmacy Association (NPA) leaders have delivered a giant invoice for the £108m they say is owed to the sector for dispensing at a loss over the last month. And pharmacy owners can generate their own individual invoice using a new tool launched by the NPA, which indicates the funding shortfall for each pharmacy based […] The post NPA hands DHSC giant invoice for '£108m monthly shortfall' appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the new non-addictive pain pill that is up for FDA approval. It works as well as opioids for treating acute pain, and shows promise in treating chronic neuropathic pain as well. We are constantly getting messages from patients we are treating for all different types of chronic pain — arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, and pain we just can’t seem to figure out — along the lines of “Doc, have you heard about it?

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 16, 2024

While results indicated the drug works as intended, it didn’t have enough of an effect on a protein that’s become integral to many ALS research programs.

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — In the world of drug discovery, AI progress is often measured by a single-mile marker: When will we get an AI-designed drug? The answer remains, ambiguously, “the future,” but at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit leaders from NVIDIA and Google insisted that the impact of AI is visible today. Kimberly Powell, vice president of healthcare for NVIDIA, pointed to an increase in investigational new drug applications filed with the Food and Drug Administration that

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 16, 2024

The results, which showed Lilly’s drug was as effective at controlling blood sugar as standard injections, come as Novo Nordisk seeks approval for a competing once-weekly insulin.

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MAY 16, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — Surging interest in generative AI among medical professionals since ChatGPT’s launch is perhaps a testament to its potential — but it could also lead clinicians, and patients to experiment with it before there is wider consensus on how to navigate its biases and other pitfalls, Microsoft’s head of research Peter Lee said Thursday at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 16, 2024

Health spending has grown ‘by less than planned’ since the last general election, with cash top-ups ‘insufficient’ to offset inflation, a leading think tank has found. Plans set out in the 2019 election campaign indicated the DHSC budget would increase by 3.3% a year above inflation, however spending has risen by only 2.7% a year […] The post Health spending has grown less than planned, finds IFS report appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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MAY 16, 2024

Eli Lilly reported Thursday that its experimental weekly insulin worked as well as daily basal insulin products in two late-stage studies, paving the way for the drug to compete with a similar weekly insulin developed by Novo Nordisk. In a 52-week trial of type 2 diabetes patients using insulin for the first time, those on the weekly insulin, called efsitora alfa, had a 1.34% reduction in blood sugar levels, while people on the comparator daily insulin degludec, sold as Tresiba by Novo, had a 1.

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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.

EMCrit Project

MAY 16, 2024

Piperacillin-tazobactam is an antibiotic that a lot of people love to hate. Combine this with the conservatism that often (rightfully) surrounds drug safety, and it creates a lot of volatility. Before going further, we should review some recent history regarding piptazo. In the early 2010's, a series of retrospective correlational studies found that patients treated […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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MAY 16, 2024

A plan to use new genetic techniques to treat non-genetic forms of ALS failed in an early study, Ionis and Biogen announced Thursday. The companies said they would discontinue the program. In the randomized, 99-person trial, the companies tested a drug designed to silence a gene called ATXN2. Over the last decade, numerous drugs have been built to silence genes in ALS patients, but most of them have, fittingly, focused on rare genetic forms of ALS, where neurons die largely because of the work o

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The Pharmacist

MAY 16, 2024

Women who consume eight or more alcoholic drinks a week are significantly more likely to develop heart disease than those who drink less, researchers have found. A US study of more than 430,000 adults with an average aged of 44 years and no heart disease at the start also found an increased risk in men […] The post Women drinkers particularly at risk of developing heart disease appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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MAY 16, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid what feels like an ever-worsening drug crisis here, locals and politicians alike are fed up. Overdose death rates remain near all-time highs. The Tenderloin, a historic downtown neighborhood, remains rife with open-air substance use and drug dealing. Public health officials are increasingly at a loss. In recent years, much of the backlash has come to focus on harm reduction, the philosophy and practice of reducing the most acute drug-related harms without expecting ab

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pharmaphorum

MAY 16, 2024

Explore innovation, investment, and policies at the US Pharma and Biotech Summit 2024. Join industry leaders, regulators, and investors to discuss trends shaping healthcare.

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a new subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up  here  to get it delivered every Thursday to their inbox. Hello, friends! I’m in San Francisco for the STAT Breakthrough Summit. Later today, I’ll be “fireside chatting” with Cytokinetics CEO Robert Blum.

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Pharma Times

MAY 16, 2024

The cardiovascular disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, affects around 6,500 people in the UK

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee on Thursday advanced legislation that would extend some pandemic-era telehealth policies in Medicare for two years, bringing the panel’s approach in line with another committee. During the pandemic, Congress extended flexibilities that changed what kinds of care Medicare beneficiaries could receive over telehealth and where.

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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

MAY 16, 2024

Full study results disclosed ahead of a medical meeting showed elinzanetant consistently reduced the frequency and severity of hot flashes.

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

LONDON — Roche on Thursday said its recently acquired experimental obesity medication helped people lose a significant amount of weight in an early trial, sending its shares up in early trading.   The drug, a once-weekly injection known as CT-388, resulted in an average placebo-adjusted weight loss of 18.8% after 24 weeks, the company said.

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Pharma Times

MAY 16, 2024

The OptiZest study aims to investigate a personalised dose of Zestril in these patients

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

On this week’s “Readout LOUD,” we’re live in San Francisco at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit West. AI is a big theme this year, everywhere, so on that note, we chat with our AI correspondent — and recent Pulitzer finalist — Casey Ross, who sat down on stage to discuss AI-centered drug discovery with both NVIDIA and Google-backed Isomorphic Labs.

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Express Pharma

MAY 16, 2024

In this special edition of the Express Pharma-NutrifyToday Boardroom Series, we introduce you to Sanjaya Mariwala, Executive Chairman and Managing Director, OmniActive Health Technologies, one of the six Growth Guardians who will judge the merit of the contestants during the Nutrify C Suite Sumflex – Innovation Battlefield. As the Founder President of the Association of Herbal and Nutraceuticals Manufacturers of India (AHNMI), Mariwala has also gained quite a reputation as a mentor and angel inv

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STAT

MAY 16, 2024

The need-to-know this morning Biogen  and  Ionis Pharmaceuticals  are  ending their development  of an experimental drug for ALS based on results of a Phase 1/2 trial. Johnson & Johnson  said it will  acquire   Proteologix , a privately-held biotech focused on immune-mediated diseases, for $850 million with potential for additional milestone payments.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 16, 2024

GSK’s funding would be accessible for approved projects including those that employ new technology such as AI to improve interpretation and use complex scientific data” GSK is set to become the first founding partner of the Fleming Initiative. According to GSK, The Fleming Initiative’s will gather “world-class scientific, technology, policy and behavioural science expertise with clinical experience in a global network of centres to find, test, and scale solutions to [antimicrobial resistan

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MAY 16, 2024

Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is, despite the gray skies hovering over the Pharmalot campus again. Our spirits remain sunny, however, because we recall a bit of insight from the Morning Mayor, who taught us that “Every new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift.” To celebrate the notion, we are brewing still more cups of stimulation and inviting you to join us.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 16, 2024

Get to know Kirsten Parr through 12 insightful questions as she shares her experiences and insights while working at IPG Health Medical Communications.

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