STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

North Carolina’s attorney general alleges in a new lawsuit that HCA Healthcare is violating the terms of the agreement that allowed it to buy Mission Health, a formerly nonprofit health system. In the complaint filed Thursday , attorney general Josh Stein said HCA, the country’s largest for-profit hospital chain, is not providing the quality, consistent emergency and cancer care that it committed to delivering across Mission’s six western North Carolina hospitals.

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PharmaVoice

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Genentech’s chief diversity officer Quita Highsmith is on a crusade to prove that much of what the industry believes about clinical trial diversity is wrong.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a new corporate target: the food industry. Sanders held a hearing today on diabetes that implicated both the food and drug industries in what the American Diabetes Association estimates is a $413 billion annual cost to the health care system. That’s up 27% over the past six years, he said, and he warned that new weight loss drugs could send health care spending to the stratosphere.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An Unexpected Path Deciding exactly what you want to do or where you want to go in life is difficult. What if you don’t like where you end up? What if you change your mind? Dr. Stephen Small is a prime example of what it looks like to not only change your mind but to embrace the unexpected. Dr. Small is a pediatric clinical pharmacist specialist but if you had asked him years earlier, he would not have thought that he would end up working with children, “Pediatrics was actually the only specialt

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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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DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a bid toward greater transparency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this month launched a dashboard containing preliminary notices sent to companies, universities, and researchers that failed to register clinical trials or report study results. The agency has so far sent about 120 so-called pre-notices indicating a clinical trial sponsor or investigator failed to comply with a federal law that requires such steps.

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BioPharma Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to Apellis executives, reviewers in Europe are skeptical of the benefits of its geographic atrophy medicine, Syfovre, and appear poised to recommend against approval at a meeting next month.

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The Pharmacist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A scam alert has been issued over fraudsters phoning patients and pretending to be from a pharmacy. The scammers claim to be ringing to arrange delivery of medication, and ask patients to confirm their full name, date of birth, address and some banking details. According to Audit Yorkshire, which runs a counter fraud service for […] The post Warning issued over fake pharmacy scam callers appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Health professor Neil Wenger was deep into a years-long study on seriously ill primary care patients when he uncovered a different but persistent issue: Many patients who were targeted for follow-up interventions had actually died, and their hospitals did not know about it. It wasn’t what Wenger had set out to research. But it was unacceptable, he said, for health systems to lose track of seriously ill primary care patients who’d been treated on-site for years.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of regulatory decisions, the quest for safeguarding public health remains paramount. Decisions to remove medicines from market are not taken lightly and are often based upon all evidence available to inform a benefit/risk balance. This evidence can come from a range of sources, such as randomised controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, and spontaneous reporting.

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For years, Lauren Gavron relied on oxycodone to quiet the pain in her missing lower left limb. But she hated the fog that came with it, preventing her from feeling comfortable enough to drive. When researchers at the University of Pittsburgh delivered electric jolts to her spine in 2021, the Duquesne, Pennsylvania resident was shocked to feel that pain temporarily melt away — and to feel sensation in her prosthetic foot, improving her walk and balance.

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Pharma Times

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The collaboration aims to develop biomarker-based diagnostics for the condition - News - PharmaTimes

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s no secret that the obesity epidemic in the United States has reached alarming levels, with rates surpassing 40% of the population. Despite a robust focus on wellness and exercise in the media, post-pandemic America continues to rank among the global leaders in obesity rates. Estimates indicate that treating obesity will be expensive, but those sums pale in comparison to the estimated direct and indirect costs of $1.7 trillion that obesity places on the U.S. health care system today.

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PharmExec

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A discussion of the current standard for diabetes care and how the importance of patient centricity, including addressing patient's mental health, are imperative to the future of the space.

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Either American products are getting worse, or scrutiny over their safety is getting tougher. Whichever the case, product recalls by the Food and Drug Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) more than doubled between 2018 and 2022, according to new research published on Wednesday by life sciences software company MasterControl.

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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.

European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In collaboration with Novo Nordisk, a research group from Denmark’s Aarhus University have devised a method to simplify the construction of an entire library of therapeutic oligonucleotide-peptide conjugates. Specifically, the researchers discovered a synthesis method for oligonucleotide (ON) conjugates that incorporates built-in handles and a special linker, enabling easy linkage of ONs to a peptide marker by adjusting the pH.

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?  Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Damian here with the fallout from Pfizer’s downbeat update, a new entrant in obesity research, and an orthogonal CRISPR business.

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Pharma Times

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The free programme will be offered to those who are affected by the condition - News - PharmaTimes

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Is no one safe from the FTC? Has Pfizer bottomed out? And is biotech finally back? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. First, we delve into the fallout over the FTC’s move to block what looked like a humdrum biotech deal between Sanofi and Maze Therapeutics, a surprising twist that leaves an unanswered question.

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PharmExec

DECEMBER 14, 2023

JAMA Network study evaluates current attitudes toward individuals with acne with a call for pharma companies to focus efforts on helping to overcome these stigmas.

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STAT

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Understand how science, health policy, and medicine shape the world everyday. Sign up for our Morning Rounds newsletter here. Good morning. Reproductive health is dominating the news and the newsletter this morning. We also have a look at the decade-long battle over a patent for CRISPR. It’s been a rollicking ride.

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Express Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Darunavir is a protease inhibitor antiviral medicine that prevents Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) from multiplying in the body Zydus Lifesciences has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Darunavir Tablets 600 mg and 800 mg, and tentative approval for 75 mg and 150 mg tablets (USRLD: Prezista Tablets, 75 mg, 150 mg, 600 mg, and 800 mg).

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Outsourcing Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mission Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech developing first-in-class therapeutics targeting mitophagy, has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a phase 2 trial for its kidney treatment MTX652.

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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.

Express Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The pressurised metered dose inhaler is recommended for the treatment and maintenance of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) AstraZeneca India has announced that it has received Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) approval to market its inhalation aerosol, a triple combination of budesonide (160 mcg), glycopyrrolate (9 mcg), and formoterol fumarate (4.8 mcg).

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Outsourcing Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Celadon Pharmaceuticals has today (December 14) announced its first supply of it pharmaceutical-grade breakthrough cannabis-based medicine.

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Express Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This move aims to enable Zenex to strengthen its portfolio of offerings by adding herbals and furthering the quality of its overall animal health portfolio globally Zenex, animal health company has announced a 100 per cent acquisition of Ayurvet. Ayurvet, a company founded by Pradip Burman, is provider of natural ayurvedic and herbal medicines, feed supplements and topical treatments for farm and companion animals.

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The Pharmacist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

NHS England (NHSE) and the government will undertake a ‘cost-benefit analysis’ examining the case for central procurement of adult flu vaccines, a new vaccine strategy published this week has revealed. NHSE also said that it would pursue legislative change ‘that could enable the safe movement of vaccines across providers where appropriate and thereby support collaboration […] The post Central procurement of adult flu vaccines in England to be explored appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Outsourcing Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UK-based Lindus Health and US-based Thirty Madison today (December 14) announced they have completed the enrolment of a trial to assess their personalized dermatology telemedicine platform, Facet.

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World Pharma News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted Priority Review for the Company's Biologics License Application (BLA) for tarlatamab. Tarlatamab is a potential first-in-class, investigational delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) targeting Bispecific T-cell Engager (BiTE®) therapy for the treatment of adult patients with advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

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Outsourcing Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Patient centric, healthcare data tech company, SEQESTER says it can now deliver real-time and real-world data layering in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate drug discovery, thanks to its partnership with Atropos Health.

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Pharmaceutical Commerce

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Bill Trombetta, PhD, discusses successfully navigating what he calls “the coming perfect storm” in healthcare.

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Outsourcing Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mission Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech developing first-in-class therapeutics targeting mitophagy, has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a phase 2 trial for its kidney treatment MTX652.

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