PharmaVoice

MAY 22, 2023

How these consumer and service companies are tapping into major trends in the biopharma industry.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 11, 2023

Community pharmacies have had to turn patients away who thought that new pharmacy services announced this week were already available, leaders in the sector have told. On Tuesday, NHS England announced that a nationally funded Pharmacy First service will be launched in England before the end of 2023, subject to consultation. National newspaper headlines heralded […] The post Reports patients trying to access Pharmacy First early appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Drug Patent Watch

MAY 22, 2023

Introducing DrugChatter.com: Empowering Access to Biopharmaceutical Drug Insights through AI Chat We are pleased to introduce DrugChatter.com, a groundbreaking platform that redefines the way professionals obtain concise, cited information on… The post DrugChatter.com: AI Chat for Biopharmaceutical Drug Insights appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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MAY 24, 2023

Over the last few years, Daniel Cleggett Jr. appeared to be living a charmed life. The founder of a small Boston-area   addiction treatment empire knew he was under scrutiny; the Globe and STAT News  published investigations  in 2017 and 2019 into his questionable business dealings, and the Massachusetts attorney general’s office announced   shortly after that   it was examining alleged scams involving addiction treatment.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

MAY 29, 2023

Massive epistaxis is considered a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. Symptoms of massive epistaxis include sudden and heavy bleeding from the nose, difficulty breathing, dizziness, and a rapid heartbeat. If left untreated, it can lead to significant blood loss, shock, airway obstruction, and even death. We report a case of a 50-year-old man with end stage renal disease with massive nasal bleeding from the left nostril, shortness of breath, and confusion.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 1, 2023

The CEO of Ventoux Biosciences has the disease that his company is aiming to treat, and it's driving him to find better medications.

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STAT

MAY 15, 2023

When gastroenterologists learned in March that UnitedHealthcare plans to barricade many colonoscopies behind a controversial and complicated process known as prior authorization, their emotions cycled rapidly between fear, shock, and outrage. The change, which the health insurer will implement on June 1, means that any United member seeking surveillance and diagnostic colonoscopies to detect cancer will first need approval from United — or else have to pay out of pocket.

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MAY 5, 2023

A new study sheds light on what may be causing very rare cases of heart inflammation in young men after receiving an mRNA Covid vaccine. Early hypotheses as to what was driving the heart inflammation, called myocarditis , included an allergic response to the vaccine, vaccine-induced antibodies, or an autoimmune response in which the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy tissue by mistake.

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STAT

MAY 17, 2023

When someone has leprosy, people who live in the same household face the highest odds of contracting the infection. But in a new trial, providing those contacts with a single dose of an antibiotic typically used to treat tuberculosis drastically reduced that risk, researchers reported Wednesday. The trial, which took place in China, corroborates the idea of giving close contacts an antibiotic as a way to reduce the likelihood that the disease spreads, experts said.

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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 8, 2023

“S o, you don’t have it in liquid form?” I asked. The answer, as usual, was no. I hung up the phone and sighed.

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MAY 19, 2023

A defanged form of CRISPR, which doesn’t slice or nick DNA, but rather alters the epigenome — the layers of chemical coding that sit on top of DNA and control the activity of genes — has aced its first substantive test. When researchers used CRISPR “ epigenome editing ” to dial down a cholesterol-associated gene in monkeys, the animals’ blood levels of heart-disease-causing LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, plummeted by more than 50%, Jennifer Kwo

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MAY 19, 2023

Four different companies agreed to buy the assets of Pear Therapeutics at auction on Thursday morning after the digital health company filed for bankruptcy last month. Click Therapeutics, Welt Corp, Harvest Bio, and Nox Health Group each acquired bits of the company for $6.05 million, far short of the $32 million in debt Pear carried. A hearing to approve the sale will be held on May 22.

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MAY 19, 2023

When cyclist Alison Tetrick joined the sport’s professional ranks, she received the perks that come with the job — new bikes and clothing included. But she could never get comfortable on the bike saddles. After several years, Tetrick suffered so much damage to her genital area that she eventually resorted to surgery to trim excess skin from her labia.

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STAT

MAY 23, 2023

In 2023, just under 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. Many will endure multiple CT and MRI studies and intensive medical care, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. Fortunately, advances in treatment and novel therapies have steadily improved survival following a cancer diagnosis. Cancer death rates have declined by 27% over the past 20 years.

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STAT

MAY 10, 2023

On the eve of the expiration date for the federally declared coronavirus public health emergency , White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha warned that the pandemic is far from over. “I don’t see this as an end to the pandemic or fighting Covid,” Jha said at a STAT event in Boston on Wednesday. “I see this as a transition out of this emergency phase into a very different phase.

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MAY 3, 2023

If you flip to the 1,031st page of the May 1998 edition of the Journal of Cell Biology, you’ll find the first scientific byline for Daniel Skovronsky, then a young trainee at the University of Pennsylvania, on an article describing how beta-amyloid, a vexing molecule thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, was more complicated than the field understood.

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MAY 2, 2023

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, before we had vaccines and effective medical procedures, the only ways to prevent transmission of the virus were behavioral measures like face masks and social distancing. There was (and continues to be) a desperate hunger for definitive studies telling us how well specific measures would work, with specific publics, in specific settings, for specific strains of the novel and changing virus.

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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.

STAT

MAY 8, 2023

EQRx, a company that aimed to lower drug prices by introducing inexpensive me-too medicines, said Tuesday that it has abandoned that plan and is laying off nearly 60% of its workforce. The company’s original business plan was to create new medicines in the same categories as high-priced cancer and specialty drugs and to sell them at lower prices through a “global buyers club” that included insurers and hospitals.

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STAT

MAY 16, 2023

WASHINGTON — The White House is summoning naloxone manufacturers for a roundtable focused on the medication’s price, the Biden administration’s top drug policy official told STAT. The move would represent the White House’s most concrete action to date to address the price of naloxone , a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.

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MAY 19, 2023

Amid increased concerns over a lack of transparency in clinical trials, a new study found that one in five primary endpoints were changed after a late-stage study had begun, and 70% of the trials examined did not include information about primary endpoint changes in articles published in medical journals. Specifically, 145 of 755 randomized controlled trials for cancer medications — or 19% — had changes to the primary endpoints when using at least one of three different methods to

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MAY 8, 2023

Plummeting costs of DNA sequencing technologies are injecting urgency into the longstanding debate over whether to dive deeper into the genomes of more infants — even apparently healthy ones. Experts are divided about how helpful DNA sequencing data really are. The tests often identify mutations that raise someone’s risk of developing a condition, but don’t necessarily cause the disease.

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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.

STAT

MAY 5, 2023

The ending of the public health emergency for Covid-19 will force the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cut back on the data it collects to analyze how much illness the SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing in the future, the CDC announced Friday. But some of the data metrics the CDC will no longer be able to collect are of lesser value now than they were at earlier points in the pandemic, agency officials explained in a press briefing Thursday in advance of Friday’s release of two arti

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MAY 2, 2023

In 2004, the physician search firm Merritt Hawkins first issued their Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times. That year, the national average wait to get in to see a new physician was 21 days, an unacceptable amount of time to wait to access care. But that number has only gotten worse. In their 2022 survey , the wait for a new patient appointment increased to an average of 26 days.

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MAY 11, 2023

In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration announced a pandemic enforcement policy allowing mental health app developers to release certain treatment products without seeking authorization from the agency. With the end of the official public health emergency, companies that did so will now need to submit the products for FDA clearance and have them pass an early stage of review by early November — or remove the products from the market.

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MAY 22, 2023

BOSTON — Scientific journals have become something of a Mad Libs game for GPT: Artificial intelligence can now detect __, or speedily tell the difference between __ and __.  But which of these studies are actually important? How can clinicians sort them out from one another? At a recent AI conference, Atman Health chief medical officer and Brigham and Women’s associate physician Rahul Deo boiled the issue down in a single slide: the riskiest, most impactful studies draw far le

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