STAT

JULY 29, 2024

Sarepta Therapeutics demanded a prominent patient advocacy organization censor a video that contained pointed criticism of the company’s recently approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, STAT has learned. The incident raises questions about the financial ties between Sarepta and the advocacy group, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and whether the drugmaker uses its money to influence, or even muzzle, debate over its Duchenne medicines.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 31, 2024

More and more pharmacies are closing as a six-month delay to the community pharmacy contract means core funding has still not been uplifted since 2019. Contractors told The Pharmacist that they struggle to keep up with increased demand for services and the knock-on impact of pressure elsewhere in the health system, while being unable to pay their […] The post Pharmacy contract delays causing 'stress, uncertainty and closures' appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 18, 2024

The offering comes days after the publication of a paper showing what analysts said was early proof that “off-the-shelf” cell therapies can treat inflammatory diseases.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 31, 2024

Frontiers Health 2024 is a platform connecting innovators and changemakers in the life sciences industry to cultivate positive changes in health systems. Discover the latest trends and insights in healthcare innovation.

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In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 22, 2024

As the use of AI soared across healthcare, NVIDIA fit the bill in providing the necessary technology – and its stock tells the same story.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 29, 2024

The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF), in collaboration with CurePSP and the Aging Mind Foundation (AMF), has announced the allocation of $2 million in grants to support groundbreaking research in primary tauopathies.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 23, 2024

Primary care network (PCN) pharmacists should be enabled to prioritise structured medication reviews (SMRs) in the highest risk patients, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said in a policy statement today. This follows concerns that PCNs and practices are deprioritising SMRs and directing pharmacists towards other work. RPS England vice-chair Brendon Jiang suggested that the […] The post Pharmacists must be enabled to prioritise SMRs, urges RPS appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 1, 2024

Study results are expected for a pair of closely watched obesity drugs, while key tests await for a high-priced AbbVie acquisition and one of 2023’s largest IPOs.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 11, 2024

The US Senate has come together to pass a bill that aims to prevent pharma companies from filing multiple patents around biologic drugs as a way to delay biosimilar competitors.Lawmakers unanimously passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S-150), which is part of a lengthening list of measures being taken by Congress to curb the prices of medicines in the US.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 30, 2024

Japanese researchers have developed a new method for photoisomerisation of E -cinnamamides to Z -cinnamamides. The approach uses a recycling photoreactor coupled with a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. As organic compounds, many Z -alkenes “cannot be prepared through conventional methods involving thermodynamic methods”. On the other hand, “photoisomerisation can offer good yields”, they noted.

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PharmaTech

JULY 17, 2024

The company has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of Clonazepam Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP (C-IV), because of incorrect strength published on product carton.

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STAT

JULY 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group started out as a small, Minnesota health insurance company and has since morphed into a modern-day Standard Oil, exerting unmatched dominance over health care in the United States. It’s no secret that UnitedHealth is a colossus: It’s the country’s largest health insurer and the fourth-largest company of any type by revenue, just behind Apple.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 16, 2024

Community pharmacies in south-east London have launched what is believed to be England’s only nationally-funded inhaler recycling pilot. NHS England (NHSE) has funded the scheme, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases from metered dose inhalers. Patients will be encouraged to return their used or expired inhalers to one of 20 participating community pharmacies.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 15, 2024

Updated results show the biotech's RAS inhibitor shrank pancreatic tumors in 20% to 25% of study participants, but with high rates of side effects like rash and nausea.

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Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

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JULY 10, 2024

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vizient

JULY 30, 2024

The report points to expanding indications of previously approved medications, such as semaglutide, as partial cause for the projected increase. It also urges providers to prepare for an increased number of high-cost cell and gene therapies entering the market that will significantly impact provider budgets and operational processes.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 4, 2024

Altering the conditions that T cells are grown in can improve CAR T-cell therapy, US researchers have found. Discovered by chance, their new method has potential to treat solid cancer tumours more efficiently, according to the findings. Putting T cells on a keto diet [putting our T cells on a three-day ‘keto’ diet] showed reduced maturity at the end of the manufacturing process.

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STAT

JULY 29, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a blood test intended to detect colon cancer, a product many experts hope will help catch cases of the disease early enough so that they can be more easily treated. The test, called Shield and made by Guardant Health, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based biotech firm, comes with a drawback: It is not as good as a colonoscopy and other tests at detecting precancerous or early stage cancers.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 30, 2024

The number of students passing the summer pharmacist registration exam is the lowest it has been in four years, figures published today have revealed. Just 75% of trainee pharmacists passed the common registration assessment for pharmacists this year, held jointly by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 11, 2024

Far behind companies like Novo and Eli Lilly, Pfizer hopes the version of the drug, danuglipron, that it’s chosen to advance can break into the ultra-lucrative market for weight-loss medicines.

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JULY 30, 2024

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Pharma Times

JULY 24, 2024

The neurodegenerative disease is currently the most common cause of dementia

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 1, 2024

On 8 May, the UK was the world's first government to formally implement a new model for the funding and support of novel antibiotic commercialisation.

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STAT

JULY 22, 2024

Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, overcharged U.S. Postal Service employees by a whopping $45 million for their prescription drugs during a recent five-year period, according to a federal audit. The findings are likely to intensify scrutiny of the controversial role played by PBMs in the opaque pharmaceutical pricing system.

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The Pharmacist

JULY 23, 2024

Primary care networks (PCNs) are employing 37,000 staff through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS), including pharmacists, social prescribers and physician associates, according to NHS England. A spokesperson told our sister title Pulse PCN that as of June, there were ‘37,000 roles under the programme currently in place’, which is 43% higher than their original […] The post ARRS hits a high of 37,000 staff, NHS confirms appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 2, 2024

The company claimed Phase 2 study results prove the therapy’s promise treating myasthenia gravis. But shares lost more than a quarter of their value amid questions about the data.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 18, 2024

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will quiz leaders of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) at a hearing next week, amid scrutiny of the sector's role in rising healthcare costs in the US.The hearing – scheduled for 23rd July – is part of an ongoing investigation by the committee into PBMs' alleged anticompetitive practices launched last year and spearheaded by chairman James Comer (R-Ky).

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Pharma Times

JULY 5, 2024

The neurodegenerative disease currently affects more than 200,000 people worldwide

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 2, 2024

The EMA has accepted AstraZeneca's MAA for sipavibart as Covid-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) in immunocompromised patients.

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STAT

JULY 21, 2024

WASHINGTON — President Biden is ending his bid for a second term in office and backing Vice President Kamala Harris to take the nomination, he announced Sunday. While Harris shares similar views as Biden on many issues, she is to the left of the president on health care. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term,” the president wrote in a letter sha

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 11, 2024

In a follow-up to the interim FTC report documenting the business practices of PBMs and the power they hold in the pharmaceutical industry, the Commission now seeks to sue the 3 largest PBMs in the country for driving up the price of insulin and other essential drugs.

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BioPharma Dive

JULY 2, 2024

The drug, which Lilly will sell as Kinsunla, carries a warning for the risk of a certain kind of imaging abnormality that can be serious in rare cases.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 12, 2024

A new payment policy proposal released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week covers digital tools used for behavioural health, which could be a boost for the digital health sector.The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) sets out the method of payment, rates, and codes for healthcare providers participating in Medicare, and is often used by the administration as an instrument to encourage some forms of healthcare intervention.

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