STAT

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group is paying many of its own physician practices significantly more than it pays other doctor groups in the same markets for similar services, undermining competition and driving up costs for consumers and businesses, a STAT investigation reveals.   The findings, drawn from a sample of practices across the country, expose the effects of a deepening conflict of interest: Rather than use its size and market power to drive down the cost of care, UnitedHealth, as the corpor

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A subcutaneous version of Merck’s Keytruda was as effective as the infused version in a late-stage study, but the company won’t be the first to market.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry this week sent an all too familiar shiver through the spine of everyone in community pharmacy. For so many of us, Mr Hancock's admission that community pharmacies were an ‘afterthought’ during the pandemic sums up how we feel about the state of our sector today. He said NHS […] The post Nervous for the future.and a little dispirited appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The agency's openness to a targeted pivotal study shows it’s still willing to consider accelerated clearance for Duchenne gene therapies despite questions about their effectiveness.

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Discover an expert perspective on how artificial intelligence is transforming the drug submission and approval process in the pharmaceutical industry. Explore the evolving role of AI in drug development.

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Express Pharma

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories announced the launch of Toripalimab, immuno-oncology drug in India. Toripalimab is a New Biological Entity (NBE). It is approved by various regulatory authorities around the world such as the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and others for the treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (RM-NPC).

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PharmaVoice

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Sernova’s technology helped type 1 diabetes patients achieve insulin independence in early- and mid-stage trials.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Any dispensations to provide financial relief for health bodies impacted by rising National Insurance contributions should include community pharmacy, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has stressed. In a statement shared on Friday (1 November), Janet Morrison, CPE chief executive, said the negotiator was 'deeply concerned about the impact of the Autumn Budget on a pharmacy sector already […] The post Any National Insurance exemptions should include community pharmacy, says CPE appeared firs

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Pioneers like Alnylam Pharmaceuticals have led the RNA interference field for years. Now, a crop of young biotechs is building on that foundation by taking the drugmaking technology in new directions.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Eisai has scaled down its sales expectations for Alzheimer's disease drug Leqembi after sluggish sales growth in the first half of the current fiscal year.

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Express Pharma

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The 17th edition of CPHI & PMEC India, organised by Informa Markets in India opened its doors at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR, showcasing the robust potential of India’s pharmaceutical industry. With the Indian pharma market projected to grow to $ 130 billion by 2030 and $ 450 billion by 2047, the event highlighted the industry’s vital role in shaping global healthcare.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Two years ago, the RSV epidemic shook pediatric hospitals across the country along with the pediatric residents in them. One of us, Faith, was a resident at the time, and she and her colleagues refer to it as the dark ages : Whether they were arriving for their morning shifts or leaving their night shifts, the number of patients they took care of would not change for weeks at a time.

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PharmaVoice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Psychiatry is getting more targeted as drugmakers develop a new range of treatments for depression.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of taking collective action, according to a ballot carried out by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA). Some 99% of participating pharmacy owners said they were willing to limit their services unless funding is improved. The NPA said that subject to agreement from its […] The post Pharmacy owners vote overwhelmingly in favour of collective action appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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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.

BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Howard Chang will take over as chief scientific officer and senior VP of research as the biotech searches for more ways to overcome the looming loss of exclusivity for some of its top-selling medicines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Pharmaceutical professionals expect digital solutions to solve drug development headaches, with AI already proving disruptive.

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Express Pharma

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) in partnership with BCG has released a new report, titled “Winning in Indian Healthcare”. The report was launched at the OPPI Annual Summit 2024 with the theme: Viksit Bharat @2047 – Transforming India from Pharmacy of the World to Pharma Powerhouse to the World -a summit with the attendance of industry leaders, innovators, scientists and government officials.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Whooping cough cases are up sixfold from the same time last year in the U.S., affecting states ranging from Pennsylvania and New York on the East Coast to Wisconsin and Ohio in the Midwest and California and Washington out west. Experts say the spike in cases is likely a return to the pre-pandemic cycle , in which cases of the illness would ebb and flow about every five years.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Outlook Therapeutics' Lytenava is the first ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab to be cleared for use by NICE for use in the NHS for wet AMD

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

NHS England (NHSE) should commission community pharmacies to deliver a wider range of NHS vaccines including pneumonia, shingles, meningitis, RSV and routine childhood vaccinations, the Company Chemists' Association (CCA) has said. It noted that many pharmacies already offer these vaccines privately, and suggested that commissioning NHS vaccinations through community pharmacies could improve uptake in historically […] The post NHSE urged to commission pharmacy vaccinations appeared first o

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At an event hosted by BioPharma Dive, drugmaker executives and investors discussed the importance of focus, smart spending and maintaining lines of sight to the clinic.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

ASHP investigators determined the severity and impact of ongoing drug shortages, with approximately 99% of respondents reporting that they experienced a shortage.

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

GSK CEO Emma Walmsley said the sector would need to wait to see who is appointed in key roles in the Trump administration to gauge impact.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Four years on, the Cassava Sciences story ended Monday exactly as many knew it would — with the company’s experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease, simufilam, proving to be nothing more than a placebo in a large clinical trial.  The negative outcome is devastating for the nearly 2,000 participants in this study and a second study also shut down Monday.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

AstraZeneca has revealed that its top executive in China, Leon Wang, has been detained by Chinese authorities

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

We caught up with the Pharmacist/Pharmacy Team of the Year Award shortlist ahead of this year’s General Practice Awards ceremony to be held on 6 December at the Novotel London West. The St Austell Healthcare Group Clinical Pharmacist Team has established itself as a beacon in patient care within its local area. Over the past […] The post The GP Awards shortlist: St Austell Healthcare Group Clinical Pharmacist Team appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The startup, Pep2Tango, is combining four methods of accelerating weight loss into one medicine in the hopes of developing a treatment that can improve upon drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

There were 2 main types of switches, including switching to rituximab subcutaneous and switching among different intravenous rituximab treatments.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

WASHINGTON  — People close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are exploring a proposal that could upend how physician payment is determined in America, four sources familiar with the process told STAT.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A version of this essay first appeared on Janet Freeman-Daily’s blog, Gray Connections. I’ve been living with and communicating about lung cancer for over 13 years. Since 2011, the year I was diagnosed, I’ve been active in one or more online lung cancer patient groups. Since 2012, I’ve been blogging and on social media, connecting with the lung cancer community and learning/sharing developments in cancer research.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

YouTube plays a unique role in people’s everyday lives, says Garth Graham, the company’s global head of healthcare and public health. “People come to us to learn how to fix their fridge and to learn about medicines,” he said in an interview. “There’s a lot of responsibility, and we take that seriously. Responsibility is at the core of how YouTube works and how we treat sensitive information, particularly around health.

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