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.
PharmaVoice
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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The Pharmacist
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.
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.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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pharmaphorum
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.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Pharmaceutical professionals expect digital solutions to solve drug development headaches, with AI already proving disruptive.
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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.
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
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.
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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Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has proven efficacy in autoimmune neuropathies, with mixed but promising outcomes in severe COVID-19 cases and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection trials.
STAT
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Health officials in California have discovered bird flu virus in raw milk for sale in a store in the state, a development scientists following the ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows have been anticipating and worrying about for some time. While the human health implications of drinking H5N1-laced milk are unknown, scientists who study the virus have been fearful of what consuming milk containing the virus could do.
PharmaVoice
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Psychiatry is getting more targeted as drugmakers develop a new range of treatments for depression.
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.
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.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
AstraZeneca has revealed that its top executive in China, Leon Wang, has been detained by Chinese authorities
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.
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.
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.
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
BioPharma Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The approval of Attruby for transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy begins a battle for control of a lucrative market that investors have been skeptical BridgeBio can win.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an AI that can spot hidden cases of long COVID from electronic health records
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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.
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.
STAT
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a new medicine from BridgeBio for patients with a progressive heart disease — the first new treatment for the condition in over five years and the company’s first significant commercial product. The drug, known scientifically as acoramidis, will be sold by BridgeBio under the brand name Attruby.
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 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.
STAT
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Vanessa Kerry, a pulmonary and critical care physician, founded Seed Global Health more than a decade ago to tackle inequities in health care systems around the world, especially in countries with fewer resources. Climate change is exacerbating these disparities, she told STAT in an interview, as is our inability to address the crisis with the urgency it demands.
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.
STAT
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, one of the most advanced companies using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to expedite drug development , laid off employees after closing a merger last week.
STAT
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
When Makena, a drug designed to prevent preterm births, hit the market in 2011 at $1,500 per dose, it drew rife backlash. The drug was based on an active ingredient that had been available for many years at a much lower cost. Confronted with the public outcry, the FDA took an unusual step: It allowed pharmacies to continue making their own copies of the drug through the practice of pharmacy compounding, selling it at a fraction of Makena’s price.
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