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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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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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BioPharma Dive

MAY 3, 2023

The decision represents the first fruits of a scientific breakthrough a decade ago that gave drugmakers, among them GSK, Pfizer and Moderna, a blueprint for an effective shot against the virus.

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ID Stewardship

APRIL 30, 2023

In this article advice for new pharmacists is provided by a pharmacist with 15 years of experience and answers are sourced from commentary on Twitter as well. Composed By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP Article Posted 1 May 2023 Recently while attending the American Pharmacist Association’s annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ I walked by a grown man at a breakfast bar wearing a head-to-toe onesie patterned with Dunkin’ Doughnuts (DD) logos.

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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 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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PharmaVoice

MAY 2, 2023

What’s so different about doing pharma business in the U.K. versus Japan? One of Moderna’s top brass shares her tips for navigating choppy cultural waters.

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PhRMA

MAY 1, 2023

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today launched a new ad campaign that continues to shed light on the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in driving up health care costs and denying coverage of lifesaving medicines.

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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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PharmaVoice

MAY 2, 2023

Martine van Vugt, recently named Genmab’s chief strategy officer and executive vice president, aims to usher in the company’s next wave of "knock your socks off" antibodies.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 1, 2023

The cash influx extends Maze’s financial runway into 2025, giving the South San Francisco company time to advance other drug candidates into testing.

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The Pharmacist

MAY 2, 2023

In Shilpa Shah’s area of North-East London, people ‘can't afford to be ill’. With many people accessing free prescriptions, community pharmacists in the area tend to give advice and recommend home remedies for self-limiting minor ailments, instead of over-the-counter treatments that patients would have to pay for. For a sore throat, patients might be told […] The post 'Utterly devastating’: Cost-of-living crisis hits OTC medicines access appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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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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PharmaVoice

MAY 1, 2023

With its phase 3 candidate, the biotech believes it can move the field beyond antipsychotics to a more effective approach.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 3, 2023

The company plans to quickly submit an application for U.S. approval based on the trial results, which showed a consistent benefit to treatment with the drug, called donanemab.

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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

MAY 3, 2023

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) in glioblastoma patients was opened temporarily using a novel, skull-implantable ultrasound device to deliver chemotherapy to the brain in a first in-human trial. Scientists at Northwestern Medicine in the US showed that opening the BBB led to an approximately four- to six-fold increase in drug concentrations in the human brain, results from the study found.

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STAT

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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PharmaVoice

MAY 3, 2023

The CEO of a Bay-area startup shares his strategies for growing a team from the ground up.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 2, 2023

The drugmaker beat Wall Street’s first quarter forecasts despite a sales drop that puts pressure on it to succeed with upcoming market launches.

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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.

PhRMA

MAY 1, 2023

Too many Americans are struggling to access and afford their health care. While policy debates about how to address these issues can seem never ending, American adults largely agree on what state policymakers should be doing to help deliver relief to patients at the pharmacy counter.

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MAY 2, 2023

Eli Lilly is nearing the readout from a pivotal study of its experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The approval of a similar medicine earlier this year has wrung risk from the outcome, but for the same reason, expectations for strong results are higher. The Lilly drug, called donanemab, is an antibody that targets accumulated plaques in the brain called amyloid.

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PharmaVoice

MAY 4, 2023

With leaders at the biggest biopharma companies bringing in millions, the CEO of Corvus Pharmaceuticals opted for a pay cut to pour more funds into science.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 4, 2023

After issues with a contract research group, the partners now expect to file an approval application for their shot in 2026, one year later than initially anticipated.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 1, 2023

Astellas Pharma has entered into a definitive agreement to buy US-based biopharmaceutical company Iveric bio, in a deal valued at nearly $5.9bn. Under the deal terms, the company, through Astellas US Holding’s wholly owned subsidiary Berry Merger Sub, will acquire all the outstanding Iveric Bio shares for $40.00 in cash for each share. Both the companies’ Boards of Directors have unanimously approved the deal.

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STAT

MAY 2, 2023

A compostable salad bowl seems like an Earth-friendly way to enjoy a healthy lunch. But the toxic chemicals used in containers like molded-fiber salad bowls, sandwich wrappers, and French fry pouches may be leaching into food despite efforts to make those materials safer, according to the results of a study published in March in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

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The Honest Apothecary

MAY 3, 2023

Here I share some of the latest news, articles, editorials, or blog posts that fall generally under the theme of Pharma or healthcare. I might throw in a something off-topic from time to time which I found while wandering throughout the endless hallways and corridors of the internet. All article shared will be free to read and not locked behind an annoying paywall.

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 1, 2023

Founded by Sam Waksal, Graviton Biosciences is developing drugs that block an enzyme called ROCK2, which drew the interest of neurology-focused Ovid.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 2, 2023

Cancer remains a global threat with around 10 million people dying from the disease each year worldwide, making it the second leading cause of death. 1,2 In the EU, an estimated 2.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually and the number is growing. 3 With greater scientific understanding of cancer, the industry has made significant progress in developing innovative medicines to help patients.

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STAT

MAY 5, 2023

The World Health Organization ended the Covid-19 global health emergency on Friday, saying it was time for countries to transition from treating Covid as an emergency to dealing with it as a disease that is here to stay. The decision was made on the advice of a panel of independent experts, the so-called Covid-19 emergency committee, which met Thursday.

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Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 30, 2023

In this episode, I’ll discuss giving lactated ringer’s solution to a patient with elevated lactate. Episode 813: Can you give lactated ringer’s solution to a patient with elevated lactate? Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Lactated ringers is considered a suitable fluid for resuscitation in sepsis. In fact, it is becoming more common to use it as a resuscitation fluid as it contains a more physiologic level of chloride than normal saline and is not expected to cause hyperchlorem

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BioPharma Dive

MAY 1, 2023

The company was co-founded by, among others, Jamie Cate, husband of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, and Kevan Shokat, a chemical biologist whose previous work helped lead to KRAS-targeting cancer drugs.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 3, 2023

A market report has shown that the digital biomanufacturing market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 percent between 2023-2035, driven largely by digital transformation. Influencing factors identified in the report include higher competition, competitive pricing and inflation rate, technological advancements and evolving regulatory guidelines.

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