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AUGUST 16, 2024

When mpox first began to spread internationally in 2022, affected countries scrambled to buy some of the limited supply of poxvirus vaccines produced in the world. The Danish company Bavarian Nordic, maker of the Jynneos smallpox vaccine, faced the sizable challenge of trying to meet demand with its supply. This week’s declaration of a second public health emergency of international concern to deal with new and concerning outbreaks of mpox in Africa has again thrust the company onto cente

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 15, 2024

A long-time leader in public health and outreach to people of color, Dr. Reed Tuckson offers the lessons he learned from the COVID pandemic and how pharma can better serve those communities.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction makes up 50% of all UK heart failure cases

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The Pharmacist

AUGUST 16, 2024

The October start date for Covid and flu vaccinations will cause 'problems with capacity' for community pharmacies as they juggle increased prescriptions and seasonal ailments alongside the vaccination programme, the chief executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) has warned. This comes as NHS England (NHSE) confirmed this week that the main flu and Covid […] The post October vaccination start could stretch pharmacy capacity, IPA warns appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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STAT

AUGUST 16, 2024

Degree by degree, the earth’s temperature ticks up. Heat records fall as reliably as the sun sets. In July, the East Coast broiled. This week, Texas and its neighbors are feeling the burn. It’s been an absolute scorcher in the United States, the hottest summer on record. This summer might also be one of the coolest summers for the rest of your life.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 12, 2024

Deals driven by obesity meds are fueling an M&A comeback.

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The Pharmacist

AUGUST 15, 2024

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is ‘hopeful’ about the new government’s support for the sector, but is planning another day of action to keep pharmacy ‘on the agenda’. ‘The new government has had lots of issues to deal with in its first few weeks. We want to make sure that we remind the government this […] The post Paul Rees: 'We have to keep pharmacy on the government's agenda' appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

WASHINGTON — The day drug makers dreaded has finally arrived.  Medicare officials on Thursday unveiled the results of the program’s first 10 drug price negotiations, despite the industry’s two-decade, multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign and barrage of lawsuits to stop them.  The drugs that received negotiated prices include Bristol Myers Squibb’s blood thinner Eliquis, Boehringer Ingelheim’s diabetes drug Jardiance, Johnson & Johnson’s bl

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 13, 2024

A series of executive turnovers at Gain Therapeutics this year precedes important early-stage Parkinson’s results that could change how the disease is treated.

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Pharma Times

AUGUST 16, 2024

The study yielded over one million dose-responsive curves for existing cancer drugs

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BioPharma Dive

AUGUST 16, 2024

The vaccine didn’t spur a strong enough immune response against a particular flu strain in a Phase 3 trial, leading the companies to ponder adjustments.

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STAT

AUGUST 14, 2024

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the spread of mpox in multiple African countries a public health emergency of international concern, the second such declaration in the past two years called in response to transmission of the virus. The latest decision came on the recommendation of a panel of experts convened to advise WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the issue.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 13, 2024

Immunic’s treatment has anti-inflammation, neuroprotection and antiviral effects plus a ‘benign’ safety profile that even seems to lower the risk of COVID-19 infection.

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Pharma Times

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bowel cancer was the most common cancer to be identified in both men and women

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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.

The Pharmacist

AUGUST 16, 2024

Public health officials are warning of a concerning rise in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea infections in England. Data from the UK Health Security Agency shows there have been 15 new confirmed cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae between June 2022 and May 2024. This includes five cases which were extensively drug-resistant to first and second line antibiotics as well […] The post Public health warning over rising rates of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea appeared first on T

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AUGUST 14, 2024

In February 2021, I received my second Covid-19 shot — the newly developed vaccine that would eventually save millions of lives worldwide — with great anticipation. It proved to be a life-changing event: Two hours later as I was driving home, the shock of a sudden loud and high-pitched whistling nearly caused me to veer off the road. It was as if an audible dog whistle began blaring right next to me.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 16, 2024

The final negotiations slash drug prices between 38% and 79% for Medicare’s 2026 calendar year.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 16, 2024

On Wednesday, 14th August, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). By Thursday, 15th August, the first case of the severe variant was reported in Sweden, marking its emergence outside of Africa.

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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.

The Pharmacist

AUGUST 15, 2024

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has updated its guidance to advise health professionals to be aware of a new more fatal variant of mpox, currently spreading in parts of central and East Africa. The UKHSA warning, issued today, comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a global public health emergency yesterday. There are […] The post UKHSA updates mpox guidance for health professionals amid global health alert appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

AUGUST 13, 2024

WASHINGTON — The idea for Todd Wagner’s new advocacy organization FoodFight USA, he says, came to him after visiting George Clooney in Lake Como. He’s recruited Morgan Freeman, who is “obviously” a friend. He personally lobbied Arnold Schwarzenegger and current California Gov. Gavin Newsom to support food makers’ nightmare scenario — a first-in-the-nation law banning certain food additives in the state, which was signed into law last year.

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 14, 2024

The German biotech is leveraging its mRNA platforms to develop a new class of cancer treatments that are necessary to lift the company’s flagging sales.

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BioPharma Dive

AUGUST 15, 2024

The layoffs are part of a larger reorganization that will also see the departure of Lykos’ founder, the psychedelics advocate Rick Doblin.

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Pharma Times

AUGUST 12, 2024

A second dose of the vaccine lowered the incidence of conditions such as heart attack or stroke

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STAT

AUGUST 15, 2024

People with disabilities are largely excluded from clinical trials that could benefit them because federal agencies have failed to update rules that govern how trials are conducted or neglected to enforce existing laws that protect disabled Americans against discrimination, a new report has found. The National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency, released the report this week detailing how several federal agencies implicitly and explicitly exclude people with disabilities from c

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PharmaVoice

AUGUST 15, 2024

The agency said the first round of pricing talks, which involved drugs like the blood thinners Eliquis and Xarelto, will result in $6 billion in savings for taxpayers.

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BioPharma Dive

AUGUST 15, 2024

The agency said the first round of pricing talks, which involved drugs like the blood thinners Eliquis and Xarelto, will result in $6 billion in savings for taxpayers.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 13, 2024

With the implementation of advancing technologies in industry comes the parallel need for suitable upskilling of the workforce – but this doesn’t as yet always pan out, and in today’s pharmaphorum podcast COO of Enthought Mike Connell discusses the growing skills gap in R&D in life sciences and the 80/20 rule with web editor Nicole Raleigh, as well as the need for correct education of people and machines, both.

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STAT

AUGUST 14, 2024

By definition, sudden cardiac arrest seems to come out of nowhere. The most shocking cases are when young athletes collapse on the field, but this type of calamity also strikes dedicated middle-age runners, retirees whose health problems seemed well under control, adults of all ages and class. If the person is lucky, medical help is close enough to get the heart beating again after it stops and before brain damage sets in, and the search for the hidden cause can begin.

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Pharma Times

AUGUST 15, 2024

Children accounted for the majority of mpox cases and deaths in the DRC since June 2023

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BioPharma Dive

AUGUST 12, 2024

The clearance of Yorvipath for hypoparathyroidism was some time coming for Ascendis, which had resubmitted after receiving a rejection last year.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 15, 2024

AI's role in inventing new drugs raises questions about ownership rights in the pharmaceutical sector. Explore the complexities of defining ownership in drug discovery with AI technology.

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