PharmD Live

JUNE 16, 2025

[link] National Community Pharmacists Association. Medication adherence in America: A national report card. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from [link] World Health Organization. Adherence to long-term therapies: Evidence for action. link] Budnitz, D. Lovegrove, M. Shehab, N., & Richards, C.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 12, 2025

Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and with it drug coverage for tens of millions of Medicare enrollees for the first time in program history. From a coverage perspective, Part D has been a success, with older Americans paying far less for drugs than they otherwise would have prior to MMA 2003. Add President Joseph R.

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Express Pharma

MARCH 12, 2025

With this approval, Zydus Lifesciences now has 419 approvals and has filed a total of 483* Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) since the filing process began in the financial year 2003-04. (*As As on 31 st December, 2024.)

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Express Pharma

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Between 1935 and 2003, the world saw the introduction of 14 new classes of antibiotics. The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance AMR is a pressing issue, with the pace of bacterial resistance outstripping the development of new antibiotics. However, over the last 20 years, new approvals have dwindled significantly.

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Beckers Hospital Review

JULY 9, 2025

What do you mean we’re still running Windows 2003?’ They come in and they’re like, ‘What do you mean, we’re running servers that are 15 years old or network switches that are 20 years old? ’ You find folks shocked by the technical debt in healthcare.” ” Ms.

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Safe Biologics

JULY 7, 2025

Badger was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 leading to the creation of a prescription drug benefit for millions of seniors. Doug’s contributions to health policy in Washington have been immeasurable,” said Reilly. “It

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Beckers Hospital Review

JULY 11, 2025

She began her tenure at the health system in 2003 as an administrative fellow. Denise Webber. President and CEO, Stillwater (Okla.) Webber has served as president and CEO of Stillwater since 2016. She was promoted to the senior leadership team in 2006 and was promoted to COO before assuming her current role. Becker’s named Ms.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 11, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022;28(11):2238-2240. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3. Fera T, Bluml BM, Ellis WM. Diabetes Ten City Challenge: final economic and clinical results. 2009;49(3):383-391. doi:10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09015 2009.09015 Blalock SJ, Roberts AW, Lauffenburger JC, Thompson T, O'Connor SK.

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STAT

MAY 3, 2024

Nearly 900 people in 23 countries have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus since it started spreading from Southeast Asia in late 2003. But previous human cases were all linked to transmission from infected birds, typically domestic poultry. Read the rest…

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The nonprofit research institute, based in Seattle, was founded in 2003 by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen to go after big and basic scientific questions. Mapping the billions of cells that make up the brain is a task mammoth enough to keep hundreds of researchers across continents busy for years.

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STAT

JANUARY 19, 2024

Holmes was sentenced in November 2022 to 11 years in prison following a trial that determined she knew her blood-testing startup, which was founded in 2003 and which claimed to be able to test for a range of diseases and risks with one finger prick, produced inaccurate and faulty results. military to use its tests on the battlefield.

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STAT

JUNE 26, 2024

The nation’s longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities will not improve unless Congress steps in to provide affordable health insurance for all and federal agencies start enforcing existing laws against discrimination and improve collection of racial and ethnic data, said the authors of a new report released Wednesday.

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APRIL 4, 2024

  The price of Humira rose 470% in the 20 years following its launch in 2003 to reach upward of $84,000 annually. Cyltezo is one of the only biosimilars that can be substituted for Humira at the pharmacy counter without a doctor’s permission, so it is in a better competitive position than most others. 

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STAT

JANUARY 10, 2023

Five studies co-authored by Tessier-Lavigne are now under the microscope for containing alleged altered images: a 1999 Cell study , a 2008 paper in the EMBO Journal, a 2003 Nature study, and two studies published in 2001 in Science.

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APRIL 5, 2024

When Francis Collins, then-director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, testified before Congress in 2003 about the significance of sequencing the human genome that year, he introduced personalized medicine as a new concept.

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STAT

MAY 13, 2024

” The answer invariably comes back to a popular 2003 journal article from a quartet of health economists titled, “ It’s The Prices, Stupid.” ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

JANUARY 30, 2023

The human genome was sequenced in 2003. The act also created an industry that didn’t exist in the United States before its enactment, enabling the formation of companies to develop and commercialize therapies for rare diseases. That said, a lot has changed in science and drug development since 1983.

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STAT

MARCH 6, 2023

That was the message Chinese scientists delivered Monday on the opening day of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London.

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JUNE 1, 2023

billion in 2003 to $42.9 But that could end up hammering the NIH budget, which has steadily climbed over the years as Congress channeled billions of dollars to research on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and rare diseases. The NIH’s overall budget nearly doubled from $25.8 billion in 2022.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

biomedical research powerhouse, a role he held from 2003 to 2021, when he was appointed to serve as the White House’s first Cabinet-level science adviser to the president. But the founding director will not be back at the helm of the Cambridge, Mass.,

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STAT

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The precedent established in 2003, when the court ruled that race, along with other factors, could be given limited consideration in higher education admissions when necessary to achieve student body diversity, is now in jeopardy.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2003, Pancho’s life changed forever. That’s when a car crash sent the 20-year-old farm worker into emergency surgery to repair damage to his stomach. The operation went well, but the next day, a blood clot caused by the procedure cut off oxygen to his brain stem, leaving him paralyzed and unable to speak.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Yale and the VA agreed in 2003 to share royalties on patents with inventors from both institutions.  Yale and professor John Krystal agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve claims that they failed to pay the VA its share of royalties for patents covering intranasal ketamine used to treat depression.

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STAT

APRIL 15, 2024

Advisors, a hedge-fund firm run by brothers Felix and Julian Baker, had in 2003 invested in Seagen, a developer of next-generation cancer treatments. Pfizer bought Baker Bros.  Pfizer bought the company for $43 billion last year.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JUNE 7, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogenâs Aduhelm (aducanumab) for the treatment of Alzheimerâs: making it the first new treatment approved for the disease since 2003.

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NY Times

JUNE 5, 2021

If the agency approves it, aducanumab would be the first new Alzheimer’s treatment since 2003. Patients are desperate for new options, but some scientists say there isn’t enough evidence it works.

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Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2003 the Human Genome Project provided the first atlas. Despite untold investment by numerous pharmaceutical companies, FDA-approved drugs that target critical brain functions and conditions like anxiety, depression, and sedation continue to present severe and unpredictable side effects, including suicidal ideation.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Now many believe the money might have been better spent on public health interventions After spending 13 years and $2.7bn, the Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped our DNA, paving the way for a new era of medicine that would deliver “the right treatment, for the right patient, at the right time”.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

JUNE 15, 2023

Lancet 2003; 361 (9373): 1935-8. PMID 29855084 De Silva HA, Fonseka MM, Pathmeswaran A et al. Multiple dose activated charcoal for treatment of yellow oleander poisoning: A single-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial.

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Express Pharma

APRIL 19, 2023

The group now has 363 approvals and has so far filed over 440* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Roflumilast Tablets, 250 mcg had annual sales of $34 million in the United States (IQVIA MAT Feb. The post Zydus gets USFDA approval for Roflumilast Tablets, 250 mcg appeared first on Express Pharma.

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Express Pharma

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The group now has 387 approvals and has so far filed over 460* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Dexamethasone Tablets USP, 1 mg had annual sales of $1.8 million in the United States (IQVIA Dec. The post Zydus gets tentative USFDA approval for Dexamethasone Tablets USP, 1 mg appeared first on Express Pharma.

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Express Pharma

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The group now has 381 approvals and has so far filed over 444* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Sugammadex Injection, 200 mg/2 mL (100 mg/mL) and 500 mg/5 mL (100 mg/mL), SingleDose Vial had annual sales of $986 million in the United States (IQVIA MAT Aug 2023).

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Express Pharma

APRIL 22, 2024

The group now has 393 approvals and has so far filed over 460* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Mirabegron Extended-Release Tablets USP 25mg and 50mg had annual sales of $2.42 billion in the US (IQVIA MAT February 2024). The post Zydus launches Mirabegron ER tablets in US appeared first on Express Pharma.

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cureatr

AUGUST 10, 2023

Two decades after the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 created Medicare Part D, nearly 50 million Americans are enrolled in a standalone prescription drug benefit program.

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Orsini Pharmacy

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In 2003, Tommy was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) , a genetic disorder where the body does not maintain muscle mass due to an inborn lack of the protein dystrophin. On Rare Disease Day, we are dedicating this blog to Tommy, a selfless and caring individual we had the opportunity to serve for several years.

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Express Pharma

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The group now has 386 approvals and has so far filed over 448* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Dexamethasone Tablets USP, 0.5 mg, 4 mg and 6 mg had annual sales of $22 million and Dexamethasone Tablets USP, 2 mg has annual sales of $6 million in the United States (IQVIA Dec.

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Express Pharma

MAY 13, 2024

The group now has 395 approvals and has so far filed over 460 (as of 31st December, 2023) ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04. Dexamethasone Tablets USP, 1 mg had annual sales of $ 1.8 million in the United States (IQVIA MAT March 24).

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