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Off-label treatment for alcohol use disorder is linked to slower liver decline, study suggests

STAT

But a different medication, one frequently used off-label for the condition, could provide greater benefit to patients with alcohol-associated liver disease, a new study suggests.  Nearly 30 million adults in the United States have alcohol use disorder, according to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2025 Formulary Exclusions: Humira, Stelara, Private Labels, and the Shaky Future for Pharmacy Biosimilars

Drug Channels

As youll see below, the combination of formulary exclusion and private labels is creating an increasingly confusing and crowded biosimilar marketplace. For 2025, the Big Three PBMs shifted national formularies to favor their private-label biosimilars over Humira and its many biosimilar competitors.

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Opinion: Four types of bias in medical AI are running under the FDA’s radar

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Although artificial intelligence is entering health care with great promise, clinical AI tools are prone to bias and real-world underperformance from inception to deployment, including the stages of dataset acquisition, labeling or annotating, algorithm training, and validation.

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The Big Three PBMs’ 2025 Formulary Exclusions: Humira, Stelara, Private Labels, and the Shaky Future for Pharmacy Biosimilars (rerun)

Drug Channels

As youll see below, the combination of formulary exclusion and private labels is creating an increasingly confusing and crowded biosimilar marketplace. For 2025, the Big Three PBMs shifted national formularies to favor their private-label biosimilars over Humira and its many biosimilar competitors.

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STAT+: Former Sage executives join biotech VC Cure Ventures

STAT

The two men worked together from 2013 until 2022, when Jonas left to start a biotech incubator with funding from investment giant CBC Group. The VC firm has hired Jeff Jonas, Sage’s former chief executive, and Al Robichaud, Sage’s former chief scientific officer, as partners, the team told STAT exclusively.

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RFID: The future of smart labelling?

Pharmaceutical Technology

In August of 2022, Fresenius Kabi announced a three-year plan to add GS1 Data Matrix barcodes, also known as 2D barcodes, to its US pharmaceutical portfolio. What lies ahead for RFID and smart labelling Volpe says “the future is bright” for smart technologies that identify, monitor, and track medications through the supply chain.

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