STAT

MARCH 21, 2023

The path to payment for virtual reality companies working in health care just became slightly smoother. CMS granted AppliedVR a unique code for its flagship product, RelieVRx, and placed it in an existing benefit category: durable medical equipment.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The FDA has revised the final guidance, Submission and Review of Sterility Information in Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions for Devices Labeled as Sterile, to list VHP as an example of an Established Category A method of sterilization.

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STAT

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pittsburgh-based Highmark quietly put in place a policy in August describing when these treatments may be “medically necessary,” which paves the way for the health insurer to be the first to cover the category for a population of millions of members. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration signaled Monday that it will require health plans on federal exchanges to cover more of the costs of generic drugs, a small tweak that nevertheless has industry groups divided on how best to manage drug costs.

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 9, 2024

For 2024, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and OptumRx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded 600 or more drugs from their standard formularies. CVS Health will lean into the craziness with a widely misunderstood—but unambiguously anti-biosimilar—Humira strategy.

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Express Pharma

OCTOBER 27, 2023

SETU aims to grow their business 30 times over the next five years, capitalising on strong category and channel growth. Nihaal Mariwala, Founder, SETU shared, “I am grateful for the support from our investors, who share a common vision of revolutionising the supplements category with novel products and a superior customer experience.

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Putting Patients First Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Updated Member Categories & Dues Structure Reflect Increased NHC Value January 18, 2024 By: Bob Scott, NHC, Director, Member Services For the past three years, the National Health Council (NHC) has worked with its diverse membership to overcome challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Yet in medical research and public health in the United States, people with Asian ancestry are almost always grouped into a single racial category. They make up more than 60% of the world’s population. They speak more than 100 different languages. Read the rest…

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The Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

YouTube has committed to expanding the categories of healthcare professionals that it verifies as a reputable source amid concerns pharmacists are currently excluded. But the […] The post Include pharmacists as health professionals, creators tell YouTube appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And so, we leave you with this … Analysts forecast obesity medication is the next blockbuster pharmaceutical category, equivalent to the revolution in treating high blood pressure in the 1980s , The Financial Times tells us.

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Putting Patients First Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Updated Member Categories, Dues Structure Reflect Increased NHC Value October 26, 2023 By: Randall Rutta, Chief Executive Officer For the past three years, the National Health Council (NHC) has worked with our diverse membership in overcoming the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 25, 2023

Two new categories and eight prizes in total are divided into two separate streams: Exhibitor Innovation Awards and the Health Product Awards. In keeping with the wider trend in Pharma, the Exhibitor Innovation Awards will no longer include one dedicated sustainability category. Read the guidelines for entry here.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 3, 2024

For 2024, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and OptumRx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded 600 or more drugs from their standard formularies. CVS Health will lean into the craziness with an unusual Humira strategy.*

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

These recognise outstanding achievements and contributions from the global pharmaceutical industry and supply chain across 12 broad categories. Snapdragon Chemistry, a Cambrex company, was selected as winner of the API Development category. In the Finished Formulation category, Lubrizol Life Science Health was selected as the winner.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Three categories were available for entry in the Exhibitor Innovations section. The product awarded in the patient-centric design category provides accurate and reliable drug delivery of therapeutic and prophylactic medicinal substances, by intradermal injection. It provides an equal barrier to a traditional aluminium lid or PVC.

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Express Pharma

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The jury panel was chaired by three scientists: Dr Anurag Agarwal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, Dr Radha Rangarajan, Director of CSIR-CDRI, and Dr Srinivasa Reddy, Director of CSIR-IICT. Additionally, seven runner-up recipients, were awarded Rs 100,000.

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World Pharma News

MAY 31, 2023

The Consumer Health Division of Bayer has launched a business unit focused on developing new Precision Health products across its range of everyday health categories.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 30, 2024

Investigators identify 32 performance measures in the final set grouped into 10 categories of disease or health condition.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 22, 2023

Three new categories have been created to reflect the surge of innovation sweeping the industry, from new methodologies to sustainability and philanthropic initiatives. This category will span projects at proof-of-concept stage to prototype or commercial launch. Don't miss your chance to enter the CPHI Pharma Awards!

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Quality Matters

MARCH 8, 2024

Navigating “Trending” Supplements Last year, we witnessed growing interest in consumer health and wellness products that were trending on social media. Since 1994, dietary supplements have been regulated as a category of foods, meaning that they do not require FDA approval before they are sold to the public.

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Express Pharma

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Aptivate Champion Run aims to raise awareness about children’s health and wellbeing through physical activity and promoting healthy eating habits. This edition of Aptivate Champion Run participants offers three distinct categories: a 500-meter run for children aged 4–7 years (accompanied by parents), a 1.5-kilometer

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Meanwhile, Prescript Communications – which had designed Novartis’ Kesimpta Digital Training Portal, the Bronze winner of the Internal Communications category – said that the company itself had been fortunate to undergo its own creative digitalisation makeover process before being approached for the project, having foreseen developing trends.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Two virtual reality startups operating in the health category – BehaVR and OxfordVR – have agreed to pool their efforts on the development of digital therapeutics (DTx) for mental illnesses via a merger. It is thought to be one of the largest collaborations involving digital health and pharma companies in the DTx category.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to Rock Health’s annual digital health funding report, US-based digital health companies enabling life sciences research and development raised $5.8 billion) in 2021, making it the top funded category of the sector. The number three category, disease treatment, was also pharma-related. billion (£4.3

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pharmaphorum

JULY 22, 2022

billion and making it one of the online retail giant’s largest-ever acquisitions – and by far its biggest within the health category. San Francisco-based One Medical covers the last three of those categories as well as brick-and-mortar clinics, which Amazon currently lacks. It made an operating loss of $93 million.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Safety category includes companies and institutions that have demonstrated best practice in health and safety including compliance to standards and any initiatives taken to improve workplace safety through the introduction of new guidelines, policies or equipment. Ranking Categories.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After a bumper 2021, the fall-off in digital health financing deals that started to appear early this year has continued, with the three month to send September the lowest funded quarter since the tail end of 2019. All told, digital health companies raised $2.2 All told, digital health companies raised $2.2

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business Expansion is one of our largest categories and looks at the core functions of business operations within the sector. AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo Nokia Bell Labs andEquideum Health Oak Hill Bio. The category also includes projects that contribute to the environment such as tree planting schemes and river cleaning.

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RX Note

MAY 24, 2023

Introduction The drug prescribing system in government hospitals and clinics is categorized into different prescriber categories, as outlined in the Ministry of Health Medicines Formulary. Budget Control The prescriber category system also serves to control the expenditure related to drugs procurement.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A new report by the Committee of Experts on minimising the public health risks posed by falsified medical products and related crimes (CD-P-PH/CMED) shares insight on how authorities perceive and address the falsification of medical devices.

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Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Paris, Pharmapack Europe (#PharmapackEU) announce the winners of the 2021 Pharmapack Awards and, due to the exceptional quality of this year’s entries, seven winners have been chosen across both the ‘Exhibitor Innovation’ and ‘Health Product’ awards. Nemera received an award for the ‘connected devices and wearables’ category.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An artificial intelligence-powered digital health worker has been unveiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as its latest tool for disseminating reliable health information to the public. ” The WHO said it plans to continue to develop the digital health worker to help meet major health issues facing the world today.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 17, 2022

In recent years it has successfully integrated the Novartis consumer health portfolio and the Pfizer portfolio, which resulted in annual sales of £9.6 45% of GSK Consumer Healthcare is in Oral Care and VMS – categories in which Unilever already has presence and substantial capabilities. billion in 2021.

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Pharma in Brief

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Canada’s Drug and Health Technology Agency ( CADTH ) has published its procedures for a new time-limited reimbursement recommendation category. This recommendation category is intended to help provide earlier access to new therapies for severe, rare, or debilitating conditions where there is an unmet medical need.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A digital health assistant that can help people at risk of becoming dependent on alcohol has been launched in Belize, its first country, by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO). The post WHO/PAHO launch free digital health assistant to cut alcohol-related diseases appeared first on.

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Express Pharma

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The funding was led by Natco Pharma and Rainmatter Health, supported by Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath, founders of Zerodha. The post Pee Safe partially closes Series B round with $3 mn from Natco Pharma, Rainmatter Health appeared first on Express Pharma. Alkemi Growth Capital, an existing investor, also participated in the round.

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