STAT
JULY 25, 2024
UnitedHealth Group started out as a small, Minnesota health insurance company and has since morphed into a modern-day Standard Oil, exerting unmatched dominance over health care in the United States. It’s no secret that UnitedHealth is a colossus: It’s the country’s largest health insurer and the fourth-largest company of any type by revenue, just behind Apple.
PharmaVoice
JULY 9, 2024
Vetigenics believes it’s found a way to make pricey antibody-based technologies more accessible for animals.
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BioPharma Dive
JULY 18, 2024
The offering comes days after the publication of a paper showing what analysts said was early proof that “off-the-shelf” cell therapies can treat inflammatory diseases.
The Pharmacist
JULY 31, 2024
More and more pharmacies are closing as a six-month delay to the community pharmacy contract means core funding has still not been uplifted since 2019. Contractors told The Pharmacist that they struggle to keep up with increased demand for services and the knock-on impact of pressure elsewhere in the health system, while being unable to pay their […] The post Pharmacy contract delays causing 'stress, uncertainty and closures' appeared first on The Pharmacist.
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Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 22, 2024
As the use of AI soared across healthcare, NVIDIA fit the bill in providing the necessary technology – and its stock tells the same story.
Outsourcing Pharma
JULY 29, 2024
The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF), in collaboration with CurePSP and the Aging Mind Foundation (AMF), has announced the allocation of $2 million in grants to support groundbreaking research in primary tauopathies.
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pharmaphorum
JULY 11, 2024
The US Senate has come together to pass a bill that aims to prevent pharma companies from filing multiple patents around biologic drugs as a way to delay biosimilar competitors.Lawmakers unanimously passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S-150), which is part of a lengthening list of measures being taken by Congress to curb the prices of medicines in the US.
BioPharma Dive
JULY 1, 2024
Study results are expected for a pair of closely watched obesity drugs, while key tests await for a high-priced AbbVie acquisition and one of 2023’s largest IPOs.
The Pharmacist
JULY 23, 2024
Primary care network (PCN) pharmacists should be enabled to prioritise structured medication reviews (SMRs) in the highest risk patients, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said in a policy statement today. This follows concerns that PCNs and practices are deprioritising SMRs and directing pharmacists towards other work. RPS England vice-chair Brendon Jiang suggested that the […] The post Pharmacists must be enabled to prioritise SMRs, urges RPS appeared first on The Pharmacist.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JULY 30, 2024
Japanese researchers have developed a new method for photoisomerisation of E -cinnamamides to Z -cinnamamides. The approach uses a recycling photoreactor coupled with a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. As organic compounds, many Z -alkenes “cannot be prepared through conventional methods involving thermodynamic methods”. On the other hand, “photoisomerisation can offer good yields”, they noted.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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Express Pharma
JULY 6, 2024
The hemp industry in India is expanding rapidly, but there are several obstacles standing in its way. These include strict rules and regulations and a lot of misinformation. The sector can only flourish if the government provides backing in the form of legalisation and awareness campaigns on hemp and its products. Focusing on sustainable development and a defined course of action will establish India as a leader in the global hemp market and encourage ethical practices.
STAT
JULY 17, 2024
Vaccination lowers the chance of developing long Covid, according to a large new study that also found that the risk of serious complications has diminished but not disappeared as new coronavirus variants emerged. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine , compared the health records of more than 440,000 Veterans Affairs patients who were infected with Covid-19 with records of more than 4 million uninfected people.
PharmaTech
JULY 17, 2024
The company has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of Clonazepam Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP (C-IV), because of incorrect strength published on product carton.
BioPharma Dive
JULY 15, 2024
Updated results show the biotech's RAS inhibitor shrank pancreatic tumors in 20% to 25% of study participants, but with high rates of side effects like rash and nausea.
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
JULY 16, 2024
Community pharmacies in south-east London have launched what is believed to be England’s only nationally-funded inhaler recycling pilot. NHS England (NHSE) has funded the scheme, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases from metered dose inhalers. Patients will be encouraged to return their used or expired inhalers to one of 20 participating community pharmacies.
pharmaphorum
JULY 4, 2024
Changing Faces explores the digital and supplier hires from April 2024, with a focus on companies like SPT Labtech, Sphere Fluidics, Newel Health, and Diaceutics. Stay updated on the latest developments in the industry.
European Pharmaceutical Review
JULY 4, 2024
Altering the conditions that T cells are grown in can improve CAR T-cell therapy, US researchers have found. Discovered by chance, their new method has potential to treat solid cancer tumours more efficiently, according to the findings. Putting T cells on a keto diet [putting our T cells on a three-day ‘keto’ diet] showed reduced maturity at the end of the manufacturing process.
STAT
JULY 16, 2024
DECORAH, Iowa — It was livestock check-in day at the Winneshiek County Fair, and the dairy barn was consumed with a kind of pre-prom anxiety. A cow named Daiquiri was lumbering back from the milking parlor, adjusting to a new schedule that would have her “mammary system” bulging for showtime. Kennedy was getting a fresh shave, tufts of udder-fuzz drifting to the floor, revealing her resplendent venation.
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vizient
JULY 30, 2024
The report points to expanding indications of previously approved medications, such as semaglutide, as partial cause for the projected increase. It also urges providers to prepare for an increased number of high-cost cell and gene therapies entering the market that will significantly impact provider budgets and operational processes.
BioPharma Dive
JULY 11, 2024
Far behind companies like Novo and Eli Lilly, Pfizer hopes the version of the drug, danuglipron, that it’s chosen to advance can break into the ultra-lucrative market for weight-loss medicines.
The Pharmacist
JULY 30, 2024
The number of students passing the summer pharmacist registration exam is the lowest it has been in four years, figures published today have revealed. Just 75% of trainee pharmacists passed the common registration assessment for pharmacists this year, held jointly by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
pharmaphorum
JULY 24, 2024
Stay updated on Matteo Levisetti, the chief medical officer at CUE Biopharma, post ASCO 2024. Learn about his latest research and contributions in the field of biopharma.
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Pharma Times
JULY 24, 2024
The neurodegenerative disease is currently the most common cause of dementia
STAT
JULY 22, 2024
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, overcharged U.S. Postal Service employees by a whopping $45 million for their prescription drugs during a recent five-year period, according to a federal audit. The findings are likely to intensify scrutiny of the controversial role played by PBMs in the opaque pharmaceutical pricing system.
Pharmaceutical Business Review
JULY 17, 2024
The new line, representing an investment of nearly €6.6m ($7.1m), is located at the Life Science Center in Nantong. This development is aimed at meeting the increasing local demand for high-quality custom CCM, critical in the production of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and new therapeutics. The commercialisation of the Nantong facility’s production line will allow Chinese customers to access established range of custom CCM products and services of Merck.
BioPharma Dive
JULY 2, 2024
The company claimed Phase 2 study results prove the therapy’s promise treating myasthenia gravis. But shares lost more than a quarter of their value amid questions about the data.
The Pharmacist
JULY 23, 2024
Primary care networks (PCNs) are employing 37,000 staff through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS), including pharmacists, social prescribers and physician associates, according to NHS England. A spokesperson told our sister title Pulse PCN that as of June, there were ‘37,000 roles under the programme currently in place’, which is 43% higher than their original […] The post ARRS hits a high of 37,000 staff, NHS confirms appeared first on The Pharmacist.
pharmaphorum
JULY 1, 2024
AstraZeneca may have exited the COVID-19 vaccine market, but it is still hoping to protect vulnerable patients with its antibody sipavibart for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).The drugmaker said this morning that an application for sipavibart (AZD3152) has been accepted for review by the EMA as PrEP for immunocompromised patients who often do not respond adequately to vaccination alone and remain at high risk of serious outcomes from COVID-19.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 1, 2024
On 8 May, the UK was the world's first government to formally implement a new model for the funding and support of novel antibiotic commercialisation.
STAT
JULY 21, 2024
WASHINGTON — President Biden is ending his bid for a second term in office and backing Vice President Kamala Harris to take the nomination, he announced Sunday. While Harris shares similar views as Biden on many issues, she is to the left of the president on health care. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term,” the president wrote in a letter sha
Outsourcing Pharma
JULY 26, 2024
Discover the groundbreaking work of Cure51, co-founded by Nicolas Wolikow and Simon Istolainen, revolutionizing cancer treatment through advanced AI and biotechnology.
BioPharma Dive
JULY 2, 2024
The drug, which Lilly will sell as Kinsunla, carries a warning for the risk of a certain kind of imaging abnormality that can be serious in rare cases.
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