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How a conservative, gun-toting doctor defended abortion access in Appalachia

STAT

BRISTOL, Va. — When Wes Adams’ youngest son was little, he’d sometimes toddle over to the TV, pop in a cassette, and watch himself being born. It was a home video, filmed by his older brother. There was his mother, her belly anesthetized but her head very much awake, asking the doctors to keep the incision small, please. There was his dad’s medical partner, making the cut for the C-section.

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Hope sputters for emerging anti-TIGIT drug class

PharmaVoice

Leaked data for Roche’s immunotherapy appeared positive, but some experts aren’t convinced it’ll make an impact for cancer patients.

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Neuroplast spinal cord injury study milestone

Pharma Times

The trial analyses the impact of its ‘Neuro-Cells’ among patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries - News - PharmaTimes

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Westminster debate to spotlight 'unprecedented challenges' in community pharmacy

The Pharmacist

The ‘unprecedented challenges’ faced by community pharmacies will be spotlighted at a Westminster debate next week. Conservative MP for Waveney Peter Aldous has secured a debate at Westminster Hall on the afternoon of Thursday 14 September on the ‘future of community pharmacies’. Confirming the news, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) said this provided a ‘very good […] The post Westminster debate to spotlight 'unprecedented challenges' in community pharmacy appeared first on The P

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

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.

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How a supplement company became a haven for health misinformation

STAT

On a Friday afternoon in July, as many New Yorkers fled the scorching city streets, a couple of dozen out-of-towners descended on Times Square. They came bearing gold letter balloons spelling out LFVN, the stock symbol for LifeVantage, the company they’d come to promote, and foam cutouts of its navy blue supplement bottles. LifeVantage’s chief executive officer, Steve Fife, rang the Nasdaq exchange’s closing bell, a celebration of the Utah-based company’s new products

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4 modernized functions every sponsor needs for study startup

PharmaVoice

Explore four modern tech capabilities designed to help decrease cycle times, improve processes and compliance and mitigate site burdens.

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Ask employers to sign Covid-19 safety pledge, urges PDA

The Pharmacist

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has urged pharmacists to ask their employers to sign the Covid-19 safety pledge, which includes a commitment to ensuring that all workers who test positive for the virus are both asked to self-isolate and given adequate support to stay at home. The representative body itself has recently signed the pledge, […] The post Ask employers to sign Covid-19 safety pledge, urges PDA appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Opinion: STAT+: Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson: The right way to bring AI into pharma

STAT

While it’s widely accepted that the pharma industry is innovative in R&D, it is also true that it can be slow at embracing technological revolutions. Many people have criticized pharma companies for being slow to adopt AI. Indeed, some CEOs I talk to are concerned about too widely adopting AI, citing fears of unknown threats. But as the CEO of Sanofi, I don’t believe those challenges should guide our thinking or adoption of AI in the pharma business, as AI has the potential to

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Why this scientist left Janssen to help ‘revolutionize’ small molecule drug discovery

PharmaVoice

Murray McKinnon, CSO of Empress Therapeutics, believes its drug discovery platform holds the key to treating and detecting many diseases.

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AMO Pharma reveals data from myotonic dystrophy study

Pharma Times

Clinically significant results have emerged from trial evaluating the company’s AMO-02 candidate - News - PharmaTimes

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Are you still using workarounds to manage your daily operations? To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Download this helpful infographic to: Drive efficiency and patient adherence from referral receipt to delivery and ongoing care – all with our Pharmacy Cloud.

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Biopharma’s rapid transition to omnichannel marketing

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In today’s episode, sponsored by Veeva, we’ll hear a roundtable discussion on this fascinating topic featuring Victoria Serra Gittermann, European customer experience lead at Veeva Systems and Sebastian Noel, Veeva’s director of multichannel strategy – moderating a discussion with two executives with first-hand experience leading this change: Andy Eeckhout, global head of CRM and digital solutions at Advanz Pharma and Mokhtar Elsayed, head of global go to market commercial transformation at Sano

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Ketamine can be transformative for people with suicidal thoughts — if they can access it

STAT

Every day, Marisa Russello was overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts. Even one negative thought might cause her to spiral. A writer working on her book manuscript, she’d be unable to change a word without questioning the entire project’s value altogether. Her depression made it hard to fall and stay asleep. She developed insomnia and took to sleeping during the day.

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Biogen, continuing executive revamp, finds a new research head

BioPharma Dive

Jane Grogan, an industry veteran who worked at Genentech for over 15 years, will take over the role starting Oct. 2. She’ll fill a seat that's lacked a permanent replacement since the departure of Al Sandrock.

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Ariceum doses first patient with satoreotide

Pharma Times

The treatment targets extensive stage small cell lung cancer and aims to boost therapeutic impact - News - PharmaTimes

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NPA announces appointment of new chief executive

The Pharmacist

The chief executive of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Paul Rees, is to become the next chief executive of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), it has been announced. The NPA has today confirmed the appointment of Mr Rees who will begin in post from 27 November. He will replace Mark Lyonette who is retiring after […] The post NPA announces appointment of new chief executive appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT+: Generative AI Tracker: A guide to the health systems and companies driving adoption

STAT

Health care leaders and technology companies are investing heavily in large language models, a powerful class of deep learning models that are trained on vast troves of data. But while enthusiasm for generative AI is high and research is booming, it’s just starting to gain a toehold in clinical settings. Generative AI could be a revolution in health care — but along the way, it will have to address concerns about whether tools meet standards of safety, privacy, equity, and practica

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Nestle gives up on peanut allergy treatment after sluggish sales

BioPharma Dive

The FDA-approved therapy, called Palforzia, was little used, leading Nestle to abandon a business it had secured in a $2.6 billion deal three years ago.

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Bristol Myers Squibb’s Camzyos gets NICE recommendation

Pharma Times

Therapy is used among adult patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - News - PharmaTimes

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New Report Provides Key Insights on 15 Years of Duchenne Patient-Reported Data

Putting Patients First Blog

New Report Provides Key Insights on 15 Years of Duchenne Patient-Reported Data September 7, 2023 By: Pat Furlong, President and CEO, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) September 7 is World Duchenne Awareness Day, a time to raise awareness and inspire action to improve the lives of people living with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. The Duchenne Registry began in 2007, when a group of thought leaders in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community began discussing the need for a new kin

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Obesity-related cardiovascular deaths tripled in the last two decades, new study finds

STAT

Heart disease is killing fewer Americans overall, however, cardiovascular deaths where obesity was listed as a key contributing factor have tripled between 1999 and 2020, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. And, Black women had the highest mortality rate out of all the population groups studied.

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Otsuka taps Shape in deal to design eye gene therapies

BioPharma Dive

Shape uses machine learning and high throughput screening to identify new AAV capsids in ways the company’s CEO compares to the generative AI tools Midjourney and DALLE-2.

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Guidance issued for pharmacies amid amber heat alert

The Pharmacist

Community pharmacies have been issued with guidance that they can display to help patients keep themselves and their medicines safe in the heat. This comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office issued an amber heat alert effective today for all of England except the North East, which has been issued […] The post Guidance issued for pharmacies amid amber heat alert appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Pharmacists Can Play Key Role in Drug Repurposing

Drug Patent Watch

Pharmacists play a crucial role in drug repurposing due to the vast amount of opportunities that exist in this innovative approach. Drug development and registration can be costly, time-consuming, and… The post Pharmacists Can Play Key Role in Drug Repurposing appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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STAT+: Graduate students accuse University of California of wage theft, just months after strike was settled

STAT

University of California graduate students were thrilled last December when they won what they thought were big pay increases after an unprecedented strike. Most of them could expect a 10% salary increase the first year of the new three-year contract, the university system said. But students contend it hasn’t worked out that way. Graduate students on some of the academic system’s 10 campuses are accusing their universities of wage theft, claiming they’re using sleight of han

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AstraZeneca, seeking new drug targets, taps a genomics biotech and its AI technology

BioPharma Dive

Worth up to $840 million, the collaboration will give Alexion access to Verge Genomics’ platform, which uses human tissue data to find drug targets for diseases that degrade the nerve system.

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Vitestro begins blood-drawing device study

Pharma Times

Technology combines AI-based, ultrasound-guided 3D reconstruction with robotic needle insertion - News - PharmaTimes

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NMC generics diktat strengthens call for pharma quality 

Express Pharma

Even as the National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023, is held in abeyance till further notice, it has strengthened the call for quality medicines. Let us examine the possible impact on the pharma sector. Speaking for most doctors, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) compared the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) push towards promotion of generics as “running trains without tracks’’, reasoning that not all generic medicines are of the

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Not yet free from heroin’s grip, an ‘honest, funny man’ finds his way off the streets

STAT

PHILADELPHIA — Shaun Anderson hasn’t slept this late in the day in years. He still wakes up a few times throughout the night — a habit he’s developed trying to protect himself from being jumped while at his most vulnerable. This morning, however, he slept so deeply he didn’t hear his doorbell ring. He wasn’t used to even having a doorbell, or a regular place to sleep — housing is one of many things he’d lost to a decades-long battle with op

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Number of potentially addictive drugs prescribed nearly unchanged in seven years

The Pharmacist

The number of dependency forming medicines prescribed in England has decreased by just 1% since 2015 – when the All Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence was launched to address the growing problem of prescribed drug dependence. The 67 million items for dependency forming medicines prescribed in England in 2022/23 represent a 1% decrease […] The post Number of potentially addictive drugs prescribed nearly unchanged in seven years appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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EsoCap finalises recruitment for eosinophilic esophagitis study

Pharma Times

Candidate ESO-101 will treat participating patients across five European countries - News - PharmaTimes

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Biocon acquires manufacturing facility of Eywa Pharma

Express Pharma

Biocon recently announced that its step-down, wholly-owned subsidiary, Biocon Generics has acquired Eywa Pharma’s oral solid dosage manufacturing facility, located in Cranbury, New Jersey, US, effective September 1, 2023. A company statement informed, “The facility is acquired for a total consideration of $7.7 million. As part of the acquisition, the existing workforce of the facility will transition to Biocon Generics.

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Opinion: I cured my ARFID with psilocybin. I shouldn’t have needed to self-treat it

STAT

For 27 years, I tried to make myself eat vegetables. Last fall, I ate my first salad. Since I was 2 years old, I had an eating disorder known as ARFID — avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. After an infant ear surgery, I mysteriously could only tolerate bread and cheese. Every other food made me gag. A ripe orange, for example, smelled like rotting flesh.

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Funding for practice pharmacist pay rise to be given 'shortly'

The Pharmacist

The 6% uplift to the GP contract to fund pay rises for practice staff and salaried GPs in England will be applied ‘shortly’, NHS England (NHSE) has promised. In July, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced a 6% uplift in general practice funding, intended to cover a pay uplift for salaried GPs and […] The post Funding for practice pharmacist pay rise to be given 'shortly' appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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TherageniX to receive powdered gene therapy grant

Pharma Times

The funding will boost the University of Nottingham spinout’s development of bone regeneration treatment - News - PharmaTimes

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In advocates’ push for superbug funding, ‘$6 billion is nothing’

BioPharma Dive

The PASTEUR Act could be heading for another legislative blow, but advocates say they see a future for the mechanism to fund research into antimicrobial resistance.

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