STAT

MARCH 14, 2024

WASHINGTON — Novo Nordisk’s newly won permission to market the heart benefits of its obesity drug Wegovy could provide a backdoor way to expand access to the drug for people on Medicare, experts told STAT. Currently, Medicare is prohibited by law from covering medications for obesity treatment alone. While companies that manufacture wildly popular anti-obesity medications and their allies haven’t been successful in lobbying Congress to change the law , the Food and Drug

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PharmaVoice

MARCH 15, 2024

The company’s combo treatment Relyvrio was approved in 2022, but after failing a phase 3 trial, may be pulled from the market.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

MARCH 15, 2024

A 28-year-old male presented to the ED for evaluation of an injury to his right eye. While working out with an exercise band, it snapped back, hitting the patient in the right eye. He experienced blurry vision and excess eye tearing immediately after the incident occurred. The patient also developed gross blood over the front of the eye. Physical Exam Vitals : Temp 98°F, HR 73, BP (135/77), RR 16, SpO2 99% HEENT : Gross blood in the anterior portion of the right eye (grade I).

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Pharma Times

MARCH 14, 2024

In the study, the Lymphoma Artificial Reader System accurately detected 90% of lymphatic cancers

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

STAT

MARCH 12, 2024

DETROIT — Every morning, Rebecca Smith, nursing a surgically repaired knee, carefully walks down the hallway of her brutalist brick apartment building, takes the elevator one floor to the lobby, and negotiates the sharply angled driveway outside. There, she waits for an Uber to take her to the last place she wants to go: her methadone clinic.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

MARCH 10, 2024

Confronted by the huge salaries on offer in the US, London boardrooms are lobbying to be allowed to make their own bosses even wealthier There was a sharp intake of breath last month when the pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca cemented chief executive Pascal Soriot’s position as the best-paid FTSE 100 boss with a £17m pay package , up from £15.3m a year earlier.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 13, 2024

Around 200,000 people in the US are expected to be diagnosed with the skin cancer this year

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STAT

MARCH 11, 2024

UnitedHealth Group quietly acquired dozens of outpatient facilities in 2023, with a particular focus on surgery centers, according to a STAT review of company financial filings. Those acquisitions — nearly all of which the company never announced — build on the network of some 90,000 physicians UnitedHealth Group has amassed in recent years.

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PharmaVoice

MARCH 11, 2024

One rare disease survivor’s diagnosis experience highlights the need for pharma companies to better understand the patient journey.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

MARCH 11, 2024

In July 2022, a 32-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV (on antiretroviral therapy, CD4 390, viral load undetectable) presented to the emergency department with constitutional symptoms and a rash for 4-5 days. His symptoms included malaise, body aches, subjective fevers, a sore throat, tender, swollen neck glands, body rash, and irritation of his left eye.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 11, 2024

The neurodevelopmental condition affects up to four in 100 children

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STAT

MARCH 11, 2024

Despite being the largest minority in the nation , disabled people like us have been structurally and institutionally obstructed from entering research-dominated fields. When they do manage to break through, they are seldom given the support and accommodations needed to sustain employment and thrive in their professional lives. As we have experienced, including people with disabilities in academic leadership and decision-making positions can lead to innovation, creative problem-solving, and insi

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The Pharmacist

MARCH 12, 2024

Working together with other healthcare professions will be crucial to embedding community pharmacy within the future of the NHS, pharmacist and academic Dr Mahendra Patel has told The Pharmacist. And the new cross-sector Independent Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board is an opportunity for community pharmacy to have an ‘equal voice’ in ‘difficult conversations’ that set […] The post Mahendra Patel: 'Let’s have the difficult conversations' appeared first on The Pharmac

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BioPharma Dive

MARCH 14, 2024

Rezdiffra’s clearance is a turning point in the fight against the liver disease. But its sales potential is unclear, and competition could emerge from popular weight loss drugs.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 15, 2024

Every year, missed hospital appointments are estimated to cost the NHS £1.

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STAT

MARCH 9, 2024

STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues. Submit a Letter to the Editor  here , or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay. “ The CDC’s new, relaxed Covid isolation guidance makes perfect sense ,” by Ashish K.

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The Pharmacist

MARCH 13, 2024

A new group to investigate the causes of medicines shortages will be chaired by former deputy chief pharmaceutical officer (CPhO) for NHS England and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) fellow Dr Bruce Warner. The group will be convened by the RPS and will bring together experts from primary and secondary care, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, suppliers, […] The post Former deputy CPhO to investigate medicines shortages appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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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.

BioPharma Dive

MARCH 11, 2024

Publicly traded companies raised nearly $10 billion in follow-on stock offerings in January and February, a financing surge that’s driving a “sector recovery,” the investment bank said.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 14, 2024

Affecting 55 million people globally, dementia impairs the ability to remember, think or make decisions

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STAT

MARCH 13, 2024

As a boy growing up with hemophilia A, Noah Frederick reserved the end of his annual checkups to talk about new technologies. His doctor walked through various experimental approaches for the bleeding disorder and, invariably, gene therapy. It was coming, he always said, in your lifetime. Last year, it finally arrived. But Frederick, now a 23-year-old software engineer, isn’t sure he’ll get it.

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PharmaVoice

MARCH 12, 2024

Although a regulatory delay for Eli Lilly’s donanemab in Alzheimer’s disease is a competitive setback, researchers have their eye on better drug development as a result.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

pharmaphorum

MARCH 12, 2024

Discover why gut bacteria are considered the next frontier in medicine in this informative article. Learn about the importance of the microbiome, its impact on health, and how it relates to conditions like Clostridiales difficile.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 13, 2024

The progressive neurological disorder affects approximately 12,400 people in Scotland

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STAT

MARCH 13, 2024

Rob Bart remembers what it felt like, the moment of discovery. As an intern at Duke University Medical Center in the ’90s, he’d sometimes be tasked with poring through a patient’s medical history to uncover the cause of their latest hospitalization. Back then, the stacks of paper records could tower 18 inches tall. “I can remember that needle in the haystack feeling,” said Bart, now chief medical information officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Cente

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BioPharma Dive

MARCH 14, 2024

The funding for the startup, which partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb last year, adds to a surge of recent investments in developers of antibody-drug conjugates.

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Transitioning patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from paper to digital (ePRO) is crucial for maintaining data integrity and improving the patient experience. Learn how to seamlessly make this transition and optimise your data collection process.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 11, 2024

The HYPIEND project consists of 14 partners from eight European countries

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STAT

MARCH 10, 2024

Medicare announced on Saturday that it will make advance payments available to physician groups, hospitals, and other health care facilities as part of its response to the February 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack. The payments are meant to fund providers that aren’t able to submit claims to Medicare because of the disruption to Change’s data network and have exhausted all other potential avenues of funding.

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