The Pharmacist

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Nearly half (46%) of Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) funding between 2019 and 2022 was spent on the recruitment of clinical pharmacists, health minister Neil O’Brien has revealed. In total, £839m was spent on ARRS roles between 2019 and 2022 – £387m of which was spent on clinical pharmacists. The news comes within a written […] The post Almost half of ARRS funding spent on pharmacists appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Alison Buttenheim was floored by a sign she saw in her doctor’s office when she went to get the first jab of the two-dose shingles vaccine to protect her against painful flare-ups of varicella zoster. “Medicare patients cannot receive Tdap or zoster vaccines here. They need to obtain [them] at their pharmacy. If they receive it here, they need to pay out of pocket,” the notice read.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“They have the money,” and they’re using it to influence drug development, according to the executive director of the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A 26-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the ED after slipping on wet pavement and hitting his head on the ground three hours prior. He endorsed a constant, achy 7/10 headache accompanied by nausea and photophobia. He denied vomiting, dizziness, diplopia, loss of consciousness, or seizures. Nothing made it better or worse.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The trial, which is ongoing in the U.K. and New Zealand, has been on hold in the U.S. since late last year as the FDA sought more details on Verve’s in vivo treatment for heart disease.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

The risks of severe neonatal morbidity, neonatal death, and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit were all significantly lower during the first month of birth in infants whose mothers were vaccinated against Covid-19, and protection against the virus continued for up to six months after birth, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A 32-year-old man with a history of traumatic globe rupture from a stab wound two months ago, status post repair, presented to the emergency department for worsening right eye pain and green malodorous drainage for the past three days. These symptoms started when he got a fleck of sawdust in the right eye about four days prior to presentation, which he was able to brush out with his finger.

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The Pharmacist

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Community pharmacies have provided more than two million Covid vaccines in England so far in 2023 – representing almost half (46%) of all Covid vaccinations administered this year. The analysis by the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), also show that to date, community pharmacies have provided almost a quarter (24%) of all Covid vaccinations in England […] The post Nearly half of Covid vaccinations this year delivered by community pharmacists appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution is “actually very simple,” according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Amy Finkelstein. In their recent book “ We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care ,” Finkelstein and Stanford economist Liran Einav describe how years of research have led them to the conclusion that the best way forward is for the U.S. to offer universal basic health care coverag

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Backed by Pfizer, Anokion’s innovative approach to treating celiac, MS and more is showing early promise where others failed.

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EMCrit Project

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Some folks on twitter asked my thoughts on AMIKINHAL trial, so I thought I'd jot them here. AMIKINHAL is a multi-center RCT that evaluated the ability of inhaled amikacin to prevent VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia) among patients who had been intubated for three days. It's available here at NEJM. It was a positive trial, which is […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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The Pharmacist

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A UK-wide advisory board has been set up to bring together pharmacy professionals amid imminent changes to the professional landscape. Over the next three to five years, the Independent Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board aims to support and enable collaborative working between organisations representing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in different settings.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Prime Medicine said Friday it successfully used a new, ultra-versatile form of genetic surgery called prime editing to edit liver cells in monkeys. The results, presented at the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy meeting in Brussels, are a major step for a technology that could transform treatment of numerous diseases. “I think the big celebration here is we’re showing, in primates, for the company, that we have a delivery system that is working and is safe,” said J

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ken Getz has spent his career improving clinical research for the benefit of patients, the life sciences industry and other R&D stakeholders.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 23, 2023

On 10 to 11 October 2023, the seventh FlyPharma Conference Europe successfully concluded in Vienna, Austria - News - PharmaTimes

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The Pharmacist

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Pharmacy bodies have called for 2024/25 winter vaccination programme planning to include key parties such as community pharmacy ‘at an appropriately early stage’. Community Pharmacy England (CPE) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) have joined the NHS Confederation, the Healthcare Distribution Association, vaccine provider CSL Seqirus and the Dispensing Doctors’ Association in writing to the […] The post Include community pharmacy in early vaccination planning, sector demands appear

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

When her life was upturned by an accumulating array of confounding health problems, Meghan O’Rourke turned, like so many writers before her, to metaphor. Her body wracked with fatigue was a mound of sand. Her descent into illness was Hemingway’s description of going broke: gradually, then suddenly. The chronically ill patient dejected after fruitless interactions with doctors was nearly invisible, and solitary.

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PharmaVoice

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Pfizer brought in a new approval for a five-in-one shot for meningococcal disease, and the company has built a sizable vaccine business over time.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2023

At CAR-TCR in Boston last month, pharmaphorum’s Jonah Comstock caught up with Matt Lakelin, co-founder of TrakCel, a software company that helps makers of advanced therapies manage their supply chain.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The APPG has called for urgent improvements in rural and ethnically diverse-areas - News - PharmaTimes

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Chimpanzees — they’re just like us. Female chimps, it turns out, go through menopause, and go on to live long (and, one hopes, fulfilling) lives afterward. A new paper published today in Science describes the discovery of the onset of menopause in a community of wild chimpanzees around the age of 50, with an overall decline in fertility starting at age 30.

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BioPharma Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives at the biotech say they’re trying to get ahead of the payer and production challenges that will face their gene editing treatment exa-cel, which is now under FDA review.

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The Pharmacist

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Levels of obesity in reception-aged children living in the most deprived areas of England are more than double those in the least deprived areas, new data has shown. According to NHS Digital, levels of obesity among children aged four-to-five in the worst-off areas of England stood at 12.4%, compared to 5.8% in more well off areas. […] The post Levels of obesity twice as high among children in most deprived areas appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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EMCrit Project

OCTOBER 24, 2023

More guidelines! Today we'll walk through some interesting bits of the new IDSA/SCCM guideline on evaluation of new fever in the adult ICU patient (available free here). how should temperature be evaluated? This is frankly a mess. Bladder catheter or esophageal probe are best, but usually not used. Rectal temperature is 2nd best, but unwieldy […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

UnitedHealth Group and Optum are getting rid of the name of their tech-driven care management company just months after the company faced congressional criticism over the use of its algorithms to cut off payments for patients’ care. Discontinuing the NaviHealth name is part of a broader rebranding of Optum’s division that provides services to people at home and in post-acute facilities.

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BioPharma Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a wide-ranging interview, Bristol Myers’ Ken Rhodes talked biomarkers, diseases of interest and why the company is far from done with neuroscience-focused deals.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 23, 2023

STARMAP will accelerate the selection of AZ’s best molecule candidates - News - PharmaTimes

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Express Pharma

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories announced the launch of its first direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce website ‘Celevida Wellness’ for diabetes patients by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Svaas Wellness. A company statement informed, “The website will host the Celevida range of products as well as other third-party brands to offer a product portfolio that takes care of a diabetic patient’s daily nutritional requirement and at the same time fits into the complete occasion framework of the day i.e., breakfast

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended rationing an important monoclonal antibody product to protect young infants from RSV due to strained supply of the new product, Sanofi’s Beyfortus. In a health alert issued Monday, the CDC said clinicians should prioritize available doses for babies at highest risk from respiratory syncytial virus, reserving 100-milligram doses for infants under the age of 6 months and those with underlying health conditions that put them at h

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Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this episode, I’ll discuss what happened to the “ISMP’s Do Not Crush List.” Episode 864: Why Did ISMP Remove the Do Not Crush List from Their Website? Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Thousands of patients with heart failure are set to benefit from the expansion - News - PharmaTimes

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Drug Patent Watch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

DrugPatentWatch has published a list of research papers citing DrugPatentWatch at [link] DrugPatentWatch.com is your key to unlocking the world of pharmaceutical research. These primary literature citations can benefit researchers,… The post List of research papers citing DrugPatentWatch appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Infertility has a new definition in the U.S. — one that could make a big difference to would-be parents who are single or LGBTQ+. Last week, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) issued an expanded description of the condition, stating that infertility involves “the need for medical intervention, including, but not limited to, the use of donor gametes or donor embryos in order to achieve a successful pregnancy either as an individual or with a partner.

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Pulses

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By: Amy Dawson, PharmD and Sarah Raake, PharmD, MSEd, BCACP, LDE Bad Timing Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (SUCOPHS) offers a 3-year accelerated Doctor of Pharmacy degree. The year-round curriculum focuses the first two years on didactic and introductory experiential education and the third year on advanced experiential learning.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The company will launch a clinical investigation of EA-2351 for geographic atrophy - News - PharmaTimes

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