Digital Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The holiday season is upon us, and with this time of year comes an influx of pharmacy calls. As patients seek medication refills before they travel and inquire about vaccinations before their holiday gatherings, it’s crucial for pharmacies to optimize their Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems. A well-thought-out IVR menu and efficient call routing can significantly enhance the customer experience and streamline operations during the busy holiday period.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is already the largest employer of physicians in the United States, but allegations in a new lawsuit suggest Optum is hungry for more. Emanate Health, a nonprofit group of hospitals and physicians in California, filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging Optum pushed it to agree not to compete for primary care physicians, a violation of antitrust law.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The toxin from the golden poison dart frog most resembles which of the following in its mechanism of action? Botulinum toxin Bufotoxin Grayanotoxin Palytoxin Tetrodotoxin Photo adapted from Wilfried Berns (Wikimedia Commons) Reveal the Answer 3. Grayanotoxin – a sodium channel opener Background The golden poison dart frog ( Phyllobates terribilis ), often considered one of the most poisonous animals on the planet, secretes onto its skin the lipophilic alkaloid batrachotoxin , which irreversibly

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PharmaVoice

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Biohaven and other companies are aiming to develop meds with a different mechanism of action that trim the waistline while building lean tissue.

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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.

Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Texas AG has sued Pfizer and Tris Pharma for providing adulterated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug, Quillivant XR, to children.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Reports this week that China is experiencing a surge in respiratory infections in young children triggered flashbacks of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic among infectious disease watchers. But a rapidly organized meeting Thursday between the World Health Organization and health officials in China assuaged much of that concern. The evidence presented to the WHO team pointed to what’s sometimes called an immunity gap that was created by the pandemic.

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The partnership is another investment by the biotech subsidiary in artificial intelligence for drug discovery and development, continuing an industry trend.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Epidiolex has been approved as an adjunct therapy for seizures associated with three rare forms of epilepsy in patients aged two and older.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Reports of increased respiratory disease among children in China have put disease watchers elsewhere on alert, triggering anxiety that the outbreak — if it is indeed one outbreak — holds uncomfortable echoes of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But at present, a number of experts say the activity has a likely explanation: China’s population, especially its young children, probably developed significant immunological susceptibility to a range of respiratory pathogens d

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Hallo Healthcare Group has sold all of its 1,054 high street and community pharmacies that operated under the LloydsPharmacy brand, the company has confirmed. The move completes the withdrawal of the UK’s second largest pharmacy chain from the high street. The divestment will see ‘99% of branches staying open in over 1,000 communities’, according to […] The post LloydsPharmacy owner completes sale of all high street branches appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Phase III trials of a low carbon version of GSK’s metered dose inhaler, Ventolin (salbutamol), using a next generation, lower carbon propellant, are set to start in 2024. The pharma company stated that if successful, it has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from use of the inhaler by approximately 90 percent. According to GSK, thirty-five million patients with respiratory conditions globally relying on its metered dose inhaler.

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Studying somatic mutations could be “the next wave of opportunity” to develop more precise medicines, said Mike Stratton, one of Quotient’s scientific co-founders.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, something strange happened: For a year or two, illnesses that used to emerge like clockwork when fall and winter arrived — flu, RSV, and the myriad viruses that cause colds — did not sicken us. The cause now appears clear: The measures we took to avoid the new disease, including isolating and social distancing, muscled most other respiratory pathogens out of the cold-and-flu-season picture.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We speak to the Pharmacist/Pharmacy Team of the Year Award shortlist ahead of this year’s General Practice Awards, to be held on 8 December in London. The first entry under the spotlight from this year’s shortlist of six is Mohammad M Rahman, principal pharmacist and head of medicines management at Lewes Primary Care Network and […] The post Meet the Pharmacist of the Year Award shortlist: Mohammad M Rahman appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Amgen’s new immunotherapeutic agent Tarlatamab has been shown in a Phase II trial to provide sustained anti-tumour activity in 40 percent of the small cell lung cancer patients. The international DeLLphi-301study was investigated as a new anti-cancer treatment option for patients previously considered to be beyond treatment. Results from the trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Pharma Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The centre will help discover new treatments to prevent, halt and cure the condition - News - PharmaTimes

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STAT

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Pharmacies could be called the most “rock solid” entity in our health care system. Even before Covid, pharmacies were held in high esteem; during the pandemic, they raised their game by making it easy for tens of millions of Americans to get vaccinated, fulfilling a long-standing ambition of pharmacists to provide more expansive clinical services.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

More work needs to be done to equip pharmacists and their teams with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to mitigate the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and foster antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has said in a new report. Published to coincide with World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18-24 November), the ‘Antimicrobial […] The post Call for strengthening of education on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship appeared

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

People should not die because of their income or where they were born. We must have the courage to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry Here is a simple moral proposition. No one in America, or anywhere in the world, should die or suffer unnecessarily because they cannot afford a prescription drug which, in many cases, costs a few cents or a few dollars to manufacture.

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Pharma Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

SMPaeds2 aims to advance precision medicines for children with relapsed cancer - News - PharmaTimes

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STAT

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

The revolution started in silence. Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, now Nobelists , published their first paper announcing a new enzyme for editing DNA in Science in June 2012. It was called CRISPR-Cas9. It wasn’t until January 2013 that the first paper showing the enzyme would work in cells, from Feng Zhang, was published, also in Science.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA) has questioned the detail of the newly agreed voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth (VPAG), warning that price erosion calculations could damage competition and lead to drug shortages. The government hailed the new VPAG agreement with NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry […] The post VPAG rebate calculations risk NHS drug shortages, warns BGMA appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Pharmafile

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Alladapt Immunotherapeutics has announced that ADP101 has received Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for one or more food allergens. ADP101 is currently the most advanced multi-food oral immunotherapy (mOIT) candidate in development, and there are currently no FDA-approved OIT treatments for multi-food allergy to foods other […] The post Alladapt Immunotherapeutics gains FDA Fast Track Designation for ADP101 as food allergy treatment appea

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The company said it had not found “a viable alternative” to closing down in the months since it hit a clinical setback and laid off staff.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Few people leave the world with as much grace or influence as Rosalynn Smith Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96. While she called her autobiography “The First Lady of Plains,” to many she was also the first lady of mental health reform. Decades ago, she took bold stances on mental health topics that, today, have become conventional wisdom: Mental health is health, stigma is deadly, and people with mental illness deserve to be part of society instead of hidden away in overcrow

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Service specifications and patient group directions (PGDs) for the extended Community Pharmacy Contraceptive Service and Hypertension Case Finding Service have been published on the NHS England (NHSE) website. Under new rules, from 1 December community pharmacies will be able to initiate oral contraception, and all suitably trained members of the pharmacy team will be able […] The post NHS unveils specifications and PGDs for new pharmacy services appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Pharma Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Both companies will use their platforms to accelerate drug discovery and development - News - PharmaTimes

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Express Pharma

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Strides Pharma Science announced that its step‐ down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte., Singapore, has received approval for Sodium Sulphate, Potassium Sulphate and Magnesium Sulphate Oral Solution 17.5g/ 3.13g/ 1.6g per 6 ounces (Product) from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA). The product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the Reference Listed Drug (RLD), Suprep Bowel Prep Kit Oral Solution 17.5g/ 3.13g/ 1.6g per 6 ounces of Braintree La

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STAT

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In 2009, I was practicing in the emergency department when the H1N1 pandemic emerged. Then, I saw firsthand the vital role infectious disease physicians played in not only facilitating a coordinated public health response, but also helping patients, providers, and the public navigate the uncertainty that comes with confronting a novel virus. While on the frontlines of that pandemic, I depended on our community’s infectious disease specialists as I worked in real-time to provide patients w

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The funding will go towards the development of the company's four CNS candidates, with Phase II study data readouts expected by early 2025.

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Pharma Times

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The trial will use an AI screening platform to identify those most at risk of dementia - News - PharmaTimes

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World Pharma News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Bayer has added a brand new manufacturing facility to its global supply chain network. The new production plant was inaugurated today at the company's global pharmaceutical headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The facility features state-of-the-art technology, innovative production, and automated processes.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The leadership turmoil within OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is triggering calls for stepped-up efforts to establish standards for how generative AI is used across the health care industry, where experts worry that one or two companies could end up with too much control. Microsoft was already a driving force behind efforts to deploy generative AI in health care.

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The Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The latest National Minimum Wage (NMW) increases will have a severe knock-on effect for community pharmacies, sector leaders have warned. Earlier this week, the government announced that the National Living Wage (NLW) would rise to £11.44 per hour from next April, from the current rate of £10.42. In addition, the age threshold applied to the […] The post Minimum wage hike could make pharmacy businesses ‘non-viable’ appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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BioPharma Dive

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Called Evinova, the unit will operate as a separate business within AstraZeneca, which sees digital health solutions as a market primed for growth.

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