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Drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems

STAT News

Joan Cohrs missed her chance to grab a prescription at her usual drugstore by about 30 seconds. Cohrs walked up to the counter of an Indianapolis CVS pharmacy shortly after a metal curtain descended, closing it for lunch. She didn’t mind. The 60-year-old said she feels compassion for people in health care.

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Netherlands, Portugal require COVID tests for China arrivals

Medical Xpress

The Dutch and Portuguese governments on Friday joined a growing number of nations requiring air passengers arriving from China to show a negative COVID-19 test upon entry.

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5 low-key ways to get your new year off to a healthy start

NPR Health - Shots

Does the idea of ambitious goal-setting in January turn you off? Try these tips for sustainable self-care instead.

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How old is your brain, really? AI-powered analysis accurately reflects risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease

Medical Xpress

The human brain holds many clues about a person's long-term health—in fact, research shows that a person's brain age is a more useful and accurate predictor of health risks and future disease than their birthdate. Now, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that analyzes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans developed by USC researchers could be used to accurately capture cognitive decline linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's much earlier than previous methods.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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‘It’s taken longer than I thought’: A former FDA commissioner on the loosened restrictions on abortion pills

STAT News

When the Food and Drug Administration lifted some — but not all — of its restrictions on an abortion pill this week, it raised questions about why these rules were there in the first place. Mifepristone, the drug in question, has been used by over 3.7 million Americans to end early pregnancies since its approval in 2000, is more than 97% effective, tends to have only mild side effects such as cramping, with severe ones occurring in fewer than 0.5% of patients.

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Texas A&M research aims to improve Lyme disease diagnostics

Medical Xpress

Research by two Texas A&M University scientists is focused on improving Lyme disease treatment outcomes by developing a test that's both more accurate and more efficient than the current test for the infection.

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Exercise, sports: A natural antidepressant for teens

Medical Xpress

An antidote to teenage depression might be found in school gymnasiums and on sports fields, a major new review argues.

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Revolution to Buy EQRx in All-Stock Deal, Add $1B in Cash to Balance Sheet

BioSpace

Following difficult recent months for EQRx, the biotech is being bought by Revolution Medicines in an all-stock transaction that secures $1 billion in additional capital for the oncology company.

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in Hungary?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most patents in Hungary. Patents must be filed in each country (or, in some cases regional patent office) where patent protection is…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in Hungary? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Pfizer Misses on Q2 Revenue as COVID-19 Sales Tank, Narrows 2023 Forecast

BioSpace

In its second-quarter earnings reported Tuesday, Pfizer announced total revenues declined 54% to $12.7 billion, primarily due to a plummet in Paxlovid and Comirnaty sales.

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The New Age of Decentralized Clinical Trials

White paper that delves into the complex topic of Decentralized Clinical Trials and how to master them within the confines of FDA Regulations

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New tentative approval for Slayback Pharma drug brimonidine tartrate

Drug Patent Watch

Brimonidine tartrate is the generic ingredient in nine branded drugs marketed by Padagis Israel, Galderma Labs Lp, Allergan, Akorn, Apotex, Bausch And Lomb, Indoco, Sandoz Inc, Somerset Theraps Llc, Teva…. The post New tentative approval for Slayback Pharma drug brimonidine tartrate appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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AstraZeneca Pays $510M to BMS to Settle PD-L1, CTLA-4 Patent Disputes

BioSpace

The settlement agreement between the companies follows three patent-infringement lawsuits filed by Bristol-Myers Squibb over the blockbuster cancer immunotherapies.

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GSK’s Jemperli Beats Merck’s Keytruda to Score Frontline Approval in Endometr.

BioSpace

The FDA has approved Jemperli as an add-on to chemotherapy for patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high.

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