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Grand Rounds August 25, 2023: Pragmatic Trial of an EHR Application to Display Real-time PRO Data: Successes and Challenges (Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

   Speaker Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MS Professor of Medicine UCSF and the San Francisco VA Slides Keywords Patient-Reported Outcomes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, EHR Key Points Clinicians rely on patient-related outcomes (PROs) to track disease and function over time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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Grand Rounds September 16, 2022: Using Nationwide Registries to Conduct Pragmatic Randomized Trials: The DANFLU Program (Tor Biering-Sørensen, MD, PhD, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Head of Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Research Laboratory. The DECODE trial used registry data to identify patients with chronic kidney disease. Head of Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials. Department of Biomedical Sciences. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified obesity as a chronic disease. High rates of obesity place a major burden on healthcare systems as the condition is associated with many major health complications like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and other bodily dysfunctions.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified obesity as a chronic disease. High rates of obesity place a major burden on healthcare systems as the condition is associated with many major health complications like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and other bodily dysfunctions.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

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This discrepancy can be caused by a variety of factors, however, one of the primary and most solvable ones is patient non-adherence to their medications. There are many reasons for patient non-adherence, including high medication costs, fear of potential side-effects, and forgetfulness, amongst others.

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Pharma By The Numbers: A Retrospective Look at the Industry and 20 Years of Xtalks History

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The years that followed have seen a rise in large pharma companies acquiring much smaller biopharmas with a narrow focus on rare disease therapeutic development. The proton-pump inhibitor is designed to reduce stomach acid levels, thereby treating digestive conditions like gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

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Kim Sledge and the World We Want partner with WHO Foundation to re-record unity anthem “We Are Family” in response to COVID-19 and to focus on global public health needs

The Pharma Data

Using music’s universal power in bringing the world together, the #WeAreFamily campaign is focused on raising awareness on, and much needed resources for, addressing global public health needs, from emergency preparedness, outbreak response, and stronger health systems to promoting mental health and preventing non-communicable diseases.