Month: November 2020

University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney discusses lessons learned in the against fight COVID-19 and some policy priorities for President-elect Joe Biden. 

The coronavirus pandemic sparked a rapid rise in the use of telehealth services. But for those gains to be sustained, continued barriers to accessing reliable […]

We have a data problem in healthcare: Too much of it is useless. Patients can’t make heads or tails of it, doctors can’t retrieve it […]

Calls for reforming policing practices have sparked growing interest in crisis intervention models for handling mental health crises that supporters hope will lead to decriminalizing […]

A famed epidemiologist helped launch a fund to help the families of healthcare workers stricken down in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nation’s reaction to good news about the effective rates of three new COVID vaccines has been as mixed as its politics.

Wellstar CEO Candice Saunders says her boldest move was determining how to support 25,000 employees while maintaining her organization’s financial viability.

Many regions with the highest, lowest per-beneficiary Medicare spending were largely unchanged from 2010 to 2017, though overall per-enrollee spending growth slowed significantly.

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The company announced that in a small subgroup of the trial participants the vaccine showed better efficacy when administered a half dose first and a […]

Los Angeles County on Friday announced a new stay at home order urging residents to avoid nonessential outings for three weeks in an effort to […]

United Airlines on Friday commenced charter flights to send doses of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidates for distribution, according to a Wall Street Journal […]

The number of coronavirus infections in the United States surpassed 13 million on Friday, just six days after the country hit the 12 million threshold. According […]

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LMCs have called for a renegotiation of funding for the COVID-19 enhanced service, and rejected the single designated site model as well as plans for […]

A World Health Organization (WHO) leader said Friday that countries that are experiencing decreasing COVID-19 numbers still need to be “vigilant” in case of surges. WHO’s […]

Healthcare providers are working to ensure their priorities are included in legislation to avert a government shutdown on Dec. 11.

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Locum GPs have faced significant physical and financial risk because of a lack of support through the COVID-19 pandemic, LMCs have warned.

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The PLI scheme for Bulk Drugs has received 247 registrations across all four categories of products out of which a maximum of 136 applicants will […]

Britain on Friday asked its regulatory agency to review safety and efficacy data on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as experts have raised concerns on errors made […]

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Children’s caregivers witness first-hand bad experiences with pediatric medical products or devices. FDA encourages consumers to report these experiences with drugs and device problems to […]

Some prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines can cause reactions that may make it unsafe to drive

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It’s going to be a long holiday season, with little hope of the coronavirus pandemic improving by Christmas or New Years, Anthony Fauci told USA […]

The number of current COVID-19-related hospitalizations in the U.S. surpassed 90,000 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.The U.S. reached the grim […]

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LMCs have called on NHS England to apologise for ‘abhorrent and insulting’ suggestions that GPs had not been pulling their weight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At 4:30 a.m. on the Monday before Thanksgiving, the dry-ice manufacturing floor at Noble Gas Solutions in Albany, New York, was hopping. The machine that […]

According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis, Africa is not ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and “the continent’s largest ever immunisation drive”. The […]

The European Commission (EC) has approved an agreement with Moderna to obtain 80 million doses of mRNA-1273, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.  Under the terms […]

COVAXX has announced advanced purchase commitments for more than 140 million doses of its UB-612 vaccine for COVID-19. The public and private agreements, totalling over […]

The European Commission (EC) has fined Teva and Cephalon €60.5 million for agreeing to a “pay-for-delay” deal, for several years, of the market entry of […]

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EDQM) has released an updated set of pharmacopoeial quality standards for vaccines, with the aim […]

The government has updated its advice for patients on the shielding list to reflect the return to the tiered system of local restrictions on 2 […]

Hospitals should be fined for inappropriate transfers of work to primary care and the proceeds used to compensate GP practices, LMCs have said.

Primary care staff will be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, NHS England has said.

The combination is the first available to treat the underlying cause of CF in this patient group.

A single ‘host’ practice will receive all COVID-19 enhanced service payments for vaccinating patients in each local area – with practices to agree how these […]

Tepotinib could be the first treatment on the market for NSCLC in adults harbouring METex14 skipping alterations

Trial results and cost-effectiveness are too uncertain for NHS use, the Institute said

It is hoped that the test will help detect cancer at a much earlier stage

The drug maker had earlier announced that the phase-I clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, has been completed and it has commenced phase-II […]

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Hetero and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has been backing the vaccine and marketing it globally, plan to start production of Sputnik V […]

Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 137-143, January 2021.

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The step comes amid questions about preliminary results from trials of the jab, after the company and the university acknowledged that the most encouraging part […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending people increase their activity and get more exercise during the pandemic.The new guidelines recommend at least 150 to […]

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The incoming Biden administration will face an immediate challenge persuading a skeptical American public to take a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes widely available.Health officials, […]

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Government support for GPs has been consistently ‘behind the curve’ as practices stepped up at a time of national crisis through the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

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Several scientists have raised doubts about the robustness of results showing the shot was 90% effective in a sub-group of trial participants who, by error […]

Coronavirus deaths could double in a matter of days as Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, one expert told CNN on Thursday. Over 100,000 new cases […]

Vaccine major Serum Institute of India on Thursday said the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University is safe and effective, and the Indian […]

The European Commission (EC) has today adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe to ensure that patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines and to support the […]

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The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced that the fourth iteration of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-4) has begun […]

Celltrion Group has announced the completion of enrolment of 327 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the global Phase II clinical trial of CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment candidate. The […]

The UK Chancellor has unveiled the government’s spending plans for the coming year, including for National Health Service (NHS) funding, clinical research and R&D. Richard […]

GP appraisal should be completely suspended for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCGP has said.

Sanofi’s Sarclisa gets the final green light for use by the NHS with funding from the CDF

Delivery of vaccine doses to EU could begin by early 2021

Tremfya is a first-in-class treatment for the disease, shown to improve disease measures and quality of life

The European Commission (EC) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) for the treatment of adults with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after prior […]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak hand out extra £3 billion to NHS and £14.6 billion in funding for R&D

We have published a framework for assessing the performance of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Since unveiling the preliminary results, AstraZeneca has acknowledged a key mistake in the vaccine dosage received by some study participants, adding to questions about whether […]

Any doubt that e-pharmacies would not be sustainable is now gone, industry analysts and executives told ET, because sales through online pharmacies are estimated to […]

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Companies such as Gilead, Eli Lilly and Regeneron have worked on novel treatments, either from their own labs or by reviving molecules that had been […]

Shortages in vaccine and consumables may not be felt in the first few rounds of inoculations. But they are likely to crop up in the […]

CHI St. Luke’s and Molina did not reach an agreement after the health system demanded higher rates in October. The health system will be out […]

Welcome to Wednesday’s Overnight Health Care. Programming note: We will not be publishing a newsletter Thursday or Friday. We will return as usual Monday, Nov. […]

Hematology / Oncology News Burst

The changes could encourage more patients to receive care at home as a recent surge in COVID-19 cases diminishes capacity at many hospitals.

David Cordani allegedly hired “black ops style” consultants to derail the deal, which investors claim also prevented Cigna from collecting a $1.85 billion reverse termination […]

If drugmakers don’t voluntarily lower prices, providers have to choose whether to offer the drug at a financial loss.

Burdened by emotional distress and concerns about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, some healthcare workers are leaving the profession.

During an exclusive interview, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan discussed with reporter Mike Brady how the physician self-referral and anti-kickback […]

The abortion rate in the U.S. ticked up slightly from 2017 to 2018, according to data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by […]

The health system’s operating income improved substantially in the third quarter of 2020, but not enough to make up the loss it reported earlier in […]

Out-of-state hospitals can still transfer patients into Arizona through direct hospital-to-hospital requests, but the use of the interstate Arizona Surge Line system has been suspended.

The Kaiser Family Foundation found 30 insurers joined the marketplace across 20 states, while another 61 expanded in existing regions for the 2021 plan year.

Advocates for survivors of drug addiction say that state attorneys general who sued Purdue Pharmaceuticals over the OxyContin maker’s role in the opioid crisis are holding up […]

Pharmacy groups say new rebate rule does not do enough to support patients Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 APhA and several […]

AstraZeneca gears up to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Among the front-runners racing to deliver a […]

Evidence builds that an early mutation made the pandemic harder to stop Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Research indicates that the […]

Diagnosis, management, and pathophysiology of arterial and venous thrombosis in COVID-19 Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Coronavirus has been linked to […]

Prescriptions of antipsychotic medications in young children is declining Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 A recent study in the Journal of […]

Amazon’s drugs unlikely to prove fatal to pharmacies, say experts Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Amazon’s latest health care-related endeavor, a […]

Rite Aid updates COVID-19 testing program Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Rite Aid has revised its COVID-19 testing program, in conjunction […]

Omada reports encouraging results on virtual diabetes prevention program Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 A study by Omada Health presented during […]

Audit: PBMs paying pharmacies differently; CVS Caremark says that’s normal business Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Allen, TX-based Lewis & Ellis […]

Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to role in opioid crisis as part of deal with DOJ Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Purdue […]

NIH should publicly report more information about the licensing of its intellectual property Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 The Government Accountability […]

Preterm birth and 17OHP–why FDA should not withdraw approval Tue, 11/24/2020 – 19:00 cbaker_admin Wed, 11/25/2020 – 13:00 Regulators are considering rescinding approval of 17 […]

The number of Americans reporting not having enough to eat has hit an all-time high since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data […]

A new series of GP recruitment films for Yorkshire and the Humber region feature 14 early career GPs and trainees giving their views on life […]

For most healthcare organizations, the decision to deploy clinical mobility technology is driven by a need for optimized team communications.  Evolving circumstances and requirements can […]