Month: April 2021

Results from the AP-014 Phase I trial (NCT04606784) treating COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress with inhaled Ampion suggest the drug resulted in a 78 percent […]

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has announced 2021’s Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) winners. The award programme, established in 2004, recognises state-of-the-art […]

A new Phase IIb trial (NCT04775953) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the antibiotic dalbavancin in treating Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has begun. The trial will […]

According to a report, the global pharmacovigilance market is anticipated to value $14.95 billion by 2028, with its compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5 […]

“We are still testing the Indian variant, but the Indian variant has mutations that we have already tested for and which our vaccine works against, […]

The researchers from King’s College London in the UK also found that most systemic side effects — meaning side effects excluding where the injection took […]

President Biden’s American Families Plan unveiled Wednesday leaves out two major health priorities pushed by congressional Democrats: reducing the cost of prescription drugs and lowering […]

President Biden will unveil his “American Families Plan” to Congress. The proposal includes making permanent changes to ACA subsidies but doesn’t lay out drug pricing […]

UK doctors have raised £20,000 in the first 24 hours of a campaign to boost oxygen supplies in India in the face of a spiralling […]

RPS wants to see increased use of pharmacist independent prescribers in the UK

Test will be used for T cell testing in study, which is evaluating different combinations of COVID-19 vaccines

Updated clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of AF addresses several new areas

UK government has also offered a first vaccine dose to all individuals in cohorts one to nine

28/04/2021 EU: Occupational diseases on the decline Source: Eurostat The index for the total number of people recognised as having an occupational disease declined by […]

MSD entered into a voluntary licensing agreement with five Indian drug makers including Sun Pharma, Cipla, Dr. Reddy’s, Emcure and Hetero for molnupiravir, an experimental […]

Developed by Bharat Biotech in partnership with National Institute of Virology and the Indian Council of Medical Research, Covaxin was approved for emergency use on […]

Ending the coronavirus pandemic will require not only putting shots into arms — a task now growing more difficult as demand sags — but also […]

The proposed rule would also kill a hospital price transparency requirement and give hospitals a break on quality measures due to COVID-19.

The wide-ranging law includes provisions reducing sales taxes to 1% on blood-sugar test kits and prioritizing state funding for Illinois communities with high rates of […]

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday signed into law sprawling anti-abortion legislation that bans the procedure if a mother is seeking to terminate a […]

[Federal Register Volume 86, (Wednesday, April 28, 2021 )] [Notice] [Pages 22458-22466] STP Nuclear Operating Company; Grant of Permanent Variance

28/04/2021 World OSH Day 2021 calls for investing in resilient safety management Have we protected workers adequately? How can we better protect workplaces now and […]

Humana’s total investment in the nation’s largest home care and hospice provider will reach $8.1 billion.

Welcome to Tuesday’s Overnight Health Care. Tomorrow is President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress. But because of COVID, there will be a […]

Arizona’s Department of Health Services announced on Tuesday that the state will no longer require appointments at state-run COVID-19 vaccination centers.The department said that the […]

Besides, top American companies have formed a global task force to provide oxygen, medicines and supplies on a war footing to India. Also, a “strike […]

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) ended the state’s pandemic public health orders on Tuesday, including the option for local governments to impose mask mandates for […]

The hospital operator plans to return $188 million in grants received during the first quarter after recording more than $400 million in relief grants in […]

The hospital operator plans to return $188 million in grants received during the first quarter after recording more than $400 million in relief grants in […]

The continued pause on Medicaid redeterminations and the marketplace special enrollment period helped push Centene’s profits to $699 million for the first quarter of 2021.

The program, dubbed the Digital Inclusion Challenge, is sponsored by Google Cloud and Michigan-based IT firm Miracle Software Systems. The winning team will receive $75,000 […]

The director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday said that the U.S. is seeing a “hopeful decline” in COVID-19 cases, […]

President Biden has not made a decision yet on whether to support a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents that backers say would help increase global […]

The Memphis, Tenn.-based hospital will expand patient care and research related to pediatric cancer, blood disorders, neurological diseases and infectious diseases.

Spotify podcast host Joe Rogan said last week that “healthy” young people don’t need to worry about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, countering health experts’ recommendations.On […]

Executives seemed optimistic about the remainder of the year, raising full-year guidance as they see momentum coming from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace growth […]

Executives seemed optimistic about the remainder of the year, raising full-year guidance as they see momentum coming from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace growth […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is walking back comments from the agency’s head on Friday recommending that pregnant women get the coronavirus vaccine.Director Rochelle […]

AkesoBio’s expanded manufacturing capacity, enabled by the addition of another Cytiva FlexFactory platform, will be used to meet current and future market needs in China […]

Critics of the Lifespan-Care New England deal have said a merger could drive up healthcare costs and cost jobs.

Providers will no longer need to complete eight hours of training before prescribing buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder, but they still must get […]

In addition to the traditional FOYA category awards, ISPE recognized two facilities for operational agility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults — or about 140 million people — have received at least one dose of vaccine, […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: April 27, 2021

President Biden said Tuesday that it is his “hope and expectation” to share coronavirus vaccine doses with India and other countries in need but did […]

In the summer of 2009, when Diana was three and a half years old, her health took a tumble. She began to run high fevers […]

President Biden on Tuesday used new guidance from federal health officials about outdoor mask wearing to urge young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.”The bottom […]

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says that an oral drug for COVID-19 could be ready next year. “If all goes well, and we implement the same […]

With a $5 million grant from DARPA, DNA Script and Moderna will develop a prototype for rapid mobile manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics as part […]

CHCs can use the money for COVID-19 related capital needs, build new facilities, renovate or expand existing facilities, or buy new equipment. Applications are due […]

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Universal Health Services’ chief financial officer said Tuesday that the company struggles to recruit and retain sufficient levels of clinical and nonclinical staff in its […]

Sanofi will perform the fill/finish of up to 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at its Ridgefield, NJ, facility starting in September 2021.

Samsung and TG Therapeutics have expanded their 2018 contract manufacturing deal for the supply of TG’s ublituximab, an investigational anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody.

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A new COVID-19 vaccine by Novavax, a small U.S. drug company that has never before brought a product to market, is preparing to file a request for […]

A massive shift to remote work has forced healthcare teams to redeploy staff and devices to provide care (as well as administrative and technical support) […]

New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is safe for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to […]

FDA panel questions benefits of Roche’s Tecentriq-Abraxane combo in breast cancer, threatening conditional nod arlene.weintraub Tue, 04/27/2021 – 12:01

Why can’t multidisciplinary care be the norm for medicine today, especially as we approach fresh beginnings emerging from this deadly pandemic?

The Biden administration has loosened restrictions on prescribing medication to treat opioid use disorder Tuesday in a move to increase access as overdose deaths have climbed […]

Gilead, Merck step in to help India’s drug manufacturers fight surging COVID-19 outbreak nhigginsdunn Tue, 04/27/2021 – 11:42

A combination of remdesivir, a drug currently approved in the United States for treating COVID-19 patients, and repurposed drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) was […]

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A quarter of the UK adult population has now received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the government has announced.

A group of GOP lawmakers who are also physicians released a video on Tuesday urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, amid concerns about hesitancy from some Republicans. The […]

Eli Lilly sales fall short thanks to antibody woes, but its non-COVID meds are fine kdunleavy Tue, 04/27/2021 – 11:01

Once, we had a wide world of socializing opportunities: crowded bars and intimate dinner parties, stadiums full of strangers and weddings full of everyone we […]

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In the early days of the pandemic, New York health systems and hospitals were thrown for a loop. Surges in patient volume and the loss […]

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Biogen CEO Vounatsos nabs $18M payday amid challenges from Tecfidera generics, pandemic esagonowsky Tue, 04/27/2021 – 10:03

Big innovation shift to small pharma? Rookies grab lead in annual poll—and look to stay put bbulik Tue, 04/27/2021 – 09:42

Pandemic-related costs continue to depress hospitals’ finances, though performance recuperated as outpatient activity increased, Kaufman Hall found.

Pandemic-related costs continue to depress hospitals’ finances, though performance recuperated as outpatient activity increased, Kaufman Hall found.

Dmitriev, in an interview with CNN on Monday, said that the first doses will arrive in India on May 1. He also stated that India […]

New data suggests that Novavax’s malaria vaccine candidate, R21, is 77 percent effective in preventing malaria in children. According to the company, such high protective […]

To assist with the COVID-19 crisis in India, Gilead Sciences Inc. has announced that it is providing its voluntary licensing partners with technical assistance, support […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have started a new initiative to strengthen the post-marketing monitoring of […]

A new study has shown that recombinant alternative methods for the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) bacterial endotoxin test (BET) were inferior to LAL in detecting […]

On Monday, the White House said 10 million doses could be cleared for export “in coming weeks” and the rest by June. It has not […]

Remdesivir is approved in India for restricted emergency use for the treatment of suspected or laboratory confirmed COVID-19 in adults and children hospitalised with severe […]

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MSD has decided to enter into non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements for molnupiravir with five established Indian generic manufacturers — Cipla, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, […]

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Patients aged 42 and 43 are now able to book their COVID-19 vaccination, the government has announced.

CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy is being investigated in transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will offer the breast cancer treatment Phesgo to patients in their own homes

Medicine recommended for the treatment of visual impairment in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Treatment wins a positive CHMP opinion for the adjuvant treatment of early-stage EGFR-mutated NSCLC

The Maharashtra government has floated a global tender to procure 10 lakh Remdesivir vials, 40,000 oxygen concentrators and 25,000 metric tonnes of oxygen in the […]

Drug firm Gilead Sciences said it is taking several steps to expand the availability of antiviral drug remdesivir in India and will also be donating […]

The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi will help manufacture the Moderna coronavirus vaccine beginning in September, joining other companies assisting with the production of one of […]

In September 2020, Dr Reddys and RDIF entered into a partnership to conduct clinical trials of SputnikV, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Demagogy is never pretty. When coupled with a species-threatening pandemic, the propensity for the pundit class is to be susceptible […]

Remdesivir is approved in India for restricted emergency use for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in adults and children hospitalised with severe disease.

The proposal seeks to avoid barriers to the timely access to affordable medical products including vaccines and medicines or to scaling-up of research, development, manufacturing […]

While vaccines are helping to curb the pandemic, easier and better treatments are needed, especially as virus variants spread.

Former President Trump’s advisers are encouraging him to make a pro-vaccine PSA amid signs Republican voters are wary of getting a vaccine shot, CNN reported Monday.In a […]

The U.S. has also been under mounting pressure in recent weeks to share more of its vaccine supply with the world, as countries like India […]

About 42% of those administering vaccines are partnering with local health departments, while 34% are partnering with nearby health systems, according to a new survey.

About 42% of those administering vaccines are partnering with local health departments, while 34% are partnering with nearby health systems, according to a new survey.

[Federal Register Volume 86, (Tuesday, April 27, 2021 )] [Correction] [Pages 22276] Bloodborne Pathogens Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval […]

[Federal Register Volume 86, (Tuesday, April 27, 2021 )] [Notice] [Pages 22277-22278] Cotton Dust Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval […]

[Federal Register Volume 86, (Tuesday, April 27, 2021 )] [Notice] [Pages 22279-22281] Shipyard Employment Standards; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval […]

[Federal Register Volume 86, (Tuesday, April 27, 2021 )] [Notice] [Pages 22278-22279] Slings Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of […]

AMA penned a letter to the National Governors Association urging them to oppose state legislation creating “dangerous intrusions” into the patient-physician relationship. A number of […]

President Biden faces a new challenge in his COVID-19 messaging as much of the country remains unvaccinated despite significant progress in the early months of […]

Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Health Care. Want to book that long-delayed European vacation? If you’re vaccinated, it looks like you can this summer. If you have […]