Patient Centered Care

FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson’s Schizophrenia Injectable

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Johnson & Johnson’s long-acting atypical antipsychotic, Invega Hafyera, the first and only twice yearly injectable to treat schizophrenia in adults.  Providers...

Novartis Boosts Access to Cholesterol-Lowering RNA Therapy

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis and NHS England recently reached a commercial agreement to enable broad access to Novartis’ RNA therapy, Leqvio, which helps lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) in eligible patients with...

Eli Lilly, Lycia Collaborate to Discover Targeted Drug Candidates

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently entered into a multi-year research collaboration and licensing agreement with Lycia Therapeutics to discover, deliver, and commercialize novel targeted drug...

AMA, APhA, ASHP Call for Immediate End to Ivermectin for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

The AMA, American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) have called for an “immediate end” to the prescribing, dispensing, and use of...

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Expands to Latin America

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently signed a letter of intent with Eurofarma Laboratoriors SA, a Brazilian pharmaceutical company, to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, in Latin...

J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Elicits Strong Antibody Responses

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine generated a rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies, nine-fold higher than 28 days after...

Role of Digital Therapeutics in Chronic Disease Management

by Samantha McGrail

Digital therapeutics present potential solutions for chronic diseases management, ranging from Alzheimer’s disease, type 2 diabetes, congestive heart failure, and cancer. The same technologies...

GoodRx, Boehringer Increase Affordable Drug Access for Patients

by Samantha McGrail

GoodRx and Boehringer Ingelheim recently collaborated to increase affordable drug access for patients with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).   Under the...

UPMC Expands Access to Monoclonal COVID-19 Antibody Treatments

by Samantha McGrail

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently announced expanded access to its potential COVID-19 antibody treatments in outpatient and inpatient settings for eligible...

WHO Launches Next Trial Phase to Test COVID-19 Drugs in Patients

by Samantha McGrail

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the next phase in its Solidarity trial, Solidarity PLUS, to test new COVID-19 drugs in hospitalized patients.  The trial will enroll...

FDA Accepts Merck’s Keytruda Application for Endometrial Carcinoma

by Samantha McGrail

Merck recently announced that FDA accepted for review a new supplemental Biologics License Application seeking approval for its antibody, Keytruda, for patients with advanced endometrial...

Bayer Enters Pharma Acquisition Deal for Undruggable Targets

by Samantha McGrail

Bayer recently entered into a pharma acquisition deal with Vividion Therapeutics to unlock high value, traditionally undruggable targets with precision therapeutics.  Vividion will leverage its...

Kite, Appia Bio to Research Allogeneic Cell Therapies for Cancer

by Samantha McGrail

Kite and Appia Bio recently collaborated to research and develop HSC-derived allogeneic cell therapies for cancers. Under the collaboration, the companies will develop chimeric antigen receptor...

51% of Retail Pharmacy Customers Used Wellness Services in 2020-21

by Samantha McGrail

Over half of retail pharmacy customers (51 percent)  have used health and wellness services over the past year, according to the J.D. Powers 2021 US Pharmacy Study.  This number is up from...

FDA Approves GSK’s Antibody for Chronic Disease Management

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved GSK’s Nucala, a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-5, as a treatment for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). The new indication for...

Sanofi, Translate Enter Pharma Acquisition Deal for mRNA Vaccines

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi and Translate Bio recently entered into a $3.2 billion pharma acquisition deal to accelerate the development of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.  Under the terms of the acquisition,...

Roche Gets FDA Priority Review for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Drug

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently accepted Roche’s biologics license application and granted priority review for Tecentriq as an adjuvant treatment following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy for individuals...

Eli Lilly, Kumquat to Discover Drug Candidates for Tumors

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company and Kumquat Biosciences recently entered into a multi-year collaboration to discover, develop, and commercialize potential small molecule drug candidates that stimulate...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine 82% Effective Against Variants

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently announced that its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, was 82 percent effective against hospitalization or death caused by the Beta/Gamma SARS-CoV-2 variants.  The results,...

FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda, for the treatment of patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in combination with...