Patient Centered Care

FDA Requires Drug Manufacturers to Update Opioid Labels

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently announced that it is requiring label changes for opioid pain medicines and medicines used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). Updated labels for the prescription drugs will need to say,...

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Up Manufacturing of Cell Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lyell Immunopharma recently partnered to develop manufacturing processes create more effective cell therapies to benefit cancer patients. The companies main goal is to...

Disagreements Within FDA About Novel Drug Approvals Common

by Samantha McGrail

Among FDA approval packages for novel therapeutic agents from 2011 and 2015, disagreements were common over new drug approvals, populations indicated, and the specific parameters of the approval,...

Roche’s Arthritis Drug Fails in Phase III COVID-19 Treatment Study

by Samantha McGrail

Roche recently announced that the Phase III COVACTA trial of its rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug, Actemra/RoActemra, did not meet its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in patients with severe...

Trump Aims to Lower Drug Prices Via PBM Reform, Drug Importation

by Samantha McGrail

The Trump administration is aiming to lower drug prices by eliminating kickbacks to middlemen, like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and increasing drug importation in three new executive orders...

Direct-Acting Antiviral Lowers Mortality Rate Among HCV Patients

by Samantha McGrail

Direct-acting antivirals (DAA) could be the answer in treating patients with hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections, regardless of whether they also suffer from cirrhosis, according to a JAMA Network Open...

GSK, CureVac Partner to Manufacture mRNA Vaccines, Antibodies

by Samantha McGrail

GSK and CureVac recently announced a collaboration for the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of five mRNA-based vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting infectious...

Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Study Antibody for Alzheimer’s Disease

by Samantha McGrail

Biogen and The Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium recently announced the start of a Phase 3 clinical study of  BAN2401, an antibody for individuals with preclinical Alzheimer’s...

Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Displays Immune Response

by Samantha McGrail

A recent clinical trial found that a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, given as a single dose was safe and well tolerated, according to a new study published in Lancet.  For more...

Dopamine Agonist Showed No Notable Benefit in Alzheimer’s Patients

by Samantha McGrail

In patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a daily dose of dopamine agonist, rotigotine, showed no significant benefit from baseline to 24 weeks when compared with a placebo, according to a JAMA...

Microsoft Alliance Targets Real-Time Visibility for Supply Chains

by Samantha McGrail

Microsoft and C.H. Robinson recently partnered to transform supply chains of the future and enable real-time visibility for C.H. Robinson customers. To meet the demands of evolving global supply...

Gilead Releases Additional Data on COVID-19 Antiviral, Remdesivir

by Samantha McGrail

Gilead recently  reported additional data on remdesivir, an investigational antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated twice...

Abbott to Create Diabetes Management Solutions with Tandem

by Samantha McGrail

Abbott  and Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ:TNDM) recently announced a finalized agreement to develop and commercialize integrated diabetes management solutions to improve care for patients living...

Children’s Robitussin, Dimetapp Recalled Due to Overdose Risk

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently announced that GSK Consumer Healthcare voluntarily recalled two lots of Children’s Robitussin and one lot of Children’s Dimetapp due to the inclusion of incorrect dosing...

Walmart Acquires Pharmacy Management Capabilities from CareZone

by Samantha McGrail

Walmart recently announced that it acquired specific assets of CareZone, a pharmacy management app that allows patients and families to manage medications as well as physician...

WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Study After Seeing No COVID-19 Benefit

by Samantha McGrail

The World Health Organization (WHO) temporarily paused the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in its Solidarity trial based on study results which showed the drug was not effective in treating...

Insulin, GLP-1 RA Combo Improves Blood Sugar Control for Diabetics

by Samantha McGrail

New data from real-world evidence suggests that simultaneous insulin and GLP-1 RA therapies could provide more effective blood sugar control in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. Researchers...

AstraZeneca, Accent Therapeutics to Create Novel Cancer Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently partnered with Accent Therapeutics to discover, develop, and commercialize novel cancer therapeutics targeting RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs). The companies will focus on targeting...

FDA Reverses Emergency Use Authorization for Hydroxychloroquine

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently revoked the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for chloroquine phosphate (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ), according to an official announcement. For more coronavirus updates,...

Delayed Generic Drug Entry Cost Medicaid $761M, Study Finds

by Samantha McGrail

Medicaid spent an estimated $761 million in excess costs over seven years due to delayed generic drug entry costs, according to a recent study.   Delayed generic drug entry is common,...