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What are pharmacy benefit managers? A health economist explains how lack of competition drives up drug prices

by James B. Rebitzer, The Conversation Credit: Pietro Jeng from Pexels Wegovy and Ozempic are weight loss drugs that promise to transform the treatment of obesity, heart disease and other chronic conditions that afflict millions of Americans. But while everyone agrees these drugs have the potential to transform lives, no one can agree on how best...

Live Updates: January 2021 Drug Price Increases
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Live Updates: January 2021 Drug Price Increases

by Tori Marsh December 21, 2020, 10:10AM Amidst the worst of the pandemic, drug prices continue to rise. Each year, in January and July, manufacturers raise the list price of their medications, and we predict that this year will be no different.  Every day this January, the GoodRx Research Team will be tracking price increases...

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Innovative approach offers option for treating upper tract urothelial cancer

Treatment of low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer usually involves radical surgery to remove the kidney and ureter, highlighting the need for improved treatments. An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports in the journal The Lancet Oncology that an innovative form of local chemotherapy using a mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel offers...

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Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options

by ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)  A pharmacy-driven assessment found more than half of patients with reported penicillin allergies were able to take antibiotics from the same drug class rather than resorting to substitutes that may be more costly, have more side effects and have other downsides, according to research presented at the ASHP...

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What are hives, the common skin condition that gives you itchy, red bumps?

by Rodney Sinclair,  The Conversation Have you ever wondered who buys those huge boxes of antihistamines prominently displayed all year round in your local pharmacy? If antihistamines were just used for hay fever, you’d think sales would be good in spring, but pretty mediocre for the rest of the year. Many of the antihistamines sold in Australia are actually for hives,...

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Scientists enlist tiny biomagnets for faster drug discovery

by University of Toronto What started as a hallway conversation between colleagues is now an “engine for the discovery of new therapeutic targets in cells” thanks to Medicine by Design, says Shana Kelley, a University Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. Kelley’s lab was developing a portable, chip-like...

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The technology behind Bitcoin may improve the medications of the future

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES BLOCKCHAIN. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a prototype of an app that may potentially prescribe the optimal dose of medicine for the individual patient, as well as prevent counterfeit products. Big data. Machine Learning. Internet of Things. Blockchain. Futuristic concepts from the world of technology will...

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