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Thursday pharma headlines

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prescriptions of finasteride, as the drug is known, for hair loss increased to over 2.4 As early as 2009, Merck knew of more than 200 reports of depression, including suicidal thoughts, in men taking Propecia, according to an internal “risk management” assessment from that year. Newly unsealed court documents show that Merck and U.S.

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Bridging the healthcare digital divide: a gradual approach to adopting ePI

European Pharmaceutical Review

Within the EU, patient information leaflets (PILs) are not merely a regulatory requirement but a cornerstone of patient safety. It emphasises its ability to make information interoperable with electronic health systems such as e-prescription and electronic health records.

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What the latest DEA Proposed Rule Means for Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances

Nixon Gwilt Law

Notably, this rulemaking does not propose to implement the “special registration” for telemedicine providers the DEA has been promising since the Ryan Haight Act passed in 2009. Instead, it would create a new regulatory category of the “practice of telemedicine.” We will publish a second post shortly on that proposed rule and link it here.

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What are the Benefits of Having an EHR?

Referral MD

After implementing the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, US clinics were provided sufficient funds to adapt to newer electronic practices in data recording. Needless to explain, patient safety is indirectly improved by digital records. Allows Interoperability.

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Redesigning Provider Incentives to Influence Practice Patterns and Performance

Clarify Health

Baptist Health System (BHS), a clinically integrated network of five hospitals in San Antonio, Texas, entered the Medicare Acute Care Episodes (ACE) program in 2009 and implemented behavioral economics to incentivize clinician performance. pills per prescription than non-discordant clinicians. million on orthopedic MS-DRGs.[1]

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Pharma panics over patent wavers

World of DTC Marketing

Some commercially insured patients who pay only prescription drug copayments appear to be insulated from increases in drug prices. About 40 percent of drugs fail in preliminary Phase I studies, which assess a drug’s safety in humans and typically cost just $25 million a drug.

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