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Um, about that diabetes drug that helped patients lose weight

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Yet the media has led with “diabetes drug leads to major weight loss” Will doctors inform patients? Wegovy’s most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which 80% of patients reported, according to USA Today.

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Thursday pharma headlines

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million, his first big raise since 2015, thanks to incentive pay that jumped by about $1.2 million in 2020, more than double the number in 2015, according to health data company IQVIA. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is meant to help patients and warn of potential drug side effects but a Vice report indicates something more.

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Value-Based healthcare won’t work

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SUMMARY: Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes. Medicatio n adherence can hav e a more direct impact on patient outcomes than the specific treatment. Americans are not healthy. Then there is health literacy.

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

The availability of oral chemotherapy treatments would provide stomach cancer patients with the option of more efficacious drugs with improved tolerability in a more convenient dosage format” The poor clinical outcomes of stomach cancer make it a key target for drug development. New hope for stomach cancer patients.

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The end-of-life care conundrum

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At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry is creating a greater number of oncology treatments that could provide breakthroughs for patients where none previously existed. Ben Hargreaves examines why there is no easy answer to the question of when palliative care is the right option for patients. The rise of immunotherapies.

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Clinical trials authorised for 3D-printed ulcerative colitis drug

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. “Delaying drug release and delivering oral dosage forms to the colon is challenging, so T21 offers a promising new option for ulcerative colitis patients by providing site-specific drug delivery and localised drug effect, mitigating potential side effects from systemic exposure.

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FDA rejects Spectrum’s lung cancer drug poziotinib

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Spectrum filed for accelerated approval of poziotinib as a second-line treatment for patients with HER2 exon 20 insertion-mutated, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the FDA was unconvinced by the phase 2 data presented in support of the drug.

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