Fierce Pharma

JUNE 29, 2023

After an initial rejection in 2020 and a review delay earlier this year, BioMarin’s Roctavian has finally got the FDA go-ahead to introduce a gene therapy for a not-so-rare disorder.

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Healthcare Success

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Doctors are central to the success of virtually every multi-location healthcare practice and health system we work with. Moreover, today’s doctor partners have strong opinions about marketing and growing their locations within the larger business. Do your doctors look, sound, and feel like they are a part of your organization?

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Doctor’s offices are the front door of the American healthcare system. The post Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition appeared first on MedCity News. We owe it to them to support H.R. 2474 and put an end to annual Congressional stop-gap spending bills.

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MedCity News

APRIL 18, 2024

The post Healthcare Docket: Help Wanted — Doctor Expert Witnesses appeared first on MedCity News. Major malpractice verdicts have spiked in recent years.

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Fierce Pharma

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What doctors described as a “messy” treatment landscape in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) could get clearer thanks to a first-in-class overall survival win from Merck & Co.’s s Keytruda.

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Fierce Pharma

AUGUST 30, 2023

Even without an FDA approval, Roche’s cancer drug Avastin is widely used by doctors to treat certain eye diseases. Even without an FDA approval, Roche’s cancer drug Avastin is widely used by doctors to treat certain eye diseases.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

One in two UK doctors would not use GenAI to treat patients, but there was more willingness to use it for diagnostic purposes, survey finds

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Fierce Pharma

JUNE 22, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that adults 60 and older—in consultation with their doctors—receive vacc | The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that adults 60 and older—in consultation with their doctors—receive (..)

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Fierce Pharma

JUNE 1, 2023

As doctors weigh various immunotherapy strategies for the treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, Merck & Co. | As doctors navigate the "messy" early-stage non-small cell lung cancer landscape with various immunotherapy approaches, Merck & Co.

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MedCity News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) scores should be the gold standard for how patients find their doctors, not viewing subjective online reviews of doctors’ ability to satisfy their patients.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 23, 2024

As doctors and patients in the U.S. | As doctors and patients in the U.S. grapple with widening shortages of the popular diabetes therapy Mounjaro and its obesity counterpart Zepbound, the maker of the tirzepatide drugs, Eli Lilly, is forging ahead on its quest to expand capacity for its injectable medicines.

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Fierce Pharma

JUNE 1, 2024

Armed with two positive phase 3 trial readouts and the hope that at least one will show a significant patient survival benefit, GSK thinks it has the data to convince doctors and the FDA that the o | Armed with two positive phase 3 trial readouts and the hope that at least one will show a significant patient survival benefit, GSK thinks it has the (..)

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MedCity News

APRIL 30, 2023

A new study found that ChatGPT might actually be quite successful in providing high-quality answers to patient questions during an era in which doctors and nurses are too busy to do so. The research evaluated two sets of answers to patient inquiries — one written by physicians, the other by ChatGPT.

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Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Over the past several years, drug shortages have vexed doctors and patients on both sides of the Atlantic, prompting lawmakers and government agencies to take action in both Europe and the U.S. Tuesday, the European Medicines Agency laid out a list of more than 300 critical generic drugs that could fall prey to future shortages.

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Fierce Pharma

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The oncology drug supply crisis has entered its second year, and doctors still face "impossible choices" without access to standard-of-care therapies, ASCO's chief medical officer, Dr. Julie Gralow, testified this week. A year into a dire shortage of essential cancer medicines in the U.S.,

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The post When It Comes to AI, Rural Doctors Have FOMO — Meditech & Suki Are Teaming Up to Address This appeared first on MedCity News. Meditech is integrating Suki’s AI assistant into more than a dozen rural health systems, including St. Mary’s Healthcare in New York and Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Indiana.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 13, 2021

The most desired information doctors now want is about patient assistance programs, with 49% saying they want pharma reps to provide that information. Most doctors sign on in the morning and see a snapshot of what’s happening by their specialty. doctors and 45% of all NPS and physician assistants as verified members.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Foodsmart is rolling out its new program that enables doctors to refer their patients to Foodsmart’s dieticians and healthy eating platform, as well as write prescriptions for healthy food just as easily as they might a normal pharmacy prescription.

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PharmaTimes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Research suggests that LLMs could be used to support trainee doctors, nurses and GPs

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PM360

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need help having earlier, more honest, and more effective conversations with their doctors about their illness. That insight and others came from a Phreesia survey that collected responses from 1,994 COPD patients as they checked in for their doctors’ appointments.

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PharmaTimes

MARCH 1, 2024

TMR-CT will help doctors select treatment and predict the spread of lung cancer in patients

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 8, 2024

The 6-mg, single-dose shot will give doctors a simplified, ready-to-use alternative to extracting Vabysmo from a vial. . | Since Roche gained approval for its eye disease medication Vabysmo in 2022, it has stormed a market dominated by Regeneron and Bayer’s Eylea.

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Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 9, 2023

A new study examined side effect reports of BMCA immunotherapies from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, hoping to help inform doctors in their treatment decisions. But these immunotherapies also come with various potentially dangerous side effects. |

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 13, 2023

After a full FDA approval last week triggered Medicare coverage of Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi, doctors are still trying to work out the logistics of testing and reimbursement. After a full FDA approval last week triggered Medicare coverage of Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi, doctors are still working out the logistics of testing and reimbursement.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But doctors say they'll mostly stick with Pfizer's first-to-market offerings.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

SUMMARY: Deloitte predicts that the percentage of virtual video visits to doctors will rise to 5% globally in 2021, up from an estimated 1% in 2019. billion doctor’s visits, worth a total of approximately US$500 billion. While 5% may not sound like much, consider that 8.5 The media also could play a huge part.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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Fierce Pharma

MAY 31, 2023

But 15 doctors were charged for their alleged involvement. After a yearslong investigation involving politicians and medical professionals alike, Novartis is looking to close the books on its Greek bribery imbroglio.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 28, 2021

When visiting a doctor, it’s pretty common to see a doctor going from room to room with laptops. More and more, I am hearing that pharma is NOT part of the digital conversation while talking to other doctors and going to independent health resource sites. It’s no secret that HCPs are using digital more and more.

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Fierce Pharma

MAY 29, 2024

Stimulants are typically the go-to option for doctors prescribing treatments for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Tris Pharma has won FDA approval for Onyda XR (clonidine hydrochloride).

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It’s hard to talk to your doctor about certain health issues. In fact, almost half of survey respondents said they feel uncomfortable talking to their doctors about their sexual activities. On the upside, most people (77% of those surveyed) are honest with their doctors. 43% lied about exercise. Why do patients lie?

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Fierce Pharma

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ahead of its quarterly earnings presentation, Apellis estimated sales of approximately $74 million for the third quarter for Syfovre and a rekindling of demand in recent weeks as doctors get a better handle on the risk of vascular retinitis.

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Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But now, patients and doctors have a new oral option. | While existing neuroblastoma treatments can help patients achieve remission, sustaining that remission has proven tricky. FDA has approved US WorldMeds’ Iwilfin—also known as eflornithine—as a new oral maintenance therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma.

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PharmaTimes

MAY 24, 2024

The lifelong autoimmune disease affects more than 150,000 people living in the UK

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World of DTC Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Today, with that infection risk easing for those who have been vaccinated, many patients nevertheless prefer that doctors, nurses, and other health workers be able to examine and talk to them in person. Of those, 82% reported satisfaction, yet nearly two-thirds — 64% — would have preferred to see their nurse or doctor in person.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 17, 2023

The news sent Apellis' share price down 32% to $52.62 by Monday afternoon.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 21, 2021

Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. Still, the gatekeeper continues to be their doctor. Patients trust doctors to recommend drugs that will help them treat chronic health issues. This is perhaps the biggest misunderstanding. Dancers, to promote women’s birth control?

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