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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

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Do patients care? Accelerated Approval was developed in 1992 in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis and has led to expedited drug and biologic approvals in several disease areas across the FDA. Do patients care? Should patients be made aware that the drug they are being prescribed is an “accelerated approval drug”?

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The FDA and Aduhelm: WTF?

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SKIMMERS SUMMARY: Jefferies analysts found doctors have shown strong interest in prescribing Aduhelm for about 35% of early-stage Alzheimer’s patients with mild cognitive impairment after surveying 50 U.S. neurologists or psychiatrists currently treating about 12,000 Alzheimer’s patients. government.

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“I don’t trust the FDA anymore”

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SKIMMERS SUMMARY: Health experts, including those on an external advisory committee to the FDA, are skeptical that Biogen’s drug will even successfully slow the progression of Alzheimer’s after late-stage clinical trials yielded mixed results and are angry the FDA approved the product. Medpage Today.

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What is pharma’s responsibility for online health information?

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Fierce Healthcare reported, “three in 4 Americans leave the doctor confused and dissatisfied for reasons that include disappointment in the level of Q&A they have with their doctor, confusion about their health, and a need to do more research, according to a survey of 1,000 U.S. Of those, 80% turn online to do so.

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

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The FDA needs to study what people do when they see a DTC ad. Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need. Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need.

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Communicating with HCPs via email

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SUMMARY: Doctors said they were dissatisfied were marketing emails (46%), telephone sales calls with sales reps (42%), and both webinars and websites (each at 39%) from pharma companies, according to Indegene. Here are some basics: 1ne: Physicians receive a lot of emails and don’t have time to read every one. 100 percent of U.S.

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Edelman Trust Barometer raises questions

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Trust, for example, in physicians is still relatively high. Most patients completely trusted their physicians “to put their needs above all other considerations” (69%). But do doctors trust the system? Physician trust in the U.S. Physician trust in the U.S.