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Instacart, DispatchHealth Team Up To Improve Food Insecurity

MedCity News

Instacart and DispatchHealth recently launched a partnership that allows DispatchHealth to provide food interventions to patients in need of nutrition support.

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FDA grants priority review to omalizumab for food allergies

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Roche’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Xolair ® (omalizumab) for treatment of children and adults with food allergies. The study involves patients aged 1 to 55 years who are allergic to peanuts and at least two other common foods.

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How Can the Healthcare Industry Make It Easier for Patients To Make Healthier Food Choices?

MedCity News

It shouldn’t be so hard for Americans to access healthy foods, said Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, founder of healthy food company Step One Foods, during a Tuesday panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago. There should be incentives for food companies and better nutrition education for Americans.

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Abbott’s Food as Medicine Program Reports Clinical Improvements in Patients with Diabetes

PharmExec

Healthy Food Rx provides home-delivered medical prescriptions of healthy food to help address diabetes.

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Xolair Approved by FDA as First Treatment for Multiple Food Allergies in Adult, Pediatric Patients

PharmExec

Novartis’ and Roche’s Xolair (omalizumab) is indicated to treat severe allergic reactions after accidental exposure to one or more foods in individuals aged one year and above.

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How the food allergy sector is benefitting from health tech’s recent boom

pharmaphorum

For the 32 million individuals in the US with food allergies, more research into symptoms, causes, and treatments has been long sought after, but historically underfunded. per person being spent on food allergy research. Luckily for those with food allergies, the food allergy sector has benefitted from this influx of funding.

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Pharmacists Can Play Vital Role in Improving Access to Nutritious Foods

Pharmacy Times

Food pharmacies, in particular, can be a great opportunity for pharmacists to collaborate with other providers, improve access to nutritious foods, and find unique opportunities to counsel patients.

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