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4 Steps Needed to Improve Patient Safety On a National Level, Per PCAST

MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report that laid out four recommendations to improve patient safety across the nation. Some of these included creating federal leadership positions focused on advancing patient safety and hastening research on systems of safe care.

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Medication Management Technology Puts Patient Safety at the Center of Care

MedCity News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the same way that airbags were a natural evolution of vehicle safety technology, seamless, RFID-based systems are the next evolution of medication management technology.

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E&L Testing to Ensure Compliance & Patient Safety

PharmaTech

APRIL 8, 2024

Extractables and leachables (E&L) testing for packaging-related impurities is essential to ensure cGMP compliance and, most importantly, patient safety.

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Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Tops ECRI’s List of 2023 Patient Safety Concerns

MedCity News

MARCH 13, 2023

Each year, nonprofit ECRI creates a list of the industry’s top ten patient safety concerns. This year, the pediatric mental health crisis topped the list, above other important issues like violence against healthcare staff and clinicians being expected to work outside their scope of practice.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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The Definition of Patient Safety and Implementing Technologies (PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference 2023)

PharmaTech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Maik Jornitz, Principal Consultant, BioProcess Resources LLC, discusses the definition of patient safety and how to implement new technologies into upgraded facilities.

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Balancing Health Tech Innovation With Safety: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Patient Care

Pharmacy Times

MARCH 1, 2024

Although regulation takes time, real safety concerns for patients in the rapid development of AI technology in health care are present today.

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Amid high-profile CAR-T safety probe, FDA’s Peter Marks offers first glimpse at data under review

Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 25, 2024

Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of patients developing secondary T-cell cancers after receiving a CAR-T drug, the FDA has shared more information on the cases it has see | Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of secondary T-cell cancers after treatment with a CAR-T medicine, the FDA has shared more (..)

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FDA Calls for New Safety Warning for the Class of CAR T Cancer Therapies

MedCity News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Two months after announcing an inquiry into reports of new cancers in patients treated with CAR T-cell therapies, the FDA is directing makers of these therapies to add new safety warnings to product labels describing this risk. Companies have 30 calendar days to comply.

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Accurate, Complete Data Entry Is Key to Medication Safety

Pharmacy Times

APRIL 24, 2024

Carefully checking every piece of information and proofreading for accuracy is crucial to ensure patient safety

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As FDA puts CAR-T safety under microscope, researchers dig into adverse events record of BCMA therapies

Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 9, 2023

BCMA-targeted therapies are transforming care for multiple myeloma patients. But these immunotherapies also come with various potentially dangerous side effects. | 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.

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ECNP 2023: new esketamine NS safety data for depression

European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has revealed that according to new safety data, SPRAVATO ® (esketamine nasal spray [NS]) has demonstrated superior efficacy compared to quetiapine extended-release (Quetiapine XR) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Patients were 1.21 percent of quetiapine XR patients.

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Why We Need a New Category for Safety Devices

MedCity News

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Creating a category for technologies like the safety release valve would confer benefits, including improved patient safety, reduced costs for the healthcare system overall, and lowered liability risk.

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Driving Patient Safety With New Pharmacy HIT Standards

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 11, 2023

New standards from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs could drive changes that improve patient safety by optimizing drug therapy to reduce the risk of harm and improve health and well-being before a medication is dispensed.

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Aggregate Data to Improve Patient Safety: How Data Can Inform Risk Management [Sponsored]

MedCity News

APRIL 3, 2023

Data can help healthcare facilities improve patient safety, but first, healthcare leaders need to bring data from multiple sources together using a common taxonomy.

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Incyte's Opzelura clears skin in children with atopic dermatitis, but safety remains a question

Fierce Pharma

JULY 12, 2023

Fighting for a place in the competitive atopic dermatitis market, Incyte hopes to reach younger patients with its JAK inhibitor cream Opzelura. Fighting for a place in the competitive atopic dermatitis market, Incyte hopes to reach young patients with its JAK inhibitor cream Opzelura.

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Parkinson’s UK calls on government to mark World Patient Safety Day

PharmaTimes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The report outlines ways the government can help patients with Parkinson’s disease - News - PharmaTimes

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Patient Death Prompts FDA Hold on Tests of Drug in Atopic Dermatitis & Asthma

MedCity News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The FDA clinical hold follows a patient death from liver failure that may be associated with zelnecirnon, an experimental Rapt Therapeutics drug. The biotech notes that no other patient has experienced liver problems and this safety signal has not been seen in any other tests of the molecule.

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The Real Cost of State Drug Importation Programs? Patient Safety

PharmExec

APRIL 18, 2024

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Navigating the Regulatory Environment of Pharmaceutical Marketing: Balancing Patient Safety and Industry Innovation

Pharma Marketing Network

MAY 3, 2023

However, pharmaceutical marketing is also regulated by several agencies to ensure that patients are not exposed to false or misleading information. In this article, we will explore the regulatory environment of pharmaceutical marketing and how companies are navigating it to balance patient safety and industry innovation.

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Optimizing Opioid Delivery for Patient Safety

Pharmacy Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Experts discuss advantages of prefilled syringes in opioid delivery—reducing errors, enhancing safety, and minimizing waste—while providing insights on optimizing dosage forms.

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Sometimes Striking Is the Only Way Nurses Can Protect Patient Safety, Expert Says

MedCity News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Nurses only strike when it’s the only option left to protect patients and deliver quality care, she declared. There’s been a recent wave of nurse strikes, but Theresa Brown — a nurse and New York Times bestselling author — said she’s never met a nurse that happily embraces striking.

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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

Accelerated Approval allows for early access to drugs and biologics based on initial evidence of safety and effectiveness, while confirmatory studies required to verify clinical benefits are ongoing. Do patients care? The program was codified into law under the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012.

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Nursing & Patient Safety – Using Malpractice Claims to Identify Risk Trends [Sponsored]

MedCity News

JULY 26, 2022

Nurses face challenges that put themselves and their patients at risk. Using closed claim data, Coverys identified nursing risk trends. A full report, including recommendations, will be released this year.

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Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

pharmaphorum

JULY 6, 2022

And how can regulators balance timely access with robust safety? Cancer patients in Europe wait an average of almost eight months longer for access to breakthrough medications than their American counterparts. The FDA approves new cancer treatments in half the time of the EMA – but does faster mean better? Accelerating safe access.

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Belantamab Mafodotin Regimen Indicates Safety, Improved OS in Patients Treated With Multiple Myeloma

Pharmacy Times

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite the belantamab mafodotin regimen improving overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, the trial is ongoing to confirm the presented results.

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Elemental Impurity Analysis Crucial to Patient Safety

PharmaTech

JULY 5, 2022

To ensure patient safety, drug products must be tested for elemental impurities that pose risk.

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Clarity will help stem the problem of ‘winners and losers’ in medical device safety and security

MedCity News

JUNE 22, 2022

The Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act was introduced by Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and John Joyce (R- PA) to clarify the meaning of medical device remanufacturing and empower the FDA to educate company technicians so they know if they’ve crossed the line into a regulated activity. .

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Enhancing Workflows: Cost Savings, Safety, Collaboration

Pharmacy Times

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A panel of experts analyze the impact of prefilled syringes on workflows across diverse patient populations, emphasizing cost savings, patient safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Cerner Enviza and FDA partner to develop AI drug safety tools

Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 11, 2023

Oracle company Cerner Enviza and John Snow Labs have collaborated with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for drug safety and real-world evidence studies.

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Study Reinforces Safety of Taxane-Based Chemotherapies for Pregnant Patients With Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In an interview at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Ana Ferrigno Guajardo, MD, discussed research into the safety and efficacy of taxane-based chemotherapy use in pregnant patients with breast cancer.

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3 Innovative Ways to Empower Patients with Interactive and Educational Ads

PM360

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Empowering patients with comprehensive information about their health and medical conditions is a critical step towards fostering their active involvement in healthcare decisions. And pharma marketers can play a crucial role in helping to deliver the right education to patients.

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Correcting Provider Biases About Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients Can Protect Their Health and Safety

MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Providers, administrators, health insurers and other healthcare-access gatekeepers can learn, train, change policies and remove barriers facing vulnerable groups so they can receive the long-overdue opportunity to pursue their best health and well-being.

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Summertime Medication Sun Safety Tips

Pharmacy Times

JULY 27, 2022

With the vast number of drugs that can induce photosensitivity, patients taking any of these medications should receive safety counseling, especially during the summer months.

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Immunotherapy shows benefits for hospitalised COVID-19 patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Apogenix , a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapeutics, announced that asunercept showed statistically significant benefits for hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the ASUNCTIS trial. The Phase II trial investigated efficacy and safety of asunercept in 435 patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease.

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Securing the Safety Net in Drug Access and Support

PharmExec

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A look at the intersection of rigorous compliance and ethical behavior: independent, charitable patient assistance foundations.

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Will AI Completely Transform the Patient Experience?

PM360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

However, Keri McDonough, Head, Patient Voice Consortium & Vice President, Medical and Scientific Strategy, Syneos Health , says that AI will only help so much in alleviating the “ burnout ” 3 or “ moral injury ” 4 many HCPs face. “To Of course, AI can also be used to help marketers better understand and serve patients.

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New therapy for anaemic myelodysplastic cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Phase III open-label, randomised trial ( NCT03682536 ) evaluated the efficacy and safety of Reblozyl versus epoetin alfa. The safety results for the trial were consistent with previous studies. The safety results for the trial were consistent with previous studies. No new safety issues were reported. in November 2021.

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Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle

pharmaphorum

JUNE 27, 2022

The safety of Astellas’ gene therapy portfolio has been thrust into the spotlight once again, after the FDA placed a clinical hold on a trial of its Pompe disease candidate AT845. The post Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle appeared first on.

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Extension Trial Analysis Shows Long-Term Safety, Efficacy of Atogepant in Patients With Migraines

Pharmacy Times

APRIL 16, 2024

day improvement of monthly migraine days at weeks 13 through 16 and no new safety signals were observed. The extension trial of atogepant demonstrated an 8.5-day

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The Challenges of Safety Risk Detection: The Automation Solution

Pharmaceutical Commerce

JULY 20, 2022

If there’s anything we learned from the pandemic, it’s the critical need to analyze patient outcome data in real time to stay informed on the safety and efficacy of treatments in the real world.

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How Risk-Based Quality Management Improves Data Quality, Patient Safety, Accelerating Drug Development

MedCity News

APRIL 11, 2023

Risk-based quality management, or RBQM, is the process by which pharmaceutical organizations monitor and manage quality throughout clinical trials.

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3 Pieces of Home Medical Equipment That Can Offer You Comfort and Safety

Happy Living Medical Sales

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There are many different types of medical equipment that are designed to help people manage mobility and enhance their safety. Bathroom Safety Equipment. is bathroom safety equipment. Bath benches, shower seats, and other safety devices can provide just the right support to ensure safety and comfort in the bathroom.

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Amniotics’ PulmoStem receives positive safety data

PharmaTimes

MARCH 3, 2023

Treatment is a lung-specific stem cell therapy designed for hospitalised patients with respiratory infections

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4 Steps Needed to Improve Patient Safety On a National Level, Per PCAST

Medication Management Technology Puts Patient Safety at the Center of Care

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E&L Testing to Ensure Compliance & Patient Safety

Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Tops ECRI’s List of 2023 Patient Safety Concerns

How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

The Definition of Patient Safety and Implementing Technologies (PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference 2023)

Balancing Health Tech Innovation With Safety: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Patient Care

Amid high-profile CAR-T safety probe, FDA’s Peter Marks offers first glimpse at data under review

FDA Calls for New Safety Warning for the Class of CAR T Cancer Therapies

Accurate, Complete Data Entry Is Key to Medication Safety

As FDA puts CAR-T safety under microscope, researchers dig into adverse events record of BCMA therapies

ECNP 2023: new esketamine NS safety data for depression

Why We Need a New Category for Safety Devices

Driving Patient Safety With New Pharmacy HIT Standards

Aggregate Data to Improve Patient Safety: How Data Can Inform Risk Management [Sponsored]

Incyte's Opzelura clears skin in children with atopic dermatitis, but safety remains a question

Parkinson’s UK calls on government to mark World Patient Safety Day

Patient Death Prompts FDA Hold on Tests of Drug in Atopic Dermatitis & Asthma

The Real Cost of State Drug Importation Programs? Patient Safety

Navigating the Regulatory Environment of Pharmaceutical Marketing: Balancing Patient Safety and Industry Innovation

Optimizing Opioid Delivery for Patient Safety

Sometimes Striking Is the Only Way Nurses Can Protect Patient Safety, Expert Says

Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

Nursing & Patient Safety – Using Malpractice Claims to Identify Risk Trends [Sponsored]

Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

Belantamab Mafodotin Regimen Indicates Safety, Improved OS in Patients Treated With Multiple Myeloma

Elemental Impurity Analysis Crucial to Patient Safety

Clarity will help stem the problem of ‘winners and losers’ in medical device safety and security

Enhancing Workflows: Cost Savings, Safety, Collaboration

Cerner Enviza and FDA partner to develop AI drug safety tools

Study Reinforces Safety of Taxane-Based Chemotherapies for Pregnant Patients With Breast Cancer

3 Innovative Ways to Empower Patients with Interactive and Educational Ads

Correcting Provider Biases About Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients Can Protect Their Health and Safety

Summertime Medication Sun Safety Tips

Immunotherapy shows benefits for hospitalised COVID-19 patients

Securing the Safety Net in Drug Access and Support

Will AI Completely Transform the Patient Experience?

New therapy for anaemic myelodysplastic cancer patients

Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle

Extension Trial Analysis Shows Long-Term Safety, Efficacy of Atogepant in Patients With Migraines

The Challenges of Safety Risk Detection: The Automation Solution

How Risk-Based Quality Management Improves Data Quality, Patient Safety, Accelerating Drug Development

3 Pieces of Home Medical Equipment That Can Offer You Comfort and Safety

Amniotics’ PulmoStem receives positive safety data

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