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U.S. Scrambles to Find Hospital IV Fluids After Helene Damages NC Plant

Drugs.com

hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching out internationally to help restore supply.The. THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 -- After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S.

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Vertical Integration Lessons: The Economics and Strategies of Hospital-Owned Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Channels

As many of you know, hospitals and health systems have emerged as significant participants in the specialty pharmacy industry. A new American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) survey provides fresh insights into these specialty pharmacies. I then highlight how hospitals steer prescriptions to their internal specialty pharmacies.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, September 2021: Hospitals’ 340B Profits, Drug Prices Deflate, U.S. vs. EU, Amazon vs. CVS, and More Bad Blood for Theranos

Drug Channels

Curl up with your favorite pumpkin-spiced blog and savor these stories harvested from the Drug Channels patch: Fresh insights about hospitals’ specialty drug profits SSR Update: Drug prices keep dropping My $0.02 You can also find me on LinkedIn , where I have more than 20,000 followers. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Fresh Evidence: How Health Systems Steer Prescriptions to Their Own Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Channels

Hospitals and health systems are rapidly expanding their internal specialty pharmacies—and they’re using questionable tactics to boost revenues and profits. As manufacturers challenge external 340B contract pharmacies, health systems will become even more aggressive about guiding volume to their internal pharmacies.

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Vertical Integration Lessons: The Economics and Strategies of Hospital-Owned Specialty Pharmacies (rerun)

Drug Channels

For updated data on hospital-owned specialty pharmacies, see Chapter 3 of DCI's new 2024 Economic Report on U.S. As many of you know, hospitals and health systems have emerged as significant participants in the specialty pharmacy industry. I then highlight how hospitals steer prescriptions to their internal specialty pharmacies.

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AC102 Eliminates Tinnitus in Preclinical Study

The Pharma Data

The results, recently published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences , come from a collaborative effort between researchers at Erlangen University Hospital and Berlin-based biotech firm AudioCure. These findings are particularly relevant in the context of sudden hearing loss, a condition often accompanied by tinnitus.

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Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak

The Pharma Data

27, 2020 — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non- COVID-19 -related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. TUESDAY, Oct. Saul Blecker, M.D., Saul Blecker, M.D.,