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A pill to make exercise obsolete
The New Yorker
What if a drug could give you all the benefits of a workout?
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Google and Uber alums have created a doctor's office that's like an Apple Store meets 'Westworld' — and it's expanding nationwide
Business Insider
Forward is a new medical practice that's like a hybrid of an Apple Store and "Westworld."
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The growing trend of pharmacy automation
Forbes
Increased artificial intelligence and machine learning facilities, combined with the lower cost of automated systems, have put automation within reach for even smaller pharmacies.
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The future of pharma: The role of biotech companies
Forbes
The pharmaceutical industry is changing. Here's what the research says about the role biotech will play in its evolution.
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Melting permafrost in the Arctic is unlocking diseases and warping the landscape
Vox
Some of the consequences of thawed permafrost seem almost apocalyptic.
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Buying birth control online is a peek into the future of medicine
Technology Review
Women directly buying their birth control online are getting a glimpse of what the future of medicine could be. And according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine published today, it’s—drum roll—pretty darn safe.  The study—titled “A Study of Telecontraception”—recruited seven “secret shoppers” in California who purchased birth control from nine vendors…
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Intelligent biopharma
Deloitte
The pace and scale of medical and scientific innovation is transforming the biopharma industry. The need for better patient engagement and experience is spurring new business models. AI is rising across biopharma.
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The post-antibiotic era is here
Vox
Because of antibiotic resistance, 1 person in the US dies every 15 minutes.
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Web Summit 2019: AI and drug development mark new era for pharma
Euronews
Web Summit 2019: AI and drug development mark new era for pharma
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Pharmacists face same workforce crisis as general practice, warns CCA chief
Pharmaceutical Journal
Community pharmacy is “facing the same recruitment and retention crisis” as general practice, the head of the Company Chemists’ Association has said.
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Data-driven care: why pharmacy needs to get involved
Pharmaceutical Journal
Access to data will transform the NHS — it’s time pharmacists got to grips with clinical informatics, says Andrew Davies.
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Pharma could become more active in direct-to-consumer drug delivery in 2020
Business Insider
Industry experts predict that pharma companies will become more active acquirers of direct-to-consumer drug delivery upstarts in 2020.
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Precepting is crucial in retaining new nurses and helping them succeed
Nurse
The pressures on new graduate nurses to transition from education to practice are often too much to take, causing RNs meant to fuel nursing’s workforce pipeline in the coming decades to question their career choice. One thing that can ease the transition and help retain new nurses is nurse precepting.
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Almost half of pharmacists worry about mistakes or poor service, reveals wellbeing survey
Pharmaceutical Journal
The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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Drugs boosting concentration and memory will be in offices by 2030 – but only for rich people
The Independent
Employers will offer substances which enhance cognitive abilities, while the have-nots will be left open to more health risks than ever
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PCNs forced to recruit pharmacists with less experience owing to shortages, says NHS England director
Pharmaceutical Journal
The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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New dispensing limits imposed
Australian Journal of Pharmacy
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Pharmacists seek frontliner incentives, contract extensions
Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) is asking Putrajaya to extend to its members the RM600 monthly allowance for frontline medical workers announced in the Covid-19 stimulus package. In a statement today, MPS president Amrahi Buang said pharmacists were also...
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The future of biopharma
Deloitte
​Explore what the future of the pharmaceutical industry holds and how health interventions may impact business models in life sciences.
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As workers skip duty, truckers refuse to move amid lockdown, pharma units warn of medicine shortage
India Today
The lockdown and curfew in many states has broken the medicine supply chain. The pharma unit owners say they were compelled to stop manufacturing activity as some ancillary units that make foil, packaging material and printers have shut down.
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The pandemic is a chance to revamp India’s pharmaceutical industry
The Economist
Companies could switch from primarily making generics to producing higher-margin licensed drugs
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WFS’ pharma facilities at airports prove vital
STAT Trade Times
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS’) investment in 12 dedicated pharma facilities at airports in Europe, the United States and Africa generated significant increases in time- and temperature-sensitive volumes in the first five months of 2020
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Covid-19 is forcing pharma to rethink clinical trials
Chemistry World
Drug trials have become a casualty of Covid-19, but the pandemic is also prompting change
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Marketing for life science companies – drivers of change
Pharmaphorum
Digital in itself is no longer a way for the industry to show its innovativeness and gain a competitive advantage – it should be considered as a pre-condition for staying relevant on a transformed market
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Why collaboration is key to success for 3d bioprinting and regenerative medicine
Life Science Leader
For regenerative medicine as a field to truly advance, it would require an intricate interplay between manufacturers, hospital systems, physicians,...
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Amazon launches online pharmacy in India
BBC
The internet retail giant's move comes as US tech firms are investing billions of dollars in India.