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St. Bernard Hospital uses ultra-cold freezers for longer storage of coronavirus vaccine

The Pharma Data

Bernard Hospital today took delivery of the first batch of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus, and Dr. Jennifer Atomah , director of the hospital’s pharmacy, placed the medicine in one of the ultra-cold freezers that allow that product to be stored for up to six months. Bernard Hospital. CHICAGO , Dec.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, June 2021: Amazon's Latest, Patients vs. Accumulators, Generics & Biosimilars, 340B Games, and a Hospital Road trip

Drug Channels

As you declare your vaccinated independence, celebrate with these Drug Channels fireworks: Amazon’s teeny step toward pharmacy disruption How patients view copay accumulators My $0.02 on generic and biosimilar trends Some hospitals seem to be gaming their 340B eligibility Plus, tips on effective hospital marketing.

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DrugBank adds ASHP data to knowledgebase, improving user experience and data reliability

DrugBank

DrugBank has integrated ASHP’s ready-to-use suite of drug information including more than 1,550 monographs covering most prescription and over-the-counter medications and vaccines available in the US. For more information, visit ashp.org and ASHP’s consumer website, SafeMedication.com.

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Biden Outlines ‘Bold’ National Vaccine Effort

The Pharma Data

16, 2021 — President-elect Joe Biden described an ambitious national vaccination plan on Friday that will deliver coronavirus vaccines to far more people and invoke a wartime law to boost vaccine production. Even if Biden invokes the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, it may take some time to ease vaccine shortages.

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Health Care Workers, Nursing Home Residents to Get First Vaccines: Panel

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1, 2020 — Health care workers and people in nursing homes should be at the front of the line for upcoming COVID-19 vaccines, a U.S. The panel’s advice will be reviewed by CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield and, if accepted, will provide badly needed official guidance to state officials scrambling to plan for vaccine distribution.

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Recon: Pfizer, BioNTech submit BLA for COVID vaccine; MHRA approves first drug under Project Orbis

The Pharma Data

Pfizer-BioNTech files for US approval of COVID-19 vaccine ( Reuters ) ( NYTimes ) ( Politico ) ( Press ). Covid-19 Vaccines Are Wasted as Special Syringes Run Short ( WSJ ). The US opened pandora’s box on IP waivers for Covid-19 vaccines. . In Focus: US. What happens now?

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FDA broadens existing emergency use of Lilly and Incyte’s baricitinib in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring oxygen

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The EUA now provides for the use of baricitinib for treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults and pediatric patients two years of age or older requiring supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). percent (24/515) for baricitinib plus remdesivir versus 7.1