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The role of a specialty pharmacy in enhancing patient access to rare and gene therapies

Bio Pharma Dive

Four critical components in which the right specialty pharmacy partner can bring rare and gene therapy manufacturers the scale, expertise and capabilities needed to drive enhanced patient access.

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Cell and gene therapies: why advanced medicines call for specialised logistics

Pharmaceutical Technology

For many decades, investigators have been working on innovative therapeutic modalities known as cell and gene therapies, which use modified versions of the body’s own cellular and genetic material to treat and potentially cure these diseases. A new frontier in cancer research. Cold chain logistics, meanwhile, have never been so important.

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US FDA approves Pfizer’s migraine nasal spray Zavzpret

Pharmaceutical Technology

Zavzpret is claimed to be the first and only calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist nasal spray approved to treat migraine. The company expects to launch Zavzpret in pharmacies in July.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a gene therapy for a rare blood disorder; pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650 million over opioid crisis

STAT News

The therapy, Zynteglo, is just the third gene therapy approved by the FDA, and the first to target a chronic blood disease. It uses an engineered virus to deliver a gene fix into the bone marrow of patients. Zynteglo will cost $2.8 million per patient, making it one of the most expensive medicines ever sold in the U.S.

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Cell & Gene Therapy Product Development: How Can You Build a Successful Partnership with Your CRO’s Project Manager?

XTalks

Over the past few years, there has been a significant expansion in the cell and gene therapy landscape, with an increasing number of therapies entering clinical trials and receiving regulatory approvals. “I think if we all go into these relationships with this mindset, we’ll achieve great things together.”

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The Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2023: Market Shares and Revenues at the Biggest PBMs, Health Plans, and Independents (rerun)

Drug Channels

billion figure was roughly accurate for the AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy business. However, Walgreens disclosed that it also generates about $16 billion in specialty revenues from its retail pharmacies and nearly 300 community-based specialty pharmacy locations. Click here to see the original post from April 2024.

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AscellaHealth Highlights 2022 Key Trends in Specialty Pharmacy: Rising Costs, Expensive Cell/Gene Therapies, Management of Patients on High-Cost Therapies & Vertical Integration of Specialty Pharmacies into Healthcare Organizations

BioTech 365

AscellaHealth Highlights 2022 Key Trends in Specialty Pharmacy: Rising Costs, Expensive Cell/Gene Therapies, Management of Patients on High-Cost Therapies & Vertical Integration of Specialty Pharmacies into Healthcare Organizations AscellaHealth Highlights 2022 Key Trends in Specialty Pharmacy: Rising Costs, Expensive Cell/Gene … Continue (..)