Practice Management News

On Sept. 29, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from Catalyst Pharmaceuticals against the FDA and Jacobus Pharmaceuticals over the approval of a rival drug for a rare autoimmune disease — a ruling that disputes the “exclusivity” of the Orphan Drug Act.

Healio has been named one of the most innovative services of 2020 in PM360’s Annual Innovations Issue, which recognizes services, companies and products in the health care and life science industries.

Starting Jan. 1, 2021, patients with inflammatory conditions who are part of the Express Scripts formulary will be forced to switch from the IL-17 inhibitor secukinumab to ixekizumab — whether they or their doctor condone this change or not.

Physicians comprised about one-fifth of unique speakers and provided less than one-third of speaking time on COVID-19 content during 5 weeks of primetime programming on cable television this past spring, data showed.

Dermatologists are often the only health care professional patients with chronic skin conditions see, according to a study published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Stoicism has enjoyed a significant resurgence in popularity in the last decade. It is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by the thinker Zeno in Athens during the early third century BC.

Chilblain-like lesions experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, often referred to as “COVID toes,” may represent manifestations of a viral-induced type I interferonopathy, according to a study.

Female physicians spent a median of 33.4 additional minutes daily — or more than three additional 40-hour work weeks annually — working on electronic health records than their male counterparts, researchers reported.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced key members of his health team today — individuals he called “trusted, accomplished” and “ready from day one” to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

Health care systems have previously acknowledged the importance of — but rarely implemented — strategies for integrating palliative care into ED care, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.