The initial buzz for Apple’s mixed-reality headset has died down, but new apps and experiences are still arriving for consumers who plunked down $3,500. The UK broadcaster Channel 4 just dropped a dedicated streaming app for the headset, which lets users watch stuff in “ground-breaking cinema-style.”

Channel 4 is the first UK broadcaster to take this step. The app leverages the tech inside the headset to overlay streaming content on the real world, which allows for a “full-screen viewing experience” of stuff like The Great British Bake Off and Taskmaster, in addition to multi-screen view.

Speaking of Taskmaster, the broadcaster also announced an environment based on the comedy game show. Environments on the AVP transform the world around the user, so people can watch Taskmaster while sitting in a room inspired by Taskmaster (cue that Xzibit Yo Dawg meme.) Other streaming apps have their own environments. Paramount+ offers one based on SpongeBob Squarepants and Disney+ now includes one set in Iceland.

This app doesn’t feature access to the recently-released Taskmaster VR experience. That one’s still tied to Steam VR and Meta Quest. By most accounts, it’s a pretty bad game, so the Vision Pro isn’t missing much.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/channel-4-in-the-uk-now-has-a-dedicated-app-for-apple-vision-pro-200027166.html?src=rss

Autumn is here! Curl up with your favorite pumpkin-spiced blog and savor these acorns that we’ve squirrelled away for you:

• Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines gives a peek inside its $43 billion gross-to-net bubble

• Optum Rx joins the private label biosimilar bandwagon

• Biosimilars boom for provider-administered drugs

• Fresh evidence of how copay accumulators hurt patients

Plus, words of wisdom from Cencora's soon-to-be-former CEO Steve Collis.

P.S. Join my more than 58,000 LinkedIn followers for daily links to neat stuff along with thoughtful and provocative commentary from the DCI community.

There’s still time to request an invite to the inaugural Drug Channels Leadership Forum. Attendance will be highly limited. We have already begun extending invitations, so apply now to be considered. Click here to view the full agenda.

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Drug Channel Institute is pleased to announce The Drug Channels 2025 Video Webinar Series.

Join Dr. Adam J. Fein for three live video webinars during 2025. These live, interactive events will be broadcast via Zoom from the Drug Channels Video studio in beautiful downtown Philadelphia.

During these events, Dr. Fein will address the latest issues confronting the U.S. drug channel. Topics will be determined based on what’s happening—trends, policy changes, company announcements, and more. He’ll share DCI’s latest market data to help you stay on top of new developments. You will be able to use these events as both a capstone of your current learning and a touchpoint for the future.

The three events are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET on the following dates:

• April 4, 2025

• June 20, 2025

• December 12, 2025 (Drug Channels Outlook 2026)

For 2025, we are offering a Corporate Pricing option that will allow larger organizations to register hundreds of colleagues for one fixed price. Please contact Paula Fein (paula@drugchannels.net) for details.

Read on for full details on pricing, including substantial discounts for multiple sites.

P.S. If you're not familiar with our webinars, click here to watch brief excerpts from our video webinars.
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Informa Connect’s Trade and Channel Strategies
December 10-12, 2024 at the W Hotel in Philadelphia, PA
Drug Channels readers save 10% with code 24DC10*

Pharmacy and distribution models are growing increasingly complex. Stop running in circles—It’s time to unlock proven strategies to propel market access.

What is the secret to success? Trade and Channel Strategies is bringing together industry experts to deliver specific strategies and talk best practices in tackling the latest industry challenges.

As the landscape rapidly evolves, there are only two choices—Adapt or risk falling behind. With policy changes and market fluctuations, specifically surrounding the DSCSA and IRA, the loss of exclusivity wave, adoption of low-WAC products affecting GTN and the rise of innovations within the pharmacy sector, there has never been a more important time for industry to unite. A program driven by market dynamics and led by champions of channel strategy, join your peers now to master the complexities of pharmacy and distribution models to accelerate market access—It's all happening December 10-12.

Why do trade and channel professionals choose this pivotal event?

The challenge of staying viable among shifting market dynamics while meeting business objectives is heavy. Professionals are left with many questions, including:

• How will the new administration affect the distribution channel?
• Is my organization haemorrhaging money to stay afloat with the shift to alternative distribution and pharmacy models?
• Does the DSCSA deadline change affect my organization? Am I still prepared?

Join the experts for three dedicated days of collaborative discussions that will give you the answers to these questions and so many more. Leaders in the landscape are uniting and will dive into the top trends for innovative distribution, integrated pharmacy models and talk the truth about the future of trade.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

Vital insights from industry’s leading pharmacy and distribution experts, including:

• Bill Roth, Senior Vice President of Consulting, Blue Fin Group, An IntegriChain Company
• Patrick Lupo Group Vice President, Pharmacy Trade and Specialty, Walgreens
• Amanda Salindong, Associate Director, Channel & Distribution, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
• Chris Rocco, Senior Director, Market Access Data, Reporting & Analytics, GSK
• Eliane Maalouf, Director Trade and Fulfillment, Mass General Brigham Specialty Pharmacy
• Stephanie Wirkes, Head of Distribution and Strategy Execution, Bayer
• John Harlow, Chief Commercial Officer, Melinta Therapeutics
• Aria Cohen, Vice President, Head of Market Access, Alkeus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Elizabeth Cherry, Program Director for Trade Relations, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy
• Danielle Bryan, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Specialty Pharmacy Trade Relations, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Thomas Scalone, Director, Trade Strategy and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Dina Lynch, VP, Market Access and Reimbursement, Renibus Therapeutics
• And more!

Tackle the hottest topics facing industry right now, including:

• Keynote Address: Access and Channel 2024 In-Review and Preview of 2025
• Pharmacy Evolved—Aligning Commercialization to the Changing Pharmacy Channel
• Advanced Trade Leaders Executive Session
• Navigate and Operationalize the IRA
• Focused Multi-Track Offerings:
  • Supply Chain, Distribution and Logistics
  • Pharmacy Models and Reimbursement Strategies
  • Data, Innovation and Analytics
  • Health Systems and Pharma Partnering Symposium
• Balancing the GTN Bubble with Market Access Priorities
• What’s Happening in Retail—Brick and Morter, Home Delivery and Cash Pay Pharmacies
• Navigating Post Deadline Challenges—DSCSA Compliance and Serialization Updates
• Four Roundtable Breakout Discussions:
  • What Good Looks Like in a 3PL/Manufacturer Partnership
  • Optimizing Healthcare Partnerships
  • Women in Trade
  • GLP-1s and New Product Archetypes
• Actions Needed to Mitigate and Prevent Drug Shortages
• Case Study: Master Your Organization Chart—Ensuring Higher Cross Functional Interactions
• Three Interactive Workshops:
  • Trade 101
  • Advanced Trade Leaders Executive Session
  • Health Systems Fundamentals
• And more!

Exclusive Offer—Download the agenda and register today—Be sure to use your exclusive promo 24DC10 to save 10% off* of your registration.

See you there!

* Cannot be combined with other offers, promotions or applied to an existing registration. Other restrictions may apply.

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Eeek! It's time for Drug Channels’ Halloween roundup of terrifying tales to share with your ghoulish fiends. This month’s tricks and treats:

• Spooky! Blue Shield of California frightens away the gross-to-net bubble with its Humira biosimilar strategy

• Vampiric! Prior authorization sinks its fangs into providers’ time

• Wicked! How the IRA will put a stake through specialty physician practices

• Eerie! Google’s monstrous AI podcasts leave me petrified

• Zoinks! Join the vampire hunters at Drug Channels Institute

Plus, Dr. Glaucomflecken tells us a frightening tale of copayments.

P.S. Stretch out your arms and join the ever-growing zombie horde who shamble after me on LinkedIn. You’ll find my ghostly rantings along with commentary from the undead hordes in the DCI community.
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Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels, invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar:

Friday, December 13, 2024,

from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET

This post describes the event and explains how to purchase a registration. (Or, just click here to order.) The webinar will be broadcast from the Drug Channels studio in beautiful downtown Philadelphia.

This event is part of The Drug Channels 2024 Video Webinar Series. (Please note that our December 2024 webinar is *not* included with next year’s 2025 Video Webinar Series.)

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Join Dr. Fein as he helps you and your team get ready for 2025 by outlining key issues and uncertainties that will surely affect your planning. This event can be both a capstone of your annual learning and a touchpoint for the future. DCI’s Outlook webinars have proven to be reliable and informative guides to crucial aspects of the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

During the event, Dr. Fein will share his latest thinking and projections on a wide range of topics, including:

• Latest predictions for the Inflation Reduction Act

• Expectations for the Medicare Part D market in 2025 and beyond

• Update on 340B Drug Pricing Program’s controversies

• Impact of the new Trump administration and Congress on the drug channel

• Vertical integration and consolidation trends—and prospects for dis-integration and de-consolidation

• The state of biosimilar markets

• What’s next for PBMs’ private label products and GPOs

• Retail pharmacy’s future

• Prospects for direct-to-patient channels

• What’s ahead for discount cards and cash-pay pharmacies

• The outlook for state and federal legislation on PBMs and the drug channel

• Gross-to-net bubble developments

• And much more!

PLUS: During the webinar, Dr. Fein will give participants an opportunity to unmute themselves and ask live questions. The webinar will last at least 90 minutes to accommodate audience questions.

As always, Dr. Fein will clearly distinguish his opinions and interpretations from the objective facts and data. He will draw from exclusive information found in DCI's economic reports .

Read on for full details on pricing and registration.
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Anime airs Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. EST

The Uttar Pradesh health department has adopted YouTube as a platform for ongoing medical education and professional development of government doctors stationed in remote areas (!--ref1--).

England is set to face the West Indies in a five-match T20 series starting on Saturday, November 9, in Barbados. The series marks the return of England's captain, Jos Buttler, after a four-month hiatus due to a calf injury. England aims

WhatsApp is streamlining its verification system with a new blue checkmark replacing the older green badge for verified businesses and channels. This change aligns with Meta's broader strategy to create a consistent visual identity across its platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV platforms in the world.

'I will be talking to animals in the jungle.'

Channels will be first available in select organisations in Colombia and Singapore.

Instagram started testing broadcast channels in February.

WhatsApp channel notification feature is available for both iOS and Android users

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The ability to download media on the internet almost feels like a lost art. When I was in my teens, piracy of mp3s, movies, and just about everything else via torrents and apps like Kazaa, LimeWire, Napster, etc. was in full swing. These days sites use blob URLs and other means to prevent downloads. Luckily […]

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The app has also added other changes in the interface so users can organise their chats better

Slack is a great communication app, but it can do much more than just hold a back-and-forth conversation between you and your colleagues. Here’s how to keep up with your favorite websites by adding RSS feeds to Slack.

Despite social media feeds and mobile apps, RSS feeds are still one of the easiest and simplest ways to consume the output of a website.

Like SMS and email, RSS feeds are robust, simple, and supported just about everywhere, which is why—like SMS and email—they are likely to be around for a very long time. So if you want to keep an eye on whats published by a website or blog, then RSS feeds are the best way to do it.

Slack allows you to connect as many RSS feeds to whatever channels you like as you want. The first thing you’ll need to do is install the free RSS app from the Slack directory.

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