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April 26th 2025
New research confirms hydroxyurea's long-term effectiveness in reducing hospital visits for children with sickle cell anemia, supporting its use as standard treatment.
New Integrated HIV Curriculum Lays the Foundation for Future Pharmacy Students
February 15th 2020The scope of HIV/AIDS treatment in America has changed immensely in recent years across the pharmacy landscape. Roosevelt University's College of Pharmacy (RUCOP) is helping to highlight this shift in its updated HIV/AIDS care and training program.
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Health Experts Concerned Coronavirus Could Lead to Drug Shortages
February 14th 2020Although the number of US cases is still low, experts are raising concerns that the US reliance on China for pharmaceutical ingredients could result in drug shortages as Chinese officials battle the outbreak.
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Report: Reference Pricing Decreases Overall Spending, Increases Patient Cost Sharing
February 14th 2020A new economic analysis published in JAMA found that the implementation of reference pricing increased the percentage of prescriptions filled for the lower-priced drugs within each therapeutic class, while simultaneously increasing patient cost sharing and decreasing overall prices paid.
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Merck Selling Older, Slower Growth Products Through New Pharmaceutical Company
February 11th 2020Merck has announced its plan to spin-off products from its women's health, trusted legacy brands, and biosimilars into a new, independent, and publicly traded corporation, according to the company.
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National Opioid Crisis: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacist
February 10th 2020To streamline the way opioid treatments are administered and to successfully treat addicts, a pharmacist’s clinical expertise is maximized in a medication-assisted treatment setting within opioid treatment programs.
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State Shows Increase in Naloxone Orders By Allowing Pharmacists to Dispense Without a Prescription
February 9th 2020Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study was conducted using a segmented regression analysis of an interrupted time series over a course of 30 months.
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Florida Pharmacy Association Report Outlines Concerns About PBM, MCO Manipulations
February 6th 2020A new report from the Florida Pharmacy Association and American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc, alleges that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the state are favoring their own affiliated pharmacies in the Florida Medicaid Program, both by driving customers to those pharmacies and by reimbursing them at higher rates.
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Vaping Policy Loophole Leads to Teens Switching to Disposable E-Cigarettes
February 4th 2020A policy loophole regarding the ban of e-cigarettes permits all flavors to continue to be sold in devices that cannot be refilled and are redesigned to be disposed of after the flavored nicotine has run out.
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Pharmacist Seeks to Empower Consumers in Market for Vitamins, Supplements
February 3rd 2020Using a series of questionnaires aimed at personal health goals, the interactive tool uses your responses to calculate not only the supplement that is recommended, but other data and reference points for anyone who needs more information.
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