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The 21-week 2018-2019 influenza season was the longest in 10 years.

Bruce Kneeland, community pharmacy consultant, discusses how community pharmacists can counsel and manage travel vaccinations at their pharmacies, in an interview with Pharmacy Times.

Retrophin's enteric-coated formulation allows administration with or without food.

Attendees at the McKesson ideaShare had the chance to hear about women pharmacists and the challenges, successes, and opportunities they have in a session presented by Suzanne Soliman, PharmD.

This funding is part of an effort to provide technical assistance to enhance efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

Bruce Kneeland, community pharmacy consultant, discusses enrolling patients in patient assistance programs, in an interview with Pharmacy Times.

Pharmacists are taking to social media in response to layoffs at Walmart pharmacies across the country.

Improving health, maintaining health, or supplementing a child’s diet are all common reasons to recommend vitamins for some children, said Marsha Millonig, BSPharm, in a session at the McKesson ideaShare on Wednesday.

Pfizer’s bevacizumab-bvzr (Zirabev) demonstrated clinical equivalence and no clinically meaningful differences compared with the reference product.

Fewer than 40% of people have ever had a HIV test, and less than 30% of people in the United States most at risk of acquiring HIV were tested in the past year.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

Allan Fettig and Aaron Finley, co-owners of Trumm Drug and recipients of the 2019 Health Mart Pharmacy of the Year Award, discuss how they went about taking ownership of the pharmacy in April 2018.

Daratumumab (Darzalex, Janssen) is indicated for use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

In a prepared statement, Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Chief Executive Officer Laura Cranston, RPh, said the organization applauds the initiatives outlined in “Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First.”

Travel health services involves a lot more than vaccinations, said Sheri Stensland, PharmD, in a session at McKesson ideaShare.

Eculizumab (Soliris) is indicated for adult patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder who are anti-aquaporin-4 antibody positive.

The advisory board voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend HPV vaccines for people through age 26.

Nimesh Jhaveri, President of Health Mart, discusses how local pharmacies can grow their patient base.

Avatrombopag was previously approved by the agency for treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) who are scheduled to undergo a procedure.

Tera Moore, PharmD, discusses key strategies for successfully integrating psychiatric pharmacist providers in mental healthcare teams.

Chris Cella, VP of RxOwnership, on how Trumm Drug’s change in ownership was a good model to follow.

CRSwNP often occurs with severe asthma and requires systemic steroids or nasal surgery, the current standard of care.

Bruce Kneeland, community pharmacy consultant, discusses point-of-care testing as a form of cash-paid services, in an interview with Pharmacy Times.

The drug is earned the designation for reducing the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in people with chronic heart failure.

Trumm Drug, a pharmacy serving Alexandria, Minnesota, has been named the Health Mart Pharmacy of the Year by McKesson Pharmaceutical.

Tom Kraus, of ASHP, says pharmacists should play an active role in advocating for policy changes and legislative actions.

The letters request actions to correct violations cited by the agency.

Due to physician shortages, pharmacists represent a new avenue to increase accessibility to antivirals.

Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD, Director of Pharmacy Services, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD, discusses how the hospital utilizes IV robotics.

Announced by both companies today, the new combined company will consist of franchises across immunology, hematologic oncology, medical aesthetics, neuroscience, women’s health, eye care, and virology.