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April 29th 2025
Integrating community pharmacists into specialty pharmacy care can enhance patient access, address physician shortages, and expand pharmacists' roles in delivering high-quality clinical services, according to experts at Asembia’s AXS25 Summit.
Provider Status Could Impact Legal Issues Around COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Pharmacies
September 22nd 2021In part 2 of their discussion on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, experts Ned Milenkovich, PharmD, and Ron Lanton III, Esq., discussed how provider status could impact potential legal issues around COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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Vaccine Mandates Present Potential Legal Questions for Pharmacies, Health Professionals
September 21st 2021With the recent announcement of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, in addition to private businesses potentially requiring vaccines for employees, pharmacies and other health care facilities could have questions about legal issues surrounding these mandates.
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FDA Approves First Ophthalmology Biosimilar for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
September 20th 2021An anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, ranibizumab prevents vision loss in patients with retinal vascular disorders, which can cause irreversible blindness or visual impairments in adults.
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Federal Mandates for COVID-19 Mean Enhanced Inventory, Scheduling: What Pharmacists Need to Know
September 20th 2021Pharmacists will need to make sure they have the necessary personal protective equipment in place to meet increased clinic activity and while keeping an eye on levels of flu vaccines and tests.
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An Overview of FDA Risk Evaluation & Mitigation Strategies
September 20th 2021REMS are not intended to minimize all harmful effects of a drug, but instead focus on preventing, tracking, and handling a specific serious risk by informing, educating, and/or enforcing measures that reduce the frequency and/or intensity of the event.
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Clinical Trial Evaluating Vaccine Against Opioid Use Disorders Enrolls First Patients
September 17th 2021Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, this trial is intended to test the safety and efficacy of a vaccine designed to selectively prevent the euphoric and toxic effects of oxycodone.
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