Specialty Pharmacy

David Lassen, chief clinical officer at Prime Therapeutics, discusses how high cost hepatitis C drugs have impacted the entire specialty landscape.

Process may lead to better quality liver cells derived from clinical grade stem cells.

Targeting Dicer enzyme may help prevent cancer development.

Study finds that patients prescribed expensive drugs will continue to face high out-of-pocket costs.

Research suggests psychosocial comorbidities and elevated risk of atherosclerosis in RA patients.

Compounding pharmacy Downing Labs LLC, its co-owners, and its pharmacist-in-charge have been issued a consent decree of permanent injunction.

Drug caused significant improvement in testing on animals carrying Duchenne muscle dystrophy.

Top news of the week in oncology.

Growing colon cancer incidence and mortality associated with increased red meat intake.

Researchers identify need to evaluate the role of research biopsies in clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer.

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Health care providers may more guidance to decrease readmission in patients with COPD

Emergency room physician finds hope in new treatments during long battle with lung cancer.

Top articles of the week on Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Nearly 2 million cancer deaths have been avoided over last 25 years.

Measured and unmeasured costs can have a significant impact on outcomes for patients with cancer.

Unsanitary living conditions promote spread of the virus.

Disappointing sales were blamed on prior authorization, the FDA label restrictions, and the need for spirometry before doctors could write prescriptions.

Patients with certain diabetic foot ulcers now have a new treatment option.

More than 40 members of the US House of Representatives have expressed support for greater pharmacist roles in improvements made to Medicare Part D's medication therapy management (MTM) program.

By infecting 5% to 10% of the US population each year, influenza consumes $87.1 billion.

More than 5 years after the Affordable Care Act was passed, Republicans are sending a bill to unravel the healthcare law to the president's desk. President Obama has already vowed to veto the bill.

Vitamin D3 found to aid immune response regulation among patients with MS.

Treatment with Imbruvica found to improve overall response rate.

Open Payments database sheds light on payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to physicians.

Treatment shows the potential to turn metastatic breast tumors into low-grade tumors.

Prescription drug cost-sharing requirements may better inform consumer selection.

Prognosis markers may help project clinical outcomes for CRC patients.

While the prevalence of problems paying medical bills may be greater in certain groups compared with others, almost anyone can experience difficulty paying medical bills, according to the results of a survey from Kaiser Family Foundation/New York Times.

Study finds adoption of Medicaid expansion could reduce disparities in breast cancer screening.