Specialty Pharmacy

Efficacy of standard dose can be suboptimal in patients with hepatitis C, study shows.

Service to dispense oral oncolytics to patients shows positive results, doctors say.

Patients taking Rebif (interferon beta-1a) may ask specialty pharmacists about recent reports of an increased risk of malignant hypertension with this specific formulation of interferon beta-1a.

National Association of Specialty Pharmacy brings together hundreds of stakeholders to discuss the rapidly changing special medication landscape.

Complexity of specialty drugs leads most health plans to create specific rules for coverage, cost share, and benefit management, survey indicates.

Fewer opioid treatment centers are offering HIV testing to patients, and are testing fewer patients overall, a recent study suggests.

A study of renal denervation therapy may have been underpowered to detect important improvements in blood pressure control over a 6-month period.

Patients with co-infection are 80% more likely to have serious liver disease than patients with hepatitis C alone, study finds.

Early results of a phase-1/-2a indicate that an infused monoclonal antibody treatment may target the abnormal cells associated with multiple myeloma while stimulating an immune response.

Apremilast (Otezla) is the first oral therapy FDA approved to improve signs and symptoms, including physical functioning for patients with this condition.

Researchers in the United Kingdom have shown a reduction in the rate of brain atrophy progression with use of 80-mg simvastatin daily in patients with secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis over a 2-year period.

Incidence rates decreased 3% per year last decade thanks in part to timely screening tests, report says.

Hy-Vee's chief health officer says growth of specialty drug market spurred grocery chain to purchase Amber Pharmacy.

Rebecca Shanahan to discuss the optimal role of specialty pharmacies in improving health outcomes at this premier industry event

Study indicates inflammatory bowel disease treatment needs careful consideration before prescribing.

Study finds significant racial and geographic disparity in prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.

Patients with Crohn's Disease receiving infliximab or adalimumab had similar remission rates and few side effects, the results of an Italian study suggest.

An increase in the number of available anti-cancer drugs will also help lead to more people surviving the disease than ever before.

Integrated clinical and specialty pharmacy practice model includes an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists.

Armada introduces mobile app for record crowd expected at upcoming Summit & Expo in Las Vegas.

More patients with Lynch syndrome will be eligible for genetic testing with availability of a new, more sensitive assay from Myriad Genetics and support for wider use of the test through guidelines issued by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Researchers safely infuse engineered immune cells in groundbreaking gene therapy study.

Suzanne Tschida, PharmD, BCPS, vice president of specialty benefit and outcomes strategy at OptumRx, talks about how specialty medications are better suited for distribution through a specialty pharmacy over a retail location.

The Midwestern grocery chain has reached agreement to purchase specialty pharmacy solutions provider Amber Pharmacy.

Recent Behçet's disease research has focused on the most frequently seen disease symptoms, but treatment for rarer disease manifestations may suffer as a result.

New program aims to help providers identify compounding facilities that meet more rigorous standards around quality and patient safety.

Using a very high sensitivity assay analyzing changes in levels of MPO and troponin I before, and 3 months after starting a chemotherapy regimen, investigators were able to predict 46.5% of cases of chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity before they occurred.

Deaths from chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the United States are grossly underreported, the results of a new study indicate.

Expert on long-term patient outcomes says pharmacists have an ideal opportunity to help patients live healthier lives, lower health care costs.