Specialty Pharmacy

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) approved in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy.

In 2017 alone, there was an estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in states that adopted Medicaid expansion.

At 5 years follow up, the data showed that the OS for women on olaparib was 42.1%, while the placebo OS was 33.2%.

Artificial intelligence will inevitably play a major role in hub services, improving efficiency and speed to therapy.

FDA has granted Fast Track designation to Cardiff Oncology’s onvansertib, an oral and highly-selective Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitor, for the second-line treatment of patients with KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Pharma companies that shift their attention to what providers, payers, and patients are asking for will profit from the growing worldwide market on preventative care.

In an era of high-priced drugs, health care stakeholders continue to explore alternative pricing models that focus on the concept of value-based drug purchasing models.

The therapy is approved for patients with squamous or non-squamous disease and regardless of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression.

The National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF) announced yesterday that the winner of the 2020 Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award is Rachel Dellevar, PharmD.

According to the study authors, patients with MS who underwent the 4-week mindfulness training not only showed greater improvement in processing speed and regulating negative emotions than those who did not participate in any training, but they also improved compared with those who tried adaptive cognitive training (ACT).

The cause of the majority of rare diseases is associated with 80% of the cases being genetically linked due to inheritance of mutated genes.

The new formulation of twice-a-day deferiprone 1000 mg oral tablets eliminates the mid-day dose, and provides patients with the ability to reduce serum ferritin levels, and cardiac and liver iron.

Over time, hub operations have matured to act as sort of a middleman between manufacturers and specialty pharmacies.

Nearly 30% of the 2773 patients with COVID-19 received systemic coagulation during their time in the hospital.

According to study findings published in Cancer, mammography screenings reduce the rates of advanced and fatal cancers by more than 40%.

Many pharmaceutical manufacturers consider accreditation a prerequisite when either building their network or adding pharmacies to their network.

As the pharmacy industry continues to change, certified pharmacy technicians have the opportunity to step into new roles, taking on more responsibility in helping their pharmacy teams as well as the patients they serve.

Autumn Zuckerman, director of specialty pharmacy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and JoAnn Stubbings, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, discuss the role of specialty pharmacists in guiding patients throughout their journey.

The intention of risk evaluation and mitigation strategy programs is to ensure that the patient gets potentially dangerous drugs that are monitored appropriately.

The approval is based on an interim analysis from the phase 3 IMpower110 study, which showed atezolizumab monotherapy improved overall survival by 7.1 months compared with chemotherapy in people with high PD-L1 expression, according to a press release.

The placement of clinical pharmacists at the nexus of functional pharmacogenomics and in specialty pharmacy care makes good sense.

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax may improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer.

Ripretinib is indicated for adult patients who have received prior treatment with 3 or more kinase inhibitor therapies, including imatinib, according to an FDA press release.

The NASP Challenge is an unique opportunity to identify innovative ideas and creative solutions focused on enhancing the specialty pharmacy patient jouney.

Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, discusses the improtance of combining technology with the personal touch in specialty pharmacy.

The results will help the rare disease community shed light on the needs of people with rare diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential health crises, in addition to informing future research efforts.

At the PQA 2020 Annual Meeting on Thursday, speakers discussed some of the drivers of medication adherence in community pharmacy.

Survey finds that nearly two-thirds of specialty pharmacists spend more than 15 minutes on the phone to fill 1 prescription, whereas 79% of specialty pharmacists seek additional information from clinicians at least 3 times in an average day.

Although the average wholesale price of the agents is more than $13,000, the investigators found that 9% of patients had a 0% co-pay throughout the 6-month period.

Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cause of death from cancer among women in the United States, according to a press release.