Specialty Pharmacy

Riluzole oral film (Exservan, Aquestive Therapeutics) has received early-action approval from the FDA for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The FDA approved voxelotor (Oxbryta, Global Blood Therapeutics) tablets for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years of age and older.

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The case study included a 45-year-old man diagnosed with stage 3 multiple myeloma who was treated with bortezomib and dexamethasone.

If approved, risdiplam (Genentech) would be the first at-home administered medicine for patients living with spinal muscular atrophy.

Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, sits down with Specialty Pharmacy Times to discuss how pharmacy schools can better prepare students for Specialty Pharmacy during the NASP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

The study evaluated the safety and efficacy of a live, attenuated zoster vaccine patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapies for various indications.

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The FDA has approved cenobamate tablets (XCOPRI, SK Life Sciences) for treatment of partial-onset seizures in adults.

Under a new international collaboration, the FDA has granted supplemental approval to acalabrutinib (Calquence, AstraZeneca) for the treatment of adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia.

The 48-week phase 4 study showed that tocilizumab was more effective than rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with low B cell levels in synovial tissue.

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Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, sits down with Specialty Pharmacy Times to discuss the benefits of attending NASP during the NASP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

The FDA has granted approvel to Alnylam’s givosiran (Givlaari) for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria.

Durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) and tremelimumab plus chemotherapy improved progression-free survival in first-line stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer.

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Researchers in the JADE MONO-1 study investigated whether patients aged 12 years and older with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis would achieve with abrocitinib could achieve clear or almost clear skin with abrocitinib.

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Jesse C. Dresser, Esq explains the current climate of PBM reform at the NASP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

A newly-developed machine learning system may help act as an alert system for potential adverse effects from drug-drug interactions.

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Officials with the FDA have approved adalimumab-afzb (Abrilada, Pfizer), a biosimilar to Humira, for the treatment of certain patients with rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, adult Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, and plaque psoriasis.

cvMOBIUS will examine lipid management and the effectiveness of evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen) on cardiovascular outcomes.

Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, sits down with Specialty Pharmacy Times to discuss the goals and importance of his company, Stack, during the NASP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

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Crizanlizumab-tmca (Adakveo, Novartis) is approved to reduce the frequency of vaso-occlusive crises in patients aged 16 years and older with sickle cell disease.

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The FDA granted accelerated approval to zanubrutinib (Brukinsa, BeiGene) for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma in adults who have received at least 1 prior therapy.

Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, sits down with Specialty Pharmacy Times to discuss how vertical integration might affect biosimilar availability in specialty pharmacy during the NASP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.