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In the inpatient acute care setting, oncology pharmacists maximize return on investments of oncology products, produce optimal outcomes, and ensure that quality of care is consistent and safe.

Teprotumumab is the first fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody approved by the FDA for the treatment of thyroid eye disease at its source not just reducing the symptoms.

As pharmacists, it’s important to understand and embrace the science and the tools that COVID-19 has brought.

Among nicotine users, there was an approximately 4 beat per minute jump in heart rate after vaping or smoking.

Investigational broadly neutralizing antibody shows promise as potential as a first-in-class treatment option for HIV.

Researchers observed disparities in health outcomes between Black individuals and White individuals due to stroke, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Eisai plans to file for traditional approval in the United States by March 31, 2023.

Pharmacy leaders and academics have been begging the profession to evolve for decades. It took a pandemic to make it happen.

The results showed that these participants were more than 27 times as likely to develop VTE, more than 21.5 times as likely to be diagnosed with heart failure, and 17.5 times as likely to have a stroke.

Pre-planned safety reviews performed for the duration of the study found that the investigational vaccine is well-tolerated with no safety concerns for both the vaccinated individuals and their newborns.

Double-digit inflation, low reimbursement rates, and staffing shortages present obstacles.

Every change in participation offers the opportunity to self-channel to community pharmacies or mail order.

Phase 3 trial evaluated luspatercept-aamt and shows highly statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in red blood cell transfusion for those with myelodysplastic syndromes.

ART also results in a faster decay of plasma HIV RNA and increased HIV CD8+T cell immunity compared with the treatment alone, investigators found.

Investing in adequate education and training of new employees up front can save a considerable amount of time and money on the back end.

The drug is a selective, nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist found to also protect against COVID-19 and pneumonia-related adverse events in patients with diabetes.

The vaccine is suggested to cause more rare cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome than the mRNA-based vaccine, especially among younger individuals.

Tenofovir alafenamide is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor specifically indicated to treat HBV in adults with compensated liver disease.

From improving access to offering precision care, students are at the forefront of innovation.

Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, discusses how the new once every 2-month injectable PrEP has shown potential to increase adherence among populations with the greatest need.

Study finds little evidence to support the long-standing recommendation that women with a first-degree family relative diagnosed with breast cancer should get screened 10 years earlier.

It is time to compensate pharmacy technicians in accordance with their value.

An ASCP 2022 Annual Meeting session presenter provides an update of 6 new therapeutic agents and their appropriate use in an older adult population.

Problems such as sleep deprivation, excessive sleeping, or inability to sleep regularly may be an important factor in the transition from episodic to chronic migraines.

Pharmacy Times will be covering the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week, which will be gathering more than 10,000 professionals working on kidney health in Orlando, Florida.

Herpes zoster can increase the risk of stroke, especially among patients under 40 years of age, for whom the vaccine is not typically recommended.

Technicians are vital members of pharmacy teams and stepped up even more during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pharmacy Times is gearing up for Kidney Week (Nov. 3-6) by learning about the pharmacological role of kidney care from the president of the American Society of Nephrology.

New evidence suggests that using artificial intelligence can help individualize diagnostics and protocols, including when women should get mammograms and what medications can best suit which people.

Epcoritamab is an investigational subcutaneous bispecific antibody being investigated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.