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A single infusion of the CAR T-cell therapy Tecartus produced a high and durable response rate in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Axsome Therapeutics continues to explore its narcolepsy drug after the FDA granted it orphan drug designation.

With a surge in development of oral oncolytic agents for a variety of therapy targets, the support pharmacists can provide patients in areas such as oral oncolytic medication adherence has come to the fore.

October marks American Pharmacists Month, and we celebrate Women Pharmacist Day on October 12 and Pharmacy Technician Day on October 19.

Prescribers, pharmacists, nurses, lab technicians, and other health care professionals must work as a team to create awareness and understanding of pharmacogenomics integration.

The national guidelines recommend a heart-healthy diet to help manage weight and control blood pressure, while also emphasizing dietary patterns rather than individual foods and nutrients.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Maria Whitman, Global Head of the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Practice at ZS, discusses the FDA’s Project Optimus, the FDA’s new guidance addressing dose optimization issues in oncology clinical trials, and how it has impacted drug manufacturers.

Molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50% among patients with COVID-19 who received the drug.

In a Pharmacy Times® interview, Jessica Hui, a researcher and pediatric allergist at National Jewish Health, discussed how increased hand hygiene may be harming the hands of healthcare workers.

The main factors behind the vaccine hesitancy are the potential adverse effects post-vaccination and effect on their autoimmune conditions, as well as lack of trial data, an analysis shows.

The investigators said these results suggest patients with low sTK1 activity levels have slow-growing disease, which can be initially controlled through single-drug endocrine therapy.

Margetuximab (Margenza) is indicated, in combination with chemotherapy, for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

The Pharmacy Times® Pharmacy Focus podcast provides the latest industry news and information, thought-leader insights, clinical updates, patient counseling tools, and innovative solutions for the everyday practice and business of pharmacy.

Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior.

Pharmacy Times will be celebrating pharmacists throughout the month of October to recognize their contributions to the health care field.

Donna Bohannon, RPh, MS, principal scientist at US Pharmacopeia (USP), and Bhumi Khambholja, PharmD, MSHI, project manager of Wisconsin Health Literacy, discuss how to adopt USP standards for labeling to increase health equity.

Additionally, the ITT-E population showed both treatment arms showing a high proportion of participants with plasma HIV-1 RNA c/mL with dolutegravir/lamivudine demonstrating non-inferior virologic suppression to the TAF-based regimen.

Generic substitution can lower patient drug costs and improve medication adherence.

Among 38 patients with B-cell derived malignancies who were seronegative after 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses, 55% had detectable antibodies after the third dose whereas 45% remained seronegative.

Patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia are generally divided by those exposed to Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKi), patients relapsing after venetoclax, and patients relapsing after BTKi and B-cell lymphoma-2 inhibitors.

The medication receives the approval after it was shown to be more effective than daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with emtricitabine tablets.

Although it may not be feasible in all situations, professional sabbatical leave could be a win-win for both pharmacists and their employers.

Oral use of glucosamine hydrochloride may reduce pain related to rheumatoid arthritis.

Semaglutide (Rybelsus) is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

During atrial fibrillation, both of the heart's upper chambers beat chaotically and irregularly without coordination.

Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical sciences at Touro University California College of Pharmacy, discusses potential adverse effects and drug-drug interactions with psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine treatment.

Lauren C. Pinter-Brown, MD, FACP, of UCI Health and Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains what the role of the pharmacist is during the treatment of patients with advanced cutaneous T cell lymphoma.