March 2017

Chronic pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as pain that persists beyond the normal tissue healing time of 3 months, and it may be classified into 3 distinct categories: nociceptive, neuropathic, and a mixture of the two.

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play an important and necessary role within our private health care system.

Antimicrobial stewardship is a hot topic in pharmacy right now, with more overseeing bodies requiring it lately.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer caused by uncontrolled proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow.

The 340B Drug Pricing Program began in 1992 with the intent of permitting covered entities “to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services.”