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Expected in the first half of 2028, the planned separation would create a stand-alone retail pharmacy company with nearly 30,000 pharmacists.

At the 2026 ASTCT Gene Therapy Summit, experts highlighted how chronic pain, psychological challenges, and neurologic complications may persist despite successful treatment.

RSV hospitalization raised short-term invasive pneumococcal disease risk, especially among unvaccinated individuals.

ADA guidance ties monitoring choices to therapy, risk, and preference. Brooke Hudspeth, PharmD, explains how pharmacists help individualize the plan.

Twice-daily metronidazole dosing had outcomes comparable with those of thrice-daily dosing for confirmed anaerobic infections, minimizing drug exposure and cost while maintaining clinical efficacy.

Pharmacists navigate BCMA therapy sequencing in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, weighing linvoseltamab logistics, community readiness, safety monitoring, and smoother care transitions.

The provider-administered IL-23 inhibitor improved ACR20 response vs placebo after 2 doses in the phase 3 INSPIRE-1 and INSPIRE-2 trials.

Persistent symptoms can complicate life after a multiple myeloma treatment response, making routine symptom assessment and targeted supportive care essential.

Two Kidney Week 2026 posters suggest remnant cholesterol–based markers may help stratify CKD severity and cardiovascular death risk on hemodialysis.

Convenience should not replace connection.

Treated patients also had fewer postacute hospitalizations and deaths, but individuals without risk factors saw no benefit.

In a Korean cohort of 1861 patients with nondialysis CKD, intake below 0.6 g/kg per day was linked to more kidney failure and higher all-cause mortality.

Doruxapapogene ralaplasmid and lalikinogene sifuplasmid-gxfd (Voceryq) targets HPV-6 and HPV-11 to reduce the surgical burden for adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, a rare airway disease.

Caitlin McClain, a nurse and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) survivor, says pharmacists are well placed to help patients tell routine antibiotic adverse effects apart from CDI, which could lead to earlier diagnosis.

A disease-modifying therapy for stage 3 T1D, a second once-weekly insulin, and automated insulin delivery for T2D mark a busy year in diabetes care.

Before lung cancer therapy begins, diagnostic findings and treatment readiness shape care, creating opportunities for pharmacists to help patients start safely.

October’s pain management coverage examined postoperative suzetrigine, pharmacist follow-up for cancer-related neuropathic pain, constipation prevention, and counseling patients concerned about prescribed opioids.

CDC surveillance data show that approximately 10% of adults hospitalized with RSV died during hospitalization or within 60 days of discharge.

VAX-31 met all primary immunogenicity end points against PCV20 and PCV21 in the pivotal OPUS-1 trial.

October’s hematology coverage highlighted first-line pirtobrutinib, questions about myeloma treatment duration and early intervention, and pharmacists’ roles in medication safety and access.

October’s oncology coverage highlighted new treatment options in rectal, breast, and prostate cancers, alongside longer-term survival findings and concerns about reduced-frequency immunotherapy.