Eileen Oldfield Associate Editor

In addition to his well-known contributions to society, Benjamin Franklin helped to establish the first public hospital and the first hospital pharmacy.

The generic drug market's economics have a particular impact on drug shortages, including shortages of critical drugs that may only be available in generic form.

Pharmacists at a New Zealand hospital can spend more time counseling high-risk patients and reconciling their medications, thanks to a tool that predicts which patients are at the highest risk for medication errors or adverse drug events.

A study suggests that patients with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis have more cardiac risk factors than age- and gender-matched controls.

The reason for discontinuing tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–alpha inhibitor therapy in severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis patients may correlate to how well they respond to treatment with a different TNF-alpha inhibitor.

Inflammatory bowel disease patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy had decreased immunogenicity to at least 1 of the 3 strains in the trivalent flu vaccine.

Newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia patients may be more likely to achieve major molecular response if they receive nilotinib therapy, a new study suggests.

As health care providers work to reduce hospital readmissions, pharmacists and technology may provide a solution.

Patients with accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemia at diagnosis may benefit from immediate tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy rather than alternate treatments.

Fewer opioid treatment centers are offering HIV testing to patients, and are testing fewer patients overall, a recent study suggests.

Patients with Crohn's Disease receiving infliximab or adalimumab had similar remission rates and few side effects, the results of an Italian study suggest.

A pharmacist helps Team USA compete at the Olympics using everyday pharmacy skills.

An experiential learning program at the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy combines pharmacy law, patient privacy, therapeutic knowledge, and patient counseling skills.

Recent Behçet's disease research has focused on the most frequently seen disease symptoms, but treatment for rarer disease manifestations may suffer as a result.

A proposed rule changing drug labeling permissions would add $4 billion to the nation's annual health care costs, finds a study sponsored by the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

A molecular geneticist has set out to crowdfund his dream of producing a less time-consuming method of analyzing and sequencing DNA.

This new series highlights pharmacists who have gone the "extra mile" to help others.

Participants receiving tocilizumab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis were more likely to have acquired factor XIII deficiency than those receiving other therapies.

Cutaneous reactions occurred in most participants in a Netherlands-based multiple sclerosis therapy study, lowering dermatologic-specific quality-of-life scores.

Noting advances in hepatitis C treatment regimens, Walgreens expands access to its hepatitis C–focused patient care program.

A proposed bill allowing biosimilar substitution in Georgia mirrors the state's generic drug substitution regulations.

A US House of Representatives vote to restore $85 million in sequestered funds to the FDA brings the hope of speeding up the approval process for brand name, generic, and biologic medications.

The costs associated with pharmacies purchasing generic drugs have increased greatly enough to warrant a congressional hearing, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

As social media becomes established as a viable marketing platform, how can pharmacists use technology to promote their practice?

Rounding doses of ipilimumab to the nearest 50 mg resulted in significant cost savings for institutions, a new study found.

A study suggests that antiretroviral therapy has benefits even in patients who do not show a virologic or immunologic response.

Most patients receiving antiretroviral therapy do not meet the minimum threshold for medication adherence, but patients on single-tablet medication regimens tended to meet that threshold.

Saliva tests for detecting anti–hepatitis C antibodies may not be as effective in patients who also have an HIV infection.

A testing program that screens for HIV when patients have indicator disease can catch the virus early, but should be coupled with patient education.