Jill Murphy, Assistant Editor

The objective of the study was to examine whether positive treatment effects in cancer randomized clinical trials apply to specific demographic or insurance subgroups.

The relief money will be distributed on the basis of operating expenses.

There are few effective treatment options for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have received 2 or more previous therapies for advanced disease, according to the study authors.

Survey finds pharmacists are mostly content with their compensation, but only moderately happy with their jobs

The STRIP examined the benefits of promoting cardiovascular health by dietary counseling from infancy to early adulthood.

Efinaconazole was first approved by the FDA in June 2014 for patients 18 and older.

The MVA-MERS-S vaccine is based on an attenuated virus, modified vaccinia virus Ankara, which had previously been used in a smallpox eradication vaccination campaign.

There are a variety of interventions that can be used to improve survival after a patient reports cancer toxicity following treatment.

Although data for adult patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been widely available, limited reports have been analyzed regarding pediatric patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to the study authors.

Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP, discussed how there are many types of malignancies when it comes to lung cancer, and we need to set this paradigm for our patients in the future.

The current state of oncology is shaping challenges for the future specifically in the areas of telehealth, home infusions, and a surge of new patients that have not been to oncology clinics yet.

Patients with cardiovascular disease who develop COVID-19 have a higher risk of mortality, according to a SCAI press release.

Two case studies have highlighted the use of tele-diabetes to manage new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) cases in an adult and an infant during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy is the first antibody-drug conjugates approved by the FDA specifically for relapsed or refractory metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) do not secrete enough insulin and secrete too much glucagon, contributing to poor blood glucose because the glucagon-secreting α-cells have become resistant to insulin.

More than 53% of survey respondents reported having a diversion event within the last year, in addition to 37% who were aware of at least 1 colleague who has diverted controlled substances.

This cohort included 307 patients with schizophrenia and 364 healthy controls who were 45 years old and younger.

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who also experience coronary artery disease (CAD) may need to be treated more aggressively than those with coronary artery disease who do not have diabetes.

Patients should be selected for therapy based on the FDA approved companion diagnostic for a trastuzumab product.

Pharmacists are still among the most highly trusted in their occupations, according to the latest Gallup poll.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to pemigatinib (Pemazyre, Incyte Corporation) as the first treatment for adults with certain types of previously treated, advanced cholangiocarcinoma.

This approval is a part of the first Project Orbis partnership between the FDA, Health Sciences Authority, and Swissmedic.

Many health care companies are taking the opportunity to deliver testing kits to local pharmacies to properly equip pharmacists with the right resources during the pandemic.

The study involved measuring the levels and analyzing the expression patterns of more than 3000 proteins in a large number of brain and cerebrospinal fluid samples collected at multiple research centers across the United States.

Researchers have found that approximately 1% of children have an allergy to cow’s milk, but up to 14% of families believe their children may have the condition, pointing to official guidelines for detecting cow’s milk allergy as a possible cause for the overdiagnosis.

N95 respirators can be decontaminated effectively and maintain functional integrity for up to 3 uses, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

A survey conducted between March 30 to April 6 by InsightRx found that implementing the new vancomycin guidelines into the pharmacy community is as important as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the healthcare system.

Additionally, this treatment gradually reduced the need for prophylactic FVII use, suggesting an effective control of bleeding that leads to a sustained clinical benefit in patients who received the highest doses of AAV5-hFVIII-SQ.

Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the organization hopes to raise $125 million to generate 5 new drugs with human safety and dosing data in 5 years to be ready for the next pandemic.

The mitomycin gel is an alkylating drug, inhibiting the transcription of DNA into RNA and stopping protein synthesis and taking away the cancer cell’s ability to multiply.