Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Understanding why some patients fail to respond to immunotherapy could improve treatments for cancer.

StopDIRfees.com features materials and resources to educate patients, providers, legislators, government administrators, industry analysts, media, and taxpayers about DIR fees, according to the release.

National Association of Specialty Pharmacy urges PBMs to engage in dialogue about limiting medication costs for seniors.

StopDIRfees.com provides education about direct and indirect remuneration fees.

Early-term children more likely to develop type 1 diabetes.

Digital and in-person treatment approaches may improve diabetes self-management education and support.

Investigators discover 100 genes that may reduce the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy.

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Similar to a lawsuit filed against CVS Health, a new lawsuit alleges Walgreens participated in a scheme with pharmacy benefit managers to increase drug costs.

Death certificates may lack data necessary to accurately assess the burden of opioids and heroin.

Patients with Alzheimer's disease may face a greater risk of traumatic brain injuries from falls during the first 30 days of antidepressant use.

Digital health may help spread diabetes education to patients in underserved or rural areas.

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Dogs for Diabetics provides alert dogs for patients of all ages with diabetes.

Mortality from hypertension heightened among marijuana users.

Autotaxin production may shield cancer cells from radiation therapy.

Diabetes prescriptions grew 80% over the last 10 years in England.

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Cancer caregivers with high depression symptoms are twice as likely to experience declining health.

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy expresses concern about fraud driving escalating drug costs.

Rhode Island lawsuit claims overcharged customers for certain drugs when using insurance instead of paying cash.

Sanofi files another patent infringement suit against Merck’s follow-on biologic to insulin glargine (Lantus).

While proton pump inhibitors are commonly used among older patients, it may not increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Concomitant use of opioids and psychotropic drugs during pregnancy increases the risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Bikram yoga found to improve quality of life, optimism, cognition, and physical functioning among veterans.

Studying HER2-positive breast cancer at the cellular level may yield new treatments.

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Pharmacy law conference, specialty certification exam prep course, and women in specialty luncheon highlight annual meeting and expo.

The upcoming National Association of Specialty Pharmacy annual meeting has unique offerings for attendees.