Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

Patient outcomes dependent on collaboration between specialty pharmacists and physicians.

The FDA reviewed and approved new drugs quicker than the EMA from 2011 to 2015.

High levels of trust in healthcare providers found to increase medication adherence.

College-educated Hispanic patients had a lower risk of poor mental quality of life, study shows.

Dexamethasone or rapamycin may raise blood glucose to dangerous levels, leading to healthy cell death.

Study suggests funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health could delay new treatments for neurological diseases that reduce spending.

Increasing funding to the National Institutes of health may drive down spending on neurological disorders.

The FDA has received 120 reports of pancreatitis associated with eluxadoline (Viberzi).

Sleep apnea in patients with gestational diabetes can cause adverse events.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced S 647 to allow insurers to sell plans in secondary states.

A novel polymer capsule may be able to deliver cancer drugs to a tumor site.

High consumption of legumes reduced diabtes risk by 33%.

Oxybutynin may speed cognitive decline in elderly patients, but is still prescribed.

Patients with diabetes who preferred nighttime were more likely to experience depression symptoms.

Forty-seven percent of patients with heart disease did not receive a cholesterol check within the past year.

Valbenazine (Ingrezza) is a selective vesicular monamine transporter 2 inhibitor approved for tardive dyskinesia.

Program simulates the physiology of the human body to provide a response model to diseases, medications, and chemicals.

Organs-on-Chips will be used to assess the safety of food, supplements, and cosmetics.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

The final policies are similar to those proposed in February, but underwent changes that were discussed during the public comment period.

Determining the composition of HIV’s glycoprotein can help fight the virus.

Legislation would allow community pharmacies to participate in Part D networks if they accept regulations and conditions that other in-network pharmacies operate within.

Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the C-THRU Act to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.

HR 1939 would allow community pharmacies to participate in Part D plans.

Long-term multivitamin use not found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or mortality.

Selective androgen receptor degraders show promise as treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Thirty-one percent of NIH grants have been cited in biomedical patents.

Brain tissue death may not be the first symptom of dementia.

Eating digestion resistant starches observed to prevent diabetes.