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Data-Driven Procurement Methods Protect Pharmacies From Price Volatility

Analysis reveals critical price volatility patterns affecting pharmacy inventory management.

Regimens, Adherence, and Adverse Events: The Role of the Pharmacist in Asthma Management

Collaborative health care efforts are needed to effectively manage asthma, and pharmacists play a key role in optimizing asthma treatment plans.

Healing Trust in Medicine in a Fractured Post-Pandemic Landscape

The pandemic’s aftermath left lasting tensions in health care.

Single-Center Experience With Vorasidenib in Patients With Grade 3 or 4 IDH-Mutant Gliomas

This abstract was presented at the Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting in Austin, Texas, from June 18 to 19, 2026.

Pharmacy Technicians as Non-Pharmacist Preceptors for a Sterile Compounding Rotation

Recognizing pharmacy technicians as non-pharmacist preceptors can provide an opportunity for professional development while encouraging technicians to practice at the top of their education and training activities.

Review Shows Prior Authorizations Lead to Poor Patient Outcomes, Provider Burnout

Review finds prior authorizations delay neurologic treatment, trigger relapses, and intensify clinician burnout, spurring calls for rapid reform.

Phage Therapy: Exploring the Future of Infection Treatment

Phage therapy, which uses lytic bacteriophages to target antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has resurfaced as a promising treatment for multidrug-resistant infections, but faces challenges in regulation, production, and clinical implementation despite its growing evidence of efficacy.

Specialty Pharmacy Technicians in Oncology Transitions of Care: An Untapped Workforce Resource

Specialty pharmacy technicians address barriers in oral anticancer therapy and transitions of care through improved care coordination and therapy access.

Medication Management and Supply Chain Still Underwater: Challenges and Future Trends in Health Care

From GLP-1s to Vaccines, APhA 2026 Showcased the Modern Clinical Pharmacist

Community pharmacists emerged as the critical clinical link in the modern patient care continuum

Evaluating Iron Sucrose Discordance: A Retrospective Health System Review

After transitioning iron sucrose 200 mg from an infusion to intravenous push, the incidence of discordance and infusion reactions were not statistically different.

Finerenone in HFmrEF and HFpEF: Findings from FINEARTS-HF

Finerenone consistently reduces heart failure events and cardiovascular death regardless of ischemic heart disease history, according to the FINEARTS-HF trial.

Connecticut Pharmacists Association Marks 150 Years of Advocacy, Innovation, and Service

This milestone celebration not only honors CPA’s legacy but also underscores the profession’s future—one defined by collaboration, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to patient care.

Half of Pharmacy Technicians Feel Fulfilled in Their Current Role

The Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacists Technician Committee survey explores the perception of career growth opportunities and challenges.

Connecticut Pharmacists Association Marks 150 Years of Advocacy, Innovation, and Service

This milestone celebration not only honors CPA’s legacy but also underscores the profession’s future—one defined by collaboration, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to patient care.

The FDA Approval of Keytruda Qlex: A Subcutaneous Version of Pembrolizumab

Keytruda Qlex is a subcutaneous formulation of pembrolizumab that offers a faster, more convenient alternative to IV administration with comparable efficacy.

GLP-1 Reimbursement Crisis: What Independent Pharmacies Need to Know About Staying Viable

GoodRx's David Graziano breaks down how fluctuating acquisition costs, narrow formularies, and retrospective reimbursement adjustments are squeezing independent pharmacies—and what solutions exist to help them remain competitive.

The Pharmacy Model Is Changing

Embracing artificial intelligence and other tools will be necessary to push the field forward.

The Evolving Fellowship Application Process

The process provides an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Newly Approved Specialty Drugs Advance Care for Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases

The Pharmacist’s Role in MS Supplement Safety

In an interview with Pharmacy Times at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 2026, Julie Kidd, PhD, MPH, BCPS, the director of clinical services at Blue Ridge Neurology, presenting on Supplements in Multiple Sclerosis, discussed what the pharmacist's role in MS supplement safety.

Optimizing Infusion Chair Time for Oncology Trials: Follow-Up Study

This study evaluated factors affecting the duration of the infusion appointment times for 392 clinical trial patients.

Medicare Is Finally Covering GLP-1s for Weight Loss: What the Bridge Program Means for Your Practice

Pharmacists who understand the workflow before July 1 will be the ones patients and prescribers depend on when the program launches.

Afamitresgene autoleucel: The First T-Cell Receptor Therapy on the Market

Second-line and later treatment options for synovial sarcoma are limited. Afamitresgene autoleucel is the first FDA-approved T-cell receptor therapy, demonstrating long-lasting responses and tolerable adverse effects in pretreated patients.

Updated European MASLD Guidelines Review Prevention, Screening, and Treatments

Patients should be supported by a multidisciplinary team, frequent evaluations, and behavioral therapy for optimal care.

Deficiency in Care: Underutilization of Intravenous Iron for Acute Heart Failure

Ferric carboxymaltose is effective and guideline-endorsed, yet underutilized due to high cost and system-level barriers.

Levorphanol Safety and Clinical Practice: Risk Reduction, Workflow Impact, and the Pharmacist’s Role in Opioid Rotation

Pharmacy Times interviews Benjamin Kematick, PhD, BCACP, BCPMP, and explores the safety profile of Levorphanol compared with methadone, including potential reductions in risks such as accumulation, QT prolongation, and drug interactions, as well as its implications for clinical workflows and the pharmacist’s role in supporting safe opioid rotation, monitoring, and patient counseling.

Deficiency in Care: Underutilization of Intravenous Iron for Acute Heart Failure

Ferric carboxymaltose is effective and guideline-endorsed, yet underutilized due to high cost and system-level barriers.

What the Removal of Black Box Warnings Means for Women, Hormone Therapies, and Pharmacists

Pharmacists guide women through updated menopause hormone therapy labels, rising demand, patch shortages, and personalized risk-benefit counseling.

What Criteria Identify a Patient With CRSwNP as a Biologic Candidate?

Timothy Clifford, PharmD, outlines how quality-of-life impact, comorbid conditions, and prior therapy failures guide biologic selection for CRSwNP.