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Research Underscores the Critical Role of Pharmacists in Managing Stiff Person Syndrome

Stiff Person Syndrome has unique complexities, necessitating the role of pharmacists in managing its symptoms and treatment options.

Pharmacy Deserts: A Crisis Health Care Providers Can Help Solve with Technology and Teamwork

Strategic AI Budgeting for Pharmacies in 2025

Pharmacies can strategically invest in AI technologies to streamline operations and improve patient care while addressing cost challenges and maximizing return on investment in 2025.

Comprehensive Care and Innovation: The Future of Cardiovascular Pharmacy

Emerging therapies, AI, and patient-centered approaches are reshaping cardiovascular pharmacy.

Bridging the Gap: How Housing Status and Race Shape Cancer Screening Disparities

Pharmacy Times interviewed Kimlin Ashing and Narissa Nonzee about their work examining how housing status, race, and ethnicity drive cancer screening disparities.

Under the Weather: Unpacking the Impact of the 2024-2025 Influenza Season

Lessons from the past season could strengthen prevention and drive vaccinations for 2025-2026.

Early Immunotherapy Strategy Shows Strong Responses in Resectable Desmoplastic Melanoma

Pembrolizumab neoadjuvant immunotherapy hits approximately 70% complete responses in desmoplastic melanoma.

Rethinking Pharmacy Workflow: How Smart Roles and Technology Drive Better Care

A practical look at redesigning tasks and integrating artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and patient outcomes

The SUGAR Handshake Could Be a Sweet Option for Safer Diabetes Care

Researchers unveil a pharmacist-led intervention to enhance hypoglycemia management in older adults with type 2 diabetes, improving patient outcomes.

Personalized Prevention: Identifying At-Risk Patients With Image-Based Screening

Anna Sophie Mueller, MD discusses how imaging could advance risk identification in cardiovascular care.

Emerging Bispecific T-Cell Engagers in Myeloma: Promises and Hurdles

The multiple myeloma landscape is evolving, with bispecific T-cell engagers offering hope.

Elinzanetant: Advancing Treatment for Vasomotor Symptoms

FDA-approved elinzanetant offers stronger nonhormonal relief for menopausal vasomotor symptoms, with promising trial results and simpler liver monitoring.

Strengthening Pharmacy Supply Chains: Strategies to Enhance Safety, Reliability, and Resilience

Why smarter supply chain management protects patients and pharmacy operations

From Burnout to Balance: How Walgreens' Hybrid Model Is Addressing the Pharmacy

Walgreens pilots hybrid pharmacists—4 days in-store, 1 day remote—seeking less burnout and more steady staffing.

Opinion: Pharmacists Are Critical to Ensure Safe, Ethical Integration of AI in Health Care

Pharmacists’ expertise is vital to AI’s safe integration into medication management. A growing array of resources and training supports pharmacists’ engagement with this new technology.

Gold Bagging: Setting the Gold Standard for Patients

Gold bagging integrates health system-owned specialty pharmacies with clinical workflows to enhance safety, efficiency, outcomes, and patient experience.

Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Testing to Predict Response in Solid Tumors

ctDNA analysis revolutionizes cancer treatment by predicting responses, detecting resistance, and monitoring minimal residual disease in patients.

Respecting Patient Curiosity in the Age of AI: How Oncology Teams Can Respond to Unproven Cancer Therapies

Oncology teams can address AI-driven cancer cures with empathy, evidence, and safer next steps to protect patients and trust.

Guiding Patients Through Allergy Medication Safety: Pharmacists’ Role Following FDA Warning on Cetirizine and Levocetirizine

The FDA is warning of rare severe itching after stopping long-term use of popular allergy medications cetirizine and levocetirizine, urging patient education.

Dry Mouth: Its Etiology, Symptoms, and Strategies for Management

Pharmacists with a deeper knowledge of xerostomia are ideally positioned to help educate patients with dry mouth on making informed self-care decisions for effective symptom management and improved quality of life.

An Overview of Vitamins and Supplements in Multiple Sclerosis

By examining the evidence, pharmacists can gain insights into whether these supplements could be integrated into MS treatment regimens to improve patient outcomes.

Clearing the Air: The Influence of Vaping on Smoking Cessation

Pharmacists can help address nicotine addiction by recommending FDA-approved smoking cessation methods and educating on the risks associated with electronic cigarette use.

McKesson ideaShare 2025: Micro-Access Pharmacies Expand Care Through Innovation, Technology, and Policy

Examining an Important Orphan Disease: Neurotrophic Keratitis/Keratopathy and Its Treatment

NK is a degenerative corneal disease resulting from diminished corneal innervation.

A Hospital’s Outpatient Pharmacies Attempt to Reduce DIR Fees Using Performance Reports

This quality improvement initiative demonstrates that pharmacies were unable to use performance reports provided by the payer to improve performance scores and decrease direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees.

DPYD Testing Gains Ground: NCCN Guideline Update Reflects Decades of Work Toward Safer Chemotherapy

The Phase 3 AMPLIFY Trial Assesses a New Treatment Paradigm in Patients With Treatment-Naive CLL

Investigators assessed fixed-duration venetoclax plus acalabrutinib with or without obinutuzumab vs chemoimmunotherapy.

Unlocking PROTACs’ Potential: Overcoming Development Challenges

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras hold enormous potential, but also present significant challenges to drug developers.