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Despite the FDA's approval of aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer disease with mild cognitive impairments, it has been surrounded by questions.

Trial identifies no new safety signals, as emicizumab continues to demonstrate effective bleeding control with a high proportion of participants achieving zero treated bleeds.

PBMs can implement a clinically rigorous approach to specialty pharmacy management that ensures members have appropriate access while helping payers control their pharmacy spend.

Cabozantinib (Cabometyx, Exelixis) is a kinase inhibitor approved for indications such as advanced renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Clinicians cite long-term complications and younger patients with better prognoses as reasons to pull back on oropharyngeal cancer therapy.

The FDA has approved finerenone for the treatment of adult patients with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.

The 22F and 33F serotypes, which are associated with high rates of invasiveness and antibiotic resistance, are unique to the pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine.

The research team analyzed data from the Household Pulse Survey in March 2021, which is an online nationally representative sample of the population conducted by the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics and other agencies.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, a clinical pharmacy specialist at Penn Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, an oncology pharmacy specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, to provide an overview of current CAR T-cell therapies.

The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to trilaciclib (Cosela) for use in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Institute for Safe Medication Practices advocates technology solutions, such as barcode scanning of ingredients

Findings from the 2 pivotal phase 3 trials had mixed results on cognitive benefit, although they found a positive reduction in amyloid plaque in patients' brains.

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are perfectly positioned to help manage patients' transitions of care, according to experts with University of Michigan Health.

Despite a clear trend toward improvement among patients with tumors expressing programmed death-ligand 1, the trial did not meet its primary endpoints.

Heparin, a blood thinner given regularly at a low dose to hospitalized patients, helps to stop clots from forming and reduces inflammation.

Because of its rapid emergence during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have had to make quick decisions regarding treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome with no evidence base and little understanding of its pathophysiological characteristics.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, to discuss their presentation at the recent ATOPP 2021 summit on re-examining the why, who, and where of CAR T therapy.

The companies completed the rolling submission of their application in May 2021, and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date for a decision is in January 2022.

Since pharmacy is a service business, the required process of communicating and educating customers, working closely with physicians, and navigating relief programs can help patients customers address the problems and stress of receiving a denial by their insurance company.

Pamela Spicer, senior analyst at Datamonitor with Informa Pharma Intelligence, said there are no other currently available treatments for Alzheimer disease that get to the root of the condition.

A multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, including pharmacists, can work together to treat patients with the bleeding disorder.

Adults unsure about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine who were given more information about the vaccine’s efficacy scored 20% higher on a measure of willingness to be vaccinated versus others who received no information.

A variety of methods can be used to create an individualized approach to removing barriers for patients with cancer.

Men with low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance report fewer problems with sexual function than those on other treatments.

Approved agents target calcitonin gene-related peptides to bring pain relief to affected patients.

The objective of the study was to design and implement a useful tool to record ambulatory metrics that is reportable and can be easily integrated into the clinical workflow.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) first annual survey of health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) offered insights into the concerns of specialty pharmacists and provided an opportunity for professionals in the field to outline a potential future for specialty pharmacy.

Pamela Spicer, senior analyst with Datamonitor Healthcare, said aducanumab is a once-monthly infusion with a 6-month titration schedule.

Individuals with COVID-19 who had not had a flu shot were up to 20% more likely to be admitted to the ICU and were up to 58% more likely to visit the emergency department.

White continued to discuss how being self-aware, using the right language, modeling behaviors that support belonging, and fostering an environment with psychological safety is the goal as a a health care provider.