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Among health care professionals, pharmacists are best suited to serve as trusted partners for patients to help ensure they understand their medication regimen, identify medication-related problems, and work with prescribers to close gaps in care.

Antibiotics that were found to be most commonly associated with clostridium difficile infection are piperacillin/tazobactam, meropenem, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and levofloxacin, according to a recent study.

Clinical trial results showed that the combination significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival compared with enzalutamide monotherapy for homologous recombination repair gene–mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Jardiance and Synjardy approved as an addition to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in children aged 10 years and older with type 2 diabetes.

Novavax announced the development of a protein-based monovalent XBB COVID-19 vaccine with the intention of it being manufactured and available for the fall vaccination campaign.

A single dose of Arexvy was found effective preventing lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults 60 years of age and older across 2 full RSV seasons.

In 2018, brentuximab vedotin was approved for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma based on an improvement in progression-free survival of 82.3% in combination with chemotherapy.

Investigators found that individuals who received metformin were approximately 40% less likely to develop long COVID than those who received a placebo.

Immunocompromised status still appears to be one of the highest independent risk factors for pneumococcal pneumonia in middle-aged and older adults.

The novel antibiotic combines aztreonam, a monobactam β-lactam, with avibactam, a broad-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitor.

Trial results demonstrated that 58.5% of individuals receiving luspatercept-aamt (Reblozyl; Bristol Myers Squibb) achieved the primary endpoint of red blood cell transfusion independence of at least 12 weeks.

How pharmacy teams can remove cost barriers to cardiac care.

Best practices to safely, legally source prescription medications in Mexico.

Liam Volk, MPharm, president-elect of the Pharmacists’ Defence Association LGBT+ Network, discussed how pharmacists can best support their LGBTQ+ colleagues and patients.

The single institution study compared fixed dose capecitabine to standard dose capecitabine to compare efficacy and tolerability in metastatic breast cancer.

The benefit of ribociclib was seen as consistent against all of the stratification factors in the phase III study.

Heidi Finnes, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, addresses how the study data may impact the treatment of IDH1/2 mutating gliomas going forward.

Panelists discuss the potential impact of the study data presented at the ASCO 2023 Annual Meeting, which led to significant response from the field.

For squamous cell carcinoma systemic therapy that is not concurrent with radiation therapy, preferred regimens are immune checkpoint inhibitors.

VALOR HCM is the second study to show that mavacamten can significantly reduce symptoms of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which includes left ventricular outflow tract.

A single dose of axicabtagene ciloleucel in patients with large B-cell lymphoma led to significantly higher overall survival and progression-free survival rates, as well as improvements in quality of life and faster recovery in comparison to standard care therapy.

Imposing the FDA on-label/off-label framework on administratively defined "children" resulted in a regulatory demand for pediatric studies that had no basis in clinical medicine, with the exception of the small group of preterm newborns.

Glofitamab targets CD3, a protein found on the surface of immune T cells in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and CD20, a healthy or malignant protein that lines the surfaces of B cells.

Patient education and counseling play a critical role in preventing C. difficile recurrence, and pharmacists are uniquely positioned to provide treatment recommendations, educate patients and health care providers, optimize transitions of care, and reduce the risk of recurrent CDI.

A lack of evidence of sex-specific recommendations results from a underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular disease-related trials.

A broader understanding of vaccine hesitancy and barriers has helped to enhance acceptance of vaccination services through educational outreach.

Despite having a lower cost of development than the innovator, romiplostim biosimilar has comparable efficacy and safety in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.

Most tweets accurately communicated which groups of people Descovy for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is indicated for, although failed to mention resources about cost.

Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, discussed her presentation at the ASHP 2023 Summer Meeting.

In-person visits to receive oral therapy, outpatient infusions, and inpatient infusion for the treatment of hematologic neoplasms declined in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while telemedicine use increased slightly in the same period but remained low overall.