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July 9th 2025
Obesity and high-fat diets enhance the aggressiveness of triple-negative breast cancer through exosome-mediated mechanisms, revealing new therapeutic targets.
IQVIA Report Finds Disrupted Medication Use During COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Long-Term Challenges
April 29th 2021In addition to altered supply chains and medication access during the early months of the pandemic, the report predicts long-term changes for both COVID-19 survivors and those with chronic illnesses.
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US Senate Joins House in Sponsoring Legislation Expanding Medicare Access to Pharmacy Services
April 28th 2021Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US Senate that would give millions of Medicare patients in medically underserved communities access to critical primary health care services delivered by pharmacists across the country.
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Research Opportunities, Patient Care Attracted HOPA President to Career in Oncology Pharmacy
April 28th 2021Directions in Oncology Pharmacy® is getting to know oncology pharmacy professionals through a series of interviews. In this issue, we talk to David DeRemer, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA, president of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Board of Directors, whose term ends this month.
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Expert: The Fight for Provider Status for Pharmacists ‘Has Just Begun’
April 28th 2021Pharmacy Times® interviewed Scott J. Knoer, MS, PharmD, FASHP, the EVP and CEO of APhA, on how the recently introduced Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Area Enhancement Act may impact pharmacy and health care outlooks.
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Study Identifies Genetic Mutations Linked to Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
April 27th 2021Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified additional genetic mutations that strongly predispose otherwise healthy women to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition characterized by weakness of the heart muscle that begins sometime during the final month of pregnancy through 5 months after delivery.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Dramatic Shifts in Prescription Drug Spending
April 26th 2021The report further showed that drug expenditure in nonfederal hospitals declined 4.6%, while drug spending in home care settings increased 13%, and drug expenditures in nonfederal hospitals spiked in the 3 weeks immediately following the March 8, 2020 lockdown.
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Study: Immune Cell That Drives Breast Cancer Could Be Effective Target in Novel Immunotherapies
April 23rd 2021New research findings published in Cell Reports identified a type of immune cells that acts as a major driver of breast cancer growth by preventing the accumulation of a specific protein that induces anti-tumor responses.
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ASHP, APhA Express Support for New Bill Expanding Medicare Patients’ Access to Pharmacists
April 22nd 2021The legislation does not expand scope of practice, but instead brings Medicare rules in alignment with existing responsibilities already granted to pharmacists through various credentialing and privileging programs.
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Expanding the Role of the Pharmacist in the Wake of COVID-19
April 21st 2021Community pharmacists should consider leaning on their specialty pharmacist peers, where available, as we continue to navigate the new, more virtual normal and attempt to expand these types of services in the future.
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Incoming HOPA President Outlines Organization’s Future
April 16th 2021Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association plans to develop tools and resources to support those conducting research in the oncology pharmacy field, with the goal of promoting pharmacist-led research and improving the ability to analyze difficult scientific questions.
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