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Jayne Hornung, chief clinical officer – pharmacy, Managed Markets Insight & Technology, discusses her presentation on potential causes of the slow uptake in digital therapeutics among payers.

Tracy Russell, senior director, State Government Affairs at CoverMyMeds, discusses her presentation at Asembia Summit 2022 on legislation aligned with the movement to expand the pharmacist’s role on the care team.

Regardless of the ability to access and dispense products, pharmacists are responsible for getting patients the best care.

Pharmacists can play a more active role in educating patients on tools and resources available to them, enrolling patients in programs, gathering subjective and objective data.

Ray Tancredi, divisional vice president of Specialty Pharmacy, Development & Brand Rx/Vaccine Purchasing at Walgreens, addresses his presentation on the specialty pharmaceutical pipeline, and specifically what approvals pharmacists should look for on the horizon.

But pharmacists can implement medication use systems and collaborate with other health care professionals.

Jayson Slotnik, JD, MPH, partner at Health Policy Strategies, discusses his hopes for the future of value-based contracting and the ideal model for pharmacy’s involvement.

Fecal microbiota transplantation is proving to be an effective treatment for many patients with specific disorders associated with dysbiosis.

Trials results show darolutamide, docetaxel, and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) reduced the risk of death by 32.5% versus docetaxel/ADT in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Investigators find that 1 45-minute session of moderate intensity exercise allows more exosomes to deliver the protein, ATP7A, directly to endothelial cells, which can help enable angiogenesis.

This combination improves patient outcomes of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia after a COVID-19 vaccination, according to the results of a case analysis.

Although COVID-19 paused our original plans, we were ultimately able to reach more people than we ever could have via in-person presentations alone.

Patient data are essential to providing coordinator care, but more data also creates heightened risks.

The Voquezna Triple Pak (vonoprazan, amoxicillin, clarithromycin) and Voquezna Dual Pak (vonoprazan, amoxicillin) were previously granted priority review designation by the FDA for H. pylori infection.

Discovery has the potential to also benefit treatment choices, investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say.

Results of a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials published in JAMA shows improvement in 6 of 8 domains.

For COVID-19 to turn into an endemic, there are a few criteria that must be met.

Legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives is becoming more widespread.

Cytisinicline demonstrated significantly better quit rates than placebo in 6 and 12 week trials.

Vosevi is a fixed-dose combination product containing sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir for the re-treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis C.

Tracy Russell, senior director of State Government Affairs at CoverMyMeds, discusses how the role of the pharmacist in the specialty pharmacy space has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not only is burnout impacting pharmacists, but it also has unacceptable impacts on patients.

Tizlelizumab is a unique anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody that is being analyzed in 14 pivotal clinical trials across an array of solid tumors.

Omidubicel is a first-in-class, advanced nicotinamide-enabled stem cell therapy candidate being evaluated as the first potential allogeneic advanced cell therapy donor source for individuals with blood cancers in need of a transplant.

Students from the University of the Sciences’ Philadelphia College of Pharmacy triumphed.

The advanced cell therapy is under development as an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for patients with hematologic malignancies.

Most pharmacy schools don’t teach personal finance, so it’s up to you to set yourself up for success by taking control of your money while you’re still a student.

Nicole Palmer, senior manager of Volunteer Engagement at US Pharmacopeia (USP), and Michelle Then, PharmD, MBA, member of the USP Healthcare Safety and Quality Expert Committee, discuss the benefits of being a volunteer at USP and the opportunities for students and early career pharmacists.

Women in the study had higher rates of urgent procedures and were in poorer health when they received surgery.

How would you handle these patients' questions?