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Hospital pharmacists can play an instrumental role in controlling the misuse of opioids while ensuring appropriate pain management for their patients.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy and nivolumab plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) approved as first-line treatments for unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Voriconazole (Vfend) is an azole antifungal indicated for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and Candidemia in non-neutropenics and other deep tissue Candida infections.

Researchers found a significant decrease in cortical silent period duration after sleep restriction in patients with interictal migraine compared to controls.

Further sensitivity analyses to control for family alcohol consumption, family history, liver disease, and smoking, finds no convincing evidence that these factors affected the results.

Research suggests that individuals receiving a vaccine, such as ones from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, were more vulnerable to infection by new variants.

Taking multiple prescription drugs and supplements can be especially dangerous for individuals with cancer who are about to undergo therapy.

When both the clinical criteria and genetic testing were combined, 6.6 familial hypercholesterolemia cases per 1000 individuals screened were found.

The use of cocaine can cause coronary artery vasospasm, which can lead to myocardial ischemia, acute coronary syndrome, and acute myocardial infarction.

Investigators establish 2 predictive models, which had excellent performance, and included 90 children.

Treatment with nirogacestat resulted in a 71% reduction in the risk of disease progression among adults with progressing desmoid tumors.

This month's generic product news features clarithromycin, sevelamer hydrochloride, and metronidazole.

Consequences for untreated STEMI patients following the COVID-19 pandemic could include increased mortality, heart failure, and morbidities.

Immunocompromised patients are particularly at risk of developing persistent and severe anemia caused by parvovirus infections.

The approval is supported by data from a global phase 3 trial assessing the use of the drug for individuals with previously untreated IDH1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia.

Dong Xu, PhD, MS, curators' distinguished professor at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, discusses how the use of artificial intelligence may help develop new drug therapies targeting multiple disease states.

Karen Fancher, PharmD, BCOP, a member of the Patient Advisory Panel at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), explains how her experience as a patient with cancer and an oncology pharmacy specialist informs her work on HOPA’s Patient Advisory Panel.

The study results support a hypothesis for a differentiated mechanism from risankizumab, the company says.

This month's Rx product news features empagliflozin, mitapivat, and RSVpreF.

Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto)reduces the risk of hospitalization and death related to cardiovascular complications in patients with heart failure.

Byron Yoshino, PharmD, CEO of Pharmacare Hawaii, discusses the future of the home infusion space within the United States in the coming years.

Sara Wettergreen, assistant professor in the department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Department of Family Medicine, at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, on burnout and mental health concerns among pharmacy technicians

Symtuza, a 4-drug combination of darunavir (DRV), a HIV-1 protease inhibitor; cobicistat (COBI), a CYP3A inhibitor; and emtricitabine (FTC) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), both HIV-1 nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, is indicated as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in patients who weigh at least 40 kg.

Dong Xu, PhD, MS, curators' distinguished professor at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, discusses how artificial intelligence is being used to develop new drug therapies for medical treatments targeting cancers and other diseases.

US providers report substantial disruptions in vital supplies of saline injections, prefilled syringes.

Byron Yoshino, PharmD, CEO of Pharmacare Hawaii, discusses the rapidly growing home infusion space within Pharmacare Hawaii’s network of pharmacies.

The vaccine is also credited with saving more than $30 billion in health care costs and more than $40 billion in lost productivity.

Murray Aitken, executive director of IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science, discusses whether patient out of pocket costs rose in 2021, and what the implications may be for the health care system and for patients in 2022.