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This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

Amazon will start prescription delivery with a focus on customer service and convenience.

Researchers at the University of Virginia developed an app called PositiveLinks to test out whether interactive smartphone functions and reminders could have a real-world impact on the health of HIV-positive patients.

The FDA voted against recommendign oxycodone extended-release capsules (REMOXY ER, Pain Therapeutics) for approval for the management of pain severe enough to require long-term, around-the-clock opioid treatment, during a joint meeting of the agency’s Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC), and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee (DSARM).

The FDA has granted approval to Array BioPharma’s encorafenib (Braftovi) capsules in combination with binimetinib (Mektovi) tablets for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutation.

Food allergens can be present in a variety of medications, but they don't always merit a switch in therapy.

Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD, explains the importance of pharmacists in treating patients with diabetes and HIV, and how they can help them manage these conditions better.

Rachele Berria, MD, PhD, Vice President and Head of the Diabetes Medical Unit at Sanofi, explains the role of pharmacists in helping patients manage their diabetes.

Paul Burton, MD, the Vice President of Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, explains the role of pharmacists in diagnosing and treating diabetes with their drug, Invokana (canagliflozin).

Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD, from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine discusses what lifestyle modifications patients can make to manage their HIV and Diabetes.

Ronnie Aronson, MD, FRCPC, FACE, Medical Director of LMC Diabetes and Endocrinology, discusses the key role pharmacists play in treating patients with CGM systems.

This medication represents a new treatment for patients with cUTI, including pyelonephritis, due to certain Enterobacteriaceae.

Discover nine overlapping eating habits and lifestyle practices that can help create a healthier, happier, and longer life.

Officials with the FDA have approved cannabidiol oral solution (Epidiolex) for the treatment of seizures associated with 2 rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and Dravet syndrome, in patients aged 2 years and older. This is the first FDA-approved drug that contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana, and is the first FDA approval of a drug for the treatment of patients with Dravet syndrome.

Pharmacists can provide preconception care within their scope of practice as part of routine health care to women and men of reproductive potential, regardless of pregnancy intention

In this clip, Arsany Makkar, a PharmD candidate at the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, shares his thoughts on the evolving role of pharmacists.

In addition to showing no significant imbalance of BKLE amputation, the study also identified a HHF reduction in the general T2D population.

Tobacco-free and smoke-free polices are on the rise in United States colleges and universities.

People with T2D have an increased risk of damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, legs, heart and brain, and many of these complications can ultimately affect mortality.

Risk factor modification remains key to managing patients with HIV and diabetes.

In this video, Priscilla Hsue, MD, from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, explains other health issues patietns with HIV may face as they age.

Kathryn Kreider, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, explains diabetes associations and the implications it has on health management for patients with diabetes.

Kathryn Kreider, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, from Duke University, discusses treatment options for patients with diabetes distress.

Leaders in diabetes research and treatment provide resources to overcome gendered disparities in the field.

A study of another such program—Healthy MOMs, or Mothers on the Move—has shown significant improvements in dietary practices and the incidence of depressive symptoms in Latina mothers at risk for type 2 diabetes.

The top prizes in the global Ascenia Diabetes Challenge were announced Friday at the American Diabetes Association’s 78th Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida.

Patients with type 1 diabetes who received a generic vaccine had normal blood sugar levels 8 years later.

Testing for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection during the influenza season is uncommon among pregnant mothers.