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Officials with the FDA have extended the approval of vemurafenib (Zelboraf, Genentech) to include the treatment of certain adult patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD), a rare blood cancer, making it the first approved treatment for ECD.

David DeRemer, PharmD, Assistant Director of Clinical Therapeutics and Incubator, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, discusses resources to help educate patients on oral chemotherapy agents.

Pharmacy Times took to social media this October to celebrate American Pharmacists Month with our annual #ThankAPharmacist campaign. Here are the 10 noteworthy posts from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtag.

This is the first report on data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), which tracks fatal opioid overdoses and is a component of CDC’s Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) program.

FDA OKs 10 mg Rivaroxaban

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This approval follows a FDA priority review and is based on data from EINSTEIN CHOICE, the only clinical study to note that a Factor Xa inhibitor demonstrates superior efficacy in reducing the continued risk of recurrent VTE and with major bleeding rates similar to aspirin.