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Officials with the FDA have approved baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza, Shionogi) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza in patients aged 12 years and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours.

Panelists will discuss and collaboratively provide an overview of medical cannabis, identify the therapeutic role of cannabis, examine the regulation of medical cannabis and establish the role of health care providers in prescribing medical cannabis.

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical's Clobazam Tablets, CIV, generic for Onfi® Tablets (Lundbeck), has been granted FDA approval for the adjunctive treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in patients aged 2 years and older.

Beginning in spring 2019, all Walgreens pharmacies that do not offer a safe medication disposal kiosk will stock a take home safe medication disposal kit in the pharmacy that will be available at no cost upon patient request.

Chickenpox parties coordinated through social media are becoming a dangerous trend due to the anti-vaccine movement.

According to the complaint filed with the consent decree, Keystone's products were not manufactured, processed, packed or held according to CGMP requirements.

The vaccine, produced by Seqirus, was first approved in the United States in August 2016 for adults 18 and older.

To target the infrastructure supporting the illegal online sales of drugs, a series of recent OCI cybercrime investigations focused on credit card processors involved in an arrangement known as “transaction laundering” or “factoring.”

New data from the investigational multiple sclerosis (MS) drug evobrutinib showed that the therapy reduced lesions and decreased annual relapse rates in patients with relapsing MS.

Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents were the most commonly prescribed bDMARDs in this cohort.

The FDA will address new ways to increase the availability of naloxone, during a 2-day advisory committee meeting in December.

The FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent®, Regeneron and Sanofi) as an add-on maintenance therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma aged 12 years and older with an eosinophilic phenotype or with oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma.

Critical care is a rapidly expanding pharmacy specialty, and today's pharmacy student have more opportunities than ever to bceome successful critical care pharmacist.

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CDC officials note that it is safe to be around infants and young children, pregnant women, or people with weakened immune systems after you get the shingles vaccine.

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A combination of next generation broadly neutralizing antibodies might be able to achieve long-term viral suppression of HIV without the need for a daily antiretroviral pill, according to recently published research.

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.

Mylan announced Thursday it has launched Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (MPA) Injectable Suspension USP, 150 mg/mL Single-Dose Vial in the United States for the prevention of pregnancy.

This digital technology allows patients to have meaningful conversations with pharmacists from their homes.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is launching a new public awareness campaign aimed at educating consumers about the invaluable contributions pharmacists make to their patients and to our nation’s health care system as a whole.

Once on preventive therapy, these neuroscience specialist pharmacists will offer coaching for members to achieve optimal medication adherence, and to help members avoid migraine triggers.

Walgreens and McLaren Health Care, a fully integrated regional health network, have entered into a strategic collaboration focused on health service and pharmacy offerings.

Ed Cohen, PharmD, who is Executive Vice President of Pharmacy Advocacy for Pharmacy Times, discusses tips for pharmacists who get questions from patients on the shingles vaccine.

The cannabidiol company and DNA tester will co-market CBD products.

A pair of pivotal Phase 3 placebo-controlled trials that evaluated dupilumab (Dupixent, Sanofi and Regeneron) for adults with inadequately-controlled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps met all primary and secondary endpoints.

Pharmacy technicians across the country are being honored today in recognition of National Pharmacy Technician Day.

Talazoparib, a poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, is indicated for patients with known deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCA-mutated breast cancer who are selected for the therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic.

Officials with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association (PhRMA) said in a press release that they plan to request member companies’ direct-to-consumer (DTC) television advertisements to direct patients to information about medicine costs, including the list price of the medicine, out-of-pocket costs or other context about the potential cost of the medicine and available financial assistance.

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