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In this video, Lucinda L. Maine, PhD, RPh, the executive vice president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), discusses the organization's goals and strategic priorities for the forthcoming year.

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.

Tallin's nearly 600 year old pharmacy Raeapteek offers an in depth view into the practice of pharmacy in Estonia.

The approval is based on data from 2, phase 3 studies, AMBER and EMERALD, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of Symtuza compared with a control regimen in adults with no prior antiretroviral (ARV) history and in virologically suppressed adults.

Although resistance can be attributed to many different causes, inappropriate prescribing is arguably one of the main contributors.

The phase 3 randomized, double-blind study evaluated a single dose of baloxavir marboxil compared with placebo and oseltamivir in individuals aged 12 and older.

The CDC and FDA are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections (cyclosporiasis) linked to McDonald’s salads.

Officials with the FDA have approved tecovirimat (TPOXX, SIGA), the first drug with an indication for the treatment of smallpox, to boost preparedness in the event of a bioterror attack

With this new indication, enzalutamide is the first and only FDA-approved oral medication for both non-metastatic and metastatic CRPC.

With Amazons purchase of PillPack, it leaves me wondering what other companies they may be considering in the pharmacy space.

Student pharmacists at 2 universities in vastly different communities will learn how the other half practices pharmacy during a new program that will send each group across the country.

Some companies are recalling all lots of non-expired products that contain the ingredient valsartan supplied by a third-party.

Pharmacists will provide first aid and over-the-counter treatments along the RAGBRAI route, which stretches more than 400 miles across Iowa.

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.

A personalized medicine knowledge gap currently exists between many healthcare providers in the United States, and around the globe.

Point-of-care testing can help patients determine whether or not they need to see a prescriber for an antibiotic or for other types of treatment, and it can address the growing primary care provider shortage.

Approvals and indications of this drug were based on 3 main clinical trials.

Some pharmacy schools now use Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment scores for academic probation.

Newly revised standards support quality education, and training for the technician workforce, according to the organizations.

Officials with the FDA are requiring safety label updates for fluoroquinolone antibiotics due to risks of mental health adverse effects, and blood sugar disturbances.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the treatment of eligible patients aged 12 years and older with microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Information regarding the opioid crisis, lofexidine hydrochloride versus clonidine, and clinical pearls that pharmacists should know about.

A recent systematic review has shed light on increased glucose intake in the modern diet and the effects on mechanisms in the body.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the US Department of Defense (DoD) an emergency use authorization (EUA) of freeze-dried plasma product (FDP) that is made in France.

Patients on atypical antipsychotics have 3 to 5 times greater risk of type 2 diabetes than others.