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This year, retail pharmacists were interested in diabetes research, saving patients money, and influenza vaccine candidates.

Without company or insurance contracts, controlled medication prices reduce burden on patients.

Can a brand name manufacturer be held liable for damages caused by a drug product manufactured by another firm?

From newsworthy moments to groundbreaking research, these are the most popular articles in the zoster space, published on Pharmacy Times® during 2022.

But many patients pay more than necessary because of PBMs, patent abuses, IQVIA data shows.

The analysis found that individuals in underserved communities were as much as 34% less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Calcitriol may offer protection from the harmful effects of the chemical in drinking water, analysis shows.

TD2 remission is defined as a hemoglobin A1C level of less than 6.5% at least 1 year after stopping medication, investigators say.

Alex Barker founded The Happy PharmD to provide career coaching and career development classes, and since 2017, the company has helped over 1,500 pharmacists.

Technicians can also greatly assist managers with design considerations and with monitoring the success in appointment-based model med sync programs.

Pharmacists and student pharmacists became the center of responding to the Monkeypox outbreak by providing immunizations to their communities.

Investigators hope findings of study in mice help improve treatment for individuals with acute kidney injury.

By interpreting and applying the data provided by algorithms, pharmacists are uniquely equipped to guide development of more patient-centered care.

Pharmacists have been increasingly recognized as key partners in the clinical services needed to manage the pandemic.

All primary and ranked secondary endpoints of the study were met at week 16, which were sustained or improved through week 24 and were coupled with patient-reported improvements compared with placebo in treating psoriatic arthritis.

Financial assistance platforms improve patient outcomes and the pharmacy bottom line.

Associated postherpetic neuralgia risk factors are history of diabetes mellitus, age, and immune-related disease.

The amplitude of vocal cord movement may indicate patient health and wellbeing.

Age was a contributing factor of chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Cariprazine (Vraylar; AbbVie, Gedeon Richter) is indicated as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for treating adult patients with major depressive disorder.

Although physical activity and the practice of being present in the moment are associated with many benefits, analysis shows that neither led to measurable improvements in brain health.

Investigators establish that audio and/or facial video features have been most analyzed by machine learning, followed by electroencephalography signals.

Traditionally, endemic fungi are characterized by geographical distribution, however, disease-causing fungi may infect people beyond these havens.

A randomized study of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in advanced chronic kidney disease found that patients who continued receiving therapy had similar outcomes to those who discontinued treatment.

Pharmacological options for those who experience migraines come in the form of abortive or preventative therapies.

Adalimumab-aacf (Idacio) is indicated for chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, plaque psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

There are limited data on the efficacy of boosters for preventing infection and death in nursing home residents, but the findings suggest that boosters may have significantly reduced COVID-19–associated morbidity and mortality in this population.

Study findings provide insight into factors preventing the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV among Black female adolescents and emerging adults and provide potential strategies to improve uptake.