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The FDA has approved infliximab-dyyb (Inflectra), which is a biosimilar to Janssen Biotech Inc's infliximab (Remicade).

Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD, returns with a dynamic interview with pharmacist Nicole Rosenke on building a medication therapy management business.

The secret to a healthy, happy life has nothing to do with fame, money, or hard work.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more

Ranking patients based on clinical pharmacy priority scoring can improve both medication outcomes and pharmacist-physician relationships.

ASHP's virtual House of Delegates recently approved professional policies on the integrity of the drug supply chain and the safety of intranasal route administration.

The Sacramento County Division of Public Health is warning the public about a sharp increase in opioid-related overdoses in the past 2 weeks.

With many independent community pharmacists reporting financial losses filling Medicare prescriptions, the National Community Pharmacists Association has written to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and asked the agency to take action to prompt Part D plans and/or their pharmacy benefit managers to comply with a federal requirement that Medicare prescription drug reimbursement reflect "the market price of acquiring the drug."

Eric Christianson CGP, BCPS, is the founder and primary contributing author of MedEd101, a blog about clinical pharmacy education expertise for fellow pharmacists, students, nurses, and our health care provider communities.

John Fanikos, RPh, MBA, director of pharmacy at Brigham and Women's Hospital, talks about patient-specific factors to consider when selecting a novel oral anticoagulant.

Resuscitation medicine has been lacking high-quality, evidence-based standards.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has authorized the creation of Rutgers Health, an innovative, statewide academic health care provider organization that will revolutionize patient care across New Jersey.

The pharmacist's role continues to evolve from a distribution focus toward an emphasis on value-based health care.

AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize BI 655066, an anti-IL-23 monoclonal biologic antibody in Phase 3 development for psoriasis.

Recent research shows that only 1% of obese patients eligible for FDA-approved weight-loss drugs are actually prescribed them.

When state budgets fall short of required funding for their Medicaid programs, prescription drug coverage is among the optional services that are potentially cut.

New HIV cases among gay men are more likely to stem from the South than any other region in the United States.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association commends the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's vote today to recommend that Congress take action to increase generic drug utilization among Medicare Part D low-income subsidy beneficiaries.

In their ongoing commitment to protect TRICARE beneficiaries' access to prescription medications, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association sent letters last week to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) urging them to protect TRICARE beneficiary access.

B. Braun Medical Inc has initiated a voluntary recall of 1 lot of 5% dextrose injection USP 100/150 mL container due to potential leakage and microbial growth.

John Fanikos, RPh, MBA, director of pharmacy at Brigham and Women's Hospital, discusses how a patient's renal function and comorbidities affect dosing regimens for novel oral anticoagulants.

My anecdotal perspective is that the pharmacy job market in North Carolina is tight right now.

Tennessee could become the next US state to permit pharmacists to prescribe birth control.

Nearly every student pharmacist graduates with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.

Johnson & Johnson has announced the official launch of its global public health strategy at the opening of its companies' on-the-ground global public health operations in Cape Town, South Africa.

Coughing is a simple brainstem-mediated reflex, but the urge to cough follows a complex pathway across higher-order brain regions.

The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy is taking fungi to new heights.

Certain subspecialties within the pharmacy profession may be well suited for a postgraduate year 3 residency program.