Specialty Pharmacy

Study evaluates doravirine once daily compared with ritonavir-boosted darunavir, each taken in combination with other antiretroviral agents.

Blocking the protein receptor, muscarinic type 3, may be effective in promoting remyelination in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Achilles Alon, PharmD, RPh, director of Specialty Pharmacy, co-owner of ACE-Rx Specialty Pharmacy, discusses some of the challenges in treating patients who acquired hepatitis C virus from injection drug use.

Study investigates complementary medicine use in patients with curable cancer types and its impact on survival and adherence to conventional therapy.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

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As people living with HIV now have a normal life expectancy, the burden of comorbidities is on the rise, and more than half of deaths in the patient population are attributable to the these comorbidities.

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Nationwide analysis of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis use finds uptake associated with significant decrease in new HIV infections.

Study examines the relationship between drinking artificially sweetened beverages and colon cancer disease recurrence and death.

KEYNOTE-048 has met a primary end point of overall survival.

Achilles Alon, PharmD, RPh, Director of Specialty Pharmacy, Co-owner of ACE-Rx Specialty Pharmacy, discusses the importance of pharmacists when treating patients with specialty medications.

Using targeted therapies in patients with gliobastoma who have the mutation may reduce tumor growth and improve survival outcomes.

Researchers estimated whether a hepatitis C vaccine could reduce transmission of the virus among injection drug users, even without providing complete immunity.

A new study suggests that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could also serve as a gateway to primary care services.

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Study examining the metabolic pathway points to existing therapies that may slow the growth of small cell lung cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved elagolix (Orilissa, AbbVie), a product specifically developed for women with moderate to severe endometriosis pain.

Adding acetazolamide to chemotherapy temozolomide for glioblastoma increased sensitivity to treatment and improved survival in animal models.

Study establishes increased risk of all-site cancer for both men and women with diabetes, but the excess risk of cancer is greater for women.

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis found that men with advanced cancers respond better than women to treatment with anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Taking advantage of cost-effective generic medications can improve access to hepatitis B treatment, especially in countries with a high disease burden.

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The FDA on Friday approved Pfizer's filgrastim-aafi, a filgrastim biosimilar to Amgen's Neupogen.

There is a concern that mergers and acquisitions in the pharmacy space will lead to decreased competition and loose agreements between companies that will not drive significant outcomes.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

The HIV pandemic will likely continue to be a global challenge for the foreseeable future.

Joy Gilbert, vice president of operations at US Bioservices, gives advice about how specialty pharmacies need to prepare for new drug approvals.

Mapping iron concentration in certain regions of the brain may help predict multiple sclerosis progression risk.