Specialty Pharmacy

The national Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse could be key in revealing accurate data on the use of direct-acting antivirals in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus.

Insurers and pharmacy benefit managers can no longer restrict pharmacies from providing drug price information to customers.

The Department of Justice approved the $69 billion CVS-Aetna merger under conditions designed to preserve competition in the marketplace.

A new combination treatment that targets the latent reservoir of HIV may be a potential effective therapeutic strategy.

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Partnering with a physician to deliver chronic care can be an important way for pharmacists to not only better service patents, but also derive additional revenue.

Study highlights mechanism of endocrine resistance in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers and potential therapeutic targets.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir found to be effective in clinical trials treating patients with hepatitis C virus also being treated for opioid substitution therapy.

Specialty medications are still mostly branded products, but patients remain hesitant to accept less expensive generic alternatives when the option is available.

The study points to the importance of screening for and treating arthritis-related pain in older adults with varying degrees of depression.

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Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers all have different health care needs.

Siponimod is an oral, once-daily medication for the treatment of multiple sclerosis in adults.

Cheryl Allen, BSPharm, MBA, Vice President of Industry Relations at Diplomat Pharmacy, discusses the emergence of CAR T-cell therapy as a groundbreaking oncology treatment.

Inotersen (Tegsedi) once-weekly subcutaneous injection is indicated for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.

Survey data reveal rates of diabetes prevalence by subtype among adults.

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Officials with the National Community Pharmacists Association called the opioid relief package that is awaiting President Trump's signature "vital."

Clinical trial data show results from switching to Delstrigo from other antiretroviral treatments for HIV.

At the 2018 National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, Ron Lanton III, Esq., executive director and senior counsel for Frier Levitt Government Affairs, discussed several pieces of legislation in Congress that could impact specialty pharmacy.

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Efavirenz exposure (EVF) in utero is being linked to higher risk of neurologic abnormalities in infants and children.

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Emicizumab-kxwh (Hemlibra) is now the only FDA-approved treatment for hemophilia A with and without factor VIII inhibitors.

A combination of 2 anti-HIV antibodies may be capable of suppressing HIV for months after treatment.

Artificial intelligence tool can analyze images of patients’ lung tumors, specify cancer types, and identify altered genes driving abnormal cell growth.

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The increased risk of cancer is due in part to people living with HIV living longer, thanks to advances like antiretroviral therapy.

FDA officials have approved omadacycline (Nuzyra, Paratek), a modernized tetracycline, to treat adults with acute skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).