Specialty Pharmacy

The final rules clarifies several issues important to pharmacists and hints at further rule-making to address direct and indirect remuneration fees.

According to the study, patients who take a reduced dose of abiraterone with a low-fat meal may cut costs by as much as $300,000.

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Smoking and obesity account for a significant number of cancers worldwide.

Commonwealth Fund researchers present ideas for increasing competition, applying value-based purchasing, and protecting patients from high out-of-pocket costs.

Researchers find that disputed bills amount to $54 billion annually across all health insurers.

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Nivolumab plus ipilimumab demonstrated clinical benefit in previously treated patients with dMMR or MSI-H metastatic colorectal cancer.

Triple-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers may be unlikely to develop lymph node metastases.

The future affordability of health insurance coverage remains a concern for many Americans.

Innovative specialty drugs could result in more payers adopting value-based contracting.

Emergency departments are a safety net for low-income patients, many of whom may be at risk of HIV.

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Researchers collaborate to test acoustic cluster therapy to improve treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program established through the Affordable Care Act found to penalize facilities that serve a large number of minority patients.

Mylan hopes to launch its newest HIV drug combo at a discounted cost.

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CAR T-cell therapies and biosimilars require new strategies compared with traditional drugs.

Overweight patients with BRCA mutations may be more likely to develop breast cancer.

Christopher W. Kennedy, MSM, Chief Operating Officer, Heritage Biologics, discusses how specialty pharmacies can implement value-based reimbursement.

Besides tracking the Healthy Days metric, Humana has focused interventions around social determinants of health: food insecurity, loneliness, and social isolation.

Pharmacists play a vital role in the continuum of patient care.

The future of direct and indirect remuneration fees is in question, according to industry experts.

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Leukine’s approval adds to the United States’ available treatments for radiation exposure associated with treatment for cancer.

Immunotherapies for melanoma may be rendered ineffective by drug-resistant cells.

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Officials with the FDA have expanded the approval of Amgen's blinatumomab (Blincyto) to include the treatment of adults and children with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are in remission but still have minimal residual disease.

Health care providers should be aware of how HIV symptoms may affect menopausal women.

Lower respiratory infections remained the most lethal infectious disease in the United States.