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Due to lack of data on menopause and HIV, many women living with HIV infection have limited access to medical care and support.

At the 2018 National Community Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA) Spring Summit, Julianne Orr, PharmD, from the Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center, discusses how pharmacists can help patients who are transitioning from an infusion product to an oral chemotherapy.

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US report indicates new drivers of death have emerged over time and have continued to unequally affect residents at the state level.

The therapy is a combination of a checkpoint drug, nivolumab, and a new immune stimulation drug, ALT-803.

New drug shows promising signs of delaying the development of existing breast and lung cancers. .

The triple combination includes a novel cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator amplifier, third generation corrector, and potentiator.

Pediatric patients treated with larotrectinib in a clinical trial demonstrated a 93% response rate.

An experimental program in Maryland aimed to reduce health care spending by shifting away from hospital-based care and toward less costly, primary, preventive, and outpatient services.

Upadacitinib met primary endpoints of ACR20 and clinical remission versus placebo in treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Pharmacists can help optimize medication regimens to produce the best patient outcomes at the lowest cost.

Physicians reported inaccurate self-perceptions when it came to opioid prescribing

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Ron Lanton III, Esq, President, True North Political Solutions, discusses how drug manufacturers have responded to the emergence of biosimilars thus far.

Services such as Uber and Lyft that help get patients to their medical appointments could also bring patients to their pharmacies.

Rucaparib demonstrated statistically-significant improvement in progression-free survival for patients in the maintenance treatment setting.

Imraldi, a biosimilar referencing Humira, is expected to launch initially in Europe.

A novel chimera targets the growth factors responsible for certain types of breast cancer.

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Alcohol-dependent patients with hepatitis C virus comorbidity found to have greater deficits in the frontal, precentral, superior, and orbital volumes.

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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.