Specialty Pharmacy

It is important for pharmacists to stay on top of the latest drug safety communications from the FDA, which has provided numerous ways to accomplish that task, according to a presentation at the ASHP Midyear 2016 Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

Specialty market growth highlighted at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting 2016.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed an updated version of the 21st Century Cures Act, which could have a significant impact on specialty pharmacy.

Mouth cancer rates show significant increase among males and females of all ages.

Stacey Ness, PharmD, RPh, CSP, MSCS, AAHIVP, senior director of Specialty Clinical Services at Managed Health Care Associates, discusses how specialty pharmacies can navigate limited distribution networks.

A commonly used food additive can cause low-grade gut inflammation that leads to colon carcinogenesis.

Awards recognize best demonstrated practices and case studies designed to improve pharmacy processes, efficiency, and outcomes.

Trained clinical pharmacists can effectively manage patients with hepatitis C virus, according to research presented at the ASHP Midyear 2016 Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

Optimal treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV can increase adverse events.

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the most serious emerging threats to public health.

Proper succession planning for your pharmacist-in-charge is a must for continuity of business.

Etanercept found equally as effective as Enbrel in treating plaque psoriasis.

New research is needed to determine proper diagnostic measurements for sarcopenia.

Link between HIV and cancer established in new report.

Collaboration between physicians, patients, and pharmacists is essential to address the public health crisis of opioid misuse and overdose in the United States.

Intradepartmental hospital pharmacy groups can play a key role in helping to identify and troubleshoot problem areas, according to a presentation at the ASHP Midyear 2016 Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

Top news of the week in oncology and cancer drug development.

The finalized rule will improve payment for care relating to chronic diseases, mental health, and cognitive impairment.

The report examines changing areas that will impact pharmacists.

Pharmacy teams from 6 institutes won the ASHP Best Practices Award.

Newly developed technology maps HIV inserts across the human genome.

Distinct subsets of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis development identified.

Top news of the week on Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Medical marijuana may fall under specialty pharmacy in the future.

The new method makes breast imaging less risky, and can lessen false-positive readings.

Around 14 million people have HIV worldwide – yet an estimated 40% don’t know they’re infected.

Study captures major changes in infectious diseases between 1980 through 2014.

New treatments show promise harnessing the immune system to attack late-stage skin cancer.

A newly developed hand-held breath analyzer tests for elevated levels of acetone, which is strongly associated with undiagnosed diabetes.

Trametinib targets a type of immune cell that inhibits T cell response in cancer.