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Rates of hospital inpatient admissions before and during use of ivacaftor found that overall and cystic fibrosis-related inpatient admissions fell by 55% and 81%, respectively.

The development and uptake of antiretroviral therapy for HIV has reduced the risk of certain cancers were previously prevalent.

Only a small portion of latently infected cells are reactivated by latency-reversing agents.

RBP-7000 is an investigational, subcutaneously administered extended-release treatment for schizophrenia.

Christopher W. Kennedy, MSM, Chief Operating Officer, Heritage Biologics, discusses how data can translate to improvements in patient care.

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Artificial intelligence could take over medication dispensing in the next 50 years.

Kansas sought to cap Medicaid benefits at 3 years, a proposal that health care providers, hospitals, and advocates called cruel.

Pharmacy information systems streamline and standardize the data entry process, reduce errors, and save countless hours of labor.

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The combination therapy dabrafenib plus trametinib approved for the treatment of BRAF V600 mutation-positive anaplastic thyroid cancer that cannot be removed by surgery or is metastatic.

Lonafarnib, a farnesyltransferase inhibitor, extended survival in patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, or progeria.

PaxVax, an independent specialty vaccine company, is developing the prophylaxis.

Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah, Novartis) is now approved for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) lymphoma, as well as high grade B-cell lymphoma and DLBCL arising from follicular lymphoma.

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Trametinib plus dabrafenib is the first oral targeted adjuvant combination therapy to demonstrate significant clinical benefit in patients with a BRAF V600 mutation, following complete surgical resection.

The study found a calculable personal genetic risk score that was applicable to approximately 60,000 patients.

Although current guidelines recommend that HIV primary care intervals do not exceed 6 months, gaps in care up to 9 months do not worsen viral load for patients.

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BLU-667 is being investigated for the treatment of cancers caused by an alteration in the receptor tyrosine kinase.

Half of all HAE drug expenses were billed through the pharmacy benefit and half through the medical benefit.

HIV targets and disables a pathway involved in blocking viral activity and clearing infection.

At the 2018 National Community Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA) Spring Summit, Ali McBride, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCOP, explains what strategies can help ensure patients are adherent to oral chemotherapy regimens.

Poor study design and reporting in animal research compromises the ethical review of proposed human drug trials.

A synthetic bridged nucleic acid was found to greatly improve the accuracy of gene-editing technology, which could potentially lead to new therapies for genetic diseases.

People living with HIV are at elevated risk for hyponatremia, the most common electrolyte disorder seen in hospitals.

The new method indexes thousands of cells simultaneously and could potentially improve understanding of various diseases at a molecular level.

The findings suggest that a patient’s diet may impact their ability to combat head and neck cancer.