Specialty Pharmacy

During a time when cancer rates are declining overall, obesity-linked disease is increasing.

Investigational multiple sclerosis drug may also treat inflammatory bowel disease.

Elvin Montanez, PharmD, chief operations officer at BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy, discusses the negative impact of a slow turnaround on patient care.

Patients with Ewing sarcoma typically receive a 5-drug cocktail that can result in nerve damage.

Veterans may be up to 5 times more likely to have hepatitis C than the general population.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Approximately 300,000 pharmacists are eligible to vaccinate adult patients in the pharmacy.

The most impactful of the FDA designations, this status may be applied to drugs used to treat serious or life-threatening conditions.

FDA grants nivolumab (Opdivo) its seventh priority review designation.

Patients undergoing chemotherapy can use Emend with other antiemetic medicines to prevent chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.

Patients with cancer were less likely to receive standard drugs and interventions for heart attack than patients without cancer.

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Individuals with an undetectable HIV viral load are at effectively no risk of transmitting the virus.

The monoclonal antibody dupilumab may be effective treating active moderate-to-severe eosinophilic esophagitis.

Independent community pharmacies expand the services they offer patients.

Leaders in specialty pharmacy must work to improve employee engagement in order to boost the customer experience.

Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis feel their employers do not understand their condition.

Joel Wright, chief executive officer, Alliance Rx Walgreens Prime discusses challenges associated with combining specialty pharmacy operations.

Patients with hepatitis C virus achieve treatment success with specialists, primary care physicians, and nurse practitioners.

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Ustekinumab (Stelara) treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adolescents who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

Novel discovery could lead to targeted cancer therapies.

Targeting RNA methylation could treat acute myeloid leukemia.

Marc O’Connor, chief operating officer at Curant Health, highlights upcoming trends to pay attention to within the specialty pharmacy landscape.

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The lack of association of SVR with ribavirin dose reflects the wide variance in plasma levels between individuals with hepatitis C receiving the same weight-based dosage.

Top news of the week from Specialty Pharmacy Times.