Specialty Pharmacy

Several breakthrough cancer drugs were approved in the first half of 2017.

Upper respiratory infections cause immune cells to travel to the brain, prompting multiple sclerosis to relapse.

In some cases, chemotherapy can spur cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body.

The receptor helps drive estrogen-receptor positive mammary tumor progression in low estrogen environments.

Sheena Babin, PharmD, business development and clinical pharmacy manager at Ochsner Health System, discusses changes specialty pharmacists will need to make to ensure adherence of self-administered specialty drugs.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Understanding why some patients fail to respond to immunotherapy could improve treatments for cancer.

National Association of Specialty Pharmacy urges PBMs to engage in dialogue about limiting medication costs for seniors.

StopDIRfees.com provides education about direct and indirect remuneration fees.

Study identifies previously unknown properties of gold to release anti-cancer drugs inside of tumors.

Young black women are more likely to have aggress breast cancer subtypes than white women.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Stigma partially drives poorer health outcomes in patients with HIV.

Triple drug regimen effectively cured patients with hepatitis C virus after they failed to respond to a combination of two oral direct-acting antivirals.

Work-related factors, such as noxious airborne agents, may elevate the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

Bruce A. Feinberg, DO, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, discusses the expanding role of educational patient support programs in oncology.

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Novel treatment effective against rheumatoid arthritis also produced a marked improvement in skin lesions caused by atopic dermatitis.

Funding will be spread throughout several mentorship programs for youths with HIV to help navigate adult care.

Elderly patients with hepatitis C are typically difficult to treat due to poor tolerability and suboptimal response to interferon-based regimens.

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

Investigators seek to limit mother-to-child transmission of HIV without harming the immune development of infants.

Top news of the week from Specialty Pharmacy Times.

An advanced statistical modeling and analytic tool aims to improve personalized medicine through health care and medical data.

Anti-rheumatic drug suppresses activation of a molecular pathway responsible for the disease.

Targeted radiotherapy for breast cancer may improve overall quality of life and reduces side effects.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Many individuals at-risk of contracting HIV do not test routinely or have never been tested.