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CDc11+ dendritic cells are the first to interact with HIV and transmit the virus to other cells in the body.

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Patients with psoriasis reported frequent use of complementary or alternative medicine, but less than half said they would recommend these therapies to others.

As young patients with bone cancer are often treated with high doses of chemotherapy before and after surgery, researchers wanted to develop gentler treatment options.

Selinexor (Xpovio, Karyopharm) received approval in combination with dexamethasone for heavily-pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Three new studies looked at the mechanisms involved in tissue damage related to rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

FOXA1 has been previously known to be mutated in prostate cancer; however, its biological functions were not understood well.

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Aptevo Therapeutics announced the launch of its new vial size for its coagulation factor IX recombinant (Ixinity) treatment for hemophilia B in the US market.

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Specific types of cancer—such as bone, kidney, throat, and uterine—also had a higher incidence of chronic and severe pain that restricted daily activity.

Treatment with secukinumab (Cosentyx, Novartis) inhibited radiographic progression in most patients with psoriatic arthritis over 2 years in a phase 3 trial.

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Officials with the FDA have approved a new enteric-coated formulation of tiopronin (Thiola EC, Retrophin) 100 mg and 300 mg tablets, for the treatment of cystinuria.

Technology solutions such as CourMed will allow better pharmacist-patient communication, adherence, and overall improved patient outcomes.

Pfizer’s bevacizumab-bvzr (Zirabev) demonstrated clinical equivalence and no clinically meaningful differences compared with the reference product.

First-line treatment with dabrafenib (Tafinlar) plus trametinib (Mekinist) demonstrated overall and progression-free long-term survival benefits in patients with BRAF-mutation positive melanoma.

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This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

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Daratumumab (Darzalex, Janssen) is indicated for use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

Eculizumab (Soliris) is indicated for adult patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder who are anti-aquaporin-4 antibody positive.

Officials with the FDA have approved Dova Pharmaceuticals’ supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for expanding the use of avatrombopag (Doptelet).

Data from a phase 2 study demonstrated that topical ruxolitinib cream significantly improved repigmentation of facial lesions in adults with vitiligo.

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Matthew Malachowski, PharmD, BCPS, supervisor of specialty pharmacy services at UAB Health System, discusses the journey of implementing specialty pharmacy services in a health system.

Dupilumab (Dupixent) is the first biologic medicine approved for inadequately controlled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis.

To date, the Ohio audit is the first comprehensive review of PBM practices and incorporated 39 million drug transactions, the authors said.