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May 13th 2025
Despite being an effective treatment option, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) can cause transient adverse events in pediatrics with primary immunodeficiency, including headache and fever.
How Can Pharmacists Approach Reimbursement Challenges to Improve Biosimilar Use?
December 4th 2018At the 2018 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, Ashley Mains Espinosa, PharmD, Director of System Pharmacy Business Services at SCL Health, offered advice on how pharmacy providers can work to overcome biosimilar reimbursement challenges and encourage biosimilar adoption.
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340B Drug Pricing Program: What Regulatory and Legislative Changes Are on the Horizon?
December 4th 2018In this clip, Christopher Topoleski, Director of Federal Legislative Affairs for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), talks about how the legislative landscape of the 340B Drug Pricing Program has evolved and what's to come.
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Biosimilars Versus Generics: Differences in the Regulatory Review Process
December 4th 2018Ashley Mains Espinosa, PharmD, Director of System Pharmacy Business Services at SCL Health, discusses the regulatory review process for biosimilars and how it differs from the generic approval process.
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HIV/AIDS Advocate Magic Johnson Delivers Keynote Speech at ASHP Midyear
December 4th 2018The 2018 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting got off to a magical start today when basketball legend, businessman, and HIV/AIDS advocate Earvin “Magic†Johnson delivered the keynote address at the convention’s opening session.
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FDA Accepts BLA for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug
December 3rd 2018Abeparvovec (Zolgensma) is a one-time infusion that replaces the defective or missing SMN1 gene with a functional copy that can create the SMN protein and prevent the loss of motor neurons in patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
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Pharmacist Feature Friday: Providing Hope for Patients with Neurological Diseases
It’s our job to spend as much time as it takes to help patients feel comfortable with the medications they are taking.
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