Specialty Pharmacy

Baricitinib is indicated as a monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate or other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for adults with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists board votes unanimously to create a new section of practitioners that will help members provide optimal patient care and medication therapy management in specialty pharmacy.

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Matthew Hughes, director of Business Development for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), discusses the importance of setting up organizations for success through effective education.

Medication nonadherence in the United States reportedly costs the health care system $300 billion annually, but is this figure accurate?

Moxetumomab pasudotox is a nonchemotherapeutic drug that could become the standard of care for patients with relapsed/refractory hairy cell leukemia.

Durvalumab, an FDA-approved immunotherapy, met its second primary endpoint of overall survival in the phase 3 PACIFIC trial for stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer.

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

New policies that aim to help generic drug makers move their products through the development and approval processes more efficiently have been announced by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD.

Pharmacy Times, the leading media resource for pharmacists and the pharmacy industry, and Specialty Pharmacy Times, the most read publication among specialty pharmacists, have been honored with the 2018 Hermes Creative Awards.

Ibrutinib plus obintuzumab improved progression-free survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

The study findings add evidence to support cannabidiol’s effectiveness in reducing severe seizures in this patient population.

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Luis Torres, MBA, Vice President, Managed Care, BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy, talks about popular strategies employers use to control drug spending.

Investigative migraine therapy galcanezumab has reported more statistically significant benefits across multiple relevant outcomes.

Tofacitinib is the first and only Janus kinase inhibitor approved by the FDA for this patient population.

In response to the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young and middle-aged individuals, the American Cancer Society has updated its screening recommendations.

The addition of nelarabine (Arranon) to standard chemotherapy provided further benefit for patients with moderate or high risk of disease recurrence.

The results of a recent study provide important insights into what might influence the development of multiple sclerosis.

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Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who were treated with ivacaftor have demonstrated favorable results for clinically important outcomes, according to a new study.

New research investigates whether reducing the pill burden in HIV treatment regimens could improve patient adherence, retention in care, and virologic outcomes.

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From 1990 to 2016, incident cases and deaths from multiple myeloma have grown substantially.

Transplant patients who received organs from donors who died from drug intoxication had similar survival compared with other transplant patients.

Matthew Hughes, director of Business Development for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), discusses HIV and oncology distinction programs and how these standards bring patients, physicians, and pharmacists together to align care.

A new report projects health insurance coverage losses between 2018 and 2028 for people under age 65 as a result of changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by the Trump administration.

A new 5-part video series released by the FDA is part of a larger education and outreach effort about biosimilars and interchangeable products.