Specialty Pharmacy

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Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl) is indicated to treat confirmed biallelic RPE65 mutation-associated retinal dystrophy.

The average profit from cancer drugs administered by 340B hospitals was nearly 50% in 2015.

CAR T cell therapy resulted in a high response rate among previously-treated patients with multiple myeloma.

Polatuzumab vedotin plus bendamustine and rituximab increased complete response rates to 40% among patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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Fingolimod was previously approved to treat relapsing multiple sclerosis as a once-daily disease-modifying therapy.

Marc O’Connor, chief operating officer at Curant Health, explains ways patient care models can reduce costs.

Multiple specialty pharmacy processes can delay the time-to-fill for specialty medications.

Disrupting the circadian rhythm exacerbate multiple sclerosis symptoms.

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Children with HIV have a unique risk of nonadherence in adolescence and elevated risk of mental health and substance use problems later in life.

Patients with multiple sclerosis who eat healthy could reduce their risk of severe disability by 20%.

Joel Wright, chief executive officer, Alliance Rx Walgreens Prime discusses how stakeholder alliances benefit patients.

Only 21% of HIV-positive individuals visited a health care provider within 2 weeks of release from jail or prison.

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Vaccine regimen based on mosaic immunogens designed to create a buffer against various strains of HIV.

Tofacitinib (Xeljanz/Xeljanz XR) improves disease severity for patients with psoriatic arthritis.

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An immunotherapy combination increased progression-free survival among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

A combination of ramucirumab plus cisplatin and capecitabine did not improve survival in gastric cancer.

Increasing myelin production by targeting oligodendrocytes shows promise as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.

Voluntary male circumcision and starting antiretroviral therapy reduced new cases of HIV by 42% in vulnerable regions.

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THC found to slow the process of neurodegeneration, which affects nearly half of all patients with HIV.

Prescription drug list prices outpaced the rate of inflation every year from 2006 to 2015.

Rinku Patel, PharmD, RPh, CEO and founder of KloudScript, highlights emerging trends in the specialty pharmacy landscape.