Specialty Pharmacy

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses methods pharmacists can employ to maintain adherence.

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

A combination drug regimen may be the answer to treating acute myeloid leukemia.

Evolocumab offers a 25% reduction in cardiovascular (CV) death, heart attack, or stroke after the first year.

Finalists and winners in inaugural awards program to be honored at Asembia 2017

Small case report found an association between the Zika virus and cardiovascular complications.

FOURIER trial meets its primary composite endpoint reducing cardiovascular risk factors.

Mylan gains global licenses for its biosimilar to trastuzumab (Herceptin).

Senescent cells communication via integrin beta 3 expression.

ATR mutations increase skin cancer tumor growth by modulating the tumor microenvironment.

Some high-risk patients have better than expected outcomes due to frequent follow-up by physicians.

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

Clinicians should screen all newly diagnosed HIV patients for tuberculosis.

Improvements in breast cancer patient quality of life and mortality seen over last 30 years.

Heart failure higher among RA patients independent of their risk for ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension can cause cardiovascular risk factors in patients with HIV.

New MS diagnoses are steadily on the rise.

Scientists discover a metabolic weakness in advanced breast cancer cells.

High genomic copy loss correlated with metastatic melanoma’s ability to thwart the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Mark Tesell, PharmD, BCPS, discusses how the high cost of PCSK9 inhibitors effected uptake of the cholesterol-lowering drug.

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

The study from Sweden found a substantial benefit for men taking the class of drugs that was discovered by accident when researchers were developing a treatment for angina 2 decades ago.

The study finds that this biomarker can show which patients may develop heart disease even if they have no current blockage or elevated cholesterol levels.

Researchers have identified another high associated with marijuana use: the risk of heart failure and cerebrovascular accidents.

American Health Care Act could have wide-ranging impact on US health care system.

Lessening approval standards could cause unproven and potentially harmful drugs to flood the marketplace.

New Alexa skill helps spread MS education and awareness.

Brain scans could help diagnose patients with HIV-related cognitive issues.