Specialty Pharmacy

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

Pharmacists improve care for patients in many settings, especially for diabetes.

Tailored dose-dense chemotherapy did not statistically improve recurrence-free survival in breast cancer patients.

Biosimilars can provide an easily accessible, low cost treatment option for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The Cherokee Nation has partnered with the CDC and other government agencies to increase awareness about hepatitis C virus.

Higher incidence of chromosomal polymorphisms in infertile individuals.

Exposing dendritic cells and introducing them into mice nearly eliminated anaphylactic responses.

Top news of the week in oncology and cancer drug development.

A more personalized surveillance approach may help catch melanomas in high-risk patients.

Gene therapy stimulates blood vessel growth in the heart to avoid cancer drug side effects.

Ingredient in aspirin combined with popular diabetes drug can turn off faulty protein that plays a key role in inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Targeting a certain antioxidant protein reduces the aggressiveness of triple-negative breast cancer and increases its sensitivity to conventional anti-cancer drugs.

Individuals with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1-3 benefited from treatment with MK-3682B

Women with genetic variants had lower hepatitis C viral levels after childbirth.

Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, was granted $10.3 million to determine why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

IL-1 antagonists are traditionally used to treat patients with rheumatoid diseases.

Two TNF-inhibitors found equally effective treating RA patients.

Targeted personalized therapy in patients with diabetes can reduce the risk of developing cancer.

Surprising findings from a study revealed that losing weight may not help protect against liver and colon cancer.

Stability of exhausted T cells in mice effects the durability of reinvigoration by PD-1 blockade.

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

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) prolongs survival for patients with HIV, but increases the risk for other chronic diseases.

The FDA has announced a new research model that may expedite research and development for a Zika virus vaccine.

Clinical outcomes have different meanings among specialty pharmacy stakeholders.

Researchers able to predict treatment response to TNFI drugs and rituximab in RA patients.

John Campo, vice president of Pharmacy Trade Relations and Contracting at Managed Health Care Associates discusses how specialty stakeholders can accurately encapsulate the high volume of data they produce to improve operations.

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

Two existing drugs, Gemcitabine and DON, target the degradation of nucleotides in the liver.