Specialty Pharmacy

A repository of biopsy tissue was created from patients with leukemia and lymphoma.

Patients receiving same-day treatment for HIV were more likely to start antiretroviral therapy and had better viral suppression.

Patients administered mitoxantrone for multiple sclerosis carry higher rates of breast and colorectal cancers and leukemia.

The United States accounts about 40% of the global pharmaceutical market.

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Hepatitis C treatment administered in a community-based setting proven to be safe and effective.

Active surveillance seems to be safe in patients who are low risk, and certain patients at intermediate risk.

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Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease test can be administered via a touch screen.

Testosterone therapy may actually inhibit the growth of aggressive prostate cancer.

Paclical/Apealea found to be non-inferior to current treatment for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

Grant E. Knowles, vice president of business development at Ardon Health, discusses how biosimilars may impact the high cost of specialty drugs.

Study evaluates survival in older patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

Drug produced by medicinal plant Oldenlandia affinis may block the progression of multiple sclerosis.

Alcohol promotes faster development of fibrosis and progression to cirrhosis in people with hepatitis C virus.

FDA recommends health care facilities quarantine products from Medaus Inc that are intended to be sterile.

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Marc O'Connor, chief operating officer of Curant Health, discusses how the transition to value-based care can be optimized for specialty stakeholders.

Gregory R. Morris, chief commercial officer at VirMedica, discusses how eAccess can benefit patients and providers.

Deborah Michaelson, MS, RPh, discusses the elements of an ideal specialty pharmacy therapy management program.

Payers rated services from specialty pharmacy providers as valuable or invaluable and whether they were satisfied or unsatisfied with the service.

Blincyto granted priority status to treat a form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Coffee consumption with high fat diet found to improve non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Personalized cancer treatments need to account for conditions such as heart or lung diseases.

New research shines light on cancer drug resistance.

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Study evaluates whether etanercept monotherapy treats psoriatic arthritis as effectively as the combination of etanercept and methotrexate.

Paul W. Franck allegedly manufactured and distributed products that violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.