Specialty Pharmacy

Major drug companies are starting to make cheap versions of blockbuster hepatitis C drugs available to people in poor and many middle-income nations.

Sprouty 2 gene works differently in colorectal cancer than in other types of cancers.

A middle-aged man experienced complete remission of type 2 diabetes after cure of chronic hepatitis C virus.

CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart, Express Scripts, and Rite Aid pharmacies all appear in a list of the top 10 most frequent violators of HIPAA.

Sterile drug compounder Pharmedium is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of norepinephrine bitartrate added to 0.9% sodium chloride in light of complaints from hospitals of a slight discoloration in the mixture.

The public interest journalism group ProPublica examined records from 2011 through 2014 and found that not only are HIPAA violations common, but they also typically go unpunished.

Study finds health care access was of paramount importance to people with chronic conditions and their caregivers.

Hospital employment of physicians and ownership of physician practices is associated with higher prices and spending for outpatient care in the commercial health care market.

In 2014, Forbes said the Massachusetts Health Connector was the worst exchange in the nation.

St. Peter's University Hospital of New Brunswick argued that it will suffer irreparable harm if Horizon's OMNIA plan takes effect in the new year and it is not included in the preferred hospital tier.

Alpha therapy shows promise in selectively killing infected cells from the central nervous system.

Research may lead to new treatment approach for cancer.

Jon Hamrick, executive vice president, Biotech and Specialty Services at Therigy LLC discusses the use of technology to optimize clinical services in specialty pharmacy.

Interstitial lung disease may also precede the first symptoms of IBD.

Interventions needed to get MS patients more active.

Combination of treatments may slow disease progression.

Top stories from last week in oncology drug development.

Sending patients home with information from their files can reinforce pertinent information.

Most read HCV articles of the year.

Most read HIV articles from the past year.

Most read multiple sclerosis articles from the past year.

Catch up with the most popular articles from the print journal of Specialty Pharmacy Times this year.

Human pegivirus-2 found only in patients with hepatitis C.

Taking drug around periods of sexual activity lowers transmission rates.

Dr. Raymond Schinazi under fire over HCV drug costs.

Pharmacists can help inform their patients with young children about a few ways to reduce their kids' risk of developing asthma.

Pharmacists may want to encourage their patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to complement their pharmacologic treatment with music therapy.

Pharmacists should familiarize themselves with how much each prescription cost the US government per patient last year.

Sanofi has submitted a new drug application to the FDA for a fixed-ratio combination of insulin glargine and lixisenatide.

An HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis program piloted at a pharmacy in Seattle shows promising results for patients.