Specialty Pharmacy

Implications of the IPF treatment for caregivers and patients.

Study finds most patients with Lynch syndrome are unaware they have the syndrome.

Combination of immunotherapy and aspirin showed a substantial decrease in bowel and melanoma skin cancer growth in mice.

Genetic variants regulate immune cells with important roles in immunodeficiency disorders.

Inflammation and joint damage might not be the only factor causing pain in rheumatoid arthritis.

Treatment removes a tumor's defenses.

Chemotherapy drugs can convert gastrointestinal bacteria into toxic species that causes severe diarrhea.

Tourists with prescriptions for medical marijuana will be able to apply for a permit to let them buy it in Jamaica.

Acupuncture found to help patients manage debilitating side effects from breast cancer treatment.

Caregivers need to help patients with psoriasis understand the importance of lifestyle behavior choices.

Adoptive cell transfer procedure involves extracting and growing immune cells outside of the body.

A federal district court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) against drug pricing transparency legislation in Iowa.

Anticancer medication response strongly linked to genetic ancestry.

Jon Hamrick, executive vice president, Biotech and Specialty Services at Therigy LLC, discusses how specialty pharmacies can best navigate complex reporting requirements from multiple entities.

Study finds approximately $1 million could be saved annually through reduced workplace efficiency and attendance.

Engineered chimeric antigen receptor T-cells differentiate between cancerous and normal cells.

Concerns raised over treatment that fights fungal infections in lung transplant patients.

Research may lead to new combination therapies that attack different parts of cancer cells.

Pharmacists in California could soon be required to provide prescription drug labels in 5 languages besides English under a law unanimously passed by state lawmakers.

Exclusively breastfeeding may diminish MS relapse in the first 6 months after giving birth.

Mutations that affect splicing in oncogenes may facilitate tumor progression.

Researchers target cell division to prevent the growth and spread of cancer.

Researchers target new opportunities for preventive interventions.

Improvements can be made to provide procedure-specific national benchmarks for postsurgical outcomes.

Pharmacist management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) produces earlier viral suppression in treatment-naïve patients than primary care alone.

All non-expired drugs produced for sterile use by Alabama-based compounder Medistat RX have been recalled due to potential contamination, the FDA is warning pharmacists.

Employers with onsite pharmacies are seeing a return on investment in the form of increased medication adherence among their health plan members.

Researchers seek to determine how compound from chili peppers kills prostate cancer cells.