Specialty Pharmacy

In healthy women, the cons of taking daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease, cancer, and other serious illness outweigh the pros.

Raulo Frear, PharmD, general manager of OmedaRx, discusses effective strategies to ensure patients gain access to high cost specialty medications.

Cimetidine has clinically important benefits in improving colon cancer survival and preclinical evidence shows that this benefit may extend to other types of cancer.

Novo Nordisk announced that its phase 3 study of patients with hemophilia A, who had the highest annualized bleeding rates in its previous study, saw the biggest reduction in bleeding over the duration of treatment using turoctocog alfa.

Agent found to stop growth and spread of prostate cancer with a common chromosomal abnormality.

The FDA today approved of a new indication for Amgen's denosumab for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy refractory to bisphosphonate therapy.

Primary ADT associated with decreased survival in localized prostate cancer patients.

Onco360's industry-leading portfolio expanded to nearly 40 products.

According to a new study, a CCR5-blocking drug used to treat HIV may also be able to slow prostate cancer metastasis.

Valchlor has been approved for the treatment of stage IA and IB mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Preliminary evidence indicates that new treatment is both safe and effective.

A compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tennessee, and its co-owner have pleaded guilty to 1 misdemeanor criminal violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Tablets treat HIV-1 infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents for pediatric patients.

Study suggests that HIV adaptations are evolving it into a weaker virus.

The FDA today approved ruxolitinib to treat patients with polycythemia vera, a chronic type of bone marrow disease.

Blincyto is the first approved drug that engages the body's T-cells to destroy leukemia cells.

Michael R. Hess, attorney with Bass Berry & Sims and outside general counsel to many of the largest independent specialty pharmacy companies, discusses copay and reimbursement assistance programs.

Active substance overcomes treatment resistance in Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia.

Alcohol use is responsible for an estimated 3.5% of cancers in the United States, but affects the risk of developing some cancers more than others.

While there are currently no active cases of Ebola virus infection in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that 35 hospitals across the country are now designated treatment centers for the virus.

Concerns still remain, however, and there is a lack of long-term data.

Patients with autoimmune conditions have an increased risk of developing shingles due to immune-suppressing treatment regimens.

Study finds a number of measures must be taken to consistently improve medication adherence.

More severe psoriasis associated with clinically significant cardiovascular risk.

The key to encouraging patient proactivity at Burmans Pharmacy is to stress medication adherence, director of compounding Vince Canzanese, RPh, explains.

Study finds that HIV drug regimens that exclude efavirenz are as effective as first-line antiretroviral treatment.

Dantrolene found to help prevent the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in patients with Wolfram syndrome.

For Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding for Burmans Pharmacy, building patient trust relies on a key factor: not allowing a mailman to become the pharmacist.

Study examines cellular and molecular mechanisms behind experimental vaccine.

Increase in annual global drug spending expected to total around $70 billion this year.