Specialty Pharmacy

Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly shared with specialty pharmacists his story of perseverance, tincluding his fight against squamous cell carcinoma in his upper jaw.

Following the global impact of COVID-19 on the health care system in 2020, there have been some clear changes in HIV care in the United States.

The growth of telehealth, ongoing prescriber verification challenges, and the need for a universal patient identifier are all key issues that have arisen for pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Magrolimab is a first-in-class, investigational anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody used in combination with azacitidine in treatment-naïve patients with high and very high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome,

Understanding the role of abemaciclib (Verzenio) in managing patients with hormone receptor positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative metastatic breast cancer is crucial.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, neurologists are concerned that immunosuppressive treatments for multiple sclerosis and other disorders have significant risks.

It may take cells in different stages of development to cause breast cancer to progress and spread, according to recent research published in eLife.

Amid rising cancer care costs, a focus on chemotherapy stewardship may result in cost savings, according to a session of the HOPA Practice Management 2020 Virtual Learning Event.

The Mediterranean diet has shown efficacy in preventing several noncommunicable diseases.

The FDA grants fast track designation to the highly-selective N-terminal domain inhibitor EPI-7386 for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Bristol Myers Squibb announced it will present data from research spanning 15 different cancers with high unmet need at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020.

Figuring out how to target vulnerable cells in breast cancer tumors can help treat the disease more effectively.

Successfully implementing HIV and hepatitis C testing at drug detoxification centers could help identify and link patients to care, but would require that the test results are available to nearby health care facilities.

Although antiretroviral therapy is an important option for patients with HIV, the viral reservoir has been a major obstacle for researchers looking to effectively cure the disease.

Research suggests that those with progressive multiple sclerosis may have adjusted more effectively to lockdown conditions.

Promoting an environment that allows for rapid problem-solving and execution under high stress is essential to face problems that are poorly understood and yet require rapid change.

In a phase 3 clinical trial, oral paclitaxel was found to be just as effective intravenous paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Russell Procopio, executive vice president of Long-Term Care Pharmacy, about a new study regarding long-term care outcomes and cost.

The goals of specialty pharmacy programs are to reduce or delay progression of the disease, improve patient outcomes, enhance patients’ quality of life, keep patients in the workforce longer, and decrease total health care costs.

According to results from a recent study, a functional cure for HIV may lie in identifying the viral reservoirs in which HIV places copies of its viral genetic material into cell genomes.

The current study found no link between personal use of permanent hair dye and the risk of most cancers or cancer-related mortality.

The FDA also granted priority review to pralsetinib for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer and RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer.

Study suggests up to 75% of online pharmacies are illegitimate and pose serious health concerns.

Azacitidine showed an overall survival benefit among patients with acute myeloid leukemia compared with a placebo.

Oral chemotherapy may be an important option for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, as it would allow them to receive treatment at home.

Women who typically have a better prognosis in the primary breast cancer setting experienced worse survival after a second primary breast cancer.

Evolocumab in combination with statins and other lipid-lowering therapies was found to significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in pediatric patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Despite improvements in the understanding and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), nausea and emesis continue to be a distressing adverse event for patients.