HIV

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Hepatitis C virus infection rates are the highest in 15 years, according to recent data released by the CDC.

Sheila Arquette, RPh, director of Pharmacy Services at Independent Health, discusses how specialty pharmacists can help patients manage adverse events from their treatment regimen.

Top articles of the week on Specialty Pharmacy Times.

HIV has become a chronic disease that requires a different strategy with aging patients.

Data discusses the unique issues senior patients with HIV face.

The shifting landscape in specialty dispensing among pharmacies that service patients in senior care settings and long-term care facilities.

Many patients with HIV who were on the leading edge of treatment advances are now in their 50s and 60s.

The study is the first to demonstrate that CRISPR/Cas9 technology may lead to an HIV cure.

Patients with HIV on ART may have high viral levels, immune activation, and inflammation.

Study provides visualization of different conformations of transporter in motion that may lead to more effective anticancer and antiviral drugs.

Opioid epidemic fuels hepatitis C transmission.

The risk of comorbid chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in patients infected with HIV may be underestimated.

The transition to value-based reimbursement is likely to shape the future of health care.

Study provides first direct evidence of HIV persistence in tissue macrophages in vivo, which could lead to a cure for HIV.

Pitavastatin reduced LDL cholesterol with little impact on HIV-1 RNA and CD4 cell counts.

Pitavastatin lowered LDL cholesterol levels in patients with HIV and dyslipidemia.

Patients that express certain human leukocyte variants are at risk for adverse drug events when taking certain medications.

Positivity interventions may influence health outcomes in people living with HIV.

Efforts to reduce injection frequency can have positive health benefits with or without HIV infection, study suggests.

The vending machines dispense kits containing sterile syringes and needles in hopes of reducing the spread of infectious disease.

Erin Hohman, PharmD, BCPS, director of Clinical Pharmacy Services at Amber Pharmacy, discusses how communication can be improved among specialty pharmacies, manufacturers, and pharmacy benefit managers.

Study finds drug prices have been both increasing and decreasing for prescription drugs, independent of rebates.

While the job of the FDA is to protect the public from ineffective drugs, patients in need of life-saving treatments push for accelerated approval of specialty drugs.

Approximately 35 million individuals are currently living with HIV/AIDS.