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This drug is the first to control complement factor C5a, which is a protein that plays a significant but potentially harmful role in the body's immune response.

Data show that dose-response relationships and long-term safety of ICS in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are unclear and require further investigation.

Implementing PrEP in retail community pharmacies increases patient accessibility but may be difficult to incorporate without modifying workflow.

Stephen Divers, MD, discussed the future of home infusion and drug development, and how both issues will be influential in the future of community pharmacy.

Improving the process of safe medication therapy management requires comfort, trust, and fostering a culture for safe communication.

Enfortumab vedotin-ejfv (Padcev, Astellas Pharma and Seagen Inc) with pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) approved for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are ineligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

Additionally, study results show a clinically meaningful overall survival trend in the overall population among individuals with primary advanced or recurrent disease.

Investigators suggest that funding mechanisms and interpersonal support systems are unsustainable for long-term care.

For decades, pharmacy schools, residents, and fellows have been training to work alongside physicians, but that has not prepared us for what is coming.

A strong theme of recent conferences was the push for greater awareness of pharmacists' roles in patient advocacy and patient education.

Pharmacies need to differentiate themselves through faster and cheaper care, while delivering health outcomes across the patient journey.

This method has proven economically appealing, but further confirmation of these findings is needed, according to investigators.

Some common questions for oncology pharmacists are about concurrent use of complementary and alternative medicine supplements and natural products.

Thought-provoking economic, ethical conundrums accompany recent explosion in growth of glucagon-like peptide-1 products for medically assisted weight loss

Transplant patients must adhere to lifelong regimens and those caring for them must consider their regimen as the patients intersect with different parts of the health care system.

On March 1, 2023, Eli Lilly and Company said it would take steps to cap insulin prices, and Novo Nordisk and Sanofi followed suit 2 weeks later.

Clinical trial findings show that olaparib, given in the neoadjuvant setting, was feasible with 100% of participants able to receive the planned 2 cycles.

Fomepizole, an FDA-approved drug to treat methanol poisoning, and erythromycin could offer a novel therapeutic option to fight drug-resistant S. pneumoniae.

Investigators suggest that sleep interventions may help to reduce the risk of self-harm in female adolescents with depression and anxiety.

Factors (comorbidities, social factors) can largely affect the success of therapies in daily practice, despite findings observed in clinical trials.

And whatever specialty the student or resident decides on, it does not have to define the rest of their career.

Creating a safe environment for LGBTQ+ patients through the use of trauma informed care is critical to ensuring they feel comfortable returning to the clinic in the future.

There has been a historical lack of complete or appropriate data on sexual and gender minority groups, leading to difficulties in analyzing health outcomes in LGBTQ+ community.

Despite the potential for clinical benefit, triplet therapies have added complexities, monitoring needs, toxicities, and costs associated with additional pharmacologic therapy.

If patients with G6PD deficiency are exposed to risk factors, such as certain medications, environmental factors, or foods, it can lead to hemolysis.

Pharmacists have an important role in helping patients to identify treatment-related toxicities and manage symptoms to help the transition to the outpatient setting.

Some specialty pharmacy programs are even using electronic medical records to send survey tools to patients.

Medication Safety Week is observed April 1–7. With the theme, I am Medication Safety, this year, Novant Health, a 15-hospital health system in North Carolina, focused on the importance of medication safety for the leaders of their safety program. Kristin Murphy, the leader of the Novant Health Medication Safety Program, shares her thoughts on medication safety.