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A recent qualitative study presented a potential explanation for why health system specialty pharmacies often find it difficult to partner with payers.

The trend toward elevating the role of the pharmacy technician makes this an exciting time to join the profession.

Cognitive impairment is extremely common among patients with MS, affecting approximately two-thirds of this patient population.

Pharmacists, being the most accessible health care professionals, have an important role to play in the management of this pandemic.

Orphan Drug Designation given to potential primary mitochondiral myopathies treatment.

The pharmacy department is generally responsible for making prepared syringes to be distributed prior to procedures.

Molecule binds and blocks a previously unknown opioid receptor in the brain, potentially revolutionizing pain, depression, and cancer treatment.

Although some of the largest insurers have waived their cost sharing requirements, employer-sponsored “self-insured” health insurance plans are not required to adhere to these waivers.

The NIA is currently funding more than 230 active clinical trials on AD and related dementias. Of those, more than 100 are nondrug interventions, such as exercise, diet, cognitive training, sleep, or combination therapies.

Being able to predict life expectancy will help care providers decide which A1c target ranges are the best for each patient with diabetes.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer while breastfeeding may receive treatments that decrease milk production or are contraindicated.

Planning on how to address drug and equipment shortages will be essential to continuing patient care in the coming months.

The dupilumab pen features a hidden needle and single-press auto-injection, along with visual and audio feedback to help with administration.

Three student pharmacists share their experiences adapting to APPE rotations during the COVID-19 pandemic,

After up to 4.8 years of treatment with nusinersen, 100% of children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who were treated pre-symptomatically are still alive.

H2-receptor antagonists, melatonin, and thiamine are some of the adjuvant treatments being evaluated for patients with COVID-19 due to their various immune-enhancing properties and possible antiviral effects.

Insufficient sleep is prevalent among pharmacy students, and college students more generally, with studies showing that many pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the academic curriculum suffer from poor quality sleep.

Oncology drugs have especially fallen victim to chronic shortages, consequently affecting the availability of substitute agents.

Why is this man gaining weight, instead of losing it, while taking a natural supplement?

A phase 2 clinical trial demonstrated that a 2-week course of teplizumab was able to delay the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes by 3 years compared with patients taking a placebo.

The researchers identified 87 articles using the PubMed and PsycINFO databases and the 2017 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) criteria for therapeutic trials.

Vitamin C and zinc are among the adjuvant treatments being evaluated for patients with COVID-19 due to their various immune-enhancing properties and possible antiviral effects.

Tips for pharmacy professionals on how to best counsel patients who have concerns regarding their brain health.

Researchers found that replacing 30 minutes of inactivity with exercise significantly reduces the risk of cancer-related death.

Tumor- induced osteomalacia is a rare disease that is characterized by tumors causing soft and weakened bones.

Today, we’re celebrating Larisa Janoczkin, PharmD, a pharmacist with CVS is Howell, New Jersey.

The authors posited that teriflunomide could prevent an excessive immune response while still maintaining enough defense against the virus.

The intent of the study was to bring awareness to the medical and nonmedical financial hardships of cancer and how they can impact the use of preventive services, since there is little research available to evaluate this topic, according to the study authors.