
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and pharmacists can play a key role in ensuring that this age group remains fully vaccinated against preventable diseases that may impact their lives.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and pharmacists can play a key role in ensuring that this age group remains fully vaccinated against preventable diseases that may impact their lives.

Drug overdoses are preventable, and there are options out there to inform the public on how to stop these deaths from occurring.

ABP 798, a biosimilar candidate to rituximab (Rituxan), demonstrated clinical equivalence in a study of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Rising drug prices for disease-modifying therapies resulted in substantial increases in spending for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple sclerosis.

Vitamin E is similar to vitamin C in that it also plays a role in keeping the immune system healthy.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. While much attention is paid to children and older adults, vaccinations specific to early adulthood often get overlooked.

Published in Clinical Rehabilitation, investigators found that breathing techniques commonly utilized in yoga may be an effective adjunct intervention for individuals with COPD.

Older women with breast cancer who have a concurrent mental health condition are more likely to use opioids and have worse survival outcomes.

The effect of oral androgen signaling inhibitor therapies on patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease may increase the risk of death.

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With over 28,000 members in the Facebook group today, the community continues to grow and provide a supportive community full of resources for pharmacists moms.

An upcoming webinar by Trellis Rx on Wednesday, September 18, will offer a firsthand look into how to accelerate the growth of your specialty pharmacy program by building strong provider partnerships.

Pharmacist David Vu has a nontraditional role as a QA engineer and project manager at Kit Check, and is also a champion of pharmacy informatics.

The oral therapy is indicated to act as both a monotherapy and a combination therapy to improve glycemic control. It is also indicated to prevent cardiovascular and renal death in patients with CKD.

The individual had recently vaped and was hospitalized after developing complications from a severe respiratory illness.

An in-house specialty pharmacy can provide significant financial gain for health systems by preventing revenue from being diverted to outside pharmacies.

Selinexor with dexamethasone effective in more than one-quarter of patients with multiple myeloma during a clinical trial.

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Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal Monday’s decision by Judge Thad Balkman.

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Eli Lilly’s ixekizumab (Taltz) injection 80 mg/mL is now approved for the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis.

Patients with progressive multiple sclerosis who were placed on the Wahls diet, which is high in fruits and vegetables, found to experience improved fatigue levels.

The findings showed a potential immune biomarker that may help predict patient response to standard-of-care treatment sorafenib for advanced liver cancer.

With flu season just around the corner, it is important for pharmacists to be up-to-date on the latest recommendations.

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A recent study suggests that vaccination rates in some Texas schools are low enough to allow for large measles outbreaks, but limiting vaccine exemptions could decrease this risk. Vaccine exemptions, which allow unvaccinated children to attend school, have increased by a factor of 28 since 2003 in Texas.

This set could help implement a new paradigm for collaboration between pharmacies and health plans to improve medication management and patient outcomes.

The newly approved therapy is equivalent to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals’ Faslodex injection, 250mg/5mL.

A recent CDC study found that although teen vaccine coverage has improved, more education and provider recommendations are needed to boost immunization rates for human papillomavirus (HPV).