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Menopause Management Considerations for Women with HIV
Due to lack of data on menopause and HIV, many women living with HIV infection have limited access to medical care and support.
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Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy: The Latest Special FDA Designation
The FDA has programs designed to expedite the drug development and review processes for promising pipeline products. The newest of these programs is Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT).
Can Facebook be Trusted with User Health Data?
Recently, Facebook was in the spotlight for trying to share patient data with health organizations.
Trending News Today: CVS Offers Pharmacists, Consumers Tool to Find Cheaper Drug Alternatives
Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.
Trending News Today: Most High-Risk Individuals Unaware of PrEP for HIV Prevention
Study Highlights Health Disparities Between States, Need for Disease Prevention
More action is needed to address health disparities, risk factors, and social determinants of health, as well as disease prevention.
Antipsychotic Drug Linked to Deaths in Parkinson's Patients
Reported deaths of Parkinson’s patients treated with Acadia Pharmaceutical’s antipsychotic therapy pimavanserin (Nuplazid) has sparked concern.
5 Ways Stay-at-Home Parents Can Stay Connected to the Pharmacy Profession
After completing a drug information residency and serving as a pharmacy professor, I knew that the next chapter of my life would be dedicated to being a parent.
New Leading Causes of Death Emerge in United States
US report indicates new drivers of death have emerged over time and have continued to unequally affect residents at the state level.
Novel Immunotherapy Combo for Lung Cancer Shows Promise in Early Trial
The therapy is a combination of a checkpoint drug, nivolumab, and a new immune stimulation drug, ALT-803.
Experimental Drug May Prevent Cancer By Inhibiting Obesity-Associated Gene
New drug shows promising signs of delaying the development of existing breast and lung cancers. .
Sassy Pharmacist and Polite Pharmacist Tackle Common Questions
Here are some top pharmacy concerns and 2 hilarious ways to answer.
20 Questions for The Cynical Pharmacist
Let's get to know this very popular social-media phenomenon.
6 Memorable Television Pharmacists, Part 6
This is the sixth part of a series on how pharmacy professionals have been depicted on TV, both in a positive and a negative manner.
FDA Approves First Light-Adaptive Contact Lens
The approval follows a review of scientific evidence, including a clinical study of 24 patients that evaluated daytime and nighttime driving performance while wearing the lenses.
Medication Use in Horse Racing: Yea or Neigh?
Medication use in horse racing has become a hot topic across the country.
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Novel Combo Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
The triple combination includes a novel cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator amplifier, third generation corrector, and potentiator.
Synthetic Cannabinoids Linked to Deaths in Illinois
Three deaths are among 107 reported incidences of individuals who experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic cannabinoids.
New Drug Targets Specific Gene Fusions in Rare Pediatric Cancers
Pediatric patients treated with larotrectinib in a clinical trial demonstrated a 93% response rate.
Hospital Payment Reform: Experimental Program Highlights Need for Improvement
An experimental program in Maryland aimed to reduce health care spending by shifting away from hospital-based care and toward less costly, primary, preventive, and outpatient services.
Trending News Today: Trump Administration Creates New Exemptions to Obamacare Mandate
Trending News Today: FDA Restricts Sale of Essure Birth Control
FDA Restricts Sale of Bayer Permanent Contraception Device
FDA to limit distribution of Bayer’s Essure device to guarantee women considering permanent contraception are provided with adequate risk information.
FDA Approves Expanded Indications for Exparel
Bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension (Exparel) is the first long-acting, single-dose nerve block for patients undergoing upper extremity surgeries.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Shows Promise in Phase 3 Trial
Upadacitinib met primary endpoints of ACR20 and clinical remission versus placebo in treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
FDA Cracks Down on Online Vision Screening Service
The FDA recently released a warning for a company whose business is focused on creating online prescriptions for patients doing a home vision test. But the concern is that this is a medical device, which never got clearance.
Menopause and HIV: Data Gap, Limited Care
Advancing therapies have resulted in more women living with HIV who experience menopause. Unfortunately, many WLHIV fall into a knowledge gap.
Future of Injectables Could Be Needle-Free Delivery Systems
Getting rid of the needle in injectables has been in the talks for awhile, but Takeda is trying to make it a reality.
Trending News Today: Drug Overdose Deaths Decline After Years of Steady Increases
The Price of Non-Optimized Medication Therapy
Pharmacists can help optimize medication regimens to produce the best patient outcomes at the lowest cost.