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The mutated genes in question, TET2 and DNMT3A, each influence the efficacy of treatment in different ways.

This designation could shorten the FDA review period to 8 months compared to the 12 months under Standard Review.

Pharmacy Times spoke to ASHP’s Vice President of Government Relations Tom Kraus about the recent actions from ASHP urging the HHS to allow pharmacists to provide COVID-19 prophylaxis treatment.

Immune Globulins are injections that are used to treat immunodeficiency disorders.

Cities were ranked on a 50 point scale, weighing factors including therapy session rate by state, total prescription charges by state, their grade for mandatory treatment laws by state, criminalization of mental illness by state, number of residents per 1 mental health provider by county, poor mental health days by county, and overall community wellbeing.

Peter Koshland, PharmD, CEO of Koshland Pharm and a practicing pharmacist, discusses the role of the pharmacist in ketamine therapy.

The kinase inhibitor is a promising treatment option for patients with MET exon 14 skipping mutation non–small cell lung cancer.

Silmitasertib has produced clinical benefit as a monotherapy and in combination with drugs such as gemcitabine and cisplatin.

In the latest Student Cafe interview series, students from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy discussed the future of pharmacy after the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the study, approximately 20,000 people were followed over a span of 4 years, which showed that reports of marijuana use peaked at 9% for patients with cancer versus 14% among those with no cancer history.

The treatment was also well-tolerated, with a similar safety profile to placebo, according to the investigators.

The approval of Tibsovo marks the first and only targeted therapy approved for patients with previously treated IDH1-mutated cholangiocarcinoma.

At 30 days following the third dose in the series, the pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine was non-inferior to the 13-valent vaccine for all 13 shared serotypes.

Pharmacists must remain nimble to help patients continue receiving the medications they need, as technology now plays a central role in workflow and medication management.

Recent research has linked gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease with reported differences in gut microbial compositions among individuals with and without cardiovascular disease.

Tisagenlecleucel is a CD19-directed genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy already indicated for B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

After chickenpox, the virus stays inactive in nerve tissue near the spinal cord.

Technicians play a key role in this vital element of pharmacy operations, protecting drug efficacy and against errors.

Between 40% and 50% of patients respond long term without relapsing.

SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing titers against the wild-type strain one month after the booster dose were 3.3 times higher than the titers found one month after the second dose.

Johnson & Johnson previously reported interim results from a phase 1/2a trial demonstrating the antibody responses generated by their vaccine were strong and stable through 8 months following immunization, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A final blinded analysis of data from the phase 3 COVE study found 93% efficacy of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, which remained durable through 6 months after the second dose.

With more work and less staff, we need to examine how we can better support pharmacists in the new normal brought on by COVID-19.

As the price tags for therapies coming to market have soared into the hundreds of thousands and even millions on occasion, paying for them has become an ever-greater cause of concern and focus area.

However, according to the investigators, eradicating COVID-19 is considerably less feasible than the elimination of smallpox.

Researchers found that the levels of serum albumin and the number of metastatic sites that patients with lung cancer have were significantly associated with overall survival.