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When a medication, intended for another patient, is dispensed in error, is the pharmacy liable?

Clive Ward Able, MD, BPharm, president of Clintell, consultant to NeonMind Inc, and a trained pharmacist and physician, discusses his research into the use of psychedelic compounds to treat obesity.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, a clinical pharmacy specialist at Penn Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, an oncology pharmacy specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, to provide an overview of current CAR T-cell therapies.

The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to trilaciclib (Cosela) for use in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Institute for Safe Medication Practices advocates technology solutions, such as barcode scanning of ingredients

With many people remaining to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and everyone 6 months and older needing an annual influenza vaccine for the 2021-2022 season, many pharmacies are turning to pharmacy technicians to assist in the process.

Home infusion of specialty medications was an outpatient service offered to patients before the pandemic started; however, with COVID-19, home infusion became more important than ever.

Findings from the 2 pivotal phase 3 trials had mixed results on cognitive benefit, although they found a positive reduction in amyloid plaque in patients' brains.

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are perfectly positioned to help manage patients' transitions of care, according to experts with University of Michigan Health.

Presented during Cardinal Health’s Retail Business Conference, the findings show that 1 in 4 shoppers is 40 years of age or younger, compared to pharmacists’ expectation that the majority of their customers are between 51 and 64 years of age.

Despite a clear trend toward improvement among patients with tumors expressing programmed death-ligand 1, the trial did not meet its primary endpoints.

Heparin, a blood thinner given regularly at a low dose to hospitalized patients, helps to stop clots from forming and reduces inflammation.

This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week.

Because of its rapid emergence during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have had to make quick decisions regarding treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome with no evidence base and little understanding of its pathophysiological characteristics.

Many individuals underestimate the importance of protecting their skin from the sun.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, to discuss their presentation at the recent ATOPP 2021 summit on re-examining the why, who, and where of CAR T therapy.

The companies completed the rolling submission of their application in May 2021, and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date for a decision is in January 2022.

Since pharmacy is a service business, the required process of communicating and educating customers, working closely with physicians, and navigating relief programs can help patients customers address the problems and stress of receiving a denial by their insurance company.

Pamela Spicer, senior analyst at Datamonitor with Informa Pharma Intelligence, said there are no other currently available treatments for Alzheimer disease that get to the root of the condition.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased vigilance over the proper disposal of vaccine-related materials, such as vials, needles, syringes, and bandages.

Research presented at the 2021 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Specialty Pharmacy Conference suggests overall medical expenses for oncology patients were significantly improved by using an integrated health-system specialty pharmacy (HSSP) care model.

A multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, including pharmacists, can work together to treat patients with the bleeding disorder.

Adults unsure about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine who were given more information about the vaccine’s efficacy scored 20% higher on a measure of willingness to be vaccinated versus others who received no information.

Men under 55 years of age had a 25% lower risk of heart attack and stroke, whereas men over 60 had a 15% reduced risk with testosterone supplementation.

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A variety of methods can be used to create an individualized approach to removing barriers for patients with cancer.

Men with low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance report fewer problems with sexual function than those on other treatments.

Include pediatric patients in demonstrations and discussions to improve outcomes.

Approved agents target calcitonin gene-related peptides to bring pain relief to affected patients.

The objective of the study was to design and implement a useful tool to record ambulatory metrics that is reportable and can be easily integrated into the clinical workflow.