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Statins have been and continue to be the first-choice therapy options for patients, but the addition of Nexletol adds a different new dimension to managing this disease.

Pharmacy managers will need to employ effective decision-making that will include evaluating vendors for post-purchase support, and discern the right time to purchase technology.

Giant Food has announced that all vaccinations recommended by the ACIP are once again available at its 153 in-store pharmacies across Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

individuals with four or more depressive symptoms had a 20% increase in cardiovascular events and death.

Galcanezumab-gnlm (Emgality, Lilly) has received FDA-approval for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults and for the treatment of episodic cluster headache in adults.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) monotherapy approved for adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high solid tumors.

Ertugliflozin is a relatively new addition to the SGLT2 inhibitor class of medication.

The most common adverse reactions observed in the monarchE phase 3 trial include diarrhea, neutropenia, fatigue, infections, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, anemia, alopecia, decreased appetite, and leukopenia.

Today, we’re celebrating Manzil Panchal, BS Pharm, owner and pharmacy manager at East Norriton Pharmacy in Pennsylvania.

The participants were categorized according to their vitamin K levels and heart disease. However, those with the lowest vitamin K levels had a 19% higher risk of death, compared with those whose vitamin K levels reflected adequate vitamin K intake.

Lurbinectedin (Zepzelca) approved based on overall response rate and duration of response in patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

Owen Mumford’s Unifine® SafeControl® safety pen needle is designed to prevent accidental needlestick injuries and provides users with confidence that the whole dose was delivered.

This is an important area for pharmacists to apply their knowledge of medications.

Although many hubs offer similar services, no two specialty pharmacy hubs and no two hub programs are entirely alike.

In addition to adhering to the CDC recommendations, pharmacies should consider workflow changes intended to minimize risk to both patients and the pharmacy staff providing immunization services.

Today, we’re celebrating Farzana Qavi, RPh, who works at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

The expanded delivery services aim to allow customers to continue shopping while staying safely at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gardasil 9 approved for the prevention of oropharyngeal cancer and other head and neck cancers caused by human papillomavirus types 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.

Current treatment guidelines do not recommend the use of either drug in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 outside of clinical trials.

Today we’re celebrating Jude Peron, RPh, pharmacy manager at a CVS Pharmacy in Andover, Massachusetts.

FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology was linked with significant reduction in hemoglobin A1c levels for people living with type 2 diabetes on either long-acting insulin or non-insulin therapy.

Dolutegravir tablets are intended to treat pediatric patients at least 4 weeks old and at least 6 pounds who have never been treated for HIV or who have been treated, but not with an integrase strand transferase inhibitor class drug, according to the press release.

Although flu vaccines have been proven to reduce severe illness, evidence is lacking on the link between flu vaccination and antibiotic prescribing at the population level in the United States, according to the study authors.

Further, the study showed that this blood flow can help older people with memory issues to improve cognition, which could guide future Alzheimer disease research, according to the study authors.

Facing MBC Together is intended to recognize the prevalence and impact of isolation on the lives of individuals with metastatic breast cancer.

Access and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis is vital in eradicating the HIV epidemic in the United States.

Which natural product or herbal medication could cause a severe phototoxic reaction to laser treatment?

Humana and PQS are piloting the first diabetes outcomes-based program within the EQuIPP platform that incentivizes improvement across unique diabetes control measures.

Pre-conference workshops will be held on September 14, with the Annual Meeting & Expo sessions and events taking place over the next four days—September 15 through September 18.

The authors said that it is imperative to increase total fruit and whole fruit consumption in younger populations, especially adolescents.