HHS: Pharmacists Are Nationally Authorized to Administer COVID-19 Tests Under PREP ACT
May 21st 2020The Secretary of HHS, Alex M. Azar II, clarified in a statement that the PREP Act preempts state licensing laws that place restrictions on pharmacists’ ability to order and administer COVID-19 tests.
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Data Suggest Asthma Associated With Longer Time on Ventilators for Younger COVID-19 Patients
May 20th 2020Patients with COVID-19 between the ages of 20 and 59 years who also had asthma needed a ventilator to assist with breathing for 5 days more on average than non-asthmatic patients with COVID-19, according to a press release.
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NIH Study to Investigate Pregnancy Outcomes Resulting from COVID-19 Pandemic
May 19th 2020According to an NIH press release, researchers will analyze the medical records of up to 21,000 women to evaluate whether changes to health care delivery that were implemented as a result of the pandemic have led to higher rates of pregnancy-related complications and cesarean delivery.
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FDA Approves Atezolizumab as First-Line Monotherapy for Metastatic Non-Small Lung Cancer
May 19th 2020The approval is based on an interim analysis from the phase 3 IMpower110 study, which showed atezolizumab monotherapy improved overall survival by 7.1 months compared with chemotherapy in people with high PD-L1 expression, according to a press release.
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Precision Medicine and the Pharmacist’s Role as a Trusted Counselor in Specialty Pharmacy
The placement of clinical pharmacists at the nexus of functional pharmacogenomics and in specialty pharmacy care makes good sense.
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