According to the study authors, this model provides insights into the multiscale biological alterations in the elderly and neurodegenerative brain, which have important implications for identifying treatment targets for Alzheimer disease.
Researchers found no evidence of abnormal blood flow between the mother and fetus or problems with fetal blood flow following COVID-19 vaccination.
Although there is no single playbook that works for all types of practices, some combinations of practice characteristics and operational changes can help practices address cardiovascular disease.
Guillermo Rodriguez Navarrete, the founder and CEO of Nutrillermo, and Elaine Ladd, the chief pharmacy officer of Pharmacy Development Services (PDS), discuss the value of the pharmacist in the health and wellness space for patients.
In a trial of amivantamab-vmjw, investigators found an overall response rate of 40% among patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Lauren Simko, managing performance specialist at Pharmacy Development Services, about the future of lengthening the patient lifecycle and further developing pharmacy services.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Lauren Simko, managing performance specialist at Pharmacy Development Services, about how an improved patient experience goes hand-in-hand with lifecycle.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Lauren Simko, managing performance specialist at Pharmacy Development Services, about how elevating the patient experience can increase revenue for pharmacists in the healthcare space.
Guillermo Rodriguez Navarrete, the founder and CEO of Nutrillermo, and Elaine Ladd, the chief pharmacy officer of Pharmacy Development Services (PDS), discuss the role of social media in the health and wellness space.
The FDA has approved Verquvo (vericiguat; Merck) tablets for adults with chronic heart failure.
Ssatuximab (Sarclisa, Sanofi) is used in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
The investigators found that using the vaccine in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor—an established immunotherapy drug with a 20% success rate overall for patients—can vastly improve the proportion of individuals who respond to treatments, eliminating tumors in 75% of cases in mice.
Addition of atezolizumab and durvalumab to chemotherapy is a win for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
The safety profile for the combination treatment remained consistent with previously reported data in NSCLC and was deemed manageable with established protocols with no new safety signals identified.
Final data from a phase 3 trial assessing evolocumab in patients with HIV who have high cholesterol confirmed the safety and efficacy of the drug as a treatment.
Guillermo Rodriguez Navarrete, the founder and CEO of Nutrillermo, and Elaine Ladd, the chief pharmacy officer of Pharmacy Development Services (PDS), discuss whether the shift in the public's awareness of the critical role of the pharmacist during the pandemic could support pharmacists’ move to a more significant role in the health and wellness space.
Topline results from the phase 2/3 XIRIUS study of cotoretigene toliparvovec (BIIB112), a gene therapy being investigated as a one-time therapy for patients with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), found that the study did not meet its primary endpoint of demonstrating a statistically significant improvement in the proportion of treated study eyes.
Individuals who took probiotics during the 6-month-long study had a 27% lower overall incidence of upper respiratory tract symptoms compared to the placebo group.
Although the opioid epidemic is a broad societal problem, health systems can play a critical role in the response.
When a patient recovering from gonorrhea was fed the powder of the kuchila molung plant, the patient quickly suffered from much more than painful urination.
The study authors said that treating the condition has been difficult until now due to a lack of FDA-approved therapies.
Treatment options include medications and recommendations to improve hygiene.
Guillermo Rodriguez Navarrete, the founder and CEO of Nutrillermo, and Elaine Ladd, the chief pharmacy officer of Pharmacy Development Services (PDS), discuss challenges pharmacists may face while expanding into the health and wellness space.
Guillermo Rodriguez Navarrete, the founder and CEO of Nutrillermo, and Elaine Ladd, the chief pharmacy officer of Pharmacy Development Services (PDS), discuss the 2021 Virtual PDS Conference session on growth opportunities in the health and wellness space for pharmacy.
Simko discussed how to retain new patients to continue to bring in new opportunities and better results for pharmacies everywhere.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Lauren Simko, managing performance specialist at Pharmacy Development Services, about her presentation "Elevated Patients Experiences: Lengthen the Patient Lifecycle to Increase Revenue."
Hannah Fish, PharmD, associate director of strategic initiatives at NCPA, discusses the role of the pharmacist in vaccinating children ages 12 and older against COVID-19 following the FDA updating the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine EUA.
Median disease-free survival was twice as long in patients who received nivolumab compared to patients who received a placebo.
Locally advanced head and neck cancer represents a group of diseases that have seen few new treatment options over the past 20-plus years
In addition to improving health care access for patients, point-of-care testing in pharmacies can drive customer demand and satisfaction.
