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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads in hospital costs, physician services, and prescription drugs.

Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAIPM, FASHP, FFSMB, discusses best uses for opioids, and when to use other pain medications.

A blood-based screening test using cell-free DNA may be able to identify cancer at earlier stages than what was previously possible, according to research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 23 to 25 in San Francisco.

The CDC is making strides toward better understanding the pneumonia-like coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated in Wuhan, China.

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Shared decision making is a tool used by health care professionals to educate more thoroughly, and communicate with their patients.

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Tazemetostat blocks any activity of the EZH2 methyltransferase, which may help keep the cancer cells from further growth.

Do you know the first pharmacy school established in North America?

PTSD can have debilitating effects, including flashbacks, nightmares, and extreme anxiety.

Pfizer will become the first to launch 3 oncology monoclonal antibody biosimilar treatments to the US market.

The study was the first to examine proton pump inhibitors use in breast cancer survivors.

Oprah Winfrey visited a pharmacy in Charlotte, North Carolina, during her 2020 Vision tour to raise awareness about mental and physical health.

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Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) must be widely disseminated and increased in Ukraine in order to optimize HIV prevention and treatment goals, according to a recent study published in The Lancet.

Pharmacists should advise patients to get vaccinated at least 1 month before going abroad.

A proposed FDA guidance could significantly impact veterinary practices and their ability to compound medicines for animal patients, according to a national survey.1

A study published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education conducted focus groups of pharmacy preceptors to discuss desired business-related skills.

Biosimilars, which at the most simplistic level can be thought of as a type of generic option for a biologic, offer an opportunity to help reduce total biologic drug spend.

Valoctocogene roxaparvovec (Valrox, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc) would be the first gene therapy in the United States for the most common form of hemophilia if approved by the FDA.1

The shift from fee-for-service to a value-based care payment model represents the growing understanding of the value of health care providers in improving overall patient outcomes.

The release of generic versions of brand name drugs for patients with multiple sclerosis had little overall effect on the price increase.

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During a health care conference on Thursday, Republican Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson expressed support for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.1

Teprotumumab-trbw is the first drug to be approved for the treatment of thyroid eye disease.

A case of the virus that reportedly originated in Wuhan City, China has been confirmed in Washington State.

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Antiretroviral therapy may not be entirely effective in restoring the immune protection resulting from viral infections or childhood vaccines received prior to becoming HIV-positive.