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Although these programs are not the entire solution to rising pharmacy costs, Marsh said they are an important part of solving the problem.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed some of the major gaps in trust in the United States, but Johnson said pharmacists are key to improving it.

Recent editorial calls into question role, use of drug coverage for medications that often cost pennies to procure.

Health-system pharmacies should fight the well-orchestrated attempt to dismantle 340B drug pricing.

The law directs federal spending toward funding the internal revenue service, improving taxpayer compliance, lowering health care needs, and reducing carbon emissions.

The system is considered effective at identifying residual breast cancer following surgical resection.

An increase in the use of GLP-1 agonists for weight loss is affecting patients with diabetes who rely on these medications.

The treatment showed significant improvement in patients in patients who require frequent blood transfusions and are at risk of infection.

Naveen Mansukhani, BPharm, discussed skyrocketing prices for specialty drugs and what is driving those increases.

Balancing clinicians’ priorities with the needs of patients and their families is crucial to ensure access and adherence to medications.

Cephalosporin treatment is a risk factor of Clostridioides difficile infection.

Screening tools are becoming widely used to help clinicians address the needs of patients with diabetes to improve health outcomes.

The final approval was based on efficacy and safety data from the phase 3 REST-ON study.

Molidustat oral suspension is also the first approval for cats under the FDA’s expanded conditional approval pathway.

Relative risk of cancer-related death differed according to age of diagnosis.

Pharmacists play key roles in navigating prior authorizations and other limits on utilization, as well as educating and listening to patients and caregivers.

Nearly 18-times more patients on trizepatide 15 mg achieved a body weight reduction of 15% or more compared to placebo.

Key topics in May include mental illness for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and PharmD candidates.

Session at the 2023 Asembia Summit notes that pharmacists play a particularly important role in the large multidisciplinary care team needed for Rett syndrome management.

Issues highlighted in May include mental illness as well as asthma and allergies.

The BCG vaccine was more likely to cause symptomatic or severe COVID-19 in patients that had a preexisting condition, such as heart disease, by 6 months.

Given the increasing value of patient satisfaction in determining the quality of care in the hospital reimbursement model, research is flourishing with a focus on identifying the factors that could positively influence patient satisfaction outcomes.

The flexible 1- and 2-month dosing intervals of risperidone could help address adherence challenges common with schizophrenia treatments.

Study shows intramuscular injection may improve treatment success by increasing the speed of drug absorption.

Investigators suggest that a checklist completed by physicians and family members of individuals with severe acute brain injury may improve management needs.

Analysis shows that the ratio of neutralizing antibody geometric mean titers in adolescents compared with young adults was 1.5 after vaccination with NVX-CoV2373.

The willingness of biology labs to evolve has been essential to the incredible rise of biologic drugs.

Clinical interventions, follow-ups, medication reconciliation, patient education are key aspects of the programs.