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Jayne Hornung, chief clinical officer – pharmacy, Managed Markets Insight & Technology, discusses her presentation on potential causes of the slow uptake in digital therapeutics among payers.

Tracy Russell, senior director, State Government Affairs at CoverMyMeds, discusses her presentation at Asembia Summit 2022 on legislation aligned with the movement to expand the pharmacist’s role on the care team.

Regardless of the ability to access and dispense products, pharmacists are responsible for getting patients the best care.

Pharmacists can play a more active role in educating patients on tools and resources available to them, enrolling patients in programs, gathering subjective and objective data.

Ray Tancredi, divisional vice president of Specialty Pharmacy, Development & Brand Rx/Vaccine Purchasing at Walgreens, addresses his presentation on the specialty pharmaceutical pipeline, and specifically what approvals pharmacists should look for on the horizon.

Sonia T. Oskouei, PharmD, vice president of biosimilars at Cardinal Health, discussed how pharmacists can impact biosimilar adoption.

But pharmacists can implement medication use systems and collaborate with other health care professionals.

Jayson Slotnik, JD, MPH, partner at Health Policy Strategies, discusses his hopes for the future of value-based contracting and the ideal model for pharmacy’s involvement.

Fecal microbiota transplantation is proving to be an effective treatment for many patients with specific disorders associated with dysbiosis.

Investigators find that 1 45-minute session of moderate intensity exercise allows more exosomes to deliver the protein, ATP7A, directly to endothelial cells, which can help enable angiogenesis.

This combination improves patient outcomes of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia after a COVID-19 vaccination, according to the results of a case analysis.

Although COVID-19 paused our original plans, we were ultimately able to reach more people than we ever could have via in-person presentations alone.

Patient data are essential to providing coordinator care, but more data also creates heightened risks.

Prescription medications are vital to optimal patient outcomes, but they are also becoming increasingly expensive.

The Voquezna Triple Pak (vonoprazan, amoxicillin, clarithromycin) and Voquezna Dual Pak (vonoprazan, amoxicillin) were previously granted priority review designation by the FDA for H. pylori infection.

Aripiprazole Lauroxil (Aristada) is a long-acting injectable atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults.

Ray Tancredi, divisional vice president of Specialty Pharmacy, Development & Brand Rx/Vaccine Purchasing at Walgreens, discusses some of the more significant drugs for specialty pharmacy in the FDA pipeline this year.

Community pharmacies may become generics-only dispensers unless manufacturers rethink the bifurcation of prescription drugs.

Digital medicine is the use of technology to measure or intervene in certain health conditions and is overseen by the FDA, unlike digital health apps or technologies.

A panel of experts at the Asembia 2022 Specialty Pharmacy Summit discussed some of the obstacles in providing medications approved under Emergency Use Authorization.

Discovery has the potential to also benefit treatment choices, investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say.

Results of a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials published in JAMA shows improvement in 6 of 8 domains.

The FDA approved daridorexant in January 2022 to treat insomnia after it showed improvements in changes in latency to persistent sleep and wake after sleep onset.

For COVID-19 to turn into an endemic, there are a few criteria that must be met.

Legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives is becoming more widespread.

Cytisinicline demonstrated significantly better quit rates than placebo in 6 and 12 week trials.

Vosevi is a fixed-dose combination product containing sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir for the re-treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis C.

Quiz questions to assess your knowledge on common symptoms and treatments for Lyme disease.