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Investigators identified 2 subgroups at risk of developing bacterial biofilms: those who have taken a significant amount of medications over their lifetimes and those who have undergone organ transplants.

Patients who received non-opioid prescriptions were more likely to report having no pain in the first week after surgery than those who received opioids and both groups reported equal levels of satisfaction.

Primary results from the randomized portion of the INVICTUS study had previously shown that ripretinib was able to significantly improve progression-free survival with a clinically meaningful overall survival benefit in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

The demand for drug treatments in Europe and North American has increased in recent years, as awareness of the bleeding disorder rises.

From Tuesday, June 22 to Saturday, June 26, customers getting a COVID-19 vaccination at Walgreens pharmacies will receive $25 in Walgreens cash rewards for in-store purchases.

The FDA also approved dabigatran etexilate oral pellets for the prevention of recurrent clots in patients aged 3 months to less than 12 years of age who have completed treatment for their first venous thromboembolism.

Jordan Tishler, MD, president of the Association of Cannabis Specialists and faculty at Harvard Medical School, discusses his outlook on the future of both care for patients with PTSD and acknowledgement of the role of cannabis in its treatment.

Researchers noted decreases in control of blood pressure as well as non¬–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, both of which are risk factors for diabetes.

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, and Sally Arif, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted women in the pharmacy field.

A research team from the university wanted to further investigate whether patients with or without insurance were paying more because of rebates to insurers.

In the ZUMA-5 cohort, 94% of patients achieved a response compared to 50% of patients in the control cohort with an odds ratio of 16.2.

Eligible participants at baseline had more than 1 year of continuous insurance coverage, allowing gaps less than 90 days, and were free of CVD 1 year prior to OSA diagnosis.

Investigators have found bNAbs for HIV, hepatitis C, and influenza, among others.

Xembify (immune globulin subcutaneous human–klhw) is a 20% immune globulin indicated for treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency disease in patients 2 years of age and older.

Previous trials in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 suggested casirivimab and imdevimab reduced viral levels, shortened the time to resolution of symptoms and significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death.

Coordinating complex care plans can involve many care team members and even different pharmacists in both health system and retail environments.

Torsemide is an alternative for patients who skip loop diuretic treatment due to concerns of excessive urination, as well as individuals with chronic kidney disease.

Pharmacists should educate themselves about the options available to help patients manage this bacterium that causes severe diarrhea and colitis.

According to the study, lineage plasticity—the shift in castration-resistant prostate cancers from resembling glandular cells to neuroendocrine cells—may potentially be overcome through the use of bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) protein inhibitors.

Each drug formulary has the evidence to support why a medication is included or excluded from a health plan and explaining that to the patient is difficult.

The trial, in phase 3, is the first to report data comparing a neoadjuvant anti-HER2 based regimen with or without the anti-PD-L1 antibody, atezolimumab, in patients with high-risk, HER2-positive early breast cancer.

This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week.

Pharmacists can educate patients about a pair of new treatment options for multiple myeloma approved by the FDA in March 2021.

These financial challenges can include difficulty paying medical bills or the inability to pay them at all, high financial distress, cost-related medication non-adherence, food insecurity, and delayed or foregone care due to cost.

Pharmacists can implement several recommendations into their practice, regardless of the setting.

Study indicates that some instrumental music is more likely to cause earworms and disrupt sleep quality compared with lyrical music.

Earlier this year, the FDA granted accelerated approval to tepotinib (Tepmetko, EMD Serono Inc) for the treatment of adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who are harboring MET exon 14 skipping alterations.

Prior to this research, it was known that genetically removing the POLQ protein killed cells with BRCA gene defects, but no drug had been identified that prevented POLQ from functioning.

Jordan Tishler, MD, president of the Association of Cannabis Specialists and faculty at Harvard Medical School, discusses the importance of unbiased, knowledgeable providers being present at the site of sale of cannabis in order to provide accurate information on the appropriate use of medical cannabis for certain medical conditions.

Intravenous immunoglobulin is a cornerstone in autoimmune disease treatment.