Pharmacists Are Moderately Satisfied With Compensation, Job Satisfaction, Survey Shows (Part 2)
January 8th 2021The first article in this 3-part series covered a general overview of the survey and its respondents. In this article, we will explore the questions and answers around compensation.
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FDA Grants Rare Disease Designations to Novel Agent That May Directly Elicit Tumor Cell Death
January 8th 2021FDA approves request submitted by Moleculin Biotech, Inc. for rare disease designations to be granted their drug candidate that appears to directly elicit tumor cell death and prompt the immune system to eliminate tumors.
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Pharmacist Burnout: A Cry for a Transformative Approach to Traditional Pharmacy Practice
January 7th 2021Pharmacists must juggle the delicate balance of integrating clinical services into traditional dispensing environments, while being forced into performance metrics set forth by corporate entities.
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Study: Statins May Protect the Heart from Chemotherapy Treatment of Early Breast Cancer
January 7th 2021According to the study authors, previous small studies suggested that women taking statins may have less heart muscle damage from these types of chemotherapy, yet the exact mechanisms of how statins protect against the cardiac cell damage remains unknown.
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Communities in Greatest Need of Pharmacy Access Are Identified in Los Angeles County
January 7th 2021A recent study investigated the existence of “pharmacy deserts” in Los Angeles County in relation to the social determinants of health that show which communities have the greatest need for pharmacy access.
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Study: Transfusions With Higher Red Blood Cell Levels Do Not Improve Preterm Baby Outcomes
January 7th 2021The study, which appears in The New England Journal of Medicine, is the largest to-date to compare thresholds for blood transfusions in premature babies, according to the press release.
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to Tiragolumab Plus Atezolizumab for NSCLC
January 7th 2021The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to tiragolumab for use in combination with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic non­–small cell lung cancer.
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Potential Source of Chronic Inflammation in Patients With Obesity May Lead to Treatment
January 6th 2021Chronic, low-level inflammation is one of the main causes of the diseases associated with obesity. For this reason, researchers investigated which cell type was responsible for triggering inflammation in fat tissue.
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