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A member of the FDA’s expert advisory committee who voted in favor of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine said that distribution of the first vaccines to high priority populations in the United States could begin as early as Monday.

Genetic predisposition is only part of the pre-eclampsia risk.

Medication nonadherence results in greater health care spending and poorer patient health outcomes.

Paracelsus referred to the drug as the “stone of immortality,” which may have been the impetus for his fine-tuning it further. Later, Thomas Sydenham created his own version in the 1600s with the important addition of alcohol.

Supreme Court decision establishes that states do have the right to regulate pharmacy benefit managers in managed care organizations.

Direct-to-consumer COVID-19 kit allows for anyone over 18 years of age to perform a nasal swab on themselves and send the sample off for testing.

Variability in prescrption handoffs might make the difference between a patient who is adherent or not.

An icatibant injection has been released in the United States as an alternative treatment for acute attacks of hereditary angioedema in adults over the age of 18 years.

Cinacalcet Tablets are used to treat hyperparathyroidism (overactive functioning of the parathyroid glands) in people who are on long-term dialysis for kidney disease.

Younger and Black patients are more likely to experience breast cancer symptom under-recognition.

If current drug pricing trends continue, cost-related non-adherence to therapy will result in the premature deaths of 112,000 Medicare beneficiaries per year.

A new combination therapy cleanses the colon before this important procedure that screens for colorectal cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

The tau protein can help identify Alzheimer disease before cognitive decline begins.

The FDA-approved generic is therapeutically equivalent to Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals’ acetaminophen injection product (Ofirmev).

Accurate blood pressure measurement is crucial to diagnose hypertension and guide treatment.

Female patients being treated for heart attack also tend to be older and have more complicated medical histories.

The objective of the study was to quantify glucocorticoid dose-dependent cardiovascular risk in people with 6 immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

Delirium was the sixth most common presenting symptom in all patients, suggesting the clinical importance of including delirium on checklists of presenting signs and symptoms for COVID-19.

Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets are a combination birth control pill containing female hormones that prevent ovulation.

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

New research identifies patients most at risk of continuing problems with medulloblastoma, which can be applied immediately in medical clinics.

A flu vaccine is especially important this year, as it can prevent a “twindemic” with COVID-19.

A recent nationwide survey of 400 pharmacists conducted by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) found that more than three-fourths of pharmacists plan to be vaccinated with 1 of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.

Although most people say they will receive a COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available, 27% were unsure.

Study indicates pure CBD was able to reduce cell viability in 3 of the 6 cell lines and that this effect was cell line specific rather than specific to certain cancers.

In recent years, digital health devices have offered pathways for patients to record and send data, which may ultimately encourage the patient to be more interactive in their disease management.

According to the survey results, 56% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reported that COVID-19 has made it difficult for them to receive treatment

Proteases are important to the health and viability of cells and viruses. If proteases are inhibited, cells cannot perform many important functions, such as replication.

The treatment of mental illness has long been a quandary for medical professionals throughout history. But historically, mental illness has been more loosely defined than it is today.

FDA approves Gallium 68 PSMA-11, the first drug for PET imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive lesions in patients with prostate cancer.