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Breakthrough Designated Drugs and Specialty Pharmacy
The most impactful of the FDA designations, this status may be applied to drugs used to treat serious or life-threatening conditions.
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Is Your Commute Stressing You Out?
Extended commuting time can be stressful. What is a pharmacist to do?
Reflections on National Pharmacy Technician Day 2017
For some technicians, National Pharmacy Technician Day provides an opportunity to reflect upon what they mean to the pharmacy team.
Pharmacists Play Key Role in Boosting Adult Vaccination Rates
Pharmacists see adults aged 50 years and older about 4 times more than physicians do, which opens opportunities for counseling and recommendations about vaccination.
Opdivo Receives Priority Review for Advanced Melanoma
FDA grants nivolumab (Opdivo) its seventh priority review designation.
Value-Based Insurance Design Improves Adherence to Diabetes Drugs
Better medication adherence may not result in lower short-term medical costs for patients with diabetes.
Smoking Highly Dangerous for HIV-Positive Patients
Approximately 10% of the HIV population will die from lung cancer.
Leafy Greens May Prevent Heart Disease
High intake of vitamin K1 lessens the risk of left ventricle hypertrophy.
FDA Approves Generic CINV Drug
Patients undergoing chemotherapy can use Emend with other antiemetic medicines to prevent chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.
Cancer Diagnosis May Affect Heart Attack Treatment
Patients with cancer were less likely to receive standard drugs and interventions for heart attack than patients without cancer.
Molecule Could Prevent Diabetes-Related Amputations
Enzymes that activate blood vessel formation crucial for wound healing.
Trending News Today: Rural Americans Lack Access to Mental Healthcare
Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.
Trending News Today: High Cost of Gene Therapy Care Puts Cure Out of Reach for Many
Antiretroviral Therapy Can Eliminate Risk of HIV Transmission
Individuals with an undetectable HIV viral load are at effectively no risk of transmitting the virus.
Biologic Drug Under Evaluation to Treat Chronic Inflammatory Esophagus
The monoclonal antibody dupilumab may be effective treating active moderate-to-severe eosinophilic esophagitis.
NCPA Digest Shows Pharmacy Services Increase as Reimbursements Decrease
Independent community pharmacies expand the services they offer patients.
Generic Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting Drug Gets FDA Approval
Patients undergoing chemotherapy can use Emend with other antiemetic medicines to prevent CINV.
FDA OKs Generic Emend
Patients undergoing moderately emetogenic chemotherapy may use the product, in combination with other antiemetic medicines, for the prevention of delayed nausea and vomiting.
Meeting the Challenge of Employee Engagement in the Ever-Changing Specialty Pharmacy
Leaders in specialty pharmacy must work to improve employee engagement in order to boost the customer experience.
PBM Reports Limiting Commercial Drug Spending Increases to Less Than 1%
Prime Therapeutics reduced Medicare spending on pain drugs by 12% in the first half of 2017.
How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects Patients in the Workplace
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis feel their employers do not understand their condition.
Legislators Push for National Diabetes Commission
The National Clinical Care Commission Act would better coordinate diabetes research.
HCV Treatment Success Not Dependent on Type of Provider
Patients with hepatitis C virus achieve treatment success with specialists, primary care physicians, and nurse practitioners.
Hypertension During Pregnancy Increases Child's Obesity Risks
Findings highlight the need to monitor blood pressure during pregnancy, especially in the second trimester.
Trending News Today: Ending ACA Subsidies Could Cost $200 Billion in the Next Decade
Trending News Today: Negative Emotions May Cause Cancer Patients to Adopt Healthier Behaviors
Stelara Approved to Treat Plaque Psoriasis in Adolescents
Ustekinumab (Stelara) treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adolescents who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy.
The Role of Veterinarians in Preventing Prescription Opioid Abuse
Veterinarians can prescribe highly-addictive and powerful painkillers for pets.
FDA Approves Once-Daily Neuropathic Pain Drug
Lyrica extended-release tablets treat neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the management of postherpetic neuralgia.
Is the 3-Year PharmD the Best Program for the Future?
Why did a top college of pharmacy switch to a 3-year program from a 4-year one?
