Pharmacy Week in Review: October 30, 2015

Christie Ballantyne, MD, explains how the CORALreef Extension study adds safety exposure and shows LDL-C lowering with oral enlicitide is sustained over time.

Like enzymes and coenzymes, monitoring devices and pharmacists may achieve more together than either can alone.

The glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonist did not raise major adverse cardiovascular event risk in adults with obesity, but GI-related discontinuations were high.

Post hoc AHA 2026 data show the oral GLP-1 receptor agonist lowered systolic blood pressure across hypertension stages, partly beyond weight loss.

The evidence for GLP-1 receptor agonists keeps growing, while access for low-income patients keeps narrowing.

Specialty pharmacists can help patients with cancer weigh the benefits and risks of GLP-1 receptor agonists as use expands and new evidence emerges.

Pharmacists can work alongside dermatologists, nurses, and other health care professionals to help answer skin care–related questions and help patients understand trial outcomes.

Early metformin may curb insulin starts in gestational diabetes, while a separate analysis ties a history of the condition to advanced CKM syndrome.