Lauren Biscaldi, MS, Managing Editor

Prescription fills decreased most significantly in a subgroup of adults.

Patients in California were able to receive a contraceptive prescription during a visit with a pharmacist.

Mean days of therapy per 1000 patient-days were reduced across medication categories.

COVID-19 updates and news to know as of December 6, 2021.

The Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa on November 24, 2021.

The EUA amendment was granted for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

The EUA submission includes data from the company’s interim analysis of the Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR clinical trial.

The company plans to submit these results to the FDA and EMA for review.

Non-White patients were more likely to express beliefs that medications are both harmful and overused, leading to a decrease in medication adherence.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be encouraged to receive their yearly flu vaccine.

Pharmacists in 2 states are now empowered to administer FDA approved, CDC recommended vaccines.

Pharmacists are a key part of the multidisciplinary approach that health care providers should take when tapering patients off opioid therapy.

Fewer patients today are likely to express an unwillingness to change their RA medications compared with patients 15 years ago, survey results showed.

The vaccine’s safety, tolerability, and efficacy was discussed across multiple abstracts presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Following a booster shot, immunoglobulin G titers increased significantly in a study population aged 60 years and older.

The next step in the approval process is the formal acceptance of the recommendation by CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH.

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics have announced their submission of an EUA application to the FDA for an oral antiviral medication for the treatment of COVID-19.

Winners were announced during the NCPA Annual 2021 Convention.