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The approvals mark a turning point in the ongoing effort to manage sickle cell disease, the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the United States.

An evaluative study on an open resource Instagram page that provides information on new medications to pharmacists was recently presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2023 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

Levetiracetam and clobazam can cause Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms, which can start as a rash but progress quickly, potentially resulting in injury to internal organs, hospitalization, and death.

A study found that a pharmacist-prescribing intervention for high blood pressure could save the health care system $1.137 trillion over a 30-year period.

Providers create a disparity themselves by choosing not to treat obesity because stigma has led them to believe that patients with obesity are not sick enough to warrant medical intervention.

Newly approved by the FDA, Celltrion’s infliximab-dyyb (Zymfentra) offers patients with inflammatory bowel disease a more innovative administrative approach to infliximab treatment.

Two possibly curative gene therapies for the disease, which disproportionately affects Black people, are under consideration by the FDA.

It’s crucial to be openminded about these approaches, and to convey accurate information to patients in a nonjudgmental manner.

After several walkouts protesting poor working conditions, company executives and protest organizers came to an agreement that includes more hours for technicians and vaccinations being reduced to a manageable volume.

A new poll from the organization surveyed 10000 independent community pharmacy owners on current worries in the industry and how they are being impacted by the ongoing national drug shortage.

A study from the University of Michigan found that only 1 in 6 emergency department visits for an opioid overdose in the United States result in a prescription for buprenorphine, methadone, or extended-release naltrexone.

Pharmacists at nearly 2 dozen CVS pharmacy locations called out sick Thursday and Friday to protest recent corporate decisions they say put patients at risk of serious harm.

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Treatment with buprenorphine has more than doubled since 2009, but dosing guidelines are based on studies with people using heroin that were done before the fentanyl crisis.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy found during several inspections that some CVS stores in the state had dirty conditions, a lack of control over dangerous medications, and months-long wait times for medications.

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A 1-year observational follow-up of a 3-month randomized controlled trial provides insight into the benefits of advanced hybrid closed-loop system use in people with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily injections and self-monitoring of blood glucose.

Widespread use of continuous glucose monitoring was not found to attenuate the association between impaired awareness of hypoglycemia and diabetes-related distress.

Michael Ganio, PharmD, MS, senior director of pharmacy practice and quality at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), sat down with Drug Topics to discuss the current drug shortages and how pharmacists are dealing with them.

FDA sends warning letters to 8 companies over unapproved eye drops, healthcare visits delivered by nurse practitioners and physician assistants continue to increase, and WHO agrees on the first-ever patient safety rights charter.

The CDC weighs in on updated COVID-19 vaccines, the FDA says phenylephrine is ineffective, and heath care workers in California get a pay raise.

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, two semaglutide products made by Novo Nordisk, as well as Mounjaro (tirzepatide), mimic a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that targets areas of the brain that regulate appetite and food intake.

CDC to weigh who should get updated COVID-19 vaccines after FDA approval, Novavax says its updated COVID-19 vaccine is ready for distribution, and Walgreens partners with Pearl Health to expand primary care services.

The Vice President of Industry Relations at IQVIA gave a presentation at the 2023 PBMI Annual National Conference in Orlando, where he discussed everything from healthcare utilization during COVID-19 to spending on specialty drugs.

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