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Check out these featured Drug Topics interviews from July 2024.

Full efficacy and safety results for the phase 3 PURPOSE 1 trial were announced by Gilead at AIDS 2024.

In a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, Democrats and Republicans took a bipartisan stance to question the role major PBMs play regarding rising drug costs in the US.

PASO DOBLE is the largest head-to-head, phase 4 randomized clinical trial comparing DTG/3TC and BIC/FTC/TAF in patients with HIV.

From 2021 to 2022, the prevalence of adults with diabetes who used cannabis increased by 33.7%.

A survey conducted by Surescripts, a health care solutions company, explored the attitudes of pharmacists and prescribers towards ongoing issues and challenges currently facing the industry.

In part 2 of his interview with Drug Topics featured on Over the Counter, Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, discusses how he redefined the role of a pharmacy at Skippack Pharmacy.

In part 1 of a recent conversation on Over the Counter, Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, shared his journey from pharmacy school to pharmacy ownership.

MK-1654 (clesrovimab) met its primary efficacy endpoint of incidence of patients with RSV-associated medically attended lower respiratory infections (MALRI) through Day 150.

Check out important updates from the FDA from over the past week.

The most common adverse events in patients using oral corticosteroids for more than 90 days included fracture, hyperlipidemia, myocardial infarction, and avascular necrosis.

Researchers aimed to determine the risks and benefits of prescription drug advertising released in tandem with disease awareness programming.

The approval of eculizumab-aagh offers more treatment options for patients with rare diseases PNH and aHUS.

Steve Postal, JD, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), sat down with Drug Topics to discuss Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

In case you missed it, this week we had news about cybersecurity breaches at Rite Aid, advancements in chronic hand eczema treatment, the Superman Pharmacist, and more.

Delgocitinib cream from LEO Pharmaceuticals showed superior efficacy compared to cream vehicle and was well tolerated over 16 weeks.

The collaboration between Surescripts and DAW Systems leverages Surescripts’ established e-prescribing network, which last year processed 2.5 billion prescriptions from 1.29 million prescribers across the US.

Steve Postal, JD, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), discussed pharmacy benefit managers and vehicles necessary to induce reform.

The initiative by Boehringer and GoodRx has the potential to accelerate the therapeutic timeline for patients treated with the biosimilar.

House Bill (HB) 1993 seeks to increase PBM transparency and accountability in an effort to combat the rising cost of prescription drugs.

Patients using isCGM had reduced glucose variability, time in low glucose range, time in very low glucose range, and less events related to low glucose levels.

In part 2 of the latest episode of Over the Counter, Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, discusses his journey as the Superman Pharmacist and expresses hope for the future of community pharmacy.

Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, sat down with Drug Topics on part 1 of an episode of Over the Counter to share his experiences transforming a shuttered independent pharmacy into a thriving community hub.

Emporos announced a strategic partnership with InterLink AI to help pharmacists streamline tasks and fill more prescriptions.

“If people think COVID is no big deal and decide to forgo vaccinations, they’re essentially doubling their risk of developing long COVID,” wrote investigators.

The retail pharmacy chain issued an alert to its customers that purchasing data from 2017 to 2018 may have been breached by a third party.

Patients with childhood type 1 diabetes were more likely to develop substance use disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and behavioral syndromes.

The CDC issued a report on the state of the avian influenza, or bird flu, at the end of last week.