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This World Standards Week, Carrie Harney, JD, vice president, US Government and Regulatory Affairs at US Pharmacopeia (USP), explains how pharmacists contribute to USP’s standards setting process.

The study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the in combination in patients both with and without prior exposure to a KRASG12C inhibitor.

As part of American Pharmacist Month, Pharmacy Times is asking experts what they believe the value of the pharmacist is.

At month 6 post-COVID-19 infection, 123 patients received a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and only 72 were diagnosed with T1D at 6 months post-non-COVID-19 respiratory infection.

The drug shows improvement in exercise capacity and key secondary outcomes compared with the placebo when added to background therapy for those with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Investigators found that 25% of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction received guideline-recommended intravenous fluids compared to 37% who did not have the condition.

Keynote speaker at the AMCP Nexus conference discusses recent FDA approvals and those scheduled over the next year.

Jeremy Graff, chief scientific officer at IMV, discusses why the development of viable cancer vaccines is a bit more slow-going in comparison to the fast-paced development of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.

Panelists at the AMCP Nexus conference discuss the burden of undertreated and untreated chronic kidney disease.

Zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) is a small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor under evaluation as a monotherapy and in combination with other treatments for various B-cell malignancies.

Experts discuss the clinical and economic impact of misdiagnosing bipolar I disorder as major depressive disorder.

Women who make a difference in the industry honored on #WomenPharmacistDay.

Pharmacists are poised to address selective vaccination and counsel patients contemplating delaying, skipping, or seeking an alternate vaccine schedule.

Heidi D. Finnes, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, president of HOPA discusses some key recommendations to women interested in pursuing leadership roles in oncology pharmacy.

The Moderna bivalent vaccine is authorized for children 6 years of age and older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is authorized for children 5 years of age and older.

Treating patients with rivaroxaban resulted in 32.5 fewer symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) and VTE-related deaths among 10,000 patients.

Investigators find that individuals with both conditions are more likely to develop severe disease than those in the control group.

Nakia Eldridge, PharmD, MBA, discussed her career, the impacts of COVID-19 on women in pharmacy, and how mentorship can pave the way for more women pharmacists.

As part of American Pharmacist Month, Pharmacy Times is asking experts what they believe the value of the pharmacist is.

This year marks the fifth annual Women Pharmacist Day after it was founded in 2018.

Study data showed that more than three-quarters of patients with dermatomyositis who received intravenous immune globulin therapy experienced improved symptoms.

Selpercatinib is an oral selective RET kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of metastatic RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer and for metastatic thyroid cancer.

Although the treatment of motor symptoms is the primary focus of care for Parkinson disease, helping these patients with sleep disorders is vital because of the impact on quality of life.

In a trial, sacituzumab govitecan-hziy demonstrated a 34% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with physician’s choice chemotherapy.

Although survival benefits for patients who received a kidney transplant varied, the benefits of kidney transplants were greater for all patients when compared with long-term dialysis.

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, discusses how she will be celebrating the important contributions of women pharmacists.

As part of American Pharmacist Month, Pharmacy Times is asking experts what they believe the value of the pharmacist is.

Furosemide injection 80 mg/10 mL (Furoscix; scPharmaceuticals) is indicated for the at-home treatment of congestion caused by fluid overload in adult patients with New York Heart Association Class II/III chronic heart failure.

The combination of loop diuretics with other drugs that act at different pharmacologic targets has been shown to improve diuretic response in patients with heart failure.

New research finds that mental health has replaced COVID-19 as the top health concern among Americans, but deeper analysis needs to be done into whether depression and anxiety are truly becoming more widespread.