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The Art of ART: The Pharmacist’s Role in HIV Care

The study highlights the ongoing need for health care providers to recommend respiratory illness vaccinations to increase protection among nursing home residents during the peak season of infection.

Amy Mackowiak, PharmD;Jenna Januszka, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP

Team-Based Care: How Pharmacists Can Expand Patient Access to Health Care

Pharmacists involvement in HIV care and treatment has been shown to lead to clinically and statistically significant improvements in ART adherence, as well as greater viral load suppression for patients with HIV.

Shannon Reidt, PharmD, MPH, MS

Smaller Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine Elicits Equal Immune Response in People Living With, Without HIV

However, comprehensive policy and payment structures are needed to ensure care sustainability.

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Bendamustine Treatment Before CAR T-Cell Therapy Results in Poorer Outcomes in Patients with LBCL

The study results also determined that those who were previously vaccinated against smallpox had a 2.7 times higher immune response than those who were not previously vaccinated.

Addressing Ongoing Hospital Pharmacy Staffing Challenges

The investigators advise that the use of bendamustine should be avoided when possible in patients with refractory LBCL who are potential candidates for CAR T-cell therapy.

Michael D. Brown

Biospecimen Waste in Hospitals Can Be Used in Clinical Research for Drug Development

At a time when pharmacist burnout and turnover is higher than ever before, talent retention is increasingly a strategic imperative for hospitals.

Evan Cox

Claims, Lab, and EHR Data Can Make or Break a Drug Launch

Billions of samples are discarded while investigators struggle to assemble collections.

Dinesh Kabaleeswaran

Immune Cells Shape Lung Development and Growth, Allow Developments for Treatment of Asthma, COPD

Real-world data can help resolve access barriers by providing a highly detailed view into the barriers that impact specific patient populations.

Pharma Can Help Transform Patient Centricity in 2024

The new understanding of immune cells could not only contribute to the development of lung disease treatments, but treatments for other organ systems as well.

Beena Wood

Deep Brain Stimulation May Benefit Patients With Alzheimer Disease, But More Research Is Needed

True patient centricity treats the whole patient and places an emphasis on broader patient engagement and satisfaction.

Erin Hunter, Assistant Editor

Thinking Beyond Technology: Why a Holistic Approach Is a Better Way to Fight Drug Diversion

Patients who receive stimulation at different parts of the brain may reap benefits.

Stacey McCoy, PharmD, MS, BCPS

Education Improves SGLT2 Inhibitor and GLP1-RA Prescribing, Benefits Cardiology Patients

Although we have made strides in adopting technology to combat diversion, the uptake of advanced technology is slow and steady.

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Ashley Walsh, PharmD

Venetoclax Improves Gap in Racial Overall Survival Disparity in Patients with AML

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology found a systematic educational approach overcomes obstacles in prescribing guideline-directed antihyperglycemic medications.

Alcohol Intervention in People With HIV Reduced Alcohol Use, Did Not Affect Viral Suppression

January 1st 2024

According to the findings, the use of venetoclax, as well as other new therapies, improved overall survival from 28.6% to 45.3% in non-Hispanic Black patients with AML.