Specialty Pharmacy

Pharmacy professionals gathered at the American Pharmacists Association 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition and discussed critical insights in interviews with Pharmacy Times®.

Compared with the original dose regimen, an antithrombin-based dose regimen of fitusiran was associated with an improved safety profile.

This action makes inebilizumab the first and only FDA-approved treatment for adults with immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD).

Through increased utilization of multi-omic data, health care professionals can revolutionize the treatment paradigm of countless diseases.

The registry data showed that cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was obtained in more clinically complex patients with recurrent pericarditis.

Given rituximab’s tendency to cause infections in patients being treated for autoimmune diseases, the addition of intravenous immunoglobulin works to reduce that risk and induce clinical improvements.

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that significantly affects patients through its symptoms, associated health conditions, and treatment challenges, with long-acting injectable antipsychotics offering potential benefits in improving adherence and reducing relapses.

Effective management of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related toxicities requires early intervention, evolving guideline adherence, and multidisciplinary collaboration, with steroids remaining a key treatment.

The risk of developing HZ in this population is 10 to 30 times higher than in the general population.

Currently, BEAM-302 is undergoing a phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate its efficacy in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) who have lung disease and liver disease.

Approval of fitusiran, a small interfering RNA drug, was found effective in patients with hemophilia regardless of inhibitor status.

In certain patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), peritoneal dialysis maintained hemodynamic stability, optimal nutritional status, reduced hospitalization, and lowered diuretics reliance.

The approval fills a treatment gap for patients with this rare disease, which can severely diminish quality of life.

As the COVID-19 pandemic moves into an endemic phase, the major impacts on drug research, collaboration, and use of new technologies due to the spread of the virus warrant recognition.

Pharmacists can promote prevention through the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and advocate for fecal microbiota transplant.

The innovative neonatal cardiac progenitor cell therapy is designed to repair heart tissue in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Specialty distribution models, including limited drug distribution systems, ensure safe medication access but can create barriers for patients, making medically integrated pharmacies essential in coordinating care.

The study aims to address lingering public concerns, but its findings and communication have the potential to impact vaccine confidence and public health efforts.

The new indication for guselkumab in Crohn disease builds off a previous approval in ulcerative colitis, providing patients a treatment option for the major forms of inflammatory bowel disease.

The agent is the only approved therapy designed to address the underlying mechanisms of the disease.

Exidavnemab is a novel monoclonal antibody with disease-modifying potential.

Results highlight promising advancements in novel treatments for patients with HIV-1, including a combination regimen with broadly neutralizing antibodies and long-term data on bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide (Biktarvy).

Patients with a disorder from this family of neurodevelopmental conditions face a lack of approved treatment options, making radiprodil poised to transform the treatment paradigm.

As indicated by prior literature, a second dose of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome increases serum immunoglobulin G levels without improving clinical outcomes.

Although dietary changes have historically been a key approach to managing eosinophilic esophagitis, their limitations highlight the need for pharmacologic treatments.

DC646 had a strong safety profile, targeted intestinal FXR, and disrupted FXR-co-activator interactions in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

Matthew Zirwas, MD, addresses the significant financial burden associated with the medication, emphasizing the importance of pharmacists in navigating prior authorizations and access patient support programs.

Some of these approaches for chronic kidney disease (CKD) include cystatin C, SGLT2 inhibitors, point-of-care testing in remote areas, and acid-lowering medications.

Eculizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, was first approved for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis in 2017.

Icotrokinra, an oral pill that blocks the IL-23 receptor, had a favorable safety profile in adults and adolescents 12 years and older with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.