Specialty Pharmacy

While some researchers have associated human papillomavirus vaccination with an increased risk for multiple sclerosis, a new study found no such link between the vaccine and the development of demyelinating disease.

Low vitamin D levels may prolong the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill surgical patients.

Targeted therapy found to shrink tumor growth.

Side effects found to make it harder for patients to concentrate.

Hepatitis B vaccination reduces incidence of primary liver cancer by 84% later in life, study finds.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States inched a step closer to a historic milestone today when the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval of the investigational biosimilar, filgrastim.

Specialty pharmacies offer a unique distribution model that, unlike more restrictive product distribution models, enables manufacturers to track product use in real time without having a substantial negative effect on patient access.

The FDA today granted orphan drug designation to an experimental drug that treats several types of blood cancers.

Research may lead to targeted therapeutic approach.

Company's comprehensive drug portfolio further expands with addition of 2 leading products.

Thomas Morrow, MD, chief medical officer at Next IT, discusses the various difficulties faced by patients when they begin a specialty therapy regimen.

Manufacturing practice requirements leave pharmaceutical manufacturers vulnerable.

Women who take bisphosphonates, which are commonly used to treat osteoporosis and other bone conditions, have about half the risk of developing endometrial cancer as women who do not use the drugs. This study supports other research showing that bisphosphonates may have an anticancer effect.

Researchers seek better targets for blocking events that lead to drug resistance.

Pharmacists with the shortest length of service and no specialties less likely to cooperate with physicians.

Study finds disease leads to worse low and high frequency hearing.

Cystic fibrosis patients frequently infected with strains of life-threatening virus.

Increase found in the number of eligible hepatitis C patients being treated following approval of new treatments.

Drug found to be as effective as current treatment without serious side effects.

Investigational drugs shut down critical genes and cancer cells responsible for tumor growth.

Teva's Granix Injection has been approved by the FDA for self-administration by patients and caregivers.

Raulo Frear, PharmD, general manager of OmedaRx, discusses the high initial cost of hepatitis C drugs like Sovaldi compared with the long term cost of treating the disease.

Carfilzomib added to 2-drug combination produces longer remission period.

Experimental treatment effective in melanoma patients resistant to drugs that target BRAF.

Baxter International Inc has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for the approval of BAX111, the first highly purified recombinant von Willebrand factor in clinical development as a treatment for von Willebrand disease.

Adding a building block found in DNA could aid healthy cell production in cancer patients, study finds.

Study finds drawing blood can be a powerful therapeutic in extracorporeal photopherisis.

Among hospital staff, pharmacists report better health behaviors and more participation in workplace health promotion activities than nurses.

Purchasing and distributing supplies traditionally accounts for less than half of a health system's operating costs. Over time, that proportion has increased, necessitating optimization of product distribution systems.

Many patients do not fully understand the risks of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing.