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In 2025, medically integrated dispensing pharmacies face significant challenges, including low reimbursements, restrictive pharmacy benefit manager practices, complex therapies, regulatory barriers such as the Stark delivery law, and the Inflation Reduction Act's financial implications, necessitating urgent advocacy, reform, and collaboration to sustain equitable, patient-centered cancer care.

Pharmacists can have informed discussions with patients about the importance of adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens, especially for patients with active TB.

Kathy Campbell, PharmD, shares her experiences helping 4 generations of patients.

The authors note that this may cause disruptions in the metabolic stability of lipid processing and storage, impacting the liver and accelerating damaging adaptative responses.

Preliminary phase 1 trial results demonstrate that patients with small cell lung cancer generated early clinical activity after being administered ZL-1310.

The new indication for semaglutide adds to the long list of conditions that the GLP-1 receptor agonist has been approved for, and provides a new option for high-risk patients with these chronic conditions.

Endocrine therapy in combination with CDK4/6 inhibitors improves patients’ outcomes, but many still become treatment resistant.

Pharmacist-led interventions significantly improve antibiotic prescribing practices, optimize therapy, and improve patient outcomes.

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B did not have significant correlations with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The trial meets one of the study’s dual primary endpoints of progression-free survival, but did not meet its other primary endpoint of overall survival.

Fractyl Health also reports progress from the REMAIN-1 study evaluating weight management after discontinuing a GLP-1.

This case study underscores the critical importance of pharmacists who can provide comprehensive consideration and exploration of the appropriate treatment plan.

Challenges include therapy gaps, nonadherence, and fragmented care.

The antibody-drug conjugate shows efficacy in reducing disease progression risk and increasing progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2-low, or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

Kiles explores the impact of pharmacy research on health equity and education.

Identifying drug-related problems is a vital component of medication therapy management.

The cobas liat system is a closed system that aims to reduce contamination risks and enhances the reliability of results at the point of care.

Antiviral treatments for respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are crucial, especially with the rise of the "triple-demic."

Although the research focused on Black communities in the United States, there is also evidence linking racism and blood pressure for patients who are Asian or Hispanic.

Axatilimab-csfr is a colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSFR1) blocking monoclonal antibody indicated for cGVHD after 2 or more lines of prior therapy in adults and pediatric patients that weigh at least 40 kg.

Approximately 66% of patients received a COVID-19 vaccine in the fall of 2024 and only 26% received a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.

Digital therapeutics (DTx), a novel evidence-based software approach, is revolutionizing health care by delivering personalized treatments. Pharmacovigilance ensures DTx safety but faces challenges such as data privacy and standardization.

Cannabis use during pregnancy may harm fetal development and long-term health.

Remission is a new emphasis and treatment goal for the management of asthma.

Patients with myelofibrosis have a higher likelihood of having a cardiovascular risk factor when compared with essential thrombocythemia or polycythemia vera.

Boosting ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) levels through dietary supplementation was shown to control tumor growth in mice with liver cancer.

Managing bispecific antibodies requires collaboration and meticulous protocols.

Administered every 4 weeks, the approval could serve as a breakthrough for easier and more effective care for patients with early Alzheimer disease.

Based on the updated label, new pharmacodynamic data have been added for a better understanding of the drug for individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

As medication experts, pharmacists can aid in treatment selection and support patients through the process.