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Pharmacists Can Address Gaps in Long-Acting PrEP Care for HIV

— Administrative barriers pose challenges, but healthcare providers are major influences

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Turns Out That Biosimilars Do Impact Biologic Drug Costs

Leading adalimumab brand still dominates market, but net spending plummeted

Dec 13, 2024
FDA Advisors Say More Data Needed for RSV Vaccines in Young Kids

A "very complicated situation" after mRNA vaccine trial was halted, expert says

Dec 13, 2024
Health Claims of These Popular Supplements Have Little to Back Them Up

Dietary supplements cited research that did not evaluate clinical outcomes

Dec 13, 2024
Growing Price Tag Reported for Newer De Facto Stroke Lytic

Tenecteplase is cheaper and easier to administer, says researcher

Dec 12, 2024
Health Claims of These Popular Supplements Have Little to Back Them Up

Dietary supplements cited research that did not evaluate clinical outcomes

Growing Price Tag Reported for Newer De Facto Stroke Lytic

Tenecteplase is cheaper and easier to administer, says researcher

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Trump Nearly Backed 16-Week Federal Abortion Ban

And other highlights from president elect's interview with Time magazine

Dec 12, 2024
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Opinion
A New Fad: Microdosing Ozempic

Why it's unlikely to help most people

Dec 11, 2024
A photo of a woman self-injecting in her thigh with a semaglutide pen.
Cancer Patients Who Completed Medication Survey Received More Help From Pharmacists

Study assessed pharmacist interventions for adverse events

Dec 11, 2024
ASHP over a photo of Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.
Some Kratom Products Contain Lead at Dangerous Levels for Children

Herbal substance also may pose risks to women of child-bearing potential

Dec 10, 2024
ASHP over a photo of Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.
Arrhythmia Risk of Lamotrigine Questioned by Observational Data

Two cohort studies didn't find significantly greater risk than other drugs in epilepsy

Dec 10, 2024
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One in Six Adults With Asthma Didn't Adhere to Meds Due to Cost

They also had higher odds of having asthma attacks and emergency room visits

Dec 09, 2024
A photo of two asthma inhalers lying on a table.
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.'s Watch

Some experts fear he could "make America sick again"

Dec 09, 2024
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RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud?

Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff

Dec 09, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for COVID

Billing complexities and patient skepticism partially to blame

Dec 05, 2024
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Nearly 30% of U.S. Drugstores Closed in One Decade, Study Shows

Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to closures

Dec 04, 2024
 A photo of the CVS Pharmacy logo on a store on Aug. 3, 2021, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Opinion
Hello Buprenorphine, Step Into My Practice

It's time for the medical field to reduce OUD stigma and embrace this essential medication

Dec 03, 2024
A photo of Suboxone sublingual films in varying strengths.
Better Drugs Through AI? What Machine Learning Can Teach Big Pharma.

Companies promising to speed up drug discovery by using machine learning to analyze huge datasets

Dec 03, 2024
An illustration of a red capsule hovering above the hand of a robot.
Opinion
Fauci Facepalms Won't Cut It in the Second Trump Administration

Consider what's at stake when leaders in medicine simply watch from the sidelines

Dec 02, 2024
A photo of Anthony Fauci, MD during a White House COVID press briefing.
A Twice-Yearly Shot Could Help End AIDS. But Will It Get to Everyone Who Needs It?

Drugmaker to allow sale of generic versions in poor countries, but excluded most of Latin America

Dec 02, 2024
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