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New Frontline BTK Inhibitor Strategy Gains FDA Approval in Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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Acalabrutinib had previously received approval in 2017 as a single agent for this same indication. Pharmacists are well positioned to perform drug interaction checks, counsel patients on adherence and administration, and coordinate supportive care, including prophylaxis for infections (eg, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, vaccines).

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Pharmacists Push Forward: Innovative Clinical Solutions Highlighted at McKesson ideaShare 2025

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One study conducted in 2016-2017 found that 10% of new prescriptions for contraceptive pills and patches were written by pharmacists during that period. 1 Meredith also cited promising outcomes from states like Oregon.

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Hypertension: A Silent Killer Requiring Novel Therapies

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Am J Prev Med 2017; 53:S172-S181. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants Lancet 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1. Epub 2021 Aug 24. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2017.07.014

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3 of the year’s most notable FDA nods

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Of the 13 antibiotics OK’d for the market between mid-2017 and 2023, only two belonged to a new class of drugs, the WHO reported last year. A long-time leader in vaccines, the U.K. The pharma struck a development deal for Datroway worth up to $1 billion up front in 2020 and has estimated its peak sales could reach $5 billion.

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Investigating the Pharmacist’s Role in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Patients With Cancer

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In the 2017 book The Big Picture , author Sean Carroll seamlessly blends the scientific with the philosophical and comments that “life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. Dutton; 2017. REFERENCES 1. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself.

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Efepoetin Alfa Noninferior to Mircera When Correcting Anemia, Maintaining Hemoglobin in CKD

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million global deaths recorded in 2017. Updated October 16, 2017. The data, which were published in Nephrology , also highlighted comparable safety among the 2 treatments. The global prevalence is estimated to be about 11% to 13%, with 697.5 million cases of all-stage disease CKD and 1.2 ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02044653.

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Infliximab Biosimilar Initiation Has Increased in Pediatric IBD, Study Finds

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One patient started Inflectra in 2016 and 2017. The authors observed that 3807 patients had started on the infliximab originator and 795 were started on a biosimilar, with no clinical significance observed between the 2 groups. 1 Interestingly, there were similar rates of biosimilar initiation by age group every year except for 2020 ( p =.03),