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Protecting Older Adults from Severe RSV: Key Challenges and the Importance of Prevention

Pharmacy Times

She emphasizes that treatment options are mostly supportive, making prevention through good hygiene and vaccination essential. As a result, RSV is often overlooked as a contributing agent to respiratory and especially cardiorespiratory disease.

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Why mAbs Matter

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As more monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies are developed (1 in 3 new drugs are monoclonal antibodies1) and as patent exclusivity expires, these treatments are becoming more widely available. To understand monoclonal antibody drugs, its necessary to first know a little about how antibodies work in the bodys immune system.

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Gilead hit with FDA clinical hold for batch of HIV trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

Robert Barrie June 11, 2025 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Gilead said it is “committed to working with regulatory authorities to resolve the issues underlying the clinical hold” Credit: Melnikov Dmitriy via Shutterstock. Gilead is considered the leading big pharma in HIV treatments.

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ADA 2025: Advances in Type 2 Diabetes Management With Tirzepatide

Pharmacy Times

The presentation emphasized early intervention and personalized treatment plans in managing type 2 diabetes, shifting from "treating to failure" to "treating to target." It is not indicated for type 1 diabetes and carries a boxed warning for thyroid C-cell tumors, with unknown risk in humans.

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Impact of Patient Access to Care on Rates of Febrile Neutropenia Post Inpatient Administration of a Colony-Stimulating Factor

Pharmacy Times

SHOW MORE This abstract will be presented at the Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting in Austin, Texas, from June 19 to 20, 2025. Febrile neutropenia (FN) remains a serious and common complication of chemotherapy.

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FDA Approves Meloxicam Injection For Moderate-to-Severe Pain in Adults

Pharmacy Times

3 Although meloxicam injection delivers a non-opioid alternative for pain control, it is not recommended as a first-line agent when rapid onset of analgesia is needed due to its delayed onset. June 10, 2025. Accessed June 10, 2025. 2 REFERENCES 1. PR Newswire. Meloxicam: Selective COX-2 inhibition in clinical practice.

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Pharmacists Have a Crucial Role Helping Patients With ATTR-CM Navigate Treatment With Tafamidis

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SHOW MORE Pharmacists can help oversee the treatment process to ensure patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) are adhering to tafamidis. Ongoing research explores tafamidis' long-term efficacy, potential in other heart failure forms, and combination therapies for enhanced outcomes.